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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
How to Scare Off a Dog.

One way to manage dog that bOunces
at you by daylight, is TO look sharp at
him and tell bim to take care Ten 10
one he's coward, or so well trained as
70 mind a mastery order. Another way,
that a friend was telling me just now,
was the practical idea of one of our
school ma'ams down south when a fierce
hound sprang at her. She punched her
steel parassl down the dogs throat and
let him run off with it. The plan has
one objection-it costs a paFasOl every
time Another way for a person with
some nerve is 10 seize the dog that means
to hurt you by the under jaw. with a
stiff thumb under his tongue. He'll call
for his pen and ink then, says my in
fOrmant, and you may pound the breath
out of Linn at your leisure, for there's no
chance of his biting. 1t dog jumps at
your throat with open mouth. rec i've
him by jamming your elbow with all the
force YOU can master between his jaws,
bringing the blow upon the iOwer one IT
| is easily dislocated. Commit these things
to memory, for we are keeping a good
many impudent degs BOW to drown the
noiee of our neighbors pups
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
THE BARES IN TBK WOOD.

Now, grandma why don't you look jolly
Instead Of that SorTOWful way
Don't you know Hal and have been mar led
Just fortnight ago yes teTdaY ?
And we're perfectly happy, and will be
Folks ne' dn't be dOeiui, know,
If they don't look for troubles, Hnd worries,
And heartaches. Ny Hal THINKS just so.
Now you're signing! know what you're saying
a. The hes in the u oOd - But you see
That Hsl's tgsnty-Ooe in November,
And shall soon seventeen be.
And we've seen p great deal of the world, too.
We know how TO battle with life;
And Hal says: ' There can be no sorrew
When man has true little vile"
You've had lots of troubles and trials,
But maybe we won't. Seems to me
You old folks bring sorrow by looking:
Therel you want TO say: - Wait and you'll seel'
But you only look over your glasses,
Aud clasp hands, though you would pray,
And whisper: Z" God bless you, my children,
And keep you in sunshine alwRy."
FIVE YEARS AFTkR.
Grandma. won't you come out ana help Us7
m worn oat with watching and work,
For the children are sic. hsby teetbiug.
And the cook (thst cid BIddy MacQuiTk)
Went away 10 a buff without warning,
And / cannot manage the range;
50 Hal takes his meals in the city
You know man must have change.
All night was up with tlC children,
For Hal saws: It's hard on man
To be wakened all aght with Lhe baby"
. grandma, 5eur, come II you can
TIN YEARS AFTER-
Tell me, grandmother, dear, the old story
0f the heavenly home aud its rest,
And hold me ciOss up as you used 10,
And lay my b, ad down on your breast.
I'll try to look yonder to meet them,
Ny two httle saints gone before,
And forget the sharp pain of the arrow
That shattered the ring once wore.
All 1 see it all nov why you whispered,
- he Babes in the Wood - lens ago,
When trusted the reed that has broken,
The ssnd-chain, the knot made of snow;
And though neither gray hair nor wrinkle
Has come to me- now can see
Other babes in the wood, aBd am silent,
Foreboding as you looked at me-
- Ethel Lynn, in n, Y. Ledger.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

The last words which Samuel Bowles
spoke to Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,,
were, Drop on your knees, Dawes, and
thank God you have done a little good in
this world, and as k His forgiveness that you
have done no more.
A Nevada engineer is perfecting a
plan for heating q city by means of heat
generated in subterranean mines. The plan
contemTlstes system of pipes for distribu-
ting the heat throughout the city. The same
operation ventilates the mines.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
MIDDLETON.


