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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
The Opening of the Pinafore Season at
Lynn.


The humorist of the New York Times
tells this tragic story of the opening of
the new Opera-house in Lynn, Mass.
The vanishing of the perforated wood
en- seats, ii appears, was neglected until
the last moment, and then Il quantity of
varnish was hastily purchased of Mr..
Brewster, one of the leaders of the anti
Opera-house party. The narrative then
proceeds: The house was vanished
on the last day of October and on the
next evening it was opened by the new
Pinafore Company. Every one of the
700 seats was occupied, and 1t must be
admitted that among the audience were
many of the leading citizens of the town
and their wives and daughters. The
first act of the play was listened 90 with
the most serious attention, and when
the curtain fell not a single person went
out for cloves. The manager was de
lighted, and remarked to the leading
actor that he had never seen as intelli-
gent an audience in the whole course Of
his life. The second act was received
with the same quiet and attention, and
there was even a look of painful anxiety
in the face Of several of the men in the
audience. Sir Joseph began to feel an
nOyed at the solemnity of the audience,
took him for an undertaken and believed
they were attending a BANKED funeral.
At the end of the act there was the same
absence of any apparent thirst among the
young men that had been noticed after
the first act, and the actors began TO en-
tertain gloomy doubts rs to whether beer
was attainable in Lynn. The play came
to an end and the curtain fell amid n
silence as of the grave. The orchestra
rose and departed, but the audience sat
still. The manager came to the foot
lights and announced that the play was
over, and, rs the announcement had no
apparent effect, begged to be informed
whether the opera-house was a deaf and
dumb asylum, or whether he himself
had suddenly become stark mad. Ii was
then that Esquire Standish bcckoned
him to his side and explained that the
audience would gladly retire if any way
could be devised of separating them
from the seats. No less than eight gal
Ions of turpentine were bought of Mr..
Brewster that night, and used in de-
taching the ladies from the seats, TO
which the undried varnish had glued
them When the ladies had all disap-
peared, the male part of the audience,
with many irreverent eNclamatiOns and
cries of anguish, tore itself loose and
went home through the back streets.
The Opera-house has remained closed
ever since the opening night, and it is
the belief of Lynn that Mr.. Brewster,
who mixed the varnish, and was subse-
quently found in his shop at II o'clock
at night, ready to sell turpentine in
quantities to suit purchashers, deliber-
ately brought about the catastrophe That
broke up the 'Pinafore' season at Lynn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
Fables.
THE PIG AND THE RAT.

A pig, so fat that il could hardly
move, once lolling in its sty,
saw poor, half-staryed rat, that, with
much timid aiertness, stole from its hid
ing-place, and, after seizing one of the
many grains of corn that lay scattered
around, quickly escaped with his prize,
and with very much the air Of a bcggar
who had asked for something TO eat,
and had then run away, ashamed to be
seen.
- You poor creature grunted the
pig, " what life you lead; half-starvcd
and half frozen! Behold me, now!
Here l ana person Of consequence,
carefully fed and attended TO, with ev-
cry morning fresh, sweet straw thrown
to me TO make my bed soft and warm.
AS for you, poor creature, it is only at
the risk of your life, by constant labor
and struggles with your fellow-crea-
lures, and even by beggary, to spe;lk Of
nothing worse, that you can contrive to
live at all
| - Please to recollect, - said the rat, as
| he paused for a moment at the mouth Of
his hole, "when you heap your pity up
on me, that YOU receive favors and bene-
| fits not on account Of the love your mas
/ ter bears you, nor on account OF your
/ own wOrthiness, but because of the use
which he intends making of you, when
he has fattened you mp to his liking. As
| for me, do not live in constant fear Of
! the butchers knife, and 1 think it IS
/ likely that l shall keep my place in the
world, poor as it is, much longer than
/ you will keep yours
THE sAPLING AND THE SYCAMORE.
A tender sapling, to protect itself
/ from the various perils attendant upon
its existence, had grown closely TO the
trunk of large and powerful sycamore,
| finding there security from danger.
One day, however, a terrible storm
arose, and the sycamore, in spite of its
| struggles, was hurled PROSTATE upon
the earth. In its fall it not only crushed
the sapling beneath its huge bulk, but
tore its very roots from the earth where
| it grew.
- Alas" said the dying sapling,
q how foolish it is to place utter depend
| ence upon the strength of another! -
Ho10aTd Pyle, III ST. NichOtas for Deeen'-
|
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
IT NIGHT NAVE BEEN.

