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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

having taken up his residence at
Pulaski in January, 1859. At the
first election thereafter, June, 1859,
he was elected the Master of Pulas-
XII Lodge, No. 101, and since that
time has been repeatedly elected TO
the same Office. With the other
Masonic bodies at Pulaski he has
been a prominent member. He has
been elected repeatedly High Priest
and Ill. Master OF the Chap
ter and Council, was the Generals
simo of the Commandery estab-
lished at Pulaski few years ago
that genuine old man and Mason,
James McCallum, being the first Of
ficer, as he was in each of the 9TH
er three Masonic bodies at Pulaski.
He has also passed the chair in the
Commandery, and has figured prom
inently for several years in the diff
erent Masonic Grand bodies. Has
been King of theGrand Chapter, M.
Ill. O.. Master of the Grand Council
and is now Grand Master OF the
Grand Lodge. For several years
he has been Chairman OF an impor-
tant Committee in both the Grand
Lodge and Grand Chapter He
had the honor of representing the
Grand Council of Tennessee in the
Convention of Royal and Select
Masters, at New York, in June,
1872, again in June, 1873, and with
others in New Orleans, December,
1874. At New York he was made
one of Committee of seven to re
port a Ritual for the Cryptic Rite,
which was done at the Conven
tion in New York, in June, 1873,
and which has been almost univer
sally adopted by the different Cryp'
tic Grand Jurisdictions, and to him,
in large degree, are Cryptic Ma
sons indebted for the great uni
formity now so proverbial in the
work.
What more can we say about our
Grand Master? Could we have af-
forded it, we would have given our
readers a good engraving of our
Most Worshipful Brother, and
published it in this number;
but Masonic journals and fine en-
cravings are not closely allied these
times, considering the support gen.
orally vouchsafed to the former.
We must add, however, that Bro.
Edmundson's elevation to the high
est honor that can be conferred up
on him in the State "will not spoil
him. He will be just as "palata-
BILE to take" after the robes of office
fall from him as now. His zeal and
to Masonry will not slack
will not have learned it all
and quit, but will look as anxious
ly for old Edict A, and deny that it
is good law until time with him
shall be no more. Would that our
State was full of such devoted and
Masons.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
"watching and Waiting"

The following was one of the last, If no
the very last, of the religious songs set tS
music by the late p. p. Bliss. no, In conneo-
ton with Ira D. Sankev, was the writer o.
so many ofthe Gospel hymns which have be-
come so popular in many of our churches
and Sunday schools, and who, with his wife
was amcDg the unfortunate victims of the
awful tragedy at Asntabula:
When my final farewell to the world / have
said,
And gladly lie down to my rest;
When softly the watchers shall say "He is
dead,n
And fold my pale hands DER my breast;
And when, with my glorifed vision, at last
The walls of the ''city'i j see.
Will any one then at the beautiful gate
Stand waiting and watching for me!
There are little ones glancing about in my
path,
In want Of friend and guide;
There are dear little eyes looking up into
mine,
Whose tears might be easily dried;
But Jesus may beckon the children away,
In the midst of their grief and their glee,
Will any one then, at the beautiful gate
Be watching aud waiting for me.
There nre old and forsaken who lingel awhile
In homes which their dearest have left;
And few gentle words, or an action of love
May cheer their sad spirits bereft!
But the reaper is near to the long-standing
corn,
The weary will soon be set free,
Will any ofthem at the beautiful gate
Be watching and waiting for met
Oh! should be broughtthere by the bountiful
grace
Uf Him who delights to forgive;
Though bless not the Weary about in my
path,
Pray only for self while live,
Methinks | should mourn DER my sinful
neglect;
If sorrow in Heaven can be,
Should no one love, at the beautiful gate,
Be watching and waiting for me.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
In Danger, But too Late.
From the Lewisburg Gazette.

