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

There was an odd sequel to
some church-going at Blooms
burg, Pa, last Sunday. The
jury in a murder trial attended
the Lutheran Church, and the
minister seized the occasion to
deliver a sermon from the text:
sit is John the Baptist, whom
[ beheadcd." When court o.
pened on Monday, the counsel
for the accused offered motion
asking for the discharge Of the
jury on the grounds that the
sermon had discussed the sub
ject Of murder in all It's vari-
Gus bearings, and was calcula-
ted to prejudice them against
the accused. But the prosecu-
ton proved that the sermon was
written and first delivered in
1862, and shown that, although
the minister had referred to
John the Baptist, Catiline and
ghost of Banquo, he hadn't said
anything about tragedies of la
ter date. The court oyerruled
the motion for a discharge of
the jury Springfield Repu6-
licdn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
Mai1 Directory.
Fayetteville Post-Omce.

Ra;lroad-leaycs every day except Sun
5svat 7.45 An; arrives at 8 P. NJ. Supplies
the following Offices: Kelso, Lincoln, tlynt-
willie. Oregon, Georges Store, Flora Hunts
Station. Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
SheIbyville stage-arrives Monday, We'd
pesday and Friday at 10 A. NJ; leaves same
davs at 2P.M. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
huro bonneville, County Line, Shelbyville.
Huntsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thursday at A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday alarm. Supplies Harpers Branch,
Goshen. Halle Green, Meridianville and
Huntsville.
Shelbyville horse-leaves Mondays and
ThursdayS at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 4P.N Supplies Norris Greek,
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and ShelbyVille.
pulaski horse--arriVes every Friday at II
Ar. leaves same day at 1890. Supplies Cy-
-nston. Boons Hill, M;llville, hsgah, Brad
shaw and Pulaski.
blanche horse-leaves every FRIDAY at
a NJ: arrives Saturday at 2. n. Sup
niles Camargo, Molino Cold Mater Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at this of
6ce upon post offices in all parts ef the L.
o;ted States. A list Of Money Order offices
nay be seen on application. Rates OF COM
rnission for Money Orders arc rs follows;
Not exceeding SO. .....:.:... iO cents
o,er Ia apd not exceeding $50. ...15 do
do so do do 40 20 90
10 40 do do so 20 DO
". 3. DoUTHAT, P. NJ.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
Blue Glass.

General A. j. Pleasantson has
written long letter to the Chi
cago Tribune on the wonders of
blue glass. The glass which he
uses is of dark blue, the color be-
ing derived from a preparation
OF cobalt which is fused in the
pot with other ingredients. 1t is
imported from France, and costs
lour times as much as American
window glass. He gives in his
letter bis personal experience as
to the curative powers of blue
and sunlight baths. In October
last he met with a very serious
accident in alighting from wag-
on in Philadelphia. The physici
an said there had been no fracture
of the ribs or bones, but that be
would suffer long time from the
effects OF the shock and fall.
Liniments and plasUers afforded
no relief. He resolved to try
blue glass. sin my bath ROOM"
he says, Il have a window with a
southern exposure, arranged with
alternate panes of tlue and plain
transparent glass. Uncovering my
back, set with my back to the
blue and sunlights which were
streaming through the window
into the bath room. As soon as
these lights began TO fall upon
my back the pains began to di-
minish and at the end of half an
an hour they had ceased aItogeth.
er. Towards evening the pains
returned but they were much less
than they had been before | had
taken the blue light bath, and
during the night l Was easier than
| had been before l had taken
the blue light bath. The next
day | took another bath of the
blue and sunlights, which effect.
ually relieved me of every pain,
and since then now about three
months, ! have not had the light.
est pain or sensitiveness in the
parts afected-three consecutive
sun and blue light baths having
completely removed every i'll eff
feet OF my most serious accident.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

Some years ago q Russian Of
ficer struck q Russian Prince,
aud was sentenced to a residence
in Siberia. Thirteen persons aid
ed him in his escape, and they
were in turn sentenced to banish-
ment. One ot the thirteen esca D.
ed, is now teaching school in
Kansas City, and hopes soon to
shake hands and eat box of can
dies with Duke Alexis. Truth
is stranger than some special tele.
grams.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

There is something refreshing
IN the absolute astonishment that
visitors to printing Office some.
times display at the commouest
things. "What is that blacklooll.
ing thing standing up in that cor
ner7' is sometimes asked by al
unsophisticated observer, and the
nearest typo answers That il
the towel. We always stand it
up in that corner"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
Fleeing from Bliss.