= might have beeni When life Is young
And hopes are bright, and hearts are strong
10 battle with the heartless throng,
when youth and age are far between,
VINO hears the words 50 sadly sung!
It might have BEEN
lt might have been When life Is fair,
Youth stands beside the boundless sea
That Gibbs and flows increasingly,
And dreams of mime and golden fame;
And who shall limit the To Be
That's dawning there?
1t might have been When life is bright,
And love Is in its golden prime,
Youth reclCs not Of the coming night,
Nor dreams that there may be time
When love viii fail, or change, or die
Eternallyl
It might have been When time grows gray,
And spTingtide's hopes have passed away,
old age looks back on by-gone years
Their many wants and doubts and fears;
And through the mist n way is seen,
The might have beeni
It might have beeni When age so sad,
Weary of waiting for the fame
That, after all, Is but name.
When life has lost the charm il had,
True knowledge makes regret more keen
II might have Deeni
It miget have beenl When youth Is dead.
And love that was 50 false Is fled,
Have lost their tinsel rags at last,
The one true love Is clearly seen
That might have beeni
u might have been All mel All me!
And who shall tell the misery
Of knowing all that life has lost?
by thinking of the countless cost
Poor comfort can the sad heart CLEAN!
10 might have beeni
i might have beeni Nay, rather rest
believing what has been is besti
The life whose sun has not yet set
Can find no room for vain regret,
And only folly crowns as queen
Its might have been.
-CGsseiys Md0GzS5S
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
The sea-IiOns Destructive OF Fish.

The Farallone Egg Company several
years ago attempted to kill the sea-hons
which frequented those barren islands
for their oil and skins. They built try
works and went to considerable expense,
but it was found that the oil obtained
from a carcass did not pay for trying it,
and the only disposition that could be
made of the skins was to sell them to
glue factories. The best return they
got from the carcass was from bristleS,
or whiskers, and the livers. Both of
these were sold to Cinnamon The
former they make use of to clean their
opium pipes, while the latter is chopped
up, put into a mixture of alcohol
and another fluid, and ministered rs a
radical cure for many acute diseases
The company accordingly gave up the
plan of sea-lion hunting, but the effect
of their brief warfare upon these animals
was to drive drOves of them over to the
rocks about the Cliff House and neigh
bOrhOOd of the Heads. In consequence
of their being protected by law in these
localities they have doubled and trebled
in number within the past three years
The sea-liOns are a very expensive
luxury. 1t is probable that they con-
sumo more fish than are caught in the
bay for food, and If they continue to in
crease in the future as in the
past it will be but a few years before the
waters of the bay will be destitute of
fish. Formerly these animals seldom
came within the Golden Gate, but now
it is very common thing for passen-
gers on the Oakland boats to see their
misunderstanding heads rise from the
water with large fish in the mouth
they give it a shake, bite out piece,
drop it, and then diving again, catch it
and, rising to the surface, take another
nibble until it is consumed. 1t is certain
that something shonld be done to dimin-
ish their numbers. If the Legislature
was to offer a royalty of from seventy
five cents to 81 per skin it is thought by
many interested in our fish supply that
it would be an economical act. As it is
now, the sea-lions are protected by law
no one being allowed to modest or kill
one within a mile of the Cliff House. An
effort has been made on several occa-
sions to repeal this law, but at the first
intimation of any thing in that direction
the lobby in Sacramento has been rein
forced by delegations from a certain
stratum of society which history tells us
has had more or less influence with leg
islation since the days of Mare Antony.
The consequence is, the law is still upon
the statute-books, and the sea-liOns con-
tinue to increase, while the fish supply
prOpOrtiOnately decreases.-SGiS Fran
GcScO Call, Noe. 13.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

