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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
LEWIS AND CLARK.
Death OF the Last survivor OF tIIe First
North ssesses N Sarveg lag Party
CharlotteaHi-la Va Cor. New York sun

North wessss SaEveS lag Party
Charlottesville VA Cor. New York sun
Capt Tom Lewis. nearly ninety years
old, was found frozen to death last night
IN the public road in Albsmarle county.
He was farming in a small way il the
county, and IL Is supposed that he had
gone out to cut some wood. Captain
Lewis had led sn eventfuI life. and wss
famous as the last survivor of the Lewis
and Clark expedition to explore the
Missouri river.
MeTriwether Lewis, the oldest son of
Mrs. Marks, Of Locust Hill. by her for
mer marriage with Col. William Lewis,
OF the Revolutionary army, was private
secretary to President Jefferson shortly
ter the purchase of the louisiana ter
ritOTy, and was selected to explere that
territory. He had permission from the
president of selecting his aid and COM
panlOn, and he chose Lieut.. Clark, of
the regular army. The company was
organized with about thirty private
soldiers, and commanded by Capts.
Lewis and Clark. Capt. Lewis also took
along one of his slaves, youth of sev@
enteen, named Tom. Tom was remark
ably black, and neither cOmely in person
nor attractive in manner. Tom was
Capt Lewis tavOrite body>servant, and
Lewis often told how Tom had saved
his life after the expedition had crossed
the r cky mountains and was about to
descend the Columbia river. Lewis wac
in the wilderness, with no companion
save Tom, who had been christened by
the soldiers Capt. Tom Lewis" and
which name stuck to him to the day of
his death. The two vera attacked by
three Indians from hostile Tribes then in
thst country. Capt. Lewis was serious
ly wounded in the thigh. He sent the
only ball in his rife through the head
of one of his ASSISTANTS. The other two
rushed on him and would have slain him
had not Tom hurled one insensible to
the ground, and with the butt end of
the gun of his master Drained the other.
He W sheTculean in strength. He went
through all the trials and hardships of
taat great expedition without finchiug.
The Lewis and Clark expedition ter
minated in 1906 Capt Lewis cane to
his mothers home, near Joy depot, in
Albemarle county, and went thence to
St. Louis, the capital of Missouri teTri~
tory. of which he was then governor.
On his return he stopped for the night
at little inn on the roadside somewhere
in Tennessee. In the morning be WAS
found dead in his room with his throat
cut, whether by another for some unac-
countsble purpose or by himself remains
mystery to this day. Tom was his
body servant then, and knew more bout
this mystery than any one else, but he
always shook his head when asked and
said "This is a matter the less talked
b ut the batter" On the death OF his
old master, Tom returned to A bemaTle
county, and with savings, bought
small farm, which he occupied on the
day of his death. 1t is supposed that,
rom fet b eness and exhaustion, he tell
in the road, aud not bling abe to rise,
was frozen TO death. His death ends the
Iist OF survivors OF that historic expe-
Gitinrn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
selecting breeding Turkeys.

While all breeders like to have and
breed heavy weights" and customers
buying turkey all call for large birds, it
is fact that ior market purposes, mode
rate-sized and even small turkeys, COM
mand a more ready sale than do large
ones. We have watched the market for
q few days past, and know this to be a
fact. However, we do not wish to dis
courage breeders from IunniDg up the
weights, even If they attain the much
desired weight OF a fifty pound gobbler
st three or tour years old, for as Ing As
there is lively demand among bre, ders
for heavy birds, let there be birds to
supply that demand. To secure the best
results in that direction, select On early
patched, strong and vigorous gobbier OF
this years hatch, and which is OF fine
proportion, long in the body and prop
erly marked, and mate him to "a mary
twO-year old hens as you intend to keep
from two to five hens, il properly han.
died, will produce a fine crop OF yeune
birds each season, and you cannot help
but be absolutely satisfied with the
results Poultry Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
Seeding.