DRs. NEELY & ALEXANDER offers their
professional services to the public. Calls
promptly attended to.
DIR. ]. ID. SASSER offers his professional
services to the public. All orders left at his
once promptly answered.
DRIw. NJ. ALLEN may be found at his
office at all hours to attend TO professional
calls.
A. NJ. LAMBETH, Esq, Attorney at law
and Solicitor in Chancery.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

A FIvE-YEAR-OLD child left its seat in
the Baptist church at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, walked up to the pulpit and
up the steps, and stood beside DR.. Graves,
the pastor, who turned toward the lad,
saying, "What do you want, my little
man ?' The child innOcently replied, ''A
glass of water" The pastor poured out
a glass of water, the child drank it, and
left the platform. The incident created
considerable merriment among the audi
ence, which the child in returning to his
seat noticed, and, thinking the people
were amused at some mistake of his, he
made bow to the pastor, and said.
(" Thank you, sir" and went to his seat
satisfied that he had not committed an
imprOpriety.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Paper Money
DarGansan

What is the result of reducing the
money OF the country from $50 per
capita to $14, a reduction of almost
three-fourtbs? For the first six months
of the year 1877 TIE number OF failures
in the country were 4, 4,740, and the in
debtedness involved was $99, ,606, ,27l.
The agony of bankruptcy has been multi
piled more than twenty-fold. And the
end, even the worst. is not yet.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

"TEN dollars fine for riding or driving
over this bridge faster than a walk. 3
What does that mean ?" asked a little
indianapolis boy, who was riding with
his father. Father explains: off we
whip up and go fast the policeman will
step us and take us to the mayor; end he
viii not let us 60 till we pay So" ST.
lence in the carriage. Meditating bov
speaks: Papa, if it weren't for the
policemans and God what lots of fun we
could have, couldn't we?'
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Hotels and Saloons.

EUROPEAN HOTEL, A. F. Yopp propri-
etor. Meals atall hours Main street. south
of the square.
CITY SALOON, J. P. Smith & CO., pro-
prietoTs. Best liquors kept constantly on
hand, South side public square,
TEMPEST SALOON, p. w. Austin, pro-
prietor. Has on hand pure liquors, fine
cigars. Sonth side public square.
GEM SALOON, \. S. Osburn, proprietor.
Full stock of fine wines and other liquors,
South side public square.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Mercantile.

j.. X. p. LAMBETH has large and as
sorted stock of dry goods, etc, which he
offers very cheap for cash. Call and exam
inc his new arrival of merchandise.
s. c. WILSON, Wholesale and retail drug
rist, dealer in drugs, paints, oils, soap and
fancy articles.
A. J. BARRUM. dealer i drugs, oils,
. sints, glass and fancy art eles, wholesale
and retail.
F. @. BARTLIFF, wholesale and retail
in fine wines, liquors, groceries, etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
THE FINANCIAL ISSUE.
Honesty East and Vyess.

We have heard a great deal about re-
pudiation being a disease confined to
southern and western mercantile life, and
many severe lectures have been read 10
those sections about the villainy cloaked
in the reconciliation scheme as being
latent reputation. Let us test this
theory by the facts. In Dun Barlow 8
statement the following table is given /:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
THE OLD SILVER DOLLAR A LEGAL TEN
DER.

Senator Sherman, in a recent letter to
the Burlington Hawk-Eye, says:
The old silver dollar, if any are in ex-
istence, coined before 1873, is a legal
tender for all sums, but, practically,
there have been none in circulation since
1887, when the change was made in the
standard from fifteen of silver to one of
gold to sixteen to one; but all silver
coins are now legal tender to the extent
of five dollars.
This is an important concession. The
goldite organs have demonstrated ever
and over again that the old silver dollar,
alluded to by Secretary Sherman, is
worth only niDety.two cents; but here
is proof that it is held to be worth as
much as the gold dollar Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

THE largest oyster on record in the
United States was one taken from the
beds in Mobile in 1910. It measured
three feet and one inch in length, and
twenty-three and a half inches in breadth
across its widest part.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
TOONs STATION.
Mercantile.