business to expose his life thus, when he
was engaged to marry her.
Peletiah was disguised. This indeed
was cowardice; but his carnal heart
gave little jump OF relief at the pros
pect in store.
He nursed Harry, with Lou Grants
aid, through long weeks of danger and
recovery; neither of them took the dis
ease, and when about Christmas-time
he figured as officiating clergyman at
Lou Grants and Harry's wedding, his
smiles were not decreased by the knowl-
edge that Eliza Jane had already mar
ried another man.
In due time Peletiah found his better
half, and went happily to Africa, where
he lives and labors yet, and is both loved
and respected.
And his wife finds him singularly pa
tient with the little whims and weak
nesses common to her, as to all women /;
for he has found out once for all that a
woman is not necessarily a coward or a
fool because she is afraid of a mouse
Rose Terry Cooke, ire YOUTHS Companion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
A Wedding Ring.

The other day, when n young man
had pulled off two big mittens from his
hands and stuck one into each pocket
and backed up to the coal stove in a
Woodward Avenue jewelry store, he
had still sufficient strength to ask if they
kept finger-rings there. The jeweler
might just as well have replied that
he did not, but that fnger-rings could
be found at any boot and shoe store :;
yet he wanted to make a sale, and he
answered:
owe do. What sort of a ring do you
want?''
q 1t is for wedding"
'sAh! VIII you have single dia-
mond or a clusteT?''
q 'spose you'd want two or three
dollars for a real diamond ring?" re-
marked the lover, as he advanced to the
tray.
He was carefully and tenderly in
formed that diamonds had gone up con-
siderably since they were used in his
baby rattle-box, and then he concluded
to explain:
I'm kinder down on all such non
sense as wedding-Tings. When a fell
low has to get a whole suit of clothes,
pay the preacher, come to town and
ride on the street-cars and all that, it's
expense huff. I s'pose, though, III
have to get one"
About what price?''
ooh, 80 cents or shillings, or around
there. If its kinder gilded up to last
for two or three weeks, that'll do. II
hadn't orter turn rusty under three OF
four days, anyhow, as she'll want t.
show it off on the street-cars, and all
the girls will be handling it. I'll look al
| the 50-cent ones first.''
/ The ieweler went into decline. He
/ declined to admit that he ever had such
/ a thing in his store. He further said
/ that he could hardly believe that there
was a young man on earth who would
/ buy a 50-cent ring TO put on the finger
of his bride.
"Do you 'spose," replied the young
man, as he reached for his mittens, g dc
] you 'spose I'm a John Jacob AstorP Dc
/ you 'spOse I'm going to sell a hull crOI
/ of 'taters to buy ring for my wife tC
wear washin' dishes and turnin' the cof
fee-mill? She's layin' off now to have
me buy her shoes, hat, muff and per
/ fumery after we're married, and do yOU
/ think ! can rush in here and hOller dia
mondsl' and slam down wads of green
backs to pay for emp
The jeweler leaned his pensiye heaC
on his hand and looked out OF the win
dow, and as the young man opened tho
/ door he halted and continued:
:" Fifty-cent ring! just as if 30 cents
wasn't nothing to'rds bride tOwerP
/ Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
PITH AND POINT.

A BREATH of suspicion ruins ten1-
perance lecturer.
NEXT to a wife the easiest thing for
poor man to get is to get in debt.
HORsE-BLANKETs with sleeves, ac-
saucerS in size, are paraded in the form
of Overcoats.
THE most afflicted part of house is
the window. 1t is always full of panes
and who has not seen more than one
window blind?
THEY were out driving. Said Theo-
dOre: g What tree, Angelina, bears the
most precious fruit?'' Angelina: - Oh,
Dory, 1 can't tel, unless it's a cherry
tree" Theodore looked unutterable
sweetness as he gazed into Angelina's
eyes and said 1.-The aXle-tree, darling"
DID YOU ever notice that there is
something really musical in the pitiful
weeping of your own baby, God bless
it, and mething-something every
thing fiendishly discOrdant in the squawl-
ing of your neighbours howiing young
oneP How is that, anyhow, that 1t al
ways is that way?
CLASS in the agricultural college:
Professor Is there any way t. obtain
good fruit without grating or budding?"
Student" Yes, sir. - Professor
g Please explain the process" Student
-" Watch your chance, and when the
farmer goes TO dinner crawl over in the
orchard and steal it.
OSE reason why Chicago is not a
healthy place Is because the country
around it Is always Il.-Dctr0u Free
Press. One reason why Boston IS 50
pious Is because every body who goes
there goes TO Mass.-BaHgor CONNER
cial. Baltimore is healthy, as the coun-
try about it is Md Boston Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

