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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

Our New York Letter.


A High Highway-The Ribbon
over the Riyer-Why He dom
go Up-Brayery Rewarded-AI
Alligator Commission.
10 the Editor Of the Observer
New York, March 2, 1877.
The completion of a passage
way, albeit rather slender one
between the piers Of the great
Brooklyn bridge, marks an i'm.
portant era in the progress of
this important work. Fol
months past there have been
quite a number of small cables
dropping from one to the other
and lying like graceful spider
threads against the sky; bat
how they have completed foot
bridge the whole distance from
the New York anchorage to
that of Brooklyn. This bridge
is an unencloscd pathway of
oak Stats, in all some three or
four feet wide, and slung along
two thread-like wire ropes,
which serve as hand rails during
the passage. From below, the
bridge with man travelling on
1t has very much the effect of a
fly crawling along narrow
ribbon, and merely to look up
at it and realize the stretch of
vacancy between It's fraiI struc-
ture and the river is enough to
make any ordinary stomach turn
a complete somersault. What
then must be the sensations in
the digestive apparatus of the
human fly away up there as he
glances from his swaying, side
less foothOld, down through the
yawning gulf to the black wa
terS below, is something that /
don't care to imagine.
The foot bridge is of course
intended only for +he use of the
workmen employed upon the
permanent structure, but on its
completion there were the usu-
ual number of reporters and of
the adventurous spirits who are
always fascinated by danger,
lmportuning the authorities for
permission to make the peril
Gus trip. Such applicants were
at first uniformly refused. But
who can permanently withstand
the all-cOnquering newspaper
mar when, i'll full war paint and |
feathers, he gets fairly on the
scent of his prey? The unfor-
tunate superintendent stood the |
strain for a few days and then |
"cayed" with the remark Chat
he supposed some half dozen .
of these blank idiots had got to
kill themselves before the rest
would let him alone" Permits
were therefore issued to several
men, and, | believe, to one wo-
man, who made the passage and
have recorded their impressions
in the various journals to which
they belong.
| myself became somewhat
fired by emulation and a sense
Of my duty to your readers, and
for short time entertained
serious idea of distinguishing
myself in like manner. I even
vent down to the spot to sur
vey the prospect, and see how l
hought | should like the trip.
One glance was sufficient. The
lcrobatic tendencies of my inter-
or, above referred to, were a
Warming reminder of a VOW /
made some years ago, when
20 the stone work at the
Tery apex of the spire Of the :
'trasburg Cathedral, four hun :
lred and odd feet above the
ground, to the effect that if |
we're permitted to get safely to
mother earth once more, never
would leave her again. The t
lnpleasantIy suggestive words
# the superintendent about cid
OTIS" came back to me, and |
rave it up. The world, l felt,
;ould hardly spare me yet, and
wen if the reverse were true, !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

A Virginia hunter says that he
saw about seven hundred thou
sand ducks settle on a pond.
They were wedged closely togeth-
er. He fired both barrels of bis
gun into them. They flew away,
leaving no dead ones in the water;
but, as soon as the flock spread
ont IA little, dead ducks loosened
and fell until he picked mp G.
nough to fill twenty.nine barrels.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

Fall River, Mass, is overflow
ing with orders from South A
merica. An agent recently sent
down there to open a market for
American cottons has had sue
cess, and reports the way clear
for trade.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

Stamford" he sung out.
The train stopped, and the wri-
ter went home, satisfied that a
brakeman's life is an exciting
one.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23


The "slow fighter" was O tall, rawboned
specimen of the Pike County breed, and when
he arrived in the mining camp, the boys be.
gan to have fun with him-to mill him." as
they call it in the parlance of the mines.
He stood it for some time with perfect
eQuanimity, until one of the party dared him
out of doors to fight.
He went When they got all ready and
squared off, Pike County stretched out mis-
long neck and presented the tipof his big
nose temptingly close to his tormentor: "I'm
little slow" The said, "and can't fight unless
I'm well rled just paste nae One-a good 'un
right on the end of that smeller!"
His request was complied with.
That was good 'un," he said calmly, "but
don't feel quite riled WITHDRAWING the
side of his head to the adversary)-"please
chug me another lively one under the earl"
The astonished adversary again complied,
vhereupon Pike County, remarking that he
was mot quite as we'll riled as he would like
10 be, bat would do the best he could -
sailed into the crowd, and for the next ten
days the boys were engaged in mending
broken jaws, repairing damaged eyes and
tenderly resurrecting smashed noses.-Ne0
orleans Democrat.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23
BUDGET OF FUN.
Hew n Chicago Girl Fixed Him.

