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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
An Onnish Weddfn =.

Lancaster New Era
Doubtless many of. our. readers are
familiar with the customs and habits Of
the religious sect known as the Omish,
but it is to be questioned if many of
them know how an Cmish wedding is
conducted, The Omish differ from the
Mennonites in their simplicity of dress
and being more strict in their discipline
They also hold their religious meetings
in private houses Their own ministers
perform the marriage ceremony, which
is seldom the case with the Mennonites.
a wedding>day among them is an i'm
portant event. All the .relatiyes. and
friends Of the families assemble at an
earIy hour. A stranger to pass by and
see the yellow carriages in groups in g
field adjacent to the house, would be
awe-stlicken. On. the. arrival of the
guests, each one unhitches from the
carriage his own horse, and secures fel
him a place in the stable The ceremony
begins at 8 a. m. The bride and groom
with their attendants, occupy a room
and sit face to face-the men on one
side and the women on the other. The
remaining guests sit in other apartment
OF the house. The service consists II
singing and preaching (all in Germany
and when this is over, which lasts til
twelve o'clock, the couple to be married
advances to the preacher and the weddin.
ceremony is pronounced. Then follow
the dinner. In a short time the table
are fitted up and bouutifully supple.
with roast turkey, beef and vegetables
To this all who can find room cit down
after which the tables are again supplied
with cake and wine, at which the youDl
people cOngregate aud spend an hour il
singing, when they psrtake Of the dell
cacies spread before them. The olde
persons then follow and enjoy the goo'
things, which consumes cousiderabl
time.
At ak O'Clock a supper is spread
which remains on the table during tn
night. 1t is at this hour (six O'Clock
The festivities begin. All repair tOath
barn, which has been thoroughly clesne
for the occasion, and indulge in the old
time plays. These amUsements are keT
up till after midnight, when all partit
/! wend their way homeward.
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a. 81 dark, quietly dawning fact" and
describing the death Of Jesus as viva>
cious This WAS in q very religious
paper, sni another into an eloquent
hymn admitted this questionable tenn
perauce sentiment, % praise The still"
Sometimes these things are so funny that
the writer can't be IS angry rs he would
like, but still that Virginia e3itor must
have bsen hopping mad " when his
powerful leader would mp with "Cour-
age, tillers of the land snd forget, n
the excitement of politics, your pantry
and your miseryl' He had written
g poverty" and a misery" And how
must Astronomer Proctor have felt when,
having written of " Lines, bands and
strie near the violet end of the spectIs," I"
he was represented as seeing Links
bonds and stripes for the violent kind of
sPecters!" !" Perhaps as. If he had had s
peep into a spiritual luuatic asylum
which must be necessary enough, il the
mediums have got the rights OF ii.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
The on Trade for 1875. :
Be not fashions idle lady;
Be q whole-souIsd woman.


. sa TitnsEiHe Herald.
The ear 1873, just closed, has been
most improbable one to producers, and
consequently to residents-of the entire
oil region. The price of the. staple
gradually declined from 2 123 at highest
in December, 1877, to IS cents in July,
1878, since which time 1T remained all
most constantly below 81. We opened
the year 1873 with stock OF little over
1905, 600 barrels, and by excessive pro-
duction-we have added nearly 1900, 900
barrels to these figures. The production
averaged about 41,611 barrels per day,
or total of Is, 5,Is8,OI5 barrels of crude.
OF this there were shipped from the
region about 1882, ,156 barrels, which,
after deducting shrinkage, loss by fire,
| ETC., would leave about 4, 500, 900 barrels
stock on hand in the region at the close
of the year The total exports in crude
equivalent amounted to about 9,523, ,8O9
barrels, which, if deducted. from the
shipments, would leave home consump
tion OF 4,048,347 barrels. The exports
/ lt11 COusIuoAdOlJ snOA5 OA M1d5 bnSy were
in 1877, and it is not believed that there
isany large accumulation of stock abroad.
It must therefore be admitted that had
We produced couple of mi lion barrels
q. less-dHring the year, the region would
have been benefited to the extent of be-
tween S12, ,OO0,00oa 3,O00,O 900. The
cause of the depression is self-evident to
every one connected with the trade. The
northern oil field has given far greater
yield than was ever expected, and there
seems tObe every probability of a renewal
OF the excitement in the spring. The old
fields of Butler and Clarion are no longer
profitable for developments, as the wells
are being pumped from the dregs, ana
this also is true of almost the entir,
lower oil territory. 1t would, therefore
seem probable, as we stated some month
ago, that there viii be a general pulling
UP of machinery below, and an exodu
to the bradford district, which, in tn
hope of higher prices, will be drilled fo
all it is worth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
Winter Hygiene.