From the Lewisburg Gazette.
The Pulaski CITIZEN puts forth a
very earnest, soul. searching appeal
to its friends of Giles, begging
them to wake up, behold their stu
alton and tremble. "Build a pike
and that quick. For Heavens sake
don't be sluggards; your dollar is
in danger! The railroad is com
ingp' All, too late now. You have
slept too long. Gentlemen, to
whom this appeal has been made,
we as friends beg, "for Heavens
sake" keep your dollar in your
pocket. Don't bury your talent in
the roadsif you would have it in
crease; but rather invest it where it
will be doubled in a two, five or
ten fold ratio-in this railroad, for
instance, of which the CITIZEN
seems to be so much afraid.
The good people of Marshall, and
especially those of the district for
which the CITIZENS jealousy is now
being aroused, have built one of the
finest pixies in the State more than
twelve miles in the direction of Pu-
laski while she took her ease. Now
her ease has taken her. Justly
does "Cornersville and the richest
slice of your territory" cast you off
aud accept the cordial invitation
Lewisburg extends.
Friends, of Cornersville and the
"rich slice," we will receive you
with open arms and hearty welcome.
Our latch string is always on the
outside. Come and partake of our
feast.
Pulaskians, don't "grieve over
split milk" but make the best of
your lot. "Sich is life"
LEWIsBURG.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

We do not object to the Supreme
Court declaring the Dog Law un-
constitutional, but we do think that
it should have given credit where it
belongs for the grounds upon which
it bases its opinion. They decided
it uncon stitutional on Saturday,
oath, and gave their reasons, and
they are identical with the reasons
declared by some of our candidates
for the Legislature last fall. They
must have had a man out here dur
ing the canvass to hear what our
opinion was, and now they take ad
vantage of us and give it out as
original. We are willing to divide
the honors with them. We formed
the opinion and nobody would be
lleve US, and they promulgate our
opinion and everybody believes
them. They copy us word for word,
and we have but one objection to it,
and that is they were too slow
about it. Who knows the amount
Of anguish they would have saved
our legislators if they had spoken
up sooner! Now, we warn the Su-
preme Court to watch us closely
and every time they hear us say
anything, to adopt it and promul-
gate it at once, and thus save the
country many troubles.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

A farmer, to succeed, must think
well what he is going to do before
he does the work; he will not then
be impeded by any unnecessary
and exhaustive toll. By reading,
thinking and planning. much labor
can be performed. If the labor is
properly directed and well done, it
loses much of the severity apper-
tanning to the labor of the farmer.
Much time is wasted through not
thinking we'll what you are going to
do and how to do it. This applies
to all kinds Of work and business.
Read and think more, and you will
be able to accomplish more.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

Elsewhere will be found q com
munication commenting on an arti-
Gle in the Pulaski CITIZEN Of last
week. The CITIZEN should not be
censured for warning its people OF
danger, but II is too late now. AS
the people Of Marshall have often
been deceived by aattering assur-
ances Of railroad connection with
Shelbyville, so also they, especially
the people of the erich Slice" have
been waiting for 8 completion OF
the pike to Pulaski until waiting
has ceased 10 be a virtue. They
have grown tired Of paying tribute
TO the merchants Of Pulaski and
Shelbyville at great sacrifice OF
time and over rough roads, and
have ceased to heed the cry "Let
the pike be finished, J." and now they
have made arrangements for mar
ket of their own, and will soon be
Observation-Disclosures 0orets.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

Farmers, you must abandon this
wasteful cotton growing. We say
"wasteful' because you are wasting
the fertility of your soil. Grow
more grasses and clover, and feed
them, either by pasturing, or cured
into hay. After the hay has been
fed, spread the manure on the
ground from which the hay has
been taken and your land is i'm
proved, instead of being exhausted.
Manure is as good as gold-dust II
properly applied. What farmer
would see gold dust floating down
the stream Of his stable or pig-pen,
without making an effort to collect
it and convert it into corn. But
any one who allows the drainage
from his stables, pens or lots TO es-
cape, into q gully or stream, Is allow
ing that to escape which may be
converted into gold coin just as
easily as tho shining PARTICLES OF
gold, mingled with the sand In the
creeks of California and Australia.
Do not allow a particle OF II TO be
wasted.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
country many troubles.