"Will you DO something to oblige me :'shy,
ly asked a beautiful young woman OF timid
gentleman whose acquaintance she hau
just made at q small social gathering on
West Adams Street the other evening.
"Anythinr mat can in honor, miss" nc
replied blusnIug.
"W".l," said She come into the back par
Tor, where it is dark, and sit on the sofa WIN
me, and let me rest my head on your should
er, and you pretend to whisper IN my ear
only don't blow, because that tlckles ant
can't laugh for this new dress Is very tight
and when anybody looks you can Draw your
arm away forgot TO say wanted you 10
put around my waist-and III pretend 10
blush"
"But, my gracious, Lonored miss" stam-
mered the Young man, after hastily dividing
into 1854 and finding that it wasn't leap
year; my goodness, before all these people
and am already eDgageG-and your faith.
er must weigh"
Hush, know what am up to- replied
the artless girl. 81 am engaged, too, to that
young man talking to the waXen.faced thing
with somebody else's hair over there. wan,
to stir HIM up-to bring him down TO bust.
ness-make him come up to his milk, that's
ALL"
the young man said that a load had been
lifted from his bosom, and aided her TO the
best of his ability, so well, indeed, that in
three.Q quarters of an hour the tue betrothed
got his girl into the library, demanded an ex,
PLANTATION of her shameless conduct, was soft
eged by her tears, called himself brute,
asked if she could ever forgive HIM, and
promised TO behave better IN the future. And
how did the young girl reward the young
man who had helped her to this happiness
u, Il Ii, 81 tha
evening, IN fact never mentioned him except
to say to her reconciled lover, "AlonZo could
you have been so stupid as to think / could
see anything to admire in such q mutton
headed clam as thatw D, woMen, in our
hours of Case.-IrtJune
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

An English nobleman had house porter
who WAS an enormous eater. FRANK, said
he, one day, tell me how many loins you
could eat" "Ah, my Lord, as for loins, not
many, five or SIX at nest" land how many
legs of muttony" "Ah, as for legs of mutton,
not many, seven or eight, perhaps, And
fa,ted pullets?' "Ah, as for fatted pallets,
not many; not more than Dozen" And
pigeons" "Ah, as for pigeons, not many
perhaps forty-ffty at most-according 10
appetite" "And larksg" "Ah, as for that,
my Lord-lit,le larks-torecer, my Lord--tor.
eCerw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

General Ord, in command of the United
States troops on the Rio Grande, is, according
20 the New Orleans Democrat, grandson OF
George ~. and the actress Mrs. Fitzherbert,
10 whom the English King was married by a
Catholic priest while Prince Regent. As the
story goes, son was born OF this union and
consigned tothe care of a tutor named Ord who
emigrated with HIM to this country. The
youth took the name of his tutor and married
q Virginia or Maryland lady, by whom he
lad two sons, Atlanicus and Paciticus. The
second became a lawyer IN New Orleans, and
emigrated to California twenty-five years ago
where he is Judge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

1t is estimated that from one-half TO two
thirds of the sheep in the state have persisted
from starvation. The loss of cattle is not so
large, as they were taken to the mountains in
time. DR.. Swain, of Watsonville, started for
the mountains from Fresno with over 5000
sheep, and the llteess carcasses of over ,5oO
of them now mark the route taken. The doc
tor says that unclaimed dead and dying sheep
cover the plains, and hundreds of sheep and
lambs fall into line behind the wagon OF the
traveller and follow, in the hope OF getting a
morsel of hay. One man from the San Joa
quin valley lost every sheep he had-1l 900
during storm, and went home penniless
man. Another, an Italian, thought he could
save the cost of ferrying his sheep across the
Tuolumne river by swimming them, and SOC
we're drowned in the attempt. Another man,
east of Visalia, despairlng of ever getting his
sheep TO where there wa. feed, turned $4,000
out to starve, If he undertook to drive them
TO the mountains, many of them must die OF
starvation before reaching there, because
there is no feed on the way, and then when
the mountains are reached all the good feed
is already taken up by men who hold possess
ION, shotgun IN hand, and who are desperate
enough to fight to the death. There viii
probably be good many cases OF bloodshed
and death in the mountains this summer, anC
many stockmen will mysteriously disappear
20 return no more WdtsincUle (Cdl.) Tran
oprint
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