ANDERSON & BRADFORD keep con-
stantly on hand a full assortment of dry
goods groceries, etc. Great bargains to
be had for cash.
TT. .RUFFIN, dealer in family supplies,
hats, caps, boots and shoes. Liberia terms
offered to buyers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

This thing of " Matchmaking the Mis-
sissippi," as they term it, is making very
promising progress. That is, people are
beginning to understand that a river
which has eighteen out of the thirty-nine
states in the union on its banks or on
the banks Of It's two great tributaries, is
naturally a national institution. The
standing committee on the Mississippi
river seem likely to he a fixture in the
future, and will always hereafter signify
to ignorant congressman from the east,
who do not know the geography of the
country, that there is no other stream in
the werld which can be put in the same
catalogue with that which has not been
miscalleo the father of rivers.-TSt. Louis
Republican.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

A CURIOUS headstone stands in the old
burying ground at Newport, Rhode
Island, which chronicles the death of
son and daughter of William and Desire
Trip, " also his wife's arm," amputated
February 20, 1876. A representation of
the severed member is cut upon the
stone
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Mercantile.

IRWIN, MCFARLAND & co. have large
and well appointed saw mill. All orders
filed at short notice and upon reasonable
terms.
J. p. SMITH keeps constantly on hand a
full line of desirable dry goods, groceries.
etc. Sells very cheap for cash. Call and
get bargains.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

THE magnitude of the famine in China
is appalling. People of all ages are dying
of actual starvation by hundreds o.
thousands. The ravages of the famine
extend through four provinces of north
China, which include over five thousand
villages. Nine millions of people are
reported destitute. Most of the poor
young have beensold, and children
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

VERY sound advice, and sharply to the
present point despite the homely putting
of it, is this of the Newburyport Mass }
Herald
"There is labor enough to employ five
times all the population of this country
if they had mind to work. The trouble
is that they will only do certain kinds of
work, and that must be in certain places.
Fifty thousand men are, te-day-yes,
three times fifty-needed on the farms
of the old states, and million in agri-
culture in the new states and territories;
but the men of the town will not work
at farming. They had rather starve in
the city. The south needs a million of
men from the north on the plantations,
in the workshops and in other industries;
but the northern men won't go south.
Why should a ship carpenter wait till
the shipping interest revives? why not
grow potatoes and corn in the meantime
Why a shoemaker wait till that trade
calls him? q? If he has nothing to do why
not go fishing? If every man should do
what he can do, and at such pay as he
can get, times would be better imme>
diateIy."
To the same effect are the suggestions
of a thoughtful letter from exrepresenta-
tive Grow, of Pennsylvania, in the New
York Tribune. He shows that the real
cause of hard times is an over>production
of mining and manufactures, and the
remedy lies in an increased agricultural
industry
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

THE coinage of the trade dollar is to
be resumed in Philadelphia by order of
the president. 1t seems as if this reck-
less business ought to stop. We are told
that a reconciliation of the old dollar of
4l21 grains would "drive ali the gold
out of the country" and as the trade
dollar contains 42O grains, it of course
will do that dreadful deed in a much
shorter time than the cheaper dollar
would. Do the president and the i'm
mortal fiity-six in congress want gold
driven out and this country left bar
rem, howling wilderness? If not, why,
oh why, do they persist in coming such
great humps of this iniquitous silver
II Graphic
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

A LOVER of good coffee entered a gro
cery. and, holding up handful Of ground
coffee from big can, he inquired: "Are
there any beans in this coffee ?'' No,
sir" promptly replied the grocer. Chow
90 you know ?" asked the man. {" Be-
cause / was out of beans, and had 20 put
peas in" was the answer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
HaTdGmal County Directory.
judicial.

CHANCERY COURT.-Chancello L. ].
Livingston Clerk and Master, James Fem
tress, jr.
CIRCUIT COUR Judge T. J. Flippin
Clerk, ]. NJ. Richardson; Attorney General,
]. u. DupUy.
COZ 'NTY COURT.-Chairman. G. II. An
derson 'lerk, w. G. DOrion; Re gister, r.
Fl Ammons Sheriff, w. w. Farley; Depu.
fies. w. J. Bla,1 w. c. Crawford, JEFF Hud-
SON surveyor, ~. c. Mcdaniel; STANDARD
Keeper. L. a. Parrsn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

CAT what age were you married ?''
asked she inquisitively. But the other
lady was equal to the emergency, and
quietly responded "At the parsonage. "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
BOLIVAR.
Professional.