1t would seem that nothing more
could be said of cows after 10 Sta
cy's and Jesse Neirs had been de-
scribed, but really history would be
outraged if something were not said
of our Seniors new milcher. He
sent a note to a gentleman 10 miles
in the country last week to know if
he had cow that would suit him,
describing such one as he wanted.
Queen Victoria would give her
crown for a half interest in such a
COW as he described. Mr.. Blank
responded by sending the COW, and
our senior skinned his hands rub
bing them with satisfaction when
he heard she was coming. They
drove her into the lot, and twelve
or fifteen of the children ran in to
tell their papa she had arrived. He
went and there she was, backed up
against a tree resting. He ap-
preached her very civilly, and the
first word he uttered was TO shed a
tear of sympathy. 1t was very evil
dent that it was too large COW for
the skin, or that the wrong skin had
been put upon her, for the bones
stuck up like stumps in new clear
ing; and then 1t was put on back
wards too, for the hair all turned
the wrong way. One ear stood out
like palm fan and the other flop
ped and had a big tick hanging
onto it. One horn was gone and
she was just taking the sore eyes,
and evidently had the toothache
and the glanders. She had lost her
cud, and had terrible cough, was
badly spawned, had wolves in her
back, and her tail had dropped of
Just because there was nothing for
it to hang on TO. And there she
stood, and there he stood, and there
the children stood and the cook and
the dog. Presently all the COWS in
the neighborhood came believing
and paving around like they do at a
cow funeral, and the dogs gathered
around her for big bone, when the
Senior told the cook to go and get
a teaspoon and milk her. He held
the COW up to keep the cook from
pulling her over when she pulled
the teats, but nary milk. They
thought she wouldn't let down and
sent Harry for an ear of corn to
coax her. He went to a neighbor's
and borrowed the corn and came
and hunched her so she would open
her eyes, see and eat, but it scared
her so bad she tainted. The cook
then carried her into the stable,
nailed up the door and hung crepe
on it, while the Senior went into the
house to write an advertisement,
Fine Cow for Sale" Moral: Don't
buy COW from the Senior.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

Now that eggs are abundant do not
every one rush to town with a bas-
ket full until the market is glutted
and thereby your city cousin get
your eggs for nearly nothing. Pack
them in fresh sawdust at home, they
will keep nice and fresh at this sea-
son for a long time, and the price
will get better when the good wives
and mothers begin to set the hens for
spring chickens. Wait for demand
in the market, and then you can get
an eggs sellent price for what you
have saved and packed away.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

The Methodist Church in this
city was crowded Sunday morning,
it being generally understood that
the new musicalInstruments recent
ly added to the church choir would
be used for the first time on that
occasion. The result fully justified
the anticipations of the audience.
Prof. Mckenzie on the organ, Prof.
Streeper on the cornet and Prof.
Hearn on the flute made such mu-
sic as has never been equalled in a
Lebanon church, and which 1t would
be difficult to excel anywhere. We
are heartily glad to chronicle this
new departure in sacred music 1t
adds intellectually to the charm OF
church service, and no teDable OBJ
lection can be served against it,
Lebanon Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

Tray and Towser and all the val
liable pack can now hold up their
heads once more and howl at pleas
ure. for the Supreme Court has de-
cided the law taxing dogs to be un-
constitutional and the Legislature
has repealed the unconstitutional
law. The 1orthIess sheep, the re-
lentless enemies of these vdlaable
CANNES, must now keep within
their fold or take the consequences,
as no dog owner will sit calmly by
and see his flock of dogs devonred
by these ravenous Souaer-
ville Falcon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
Minor Hill.