II reply to some criticisms of the Chicago
Times, Mr. NJ. c. Butler, senatorial claimant
from South Carolina, writes to that journal:
1T is true that have been charged with
irstiga,ing the Hamburg riot, by those who
had political end to accomplish by SO
charging me; but had no more to do with
instigating that riot than you had, and no
more to do with killing the negroes than you
had No effort has been made, that l am
aware of SO induce the President to discon-
tinue the prosecution against the Hamburg
butchers On the contrary, the persons
charged have been trying for nearly year TO
have indictments issued against them, and re-
tered to the grand jury, with view to a
full and thorough investigation, and So far
have failed therefore no effort could have
been made to have discontinued what was
never undertaken or begun. l have never
owned pack of Russian bloodhounds' or
hounds Of any kind or description. / was
never AN overseer' nor a 'slave-hun,er,' and
never had slave TO run away"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

The ether night Shylock (of the wel!'known
firm of Shylock q Co., advances made on
good security awakened in bed with horEi,
Die shrek and start.
"Wha: is the natter" asked his terrified
wife
"Oh, have had dream, a most fearful
dream. Can you imagine that fancied that
in my dream Jones came and returned me
$lo!"
"But, my dear husband, can see nothing
horrible in that"
"Oh, you cant, can't you? You illimita'
BILE idiot, can't you see that / must have lent
them to him first That is where the agony
came in World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23
SALE. BY, virtue OF an eke exec

rt.UnIENI-"S SAI.E.--By virtue oil an eNrch
nn isued out of :he clerks office OF the Circuit COURT
OF La sale couA,y, and state OF Illinois ana 20 NV W
81, rbarenv am commanded TO make the amount OF
cett.n Judgment recently obtained sga!nst ho1er Wal
~ kvnr of soloman C. Barnett, out oil lands, tenc-
goods and chatcls of the said Roher wallace nave
levied on the following pronery. 70 VIZ ne
rfar of the south halt OF the east ball oil tnt sOuhNel
artsr OF section sixteen township thirty rer range
tIgr cast of the third +. NJ, In sale county ih9is
according TO said command. hlAll expose.
IN, ie al public auction all the right tte anu ntetest i
ne above named Roher wallace In aud 10 the n2ye az
ad nronerty on Tuesday. the 10 day OF July l,'' a.
e'clocK p NJ, az the south door oil Tue county So'''
Isf,t Al IItsga ill., this l4th day Of June 80,
'''''' ~ ''''' RUFUS {. STEVENS.
f.,fr-q,v Sheriff of La Sale County, Ill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

A novel manufacture Is that of crys,alized
eggs, composed of crystals, preserving all the
essential clements of the egg itself A table
spoonful stirred in tepid water answers every
purpose of the orthodox product The eggs
are not sensitive to atmospheric influences.
They are packed in cases, boxes, barrels and
halt barrels, and one barrel Of crystals is
equal to eight barrels of fresh eggs. There
will evidently be great demand for these
eggs IN mining districts and also for ships
supplies.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23
C. H. BRUSH,