About two weeks ago young
lady broke through the ice of a
deep skating pond near Toron-
to, and a young man rescued
her at the risk Of his own life.
AS the half-drowned girl was
recovering consciousness her ag-
oniZed father arrived ON the
spot. Taking one Of the cold,
white hands in one of his own,
he reached out the other for the
hand Of her rescuer, but the
Young man realizing his danger,
with one frightened glance
broke for the woods, and was
soon lost to view. He has not
been heard OF since, and it is
thought that he is travelling in
the United States under the
false and hollow name Of Smith.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
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For the Fayetteville Observer.
LINES
ON A VERY BEAUTIFUL LADY.
BY JESSIE FERGUSON BROWNE.

The dover of beauty is thine, is thine,
FaiIest Of Gods created fair;
Approaching perfection, almost divine,
Scarcely creature of earth or air.
So doth it seem, as we gaze on thee now
With wondering, strange delight;
The charms of an angel encircle that brow
AS star-gems encircle the night.
Delighted indeed might connoisseur dwell
On the beauty that nature gave; .a
As the delicate flush of the pearly shell,
Thrown ashore by the opaline wave.
Is the tint Of cheek so daintily fair,
That zephyr might haply stray,
And the bloom that rests SO etherialIy there
Be swept in moment away.
Borne from our view as the-veil like mist,
By that breath SO lightly given; kissed
As the silyery wreathS by the sunbeams
Ascend to their native heaven,
Approaching perfection, almost divine,
Scarcely creature of earth OF air;
Thine is the dover Of beauty-thine,
Fairest of Gods created fair.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15


chance to take my tumble from
the bridge at q point whore a
ferry boat or other craft was
passing below, l might knock d
hole in it or do some other DAM
age. So on the whole I decided
| wouldn't take any trapezc
perio4 nance in mine, preferring
to forego the opportunity of
making a sensation rather than
risk having my career of use
fulness brought to a sudden and
antimelY end.
l must therefore leave your
readers to imagine the thrilling
account they would have had,
If my head had been a little
steadier, the glowing descrip-
tion of the vast panorama spread
out before the aerial pedestrian;
the swaying plank, the wind
whistling among the network
of ropes-all the horrors and
delights of the situation they
can picture to themselves, and,
when the grand work is COM
pleted, can enjoy the latter with
out the former whenever they
happen to be in the city.
A young newsdealer on one
of the steamboat wharves of
the East River has just been
presented with a silver medal
for having during the past year
saved five persons from droN n
ing, who had fallen from the
dock where he plies his calling.
Obscure heroes like this young
man seldom receive due appre-
citation, and it is very satisfac-
tory to see this recognition of
his bravery in five times risk
ing his life 10 save ntter stran-
gers, and that without expecta-
ton or hope of reward.
The latest important addition
to the charms of our Aquarium
is cargo of alligators, hand
some creatures, with fine open
countenances, but somewhat
inclined to both treachery and
contention. On the day oftheir
reception they were placed, 8
dozen of them, IN the mamnoth
tank made vacant by the de-
mise OF the late lamented white
whale. For a while the mon~
sters were partly torpid with
cold, but soon got warmed up,
and then there was O first-class
circus iii that tank. The big
gest Saurian, an unregenerate
looking old reptile over twelve
feet long, happening to tread
on the tale of a little brother,
nine or ten feet in length, the
latter took the accident as an at
tempt to bulldoze him, and de-
the fact that he
want that kind of a croco-
die by turning upon the ag-
5ressor and displaying several
yards Of teeth. The distur-
Dance seemed TO be infectious,
and in a few seconds the tank
ooked like a session OF the
Electoral Commission. It's in
mates could hardly have acted
worse if they had been allega-
.Ors instead of alligators; and
10 heated at last became the de-
pate that it was found neccessa-
y to call the meeting to order
'y a stream of ice water from
he fire hose. This vigorous
reatment eventually restored
Iuiet, and the regular. order of
business eating and slceping)
vas again taken up.
RADIx:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

An organ was some time ago
introduced in a parish church in
the north Of Scotland, and some
OF the mem mJers took offense and
left. One of these soon after met
another member and inquired
''hoo the organ was gettin' on p
20, fne," was the answer; list
blawin' ava the chaff an keepin
the corn"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

Another modest prind-donnd,
we learn from the Burlington
Hawkeye, has blossomed out
down in Louisville. She wrote
to a great teacher to ask his SER
vices in assisting the d-lop.
ment OF her voice" which she says
sis very susceptible to the inAu-
eEce Of d-mp weather"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

The law Of Missouri requires
that when a man is to be arres-
ted, the warrant shall be read to
him. While Deputy Marshal
Hughes of jackson county was
reading a warrant to Frank Mil
Ter and Richard Green, whom
he found while they were chop
ping wood in the Little Blue
bottom, Green shot him through
the heart, killing him instantly.
Both men fed, but were cap
tured last week in Lafayette
county.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