Mr.. EDIToR:-H you will allow
me short space in one of the col
umns of your valuable paper viii
give you few items from our vi
cinity, as you have not had any in
some time. The people of our vi
cinity will compare with any in the
county for perseverance, economy
and industry. The farmers have
gone to work this year with re-
newed energy, and are not going to
plant much cotton. Our county is
well adapted to the raising of all
kinds OF stock; therefore they are
beginning to SOW their lands in
grass, especially the hills, and are
also planting out orchards. We
raise everything for ourselves that
we are obliged to have. In short,
if there is an Egypt in Giles county
you will find it right here on Little
Shoal Creek, and you would think
so if you had seen the hogs and cat
tie that have been driven from our
district since last August, although
the cholera has played havoc with
our hogs, and is still raging among
them. We raise some fine hogs
down here. Mr.. Black has a very
fine Berkshire stock hog, "Alexan
dria,' that will compete with any
in the county to his age. Messrs.
w. r. Jones and j. NJ. Howard have |
recently brought into their herds of
swine very fine Berkshire apiece.
There are four schools in opera
ton here-three white schools, |
taught by Messrs. j. H. Watson, j.
F. Black and j. P. Buchanan, and |
one colored school. We have five
churches-one Missionary Baptist,
one Hardshell Baptist, one Metho
dist, and two Christian churches;
the last mentioned numbering about
one hundred and twenty five mem
bers. Wonder if that's Bob Black
that is so proud OF Eugene. 1 sup
pose it is, and do not wonder at his
being proud, for twelve months ago
he was entirely ont Of heart of ever
having one to sit ON his knee. If
Bob's baby is half as fine as his
brother Franks down here near
Minor Hill it will leave the fair
grounds next fall with blue ribbon
around his neck, and silver cup in
his hand.
We have three stores, three gro
ceries, one large distillery, two grist
mills, one saw mill, two regular
blacksmith shops, several wood
shops and plenty of carpenters in
our district. The distillery is con-
Quoted by Mr.. N. A. Warren, who
has eighty-three barrels of the lively
creature now on hand. We do not
encourage the use of spirituous
liquors at all, only when it is neces-
sary, but we will say for the benefit
of your readers who may have to
use it for medicinal purposes that
Mr.. w. makes No. spirits. We
also have two doctors who are well
qualified to kill a man as dead as a
mackerel, and can send the chills
up salt river. We polled about one
hundred and forty-five votes in the
last presidential election-about one
hundred and three for Tilden and
Reform, and the balance for the
present corrupt administration: We
are sorry that Hayes will be count
ed in-rather have Tilden, and the
people will not be satisfied TIL den.
May the CITIZEN live long and
prosper. FARMER.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
The Wasbington Union of We'd

The Washington Union of We'd
nesday proposes Tilden as the
Democratic candidate in 1880, and
says: Let US hold to a reform is
sue, and to the man whose record
has been so effective in making it.
Mr.. Adams was made president by
Mr.. Clay in a perfectly legal man
ner; but, in doing SO, he violated
the known will of the people. The
people vindicated their right by
making Jackson, who had been set
aside by the coalition, president, by
an overwhelming majority. Now
Tilden, the president elect, has been
deposed by fraud which makes all
concerned in nfamous. His name will
become the rallying cry of all who
wish to vindicate American honor
and drive out the obscene crowd
who now polute public Office
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

On Monday a young man res
cued girl who had broken through
the ice of skating pond in Toronto;
On the ensuing Saturday they were
married, although they had been
strangers up to the time of the acci-
dent, and now lots of girls go out
to that pond every morning, and
whenever there is q young man or
two standing about, try their level
best to break through the ice and
be rescued.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
A young lady bet a young man a

A young lady bet young man a
kiss that Tilden would be elected
he to pay if Tilden won, she to pay
if Hayes was elected. On the morn
ing of the 9th he called and paid
the bet; on the 9th he called and
took it back. That evening she
paid the bet. The next morning
she took it back and he paid; then
she paid, and he paid, and so they
have been kept busy by the contra
dictory dispatches ever since, and
both declared their willingness and
ability to hold out until congress
decides the question. They didn't
like the new compromise bill, and
are mad at Congress for deciding
the question for at least year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
A Pleasant Contrast.