As a friend of the widow an. u phan
and especially of the young aud inexper
rienced mother, we invite the attention
of all concerned to q few practical hints
in winter hygiene. In the first place we
wish to state emphstically (on high su.
thorityl that with regard to children,
the system of hardening them, by
allowing them 10 60 thinly clad, ard ex,
sing them TO all sorts of weather, Is
de!usion from which the minds OF some
parents are even now not altogether
free.
It is thought that if their chest ID kept
warm. there Is no need OF caring about
their arms and legs. But that is a great
mistake In proportion ss the upper
and lower extremitiss are well clothed
i'll the circulation be kept mp and de-
termined to the surface OF those parts
and in proportion to the quickness sId
eauable distribution OF the circulation
will be the protection against those IL
ternal c0ngestiOns which are the first
stage OF the most fatal disease of infancy
and childhood. Now then for adults.
L
For their benefit the London Medical
Press and Circular c3ndenses q great
deal of wisdom into very small space:
q To take care that the body is thor
oughly warm and we'll clothed just be
fore going out in very wet or cold wealth
er--to Ieep up the circulation and
warmth of the body rather by exercise
of some kind than By sitting over great
PES or in overheated ro0ms-to be sure
that the temperature OF the sleeping
apartment is not ever so many degrees
below that of the sitting-rcom--thes
are three golden ,--- .ention to
which would Ids from
catching that chill o. II to the
results of which SO many valuable lives
have been permatureIy sacrificed"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
Typogra 1hie BIunders.


A great many columns have been
written concerning topographic errors,
and many of the instances sound so witty
or 50 stupid that it seems as if they must
be rather inventions than actual happen
ings. But we never saw one cited go
unluckily that we couldn't remember its
match. Once We wrote that 1t WIS " Ike
evoking the shadow of a shade" t. quote
forgotten writers. The phrase appeared
in print thus: Like cooking the shadow
of a sha1." The printer had, in bur
lesq uing the sentiment, actually pre-
served and intensified it in a most
striking image of unsubstsntislity At
another time We had quoted the pro-
verbal opinion OF " Rosalind." )" Men
have died and worms have eaten them
but not for love" The printer may have
been misogynist at all events be~sub-
stituteds" Women " for &c woTms.'' There
are Shakespeare emendaJions not much
better than that, perhaps. In one of the
country weeklies there was recently an
account of the presentation to some one
of a Bible "bound in guilt" In g
discussion one spoke of " the divine to
tality OF being ;" it was reported Is " ths
sublime brutality Of feeling" Ibil
may have been the reporters error bat
not go when q Methodist college pTeE
dent spoke of sin as "a dark, guilty
| damniug fact" and found it publishGC
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
WAITS AND WHIus.
NINTER r..

The winter is-here ha nal he, heI
The white is ths tangled heather.
Aud soon viii the pedsgo us snow b5IIed BE-,
Which IS no bold assertion either.
-IORksrs Gazette
Yes, the winters here hs, hal h-, bel
And we'SeIajd in q big jar OF bu5te-;
And while you slip on the icy walks,
we'll sail swiflv rsst in cutter.
Detroit Free. Press
Yes, the winter is herel ha hs he, he!
As snug as a bug in a rug,
pie Of hot cakes cur plate shall Ne
Meath Iasse -. P-p! ous Of the jug.
-IVEReha0- Times.
res, winter Is re e h7. hal he, hei
with sppl4s, md dou shnUts anI cjisr;
with psrti-s, and halls and eve ing calls,
Ana Fausags served hot from ,ha spid,r.
- Rome Sea!iHs'
Yes winter Is here he, Ia he, hel
And CHRISTMAS and New Yesr 80 Jolly;
Every night wei dance II We have the chance,
Then wen go home with biUo-syed Wolfe.
-Neridea Reeorasr
Gentlemen in mourning in Phiiadel~
rhia wear black ribbon in tleir buttoE-
hole.
Disappearance of umbrellas
usually preceded by barOmetricai de-
preston.
..Garlic is said to be a sovereign
remedy for gout. There is no Iemedy
for garlic.
The Chinese Iiken adrunkaId's nose
TO q lighthouse, warning US ef the little
water that passeth underneath.
"A pretty girl down east is a ''mind
reader" She said to hashful beau the
other night "Lal I believe you're
going to kiss me !'' She was right.
Fashion demands that gloves shall
be still longer, the buttons being TOO nu-
merous to mention. By and by We shall
have gloves and stockings all in one
piece.
-" Good day, Nose! How you wash
shanged. Wouldn't never half knowed
you - 'But my name IS not Moses,
sir" Kreat hefens your name shaug-
ed too ?"
The way TO reach a mans heart is
to cater to his appetite. A girl who can
claw q piano and agltate the atmosphere
is a good parlor ornament, but one that
can grease a griddle and turn two pan
cakes ia time is the kind OF a female 70
tie to this time of the year.
81" wonder, uncle" said little girl,
off men will ever yet live to be five
hundred or one thousand years old?"
No, my child" responded the old man,
that was tried once, and the race
grew so bad that the world had to be
drowned"
Eue rediggeais worth more than the
| dog, .' SID 4. witness at a case in London
the other day where It came out that a
man had bought dog lor e3 Jos, which,
had its pedigree been knowq would have
been cheap at ESQ.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
ANANaEE,s nGRrHnAY.
'Tis Your birthday, my prreciou,, my darlin