The Supreme Court of Mas.
sachusetts has sustained the lower
Court in its decision that Israelites
must be held amenable to the
laws of that State regulating the
observance of the Sabbath. The
case grew ont of an attempt to
keep a store open on that day.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

The Democratic honesty was
evinced in the South Carolina
case. A Democratic Commit
tee went to that State. and re-
ported that on the face of the
returns the Hayes Electors were
chosen. The Democratic obiec.
tors to Hayes votes before the
Commission did not claim that
the Tilden votes should be coun-
ted. The Democratic members
Of the Commission all voted a.
gainst the I'ilden Electors from
that State. The vote of the
State should have been rejected
altogether, but the Democratic
position has been consistent
throughout this contest.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
Church Bells That do not
Invoke Christian Sem
timontS.

tPhiladeiphia Cor. New York Graphic)
In one of tie most conserya.
tive and cid time aristocratic pre-
cincts CT the City of Philadelphia
stands the Protestant Episcopal
Church OF St. Mark. High up
amid the heavy timbers within
its capacious tower is a chime
of bells, and these bells have
lately been and are yet the sub
Iject of a war of words which has
been carried into the Courts.
The residents OF the aeighborhood
are praying for an injunction a.
galnst the ringing and changing
which have been going on at all
hours of the dag and night.
1t is claimed that people of nerv-
Gus temperament have been made
seriously i'll by the cotinued ring
ing Of the bells 4; that sick people
have languished and died, while
yet the bells tolled on; that prop
erty has SO deprecated in value
that its owners find it almost i'm.
possible to give it away. The
rector and his wardens were ap
pealed to, but declined to abate
the activity and zeal Of their mus
cular sexton. Then it was pro.
posed to waylay the sexton, but
he eluded the band of hired as.
sassins. The church authorities
remained obdurate and defiant,
and still the bells tolled on.
Then it was argued that the bells
were not played upon skillaaai!Iy,
whereupon The sexton, with q
laudable view to overcome that
particular objection, got up and
pracliced the scales an hour or
two earlier than usual each morn
ing. Whenever the sexton felt
bad and his digestion was imper
feet, he went up into that tower
and played "Old Hundred" for a
couple of hours. When be was
in hopeful mood he banged a.
way at 'Sweet by and by" and
"There is Sweet Rest" Now,
there exist in the city several itin-
Grant bands of curb stone mus
icians, and one of these finds a
special Geld OF harvest in. the sec
ton of the city OF which speak
Last week certain unknown par.
ties contracted, it is said, with !
these children of the Tyre to give
q promenade concert in front Of |
the Church at the time of the
several daily services. At any
rate the terms of the contract
were satisfactorily performed
Of course the parties who were
engaged in the case vs. the Church
1isown the action and repudiate
is authors, but still the band
plays and still the bells toll on.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

A BOSTON STORY As the Car
sped up Shawmut avenue his arm
began to- steal around her waist
and his head inclined lovingly,
unconscious OF observation. Just
as the car approached Sawyer
street the conductor thrust his
head inside and shouted "Saw.
yer" close to Hayseed's head.
The latter, hastily drawing him
sell into form, indignantly re-
marked: "You needn't ey howled
it through the car if you did !;
we're engaged and the rest of
the passengers set their faces to-
ward the driver and grihned.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

Moody's popularity at the Hub
is waning. In moment OF un-
guarded enthusiasm be bluried
out that heaven was q more desr-
able place than Boston.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

A Texas newspaper informs its
readers what kind of people they
want in that State. They have
twice too many doctors, and nine
times too many lawyers. In fact,
they propose to "swap off, law
yers at the rate of forty lawyers
for one Northern farmer. They
would like few more goodpreach-
ers, and a great many IS poor
ones. But the great want is iarm-
ers "fve million good farmer"
will receive a welcome within the
borders of Texas. But they
went ''early rising. hard working,
S, ber, good managing meu."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
But how to do it was the ques-
tion If I ran ahead without