my death. But that would be a lie. I
curse her; and if spirits have the power
to return in ghostly terrors, OH l will
do so, and leave her no single moment's 5
peace. 1t would have been so easy for
her to make me happy, or at least con-
tented. If / could remain alive my life
should be vowed exclusively to ven
geance on her. But L am going to my
rest. But she is accursed with my last
BREATH" Such were the last words
scrawled on this extraordinary document
by an obviously dying hand.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

OYSTER SALAD.-TO one large can of
cove oysters, take half teacup of liquor
from the oysters, half teacup each of
vinegar, butter and powdered crackers,
yelk of four eggs, one teaspoonfui of
mustard, salt and pepper to taste. Break
the yelk of the eggs, add the tu ter and
oyster liquor, and the crackers; place
on the fire and stir constantly until al
most done, then add the vinegar and
mustard. When sufficiently thick pour
the dressing over the oysters, garnish
with hard boiled eggs and parsley.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

There are tender-hearted masters who
will never let go from them a faithful
old brute who has served them long.
The dumb creatures, dog, horse, COW, or
cat, can never understand why they are
sold or sent away, and there is always
something pathetic in their efforts to get
back to their familiar home
Away up among the hills of New
Hampshire, lived a good old doctor,
who had a good old horse named Dea-
con. Day after day, for many year,
these two went up and down the hills
together, TO carry medicine to the sick
people, who lived often many miles
apart. But the horse grew old faster
than his master, and as his knees be-
came weak, he would sometimes stum-
bic and fall in going down the steep
hills. So the doctor said he must have
younger horse, and he sold old Dea-
con to a farmer, who lived 80 miles
away. They harnessed him before two
other horses in a big team, and when he
started away from his old home he
turned his head away round, and gave a
long whinny, as if he knew he was look
ing upon it for the last time, and was
bidding it 'goOd-by." He entered up
on his new work at the farm without
any complaint, and faithfully drew tn
heavy plow back and forth across tie
long field, or bore his share of the lo5d-
ed team. No one suspected him of be-
/ ing a sentimental horse. One night, a
/ ter all came up from work, the horses
were turned loose to feed upon the grass
| in the yard. In the morning Deacon
was missing. His new owner started in
! search of him, taking the direction OF
his old home. After riding 20 miles, he
came to a farmhouse, where the farmer
| told him that early in the morning, as
/ he was going to his barn, he had seen
Deacon come trOtting over the hill, with
his head up and his neck covered with
white foam. He was in high spirits
for he was saying to himself, /" 1 shal
soon be at home again But the farm
er caught him and tied him in his barn
and so he was taken back, in what dis
appointment who can tell?-COngregG
tiO9GEiSt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

REV. f. L. MAGOON of Philadelphia
has on his study-table an ordinary red
brick framed in bronze and having a
small hole inthe center in which is set a
little glass jar of ink. The clergyman
feels not a little sentiment concerning
that brick. He was only boy when
his father, an architect, died and left his
family very poor. Young MagoOn took
up the trade of bricklaying, and after
working three years as an apprentice
and one as a journeyman, began his
theological studies, the happy possessoT
of trowel, a suit of clothes, and the
sum of $40. While he was stiIl in his
trade he laid this brick in house in
Vermont, and Is years after as sue
cessfUl clergyman he went back and got
it. DIR. Magoon has not only given 6OC
rare and valuable books to Rochester
University; he has presented about the
same number to Newton Theological
Seminary, and has also given about SOC
Catholic works to Cardinal McCloskey
The Cardinal and the Doctor were
n5ighbors in Albany many years ago.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