'Tis yOur birthday, my preciou7, my dar!inT,
Or would be- if you were on elrth.
know it must still be your birthdsy,
Though BON to your heavenly birth,
know that ths angt Is are tsir, and as sweet,
As u ese fair earthly roses twins;
Their love may be pc feet, pure ard cOmIIetP,
But never no. { tender than nine
Are yOa glad in their gladnesz, my daIIing2
% Do you laugh in.yOur innocent lI-e2
Or are yoa sad in the brightness of heaven,
In thinking Of home and Of NE
IN the night when long for your prSseCes,
And water ny pi low with tears,
When 1 pray for the touch OF your fingers,
To comfort my sorrow and fears;
o light il the veil that's between US,
1h1 mother and child are so near;
The breath OF my soul is Suspended
For your accents so tender and Gear,
Oh, my glorifel dNIing, most precious
' 0i sii the sweet gifts that were mice,
l have lent yo1, not lost you, my darIiag-
Only lent to tae love that's divine.
There are moments so sweet and SO solemn,
That my soul bursts its prison Of psiD,
And 5 ars to the realm Of The spiIit
end meetsm ewu angel sgsin, .-s- s-...
Then cslm from that sanity communion Ei
Idefy every ioe of tie world;
can fcorn every breath of contumeIy,
Every shaft by its ignorance hurPj. 4.-
No blsez robes ef darkness and mourning
Should be worn for a spirit like thee ..-
Only solemn thanks living and blessings,
That you from earth's sorrow are free.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
Remarkable Work Of Art.
Baltimore Bulletin.


There is on exhibition at the store of
Mr., Bandan, nearly opposite the Bulletin
Office, q work of art of such striking
character that we should be doing in
Justice to our readers if we did not ad-
wise them to go and see it. It is by a
young sculptor, Mr.. Ezekiel, Virgin
ian, who has studied in Berlin and alter,
ward in Paris, where. he won. the prize OF
Rome. 1t is simply a marble bust,
somewhat above life size, Of Jesus, the
Saviour, bound, for scourge and cruci-
fxionI Even in this dreadful theme.
as the artist has conceived it, there is
nothing revolving, but everything to
stir profound compassion. Although
the breast is bound with cords and the
head dropped in physical exhaustion,
yet ones sense of this is completely
overmsstered by the spiritual power OF
the expression--by the living face, with
its forgetfulness of personal pain, its calm,
unshaken faith, its entire resignation
and it's profound and overfowing pity
The great mass of modern sculpture il
merely decor ative, and therefore depend
ent more upon lines than upon life
while even French plastic art, il common
with most of its current painting, ha
little to distinguish it except technica
accuracy, and frequent extravaganza
mitigsted by nigh superficial finish. Il
this fashionable furniture there is I'm
dexterity,. but no. inoaeination, no erea
tion, no power. Here, on the oontrEry
is a simple block OF marble, wrought u
by a sincere artist into lie so humar
may, 30 superhuman-that the eonten
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
4 Curious VIII.