,IoRTG.GE SNLE.-whereas Archibald
VI armour all sarah AroG " r H. s Sy their certain
,crtsye deed hearing date the eighth day of April A. j.
49, ,y and recorded in the Recorder, office
Of sale county IN the state OF Illinois on me Itth dty
convey mt" Mary Manoney AL the i9oTLns deserted
p-eInises wit: The northeast quarter &c. an i
IN M lie original town NOW city, OF ottawa IN Ia
81 cptai5 monastery notes dated Aprl sth 'i, and
executed by sad Archibald Armour ana Isys o 70
sn, Of ' oe iborsahd flg.c dollars, and due re-
-roc'.yeiy in one two three aud Tour ear. rom
nIay said and mortgage having besh mSe 20
he payment pert OF the purchase money o' SA'
Sai whereas. af,eruards the said Mary M9lo1Sy sold
-.saed and endorsed aid mortgage and the ihTce 2i
notes that came due p"ctyeiy IN two, three aha our
years from date thereof being num,t 'Mo, bs
Tue other SAID Ho;es number one haN'ns 10 IT,
AMI the Undersigned Thomas Hgrord, j. nov d W eSA'
OWE! and hoi der Of sag ,t made in the payment Of
tour hundred sixty $50 1 '"aTs o. the @ o.
r,y snN interest ifJH APT , a. The prncoai oi
been made In the pay inent Oh we ~ o f he Interest
and yheraas iere Is u5 due aid unpaid on aid hree
ou.snd aGd tgenty.tree dollars and tweHyse'en cents
And whereas 8, Is proyletin and by sai morsage fee
that IN defaul' IN TIE payment o! Is ,s +,
re n5r and eject hereof TIA, thel said parry Of ne .e
ord pant cr heirs OF s iAf ss "a 40 emily of re-.
irpr5n OF the aid parties % The sTsi part theT rs or
highest 'f'-' pllAf Wv 'h4'
90. four weeks public u0ilrr having l"en 49, u ~
tine and place Of such sale. ana 70 l..a- -. a.
liver Tie purchaser purchasers al slcn ~ 49,
es OF Tor the premises sold ana n-l y w
proceed. OF sucn sale 20 pay ai costs ana c pens.
III sGyerf,lrg and selling saI premise also W.,
.lI Interest due On said notes 90 eitl'f gr any G ". -,
s1G rag the surplus q AM, 10 ala iaT'J OI '' "'' '
Ala sersst sfrli las cen mad, n the payment Of -l
notes A. Aforesaid therefore public notice i hef.y -'s
ra' uuie and by virtue OF the poger ana anlAoi5 ~
,-e BIZ rad mortgage deed. and FOR the purpose o phs
r ise amount that may ~ iaei0n sia Loes on ~ ~
sale, together With tie cost aHd Lrei.. 9i a., TO-
Huriarl a.sl-Uee OF sait notes and mortgage ION -
lay tenth dsy July a o. l,,. AZ We sLg y, ~
f9.z IN tho Afternoon said lay. A. the south uO1i %
County court HOuse. % he Cty 81 ottawa ,ylhl % -.
lie Az state or Illinois. se and dispose % Ne tel
arIve aaf In s4if uor-gAgs cescribed and Al ne Is
fltr anI e4clty Of redemption % THE ,all Atlintt ~
-llr sad sarah Armour. tErr LetTs OF As-l-- y
- =ha-' ana t.f bidder tor cash 'htsrIor, al ~.
cate deed or deed tie f haser OF purchasers e'e'i
''' THOMAS HTBfOItD,
hss'-rHs g slli -Otgs AID mortgage.
{. T.. EErsH, Attorney !J- As,igu"~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Gov. Drew, the Democratic governor #
Florida, tells the New York TriiUECS cor
respondent that FLORIDA is getting along
very we'll under The new order Of things We
shall save this year S30OU0 court expenses
$4,000 IN the peni;eniiary AID very large
gross sum in county expenses II is s!ngI-
Jar fact that every Southern state gets along
very well as soon as it gets rio Of The Re2uc-
llcsn party.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

\ near sighted and modest citizen of Gaze.
nova, y. Y, entered a dry goods store in
tina: village, and thinking to perpetrate a
joke, stepped up TO the dummy on which new
patterns of dresses and mantles are displayed
aud struck i: on the shoulder, saying, We'll,
old woman, how are your" The old woman
at once turned around and not only answered
his question, but volunteered great deal Of
information besides.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Here is remark from Tie Lit Gross SU,
which will be appreciated by consumers OF
b-eadstutfs; There is something peculiar
about -four When wheat goes up ten cents
q bUsLel, -four finds 1t out by telegraph, bu,
when wheat goes down, flour gets the news
from the east by canal, and q mighty slDw
canal at that. The city should appoint some
cue to notify -four when wheat goes down
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Such tide of prosperity has come upon
Louisiana since Packard surrendered that the
people of that state are now the most cheerful
in the country. The state bonds have gone
I'D from co to "a within month, real estate
has advanced 25 per cent, Capt. Eads' jettes
are a nc agnificent success and the future that
Now Orleans has been dreaming of and pray
ing tor, for nearly twenty years, seems about
10 be realized at last.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

