The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-03
FACTS and FANCTEs.
as WENT OUT TO PLOw THE CORN
By ALICE CARY.


AsI went out to plow the corn
OF the field beside the mill,
In the tender light of the early morus
Ny heart Uss calm and still;
And the sheep, with heeces wet with dew
Were dragging up the hill.
AsIwent home at the shut OF day,
There hung modest Muriel May
Like lily over the sill;
And when again I ploEed the corn
Ny heart was not 30 still
REMEMBER the Turkish ;proverb.
He who tolls the truth must have one
foot in the stirrup.'
Down in North Carolina a man has
been sued for selling the false teeth of
his first wife's estate to get meney to buy
clothes for his second wedding.
WHEN an honest hen is laying the
foundation for q family and doing all the
hard work, some absurd rooster is ready
to do the Growing. - New Orleans
Picayune.
LOCOMOTIVES are now being made
strictly for use-al brass and ornamental
work being dispensed with. The result
is a reduction of from 81 800 to $4,000 on
each locomotive.
THEY grow tail women on the Mis-
sissippi. A river poet writes that he
''kissed the clouds from her sweet fair
face" It seems almost incredible that
he could do any such thing.
THE idea that you can resd g mans
thoughts in his face is all bOsh. Look
the man in the face who borrowed SO of
you year ago " for day or two," and
it expresses nothing but blsnkness-the
blankest kind.
Most of US pass our lives in regretting
the past, complaining of the present,
and indulging in false hopes of the
uture, when it would be vastly better
to cut pole, dig some bait and 60 fish
ing.
sixty thousand tons of iron ore have
lately been imported from the north of
Africa for making Bessemer steel at
Bethlehem, Scranton and Baldwin, Ps.
It came as ballast and can therefore
compete in price with that mined in
Pennsylvania.
THERE are still too many men sitting
with their hats on in restaurants, too
many who will take Jumps of sugar with
their fingers when spoons in abundance
are lying around too many, in fact, who
ignore the existence of q butter-knife,
and, alas, yet too many who use their
own knife altogether too much.-TNew
York Graphic.
A rustic bridegroom was complimented
by one of his acquaintance on the
charming appearance of his bride. "She
has the most lovely color l have ever
seen," remarked the friend. Yes, it
ought to be good" pensively replied the
groom "she paid dollar for just q little
bit of it in saucer"
"WHo's that frizzly, black, haired
woman, talking to my husband, on the
ottoman 2'S GO She's q Mrs CadOgau
Smythe." Indee1l She's good at
f1attering people, I should say; and
knows how to lay it on pretty thick !"
" An, you infer that, no doubt, from Ler
attitude and expression 2" ." Oh, dear,
no from my husbands l"--[ Punch.
Mrs. A" Somebody's in the next
room. 1 wonder what they're doing"
Looking wistfully at the keyhole.l
" Pve a good mind to peep" Mrs. B.
"Oh, wouldn't; 'tisn't right" Mrs. A.
-" l don't care Pm dying TO know"
Puts eye to keyhOle, but Immediately
takes it away, disconnected. HIM!
the key is In" Mrs. B." Yes; so 1
fonnd before you came in"
Angelina: " Did you ever see any
thing so wonderful as the likeness bes
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Bellamy, Edwin ?
One would think they were brother and
sister, instead of husband and wife l''
" Married people always grow like each
other in time, darling. It's very touch
ing and beautiful to behold !" AngeIinR
(not without anx1ety): "Dear me
And is it invariably the case. my love ?"
: Punch.
Soon the love-lorn maiden viii HE to
the meadows, and pluck the dandelion
that has run to fluff, and, as she blows
the ''feathers" of, with murmur alter
nately. He loves me-" and HE loves
me not" And the chances are one in
two that the oracle viii decide as pleas
eth her best; but if it proves obstinate,
then she viii say, Surely, I counted not
correct" and will give herself another
sbow.-EPuck.
THERE is a dog in New York whose
lines are cast in soft places. (And the
same could probably be said of the wits
of his oWner.) He is described by q
writer in the Chicago Tribune as being
''of the black and-tan variety, and his
owner, rich and pretty woman, boards
at a fashionable hotel. She pays full
board rates for the darling, and he goes
to the table with her and eats decOTously
out of a sweet little gold dish. CEeam
and chicken is his favorite dishes, with
tidbits from his mistress plate. The
Door dear doggie-woggie has also god
mother-a very handsome and stylish
young avenue belle-and birthday, and
when his birthday comes rOund-as it
did last Week--the happy event is cele-
brated with q paTty-a sumptuOus dog
banquet-to which are invited all the
kyoodles of his acquaintance"