A viii, revealing amocg other things
glimpses OF a love story, has gone TO pro
bate in Erie county, New YORK It con
sists simply Of a letter from TIE dead
man TO bis brother. He h1d a sweet
heart named Sussy," but Sgsey used
to be segn now and then Vitb smother
fellow, whom the Jealous man described as
g that Gaient.' - II fad SIsey With
that Galent of here" no wri.c., Il swear
by the Halter thai shall hang me, she
shall never enjoy him" The iett-r pro-
ee4ds with: Give ny low TO Lidey
W" who was neither his sister nor
his cousin, but apparently another
sweetheart, for he adds, carelessly and
all the rest But Sussy" was best
loved, for he concludes with saying
L" May the Lord bless you ali, and par
don the deeds have in contem pIstioD,
The easy-goiDg Old clocks make
twenty-four hours ia q day. The noisy,
pervous, little modern cJpJrivsnCs doe
10 better w. ali It's fugs. Moral here
somewhere, l. one knew just where to
apply 1t.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23

Miss Made.up Oldgal: C Yes, love
the Old oak; it is associated with so
many happy hours spent beneath its
shade. IT carries me back TO nay child
hood, when-when-" "Young Foo.
die: " When you-er-planted it."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-01-16

useful on a plantation as every
farmer knows. We beg earnestly
for the birds-for law that Will
protect them-and a farmer in his
rights. We love to hear the CHEEKY,
fearless whistle of old Bob White
from our meadows and our grain
fields, and the note OF the field lark
and the twitter of the sparrow.
God has said not even a sparrow
falls unnoted by him
Again the farmers should urge in a
body the legislature especial at
tention to the protection of our
sheep from the thousands of use
less, prowling ours that infest our
State, destroying our income and
hinderiDg our resources in meeting
our share towards the support of
the government, whose Representa-
tives we humbly ask to protect us.
Impress it upon them that we are
looking to this body assembled here
for the reliet from the miriads Of
ills that beset us, and praying earn
estly that their every action to ad
vance the prosperity of our coun-
try an the dignity OF her people
may be done without fear or favor,
looking to 'uture preferment and
with that Spartan virtue that
marked the heroes Of past ages.
respectfully Yours,
EsTELLE VEHsE.
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er they will hold juries together or
disperse them during criminal tri
ais" He will introduce "bill re-
pealing the laws compelling the
State to pay the cost in criminal
cases where clerks have taken in
sufficient securities;" and bill re
curing parties imprisoned, while
waiting for trial, to 90 to the coun
ly work house in place Of the jail
and still snother bill prohibiting
appeals to the Supreme Court in
many cases where now allowed"
Another feature in Mr.. Roberts
multitudinous programme is bill
to abolish the Office of Agriculture,
Statistics and Mines" and bill
giving magistrates jurisdiction TO
dispose of many small offences that
now go to the Circuit and Criminal
Courts" There are others which
we viii not stop to mention ut this
moment, as our present object is
only to show that the incoming
Legislature is likely TO be overrun
with propositions for retrenchment
and reform; some of them meritori
Gus, and others not so much So
Among the latter we regard the
proposed reduction of salaries.-
The idea OF pauperizing the most
responsible offices and attaching to
them a standard of compensation
that will barely enable the incum-
bents TO exc out a miserable exis
tence, has no relation to true econ
omy, and it is to be hoped the leg
islature will not be in a hurry to
run wild OH the subject and reduce
everything TO plantation wages. Ii
Mr.. Roberts, or any other man,
should offer a proposition to reduce
the per diem of the members from
four to two dollars and half a day
our advice would be to incontineHt
ly kick it out of the halls of legisla
ton, although the amount named
is pehaps more by one half THAI
mos of the members could make
at home.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-01-16
I.iveris KIM


The Liver is the imperial organ OF
the whole human system, as it controls
the life, health and happiness Of man,
When it is disturbed in its proper action
all kinds of ailments are the natural re-
suit. The digestion OF food, the move
ments Of the heart and blood, the action
of the brain and nervous system, are all
Immediately connected with the work
ings of the Liver. IL has been SUCCESS
fully proved that Green's August fiow-
er Is u ~"-1aled in curing all persons af-
flicted with Dyspepsia or Liver Com
plant, and all the numerous symptoms
that result from an unhealthy CONDITION
ofthe Liver and Stomach. Sample bot
ties at Sumpter q Lacey's to try, 10
cents. Positively sold in all towns on
the Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that IL Is just what you want.
Sold by Sumpter 81 Lacey.
sept5-eoW-ly-2
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-01-16
Proposed Retrenchment.