FRANCIS FENTRESS, Attorney at Law,
and Solicitor in Chancery. Office north side
public square.
DR.. J. j. NELLY, Jr Office on Ma rket
street, in McNeai Block. Orders will rec Give
prompt attention.
DR. D. C. DAY. Office at the old Net ho-
dist church
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SALISBURY.
Mercantile.

WRIGHT & burden have full stock
OF dry goods, groceries and general ner-
cliandise.
j. H. SANNONER has full and assorted
stock of drugs, paints oils, fancy articles, etc.
M. NJ. THURMAN; full and complete
stock of genuine merchandise, dry goods
and groceries.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

SOME statistics have recently been
published concerning the United States
navy. Il appears that during the past
year the salaries of enlisted common
sailors amounted to $3,5OO,UO while ne
less than s4,OO0.000 were paid to officers
An eastern paper appropriately asks if
there is any other corporation that pays
its overseers more than all its employees.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

SAM BowLEs had an Insurance of
$25, 900 on his life. His will leaves $I0,-
600 of this to his wife, together with all
the personal property at their home !;
$4,000 to Miss Alathea Easter, long
esteemed inmate of the house, and a
friend of the family, and all else to the
trustees to pay debts, maintain the family
nome for wife and children. and admin
ister the property. Finally, at their dis
cretion, making equitable division among
the heirs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
GRAND JUNCTION.
Professional.

DRS. n. H.& TIE. PREWITT, physicians
and regular practitioners. Office over Capt,
IIalPs store.
w. A. TURNER, Attorney at Law, prac-
tices in Hardeman and adjoining counties.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

AMONG the recent acquisitions to the
British museum is small series of beauti-
full gold ornaments found together in a
tomb st Cyme, in Aeolis, Greece. The
series includes two pairs of splendid
earrings formed large disks, from which
are suspended by fine chaifs inverted
pyramids. Between the disk and the
pyramid is a kneeling female figure,
draped. One of the necklaces is very
elaborately enriched with filagree work
With these ornaments was found a geld
statue of Alexander the Great, which
determines the data of this jewelry as
not before his time. 1t in all probability
is cotemparary with him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Educat tiOnaI.

WEST TENNESSEE MILITARY ACAD-
envy. Session commences Sept. 20. Cons
mandant Edward Becton, Grand Junction.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

are offered in the market daily in ex~
change for food, and the living are said to
be eating the corpses of their fellow beings
whe have died of starvation, The United
States vice consul at Shanghai telegraphs
to Mr.. a. A Low, of New York, that
the foreign relief committee appeals to
America and England for assistance, and
requests him to form an American COM
mittee to collect funds and deposit them
with the agent of the Hong Kong bank.
This appeal will undoubtedly attract
attention and elicit a response that will
tend in some degree, at any rate, to
alleviate the terrible suffering now pre-
vailing in northern China.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

PROBABLY the best proof of the ad
vantage on the part of the faro bank was
offered by an experiment made by eleven
we'll known gamblers in New York.
Determined to test the chances of the
game, they established faro bank with
a capital of $4,000, placing it in charge
OF one of their number, while the remain
ing ten played against it for one year, each
with stake OF $4,000. At the end of
the time specified it was found that not
one of the players had dollar of his
original stake, but that the bank had
absorbed their entire capital.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

THE largest receipts ever made by one
actor in one engagement, were those of
Mr.. Edwin Booth, at the California
Theater, San Francisco, in the fall of
1876. The gross receipts in an engage
ment of eight weeks were 100000. The
largest seasons receipts of any dramatic
engagement were those of Ristori, $685.
coo, during one hundred and seventy
performances. A feature of that engage
ment was SIC, 900 receipts in three nights
and matinee, at the Crosby Opera
House, Chicago. The largest receipts
of any one night were those of the
Perepa- Wachtel-Santley Combination, at
the Academy of Music, New York
over $4,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
Hotels.