But how to do it was the ques
tion If ran ahead without
light, the engineer might thinl
l wanted TO stop the train 70.
robbery-for such things have
often been done, you know
and would not only dash righ
Oh faster than ever, and maybe
try 70 scald me as the locomo
tive rushed by. [ tell you ]
felt like praying just then; but
brakemen are not selected fol
their religious feelings, SO ]
didn't pray much, but looked a.
round and saw light shining
ir window some distance of,
l lair down my lantern careful
! ly on the track, made bee line
for the house, and soon my
knock brought a woman to the
door, who looked more fright
ened than | was at my excited
appearance. 1t was useless to
ask for sperm oil--the only sort
we use-so | cried out:
"'For Gods sake give me
some straw
"She seemed to realize the po-
sition, and quickly brought a
bundle. Feeling in my pocket,
| found three matches, and, grab
bing the straw, l made my way
back to the track.
Laying the straw between
the rails, | struck a match and
showed it into the bundle. 1t
flickered an instant, and then
went out. / felt and found the
straw damp.
"Just then duh, faint, rumb-
ling sound came down on the
wind, and / knew she was COM
ing-the train would soon be
there.
81 struck the second match,
and it touched off the straw. A
blaze, a little smoke, and it was
dark again, and, raising my eyes,
| saw the headlight of the ap-
preaching train away in the dis
tance. But trains don't crawl,
and the bnzzing along the rail
told me to be lively. The red
light was burning but family;
five minutes more and it would
go out. For an instant | stood
paralized, when a shrill scream
brought me to my senses, and
L saw that inside of two min
utes more she would be there.
"Seizing the lantern with one
hand, | struck the last match,
and, bending down, laid it care
fully inside the straw, and then
dashed forward, waving the red
Light the sudden waving had
put it out-only screeching he
came straight on. When tie
train was almost on MEL jumped
one side, and, singing the Ian
tern over my head, dashed it in
to the cab. The engineer saw
the lamp as it broke on the floor,
and, seeing the red glass and
battered lantern, whistled the
danger signal and tried to check
up.
"Leoking down the track, /
almost screamed from excite
ment. The last match had found
a dry spot, and the straw was
blazing up brightly. The train
came to a stand still. She was
saved; that's all l remember.
"The next / knew l was in
the baggage car. They said
they had found me lying by the
train, i'll a dead faint, and-ex-
cuse me, We are going to stop
now"
Stamford" he sung out.
The train stopped, and the wri-
ter went home, satisfied that
brakeman's life is an exciting
one.
Some years ago Russian of
n N
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

"Mary," said a = street woman
to new servant, "when you
hang out the clothes be careful TO
put the incest pieces nearest the
street"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

The voice of Sam Bard is once
more heard in the iaud-this tins
as the editor Of Democratic pa
per at Pensacola. His vers. lty
as q journalist is OIL parallelcd
by his inutility.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15
The Brakeman's Story.

% eyes, sir" said the brake
Q man, as he stood by the stow
o warming his numbed hands, af
= ter coming in from braking
9 "Peeple think, as they sit here
0 IN their warm seats and only
. hear us call out the different
stations, that We have a nice
0 soft, easy time. But we know
= better. Imagine yourself ouI
D on a fiat car all night with the
D snow dashing into your face,
: your hands on a cold iron brake
} and think if that's easy; or, up
on top of freight car, running
along, the wind cutting like a
knife, dark as pitch, and watch
ing for fear you may rush sud-
denly under a bridge and be
swept of, and perhaps left to
die in the snow. Is that easy ?
! Does that look like a soft Job?
To be sure, when we are trans
ferred to passenger cars, the
work is nice enough, but the
dangers we have to go through
(for generally we have to go on
freight cars first) entitle us for
something better on passen-
ger car, and we amt sorry when
we get orders to take the head
end of such a regular train.
"There are very few brake
men who can't tell some never
to-be-forgOtten incident con-
nected with their life on the
rail. To explain, let me tell
you a story of my own expert
ence. | remember one night it
was fearfully cold, right in the
middle of winter, and showing
hard, / was brakeman in the
middle of a freight train. 1t
was running along on slow time
that night, and we were two or
three miles from the station. 1
was standing by the brake of a
Hat car trying to get warm by
stamping, wishing we were at
the depot, SO that l could go
back to the caboose out of the
bitter cold, when suddenly I
feltthe train humping and jump
| ing as if a wheel had broken. and
[ knew something was wrong.
The whistle blew for brakes,
and i'll a mighty short time we
had the train stopped.
"With the rest of the men I
went back to see what was the
matter, thinking that 1 might
get chance at the stove, for /
was nearly frozen. Going back
about three hundred feet, we
found that one Of the rails had
got loose and was cut of place,
but, as we had been going slow,
we had run over the spot safely.
Our conductor looked up, and
seeing me, said;
"Jim, get back and signal the
passenger train. She will be
along in a short time, now; and
take this he said, handing me
a red light lantern; 'we'll go on.
You can come along with the
other train
"With that all hands got on
board, and soon there was moth
ing but myself and lantern left.
"a cold gust brought me to
myself with a quick turn, and
then / remembered what | had
to do. Holding the lantern up,
l saw the light Pickering, and
shaking it found it almost
empty. Then l began to feel
the responsibility of my posi-
ton. A lamp without oil in it,
the train due in ten minutes,
with the chances of it being
thrown off the track, and no
telling how many people killed
or wounded! In case of this
kind, sir, every brakeman will !
do his hest to save human life.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-15

The Herald man says, Iet
your children eat all the salt
they want" Bless your soul,
nobody hinders 'em, but it isn't
salt they want, the young beg
gars; it's sugar.
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