Gladstone writes letters on postal
cards to the infinite disgust of his aris-
tocratic friends.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

COLD and wet do much harm to young
stock and stop the growth, which is
rarely commenced again until the warm
shed in the pasture viii furnish useful
protection, and small supply of rich
food is of value in keeping up the thrift.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

DRIED APPLE CAKE.-One cupful of
apples chopped very fine, soaked over
night; in the morning boil half an hour
in one-half cupful of molasses, then add
one-half cupful of brown sugar, One-half
cupful of butter, one and half cuPfuls
of flour, one egg, one teaspoonful of
soda, one teaspOOnful of cinnamon, and
one-hah teaspoonful of cloves,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

AT the moment the steamer Arizona
struck the iceberg, many of the passen-
gers were in the cabin in high spirits,
listening to a young lady who was seat
ed at the piano, playing and singing
- 4 Life on the Ocean Wave Upon
the laughter, applause and song came a
mighty crash or stunning blow, as if the
ship at full speed had charged against a
perpendicular rock. The CONSERVATION
that ensued was terrible. The COM
partment system saved the ship.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

BAKED PIG.-Take a pig about six
weeks old, nicely prepared, score in
squares, and rub lard all over it, make
a dressing of two quarts of cornmeal
salted as if for bread, and mix to a stiff
bread with boiling water; make into
pans and bake After this is baked
brown, break it up, and add to it one
fourth pound of butter, pepper to taste
and thyme. Fill the pig till plump, sew
it up, and place it on its knees in the
pan, which fill with as much water as
will cook it. Basic it very frequently
with the gravy, also two red pepper
pods. Turn while baking same as tur-
kew, and continue to baste till done.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25

HAwEsvILLE, Ky, brags of man
who doesn't care for dogs at all when
he is sober, but, when he's drunk, has
mania to own all the dogs in the cOun-
try. He will ask neighbOr to give
him his dog. If he won't give it, the
man tries to buy 1t; if the other won't
sell it the first steals it. He had thus
been known to collect $50 dogs in i
weeks spree, and feeds them literally
till he gets sober.
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THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPs.

Does it Foreteu the End of the World?
Prof. Proctor Maintains that it Does Not,
and Explains His Views of Its Purpose
and Meaning-PIazzi Smyth's Measure
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AN ACT

To regulate the advertise
mcnt of sales of lands for tax
due thereon, and Of lands that
have been sold for taxes and
purchased by the State, and to
repeal so much of the Article
4752 of the Revised Civil Stat
utes of Texas, adopted by the
Sixteenth Legislature of the
State of Texas, at the first ses-
sion thereof, and so much of
Section three of, an Act to pro-
vide for the sale of all real cs-
tate bid off to the State by the
Collectors of taxes at tax sales,
the owners of which have not re-
deemed the same as aic or may
be in conflict with the provision
of this act.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the
Legislature Of the State OF Tex
as That prior to the sale of any
real property for taxes, in any
county in this State the collec-
tor of taxes shall advestise The
same by posting a list of the
names of the delinquents for
thirty days as follows: One
copy at the court house door
of the county and copy at two
other public places in the coun-
ty where the lands or lots are
situated.
Section ?. That SO much Of
the above recited acts sections
and articles and all laws and
parts or laws in conflict with
provisions of this act and all
laws requiring collectors of tax
es to advertise in newspapers
any tax sales be and the same
are hereby repealed. Approved
July 9, 1879. Goes into effect
from and after its passage.
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The shrewd PHILOSOPHER ,

The shrewd philosopher who
Guards so zealously thu inter
ests of Goliad county can be as
satirical as he is saplent. Hear
him:
"When the great Pope said
he never knew a man in his life
who could not bear another's
misfortunes perfectly like a
Christian, he must have had a
lot of our delinquent subscribers
in his minds eye"
The sooner the country press
follow the style of their city
contemporaries-''no pay no
paper"-the better it will be for
both patrons and publishers
G0nSakes Mgnue,,.