Athens Post: The don. Clay
Roberts, State Senator elect from
Davidson and Wilson counties, is
SAID to be framing Formidable
schedule of the retrenchment and re-
form to be presented to the Legis
lature Immediately upon the organ
ization of that body. There is, no
doubt, places connected with the
administration of public affairs in
this State where the pruning knife
might be justly and advantageously
applied, but we are afraid If Mr..
Roberts is correctly reported, that
like the adolescent youth who
welded beyond his capacity, he is
going to "cut of more than he is
able to ckaw," and that in trying to
do too much he will simply accom-.
plish nothing. He starts with q
proposed reduction of the salaries
of the Judges of the Supreme Court
and runs through the whole cata-
logue of State officials and en-
ployes, from the highest 70 the low
est rank, with the exception, per-
haps. of that of Governor, which is
so niggardly now that il will not
Justify an incumbent with an aver
age family in excepting house" at
Nashville. Mr.. Roberts, also pro-
poses TO ''give Circuit and Criminal
Judges discretionary power wheth-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-01-16
A CURE FOR GOSSIP.
a Vice That is Well-Nigh Universal,
ana Culture the only Sure
Antioote for Il.
Good People should Avoid II.

Every body must talk about
something. The poor fellow who
was told not 20 talk for fear that
the people would fnd out that he
was a fool. made nothing by the
experiment He Was considered a
fool because he did not talk on
some subject or other Everybody
must have something TO say, or
give up society or course, the
topics of conversation will relate TO
the subject of knowledge. IL a
man is interested la science he will
talk about science. II he is an en-
thusiast IN art be will talk about
art. Ii he is familiar with litera-
ture, and is an intelligent and per.
sistent reader, he will naturally
bring forward literary topics in
his conversation. So with So
clal and religious questions
"Out of the abundance OF the heart
the mouth speaketh." That of
which the mind is full, that with
which 1t is furnished, will come out
in expression.
The very simple reason why the
world is iull OF gossip il that those
who indulge IA a. have nothing else
IN them. They must interest Them
selves IN something. They know
nothing but what thoy Learn from
day 10 day IN lntercouuao with and
observation OF thur naghbors.-
What these neighbors do, what
they say, what happens TO Them IN
their social aud business affairs,
what they wear these become the
questions Of supreme Interest The
personal and social lite around
them-this is the book under con-
slant perusal. and out of this comes
that pestiferous conversation which
we call gossip. The world is iull
of il, and ia "A million houses, all
over the country nothing is talked
of but the personal affairs OF their
neighbors.
What Is the cure for gossip
Simply culture. There is great
deal OF gossip that has NO maligni.
ty in it. Good -natured people talk
about their neighbors because, and
only because, they have nothing
else TO talk about
Gossip is always a personal con
fession either OF malice or imbecili
~, and the Young should not only
shun it, but by the most thorough
culture relieve themselves from all
temptation TO indulge IN il. IL is
low, frivolous, and too often dirty
business. There are country neigh
borhoods in which IL RACES like a
pest. Churches are split in pieces
by it. Neighbors make enemies by
IL for life. La many persons IL dc
generates into chronic disease,
which Is practically incurab e.
Let tue young cure IL while they
NAV.
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Madness.

DR.. Drysdale, Of New York, has
INDUCED in the luxury of hobby
which may some day give him a
hard ride He says that madness
is prevented by marriage. We have
never seen the Doctor, but judge
him to be either very innocent and
inexperienced, or very, very old and
forgetful of the battle scenes of a
long past. According to our OBJ
servation. matrimony affords more
opportunity to man who is bent
on getting mad than any othe-' con-
dition of life. That single blessed
ness which utters a low whisper,
which sounds like the distant echo
of an Eolian harp, when it dresses
itself in a furry and finds that the
last of the suspender buttons is
off on a vacation, has nothing that
can compare with it. The impreca
tions of the bachelor are certainly
unique and picturesque under try
ing circumstances, but when the
married man hears at two o. clock in
the morning. In cold and frosty
weather, the sudden alarm from the
cradle, and reaching out for the ba-
rometer finds that it indicates a ter
rife squat to be followed by con-
tinuous rainy weather, he feels
round the room for adjeCt,ves
which no bachelor ever dreamed of.
And when he PAGES the room in a
vain attempt to pacify the little an
gel, while the crisp, sharp air plays
about his unprotected limbs, he is
apt to declare that DR.. Drysdale's
theory that matrimony prevents
madness is the result of poetic fer
vor or of wilful and misleading
ignorance of solid facts.