The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-07-26
EARLY RISING.
4 FoIix,ar Chan Sees the sun Rise, and
What Became Of it.

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A Bolivar Chap Sees the sun Rise, and
/ What Became Of it.
Early rising has among its advOcats poets,
novelists, philosophers and occasionally a
man of sense. early to bed and ana carly
to rise" is a motto that has saluted our ears
ever since the introduction of civilization.
and it Is somewhat remarkable that no par
| ticular hour is universally observed as
marking early rising, for the denizens of
town think early rising means to get up at
8 a. m, whereas the country thinks he has
done a half days work by that time But
the town folks make ample compensation
for this apparent loss of time, for they go to
bed early, that Is in "the wee sma' hours
ayant the twal" As natural consequence
those dwelling in towns never see the sun
rise. An exception 10 this general rule
must be made in favor of some of the Boil
var boys and it gives Us great pleasure to
record this exception, because of the ludi-
crous incidents attending it. But before we
relate the circumstance, and to enable the
distant reader to more clearly comprehend,
short description of the locality IS neces-
sary.
On the eastern extension of Market
street and some distance outside
of the city limits proper lies this now cele-
brated locality. Advertisingly it is known
as "south of Public Square," rurally it is
known as egg Bazaar, ION "Pinhook Row. Z"
The late disastrous fires have somewhat
crowded this suburb, and now it contains,
among other industries, three or four irrigat-
ing establishments, with rectifying rooms at
tached.
In these establishments are kept tolerably
! good cool ice, and whisky hot as - Gust
as you please. After business, hours the
/ boys often assemble here for the purpose OF
making experiments with these two bodies,
and among the numerous experiments that
can be made with them is one land this is a
| favorite with some) that requires a cOpious
supply of water-the colder the better-and
unless this is in reach the experimenter suf-
/ fers inside the flesh 1t was to obtain a fresh
supply OF this indispensable adjunct from
the public well, that one of the boys opened
his door on a morning that shall be dateIess
and saw that which now opens my story.
When he reached the street, happening to
east his eyes eastward he saw a vast globe OF
redness. the like Of which he could not re-
collect having ever seen before, unless it was
when he saw house burning, and this
surely, was another. This idea Immediate
" soaked into him, and he cried "firel fire.
and dropped his bucket, ran back into and
through the house, yelling "ire! FIRE" He
told the market clerk, and he tolled tho
market bell and soon, from every nook and
corner, in all this sewage of town, arose the
wild refrain, ''fire! fre!'
1t is said that fire will make . highland
terrapin travel when nothing else will, and
it is certain that the mere cry of fire here
made fellows tumble out of bed at an hour
when all the breakfast bells and church
bells in the county could not have budged
them But out of bed they rolled and into
the street they came They had evidently
bestowed little or no attention upon theil
toilets, for some had their breeches on cross
ways, others had them rear in front, and {
few had them on-not at all. Some had
oyster cans and others sardine boxes to car
nv water in. One fellow had a No. 10 wire
sieve. On reaching the street each one sci
up his own little shout, but all joined in the
chorus, CDR Ms house is on frer
Whittier they rushed like a herd of buffalo
They didn't see his front gate but tore of
the paIing on each side of 1t, and made fol
+Io ,,-oII +o~o o1rov Tho IO;gtiy,r t,,,
and reaching down their vessels began tc
saturate the air with imaginary barrels OF
water. While they were making stove wood;
of the pailings, 4 door in the house was
opened and a voice said, "By dads, boys
what are you doing" "Your house is OF
fire; your house is burning up" was shouted
in reply, but the Doctor merely turned
around, shouldered his saddlebags snatcheC
up his graduate and pill tile, and calmly
marched out and deposited them in the mid
die of the street, then turned to join tn,
crowd that already, as they thought, dipped
the well dry On reaching the scene O
their operations, and while looking around
for the fire, the rays of the rising sun fel
full up on his vision, the truth flashed upor
him, and he cried out, 'NNhy, boys, by dads
it's nothing but the sun rising" Instantly
every oyster can and sardine box was drop
ped, the wire sieve was started on journey
upward, and the labors Of ali surceased. B,
this time the perspiration had triclled dow
and was sloshing over the tops Of their boot
and an idea had, by some means or other
worked through their hair that it was n,
fire at all. Greatly fatigued by the IN
wonted cxertion, at so early an hour, anC
much crestfallen, they repaired to their re
spective dormitories, each muttering in pc
culiar style to himself, impreeations upon
the head of the hapless wight that mistool
the sun rising, for house on fire. An,
each consoled himself with the reflection
that henceforth he could proudly boast o
having seen great natural phenomenon
and after looking through glass, retired t
fined out his mop and to dream of conhagra
lions and fire extinguishers. JOSH.
CIRCUIT COURT or HARDEAIAl
COUNTY.
July Term, 1S55-Court Proceedings.
TRIAL DOCKET.
I J. NJ Richardson use of G. T. Ingram Vi