+. l.. PLEDGE, Proprietor of the Stone
wall House excellent fare; cheap rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

POSTMASTER JAMES, of New York,
complains to Pcstmater General Key as
follows " The assistant-treasurer of the
United States at New York refuses to
receive the trade dollar on deposit from
this Office, and am therefore compelled to
refuse them from the public, which causes
serious annoyance and complaint. Please
instruct me in the matter" The assistant
treasurer says the reason why he refuses
to receive the trade dollar is because it is
not legalized, and were he to be succeeded
and mis- accounts closed up, his successor
would unquestionable refuse to coUn-
tenance any trade dollars he had ac-
cepted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07
GAINESVILLE.
Professional.

DR. WIN. THOMPSON, physician, can be
found at all hours in his office to respond to
professional calls.
DIR. d. S. WEBB offers his professional
services to the public. Orders left at his
Office promptly attended to.
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Mercantile.

w. d. RAINEY, dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries and General Merchandise. Goods
sold as low can be bought in Tennessee.
VIII buy cotton and country produce. Call
and see him and you viii buy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-07

Vow, grandma why don't you look jolly
Instead of that SorTOwful WsyY
Don't you know Hal and have been mar led
Just fortnight ago yes terdaY
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-01-17
VECET1NE.

The following letter fIom Rev. G. W. Mansfield. for
mery pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal Church Hyde
Park and at present settled in Lowell must convince
every who reads his letter Of the wonderful
qualities of vEGErNE as thorough cleanser and purieI
Of the blood
HYDE PARK. MASS, Feb. Is ls76.
Mr. H. r. STEVENS
Dear S-About years ago my health failed through
the depicting effect of DYSPEPSIA nearly year later
was by typhoid fever in its form 1t
tied in my back and took the form Of deepscated ab
scess which fifteen months in gathering had two
surgical operations by the best skill in the State but
ceived permanent suffered great pain ut times
and constantly weakened by prOfuse discharge.
also lost small pieces of bone at different times.
Matters thus about seven years, till May 1874,
when friend recommended me to 60 your Office, and
talk with You of the virtue of VzGErISE did and by
your kindness passed through your mandatory noting
the ingredients &C., by which your remedy Is produced.
By what saw and heard gained some confidence in
VEGETINE-
commenced taking It after but felt from
its effects still persevered and fet it bene-
fitting in other respects Yet did not the results
desired till had taken it faithfully for little more
than year, when the difficulty in my back cured
and for nine months have enjoyed the best Of health
have in that time gained twenty five pounds Of flesh
being heavier than before in my life and never
able to perform more labor than
During the past few weeks had scr0fuOus swelling
large my fist gather another part Of my body.
with the surface in month. think should have been
cured of my main trouble If had taken larger
Doses after having become accustomed to its effects
Let your patrons troubled with scroula kidney dis
understand that it takes time chronic dseas
es and they will patiently take VEGETNE, it will in
my judgment, cure them.
With great obligations. am
G. W. MANSFIELD.
Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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tiased by sonaething mo4e than heansy. Surpcse
should hear ttnt Sesbit received certain amount
from Waihcna. in the County seat contest that be
got 81 and SO for bringing ]. n. S,nawood on the
track in the Rappelye and Ole Craig fight for Treas
urer or aetail the story of old Wheeler in the
widow and orphan business ask, suppose did
this, would DO right, Certainly net unless had
better authority than hcarsay. II there anything
that Mr. y las to tell that hurts him much, let it
come have aimed to deal justly with all men, and
my neighbors know il, and sustain ne always, when
called On So far ms bringing suit for libel against
Mr.. n. will say that never had q lawsuit in my
hfe and hope 10 avoid it My friends, oil whose
Judgment relied, told me. when broached the sub
ject to them, of the old proverb, 4Sue bcsgar and
catch lousc hope that, in his next, Mr. N will
relieve his mind in full, and then viii republish his
article, and attach the certificate of tine District Clerk,
the Recorder Mr. Castle, who figured in his article,
and also statement from Mrs Annie Groniger, whom
he claims to be the party injured.
j. b. KENNEDY.