The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-18
News from Glover Creek:


letters have appeared in your valuable pa
per recently from Clover-Port and leagues,
and as I occupy position midway between
/ these places, l thought it might be inter
e5ting to some Of your many readers, and
especially to your correspondent from
/ leagues
Our farmers are very bUsily engaged gath
ering in their crops. Corn crop is short,
but there is enough for home supply. Hogs
| are plentiful, Notwithstanding there Is some
cholera among them. Cotton crop is not
very good, and as we have no "cord wood
nor cross-ties for legal tender" our cash
will be rather short. However, if we run
too short, it may be your respondent from
leagues viii loan us some OF his illegal
tender funds, but if he requires amortgage
we will not give ii, for that abomination is
played out with us.
MALARIAL DISEASES,
in all their multiplied forms, have sorely
punished our people this summer and fall
Drs. Anderson and Robinson have had a
great deal to do. l heard them say few
days ago that they expected and certainly
require of their creditors a fair divide Of
their cash thiswinter. They say the people
arc too much in the habit OF paying all their
money to merchants, and keep none for the
doctor.
am acquainted with Captain Daniel, OF
whom your correspondent from leagues so
descrvingly speaks, and know the Captain
! always does everything right, but my old
friend Gambell says that he does not allow
any miller to make better meal or more of
it than he can. He says a great deal de-
ponds upon the head of water, thccondition
of the rocks, and how cheap you toll the
corn. am aware Captain Daniel knows
how to run a gin, but friend Vernon says he
can skin a cotton seed closer that Daniel
can.
VIII your leagues correspondent please
tell me something more of
MAJOR ARMSTRONG.
do not know the Major and l thought too
that l had a shaking hand acquaintance
with every man in the district. presume
nc IS a new conner from Mississippi.
thought he might be in some way related
to Gen. Armstrong, of that State, who came
/ through this section in the fall of 1862, in
search Of the Yankees, some Of whom were
/ found along the railroad between Bradford
and Mcdon, but do not remember that any
one was hurt. The GcneTN left Mcdon for
! Estanaula and at Britton lane he struck a
few hundred blue coats, and the General got
enough to do him.
have no big meeting" report to give
your readers, but if l would go away back
to last year, like your leagues correspon-
dent was forced to do, l might get up a good
report ! desire to say to your corrcspon-
dent that I heard Of Il big meeting" last
yoar-it may be the same one to which he
rcfers-in which one Of the preachers became
so happy that he jumped from three to five
feet straight up.
/ cannot vouch for
SQUIRE BLAIR's REPORT
of the butter, chicken and egg receipts al
looms / wonder if the Squire had beer
in Nichols back room before he made thai
report?
l fully agree with Parson Mcdaniel in hi,
high estimate Of your valuable paper.
cannot get along without it, and as an
quite young yet, you may set me down as
long subscriber
Let me say that our people go to jackson
to buy stoves, and have their clocks and
watches repaired. What has becomco Of thos,
who once sold stoves and repaired watches il
Bolivar? Arc they still doing business?
/ do not know your correspondent from
Teaguc'F, but being very DESTROYS to max,
his acquaintance hope to hear from hin
again, and therefore will give him my ad
dress. QUD NUNC.