Tennessee has something to DO
proud of in its Legislative system.
as compared with Georgia, Judging
by the following which We clip rom
one Of Redfeld's letters To the Gin
cinnati Commercial:
"To go from the Legislative sys
TEN of Tennessee 10 that of Geor-
gia is like going from the light Of
The nineteenth century into the
darkness of the middle ages. There
is no State In the Union that has a
better, more effective and econom-
ical legislative system than Tennes-
sec, and hardly any State that has
a more cumbersome, inefficient and
expensive system than that Of Geor
gia. / have seen the Tennessee
Legislature do more IN a day than
the Georgia law. makers seem able
TO get through within "A week. Tho
Georgia Assembly 10 more than
twice as large as that Of Tennessee,
and they can talk longer and say
tess than the same number OF gi-
gantlc lnJellecIs anywhere else on
earth that we have knowledge Of
The most expensive luxuries are
not always best, for the Georgia
Legislature costs moro In one year
than the Tennessee Legislature does
in ski The Georgia Legislature Is
a great unwieldly concern, Of about
225 members, who are paid seven
dollars a day, Sunday included, and
as much mileage as Congressman.
and meet every year. The Tennes-
see Assembly has but 100 members,
meets only once In two years, arc
allowed 10 sit but rs days during
the two years, under penalty Of get
ting no pay,And only receive four
dollarsnper day while in session,
and limited allowance Of mileage
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08
The Granger.

The Journal of Horticulture says
the best and quickest way of test
ing the fruit of a new Seeding is to
graft il into the limbs of bearing
tree. The doctrine promulgated
that fruit could not be obtained in
this way any earlier than from the
original tree has been proved incor-
rect in many instances.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

Correspondents must not make a
mistake as to postage. Private cor
respordence is always subject to
letter postage, and any private note
or postscript enclosed in or attached
to a manuscript, subjects the whole
to letter postage. Manuscripts for
publication are not subject to full
letter postage when unsealed, and
have ''manuscript" or ''correspon-
dence" marked across the envelope.
But be careful not to write a pr
vate postscript or note and attempt
to send it for one cent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

How to make farming pay: Raise
grain and grasses. Feed them to
your own stock, save the manure
for your own land, and thus you
will make a handsome profit of
your stock, at the same time add to
the value of your lands. Fine pork,
beef, mutton and wool, horses and
mules, always command fair prices.
Cotton does not pay except as a
surplus crop, and then it must be
grown at less expense than is usu-
ally put into>it. But with wheat,
corn, oats, peas and hay, and stock
to fatten, there will be a cure road
to independence. All over the
South there are farmers who are
preparing to reconstruct their farm
ing operations, and to grow less
cotton and more stock, and we could
hope that the number were daily in
creased.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

Life's cares press heavily upon
us, and we often look too much up
on the dark side of human life. A
stroll among the flowers, with the
desire to make them more beauti-
full, would drive the gloom from our
minds and invite our attention to
the brightest side of life, and show
us how its ills may be mitigated by
the beautiful IN nature.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-03-08

The closing hours of the Missis-
sippi Legislature, which has just ad-
journed, were marked by the col
ored Republicans on the floor of the
two Houses rising and pronouncing
their sentiments of the most COM
menda BILE character in favor of the
economical and just government of
the Democrats.
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YOUR TIME 10 OUT.

A large number.of subscriptions er-
pired with our last issue. some had
previously expired which wer con-
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comes 90 you marked, yours Is out.
IL you want it discontinued, notify ne
without delay and IL you DON'T, send
the price Of subscription at once IL
Possible-sO th your name may be
transferred TO our new hook for 1877,
without delay. Don't fail.
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Every BOY residing in the coun

Every boy residing in the coun-
try should be taught to bud, graft
and propagate plants from seeds
and cuttings, as we'll as re-
ceive a few lessons in vegetable
physiology, at least enough to de-
termine the principal orders of pro-
duction, IN order that he may know
how the different varieties of corn
become mixed when planted near
together, as well as many other kind
of cultivated plants. Five dollars
worth of books and course Of six
lectures given in the country school
house, or elsewhere, by some one
who knows how to explain such
things in simple, easily understood
language, would, in nine cases out Of
ten, make a boy believe that the
farm was, as it is, the best place in
the world for amusing and instruc
tive study.