4 British color sergeant, shot down and
over-rEn by the enemy, once seized in his
mouth corner of the flag, and his teeth lock
"a upon it in the rigidity OF death. The
enemy cut it away from him, leaving bit OF
i between his fixed teeth. subsequently the
standard was retaken, ana ever since the flag
ofthat regiment is made with that little piece
carefully cut out, in memory of the sergeant
Month
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Little Rob, who usually adds few ORIG
inal words to his nightly Nov lay me down
20 Sleep" became somewhat excited the 9th
er evening after hearing Of some thefts and
murders, and illustrated the early age a
which the notions Of one generation are trans
mitted to another by ending his petition with
ooh Lord, all them that kills, steals anc
murders, please make m better If you can
il you can't, hang EN-"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

4 stone.cutter once received from a Ger.
man the follow epitaph, TO be engraved on
the tombstone of his deceased wife: My wife
Susan is dead; if she had Iii till next Friday,
she'd been dead shust two weeks. As tree
fall so she mus, stand All things Is impOs.
sibie NIT God"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

A merchant IN a provincial town in Scot
land had a habit of saying at might hae been
waur" to everything that was told him, how.
ever sad the story might be. A neighbor,
thinking that he would knock the wind out
of him, one morning said: Man, had an
awful dream last night" cay, what did ye
dream:" Il dreamed that was in hell"
at might hae been waur.' How could It
hac been waur?" "It il had been reality"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

The seventeen-years locus,s have made their
appearance IN New York and New jersey.
and the people are specializing about what
thew will do. They need not be alarmed.
The seventeen-years locus:s are very noisy,
but that is the worst that can be said fthem.
The Rocky mountain grasshopNers are differ
ent; they make lille noise, but. like Josh
Billings patent cathaTtic, ATTEND strictly 70
IuSinesSn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Nothing is palmer than that under our
present mode of farming wheat growing will
cease to be profitable within few years. Al
ready Michigan wheat has lost its once popu.
lar standing in the eastern market-D,troH
TViiyy1e
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

\ Lewiston gentleman recently carried q
letter Of Introduction tgym Attend TO q s'ran.
ger. The stranger received him c01i.y and
slowed him the door. Y Little invest CATION
showed The reason. The letter said Treat
hir. ike g trump" but the stranger READ :,
."T~a., him like q tramp"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

SEEING is BELIEvING.-"1 never did see
such wind AID such storm" saiG man
in a coffee room. And pray, sir" inquired
the wOuld.be wit, "since you saw the WIND
and the storm, what might their color be-
The wind blew and the storm rose,' was lie
ready reiOinder.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Somebody told Jerrold that George Robins
the auctioneer, was dead, And, OF course,
added the gentleman, his business will 60 10
the devil" "Oh, then he'll get it again." re-
piled the wit
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

Why, Sammy" SAID father TO his Little
son, The other day, II didn't know that your
teacher whipped you last Friday" 81 guess
he replied, If you had been in my trousers,
you'd kroweG.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

"My dear Polly, am surprised at your
taste in wearing another woman's hair on
your head" said Mr.. Smith to his wife. My
dearest Joe, | um equally astonished that YOU
persist in wearing another sleeps wool on
your baCkn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

\ boy five years Of age having stolen can
II milk. his mother took him 10 task with
mora! suas.0r, and wound up Ler discourse
bv cxc.sluirc. VIVA: in The world were you
going 20 10 with The mill; - II vas going 70
s,ca. 20. o drink -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-23

"It,is well 20 leaYe something for those
who come after us a. a man sad when ne
threw a barrel in the way of a constable who
was chasing him.