With some, scOlding is chronic. Life
is one long fret. The flesh is feyerish, the
nerves unstruug; the spirit pertu bed and
IN state of unrest The physical condi-
ton and the material surroundings NAV
have strong tendency to disturb our
equanimity and to exasperate our feel
ings; but We are SPIT to bear in mind that
scOlding never did anybody any good and
withal grows TO be very uncomfortable
to the party who INDUCES in it. Inappro-
pirate 10 anybody, seolding appears most
hateful ia parents and ministers. Set to be
dispensers of kindness and love to those
with whom they are more especially asso,
ciated, it is horrible to see gall distilled
instead of charity that bIessss both par
ties. Scolding tulns a household into a
pandemOnium, and q church into an
inquisition. Bear in mind that kindness
and gentle speech are a great deal easier
TO practice than their opposites. Why
practice the worse thing when harder I?
Arrest yourself in the indulgence OF
this bad habit right here. Begin now
and put yourself under bonds to be good
natured.
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spoonful Of soda, 1 Of salt, and sweet
mi or water sufficient to make it 50 t
enough to turn into pan or dish cover
1t tight and steam it four or Eve hours.
INDIAN CAKE pint sweet milk, l
egg. large spoon uls of molasss 8, 2 o.
melted butter, II cups of corn meal,
cup -four, / teaspo Oniul cream. tartar, J
tesspoOnful soda, a little salt; mix
together; then chop some sweet apples
about the size of raisins, and stir it in
and lake.
PONCE CAKE.-Six eggs, ] pound
white sugar, pound siited -four.
lemon, juice aud Tind beat the yelks of
the eggs very smooth and light with the
sugar then add the lemon, next the
-four, and lastly the whites of the eggs,
beaten to a stiff roth. Bake In a steady
ovens and cover the cake with paper to
prevent burning.
CUsTAKD PIE.-One quart milk, 3
eggs, tablespoonful corn starch, des-
srtspooniul extract vanilla, l cupful
sugar. a very small pinch salt; beat the
sugar and eggs together, mix the corn
starch in a little of the milk, and stir
sll well together. This is lar superior to
the ordinary custard-pie made with four
eggs. Less sugar may be used if pre-
erred.
BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGs. - These
we think very nice, and superior to those
boiled or steamed. Roll thin any nice
puff paste and cut into square pieces
Pare and remove the cores from nice
stewing apples, and roll an apple in each
iiece OF paste; put them into baking
dish, brush them with the white of an
egg beaten stiff, and sit sugar over them.
Bake about three-quarters of an hour,
aud serve with milk and sugar, favored
with vanilla.
DEVOAsHIRE BUTTER. = When the
milk has been strained, pour it into tin
ms and place them over pots of water
When the top begins TO form little cir
cles remove the pan to the dairy and al
low 1t to stand from 81 to 48 hours. &C
coIding to circumstances then take of
he cream and when sufficient is collect
ed, churn in a thermometer churD if pos
sible; 1t usually comes very quickly and
is then prepared like any OIner butter
The scslded milk is better than ordinary
kimmsd milk, and makes good pudding
The cream is delicious If the milk boil
| IL spOils.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
W. lrus Hunting.


In connection with whaling in Arctic
waters, walrus-huntiDg is carried on by
many whaling captains, at a compare
lively small profit. But the difficulties
of capture are so many, the destruction
of animal life SO shockingly great, and
the injustice to the natives of the coast
trequented by Walrus so patent, that
whaling shippers refuse to kill the Walrus,
Tefraining from motives of humanity,
and their action IS generally Endorsed by
their eastern principals. But most own
ers and shippers aTe less tender>heaIted,
and the destruction of walrus in past
years has been enormous and proportion
ately dreadful to realize. In 1906. 50,-
600 walrus were taken by the West
Arctic feet, and in 1875 the Illinois cap
tured II 600. 1t has been estimated that
to secure this number at least three
times as many were destroyed. Some
captains estimate only one capture in
every four dead shots, as the animal
sinks almost Immediately, or if shot on
the ice generally manage to break
through the thin ice of their air~hOle
before they can be secured. They are
almost as hard to bag" as our CalifOIs
mia ground squirrels, which run to earth
by instinct, and nearly always die inside
their own doors.
In northern ATTITUDES the walrus is
almost the sole subsistence of the ma
tives, and while in former years the Es-
cuimaux villages were often supplied
during a single hunt, the in~shOre
walrus are now so scarce that natives
are FIRE quentIy met in their frail canoes
two hundred miles from shore in search
of their only food. The natives kill
these animals with harpOOns made OF
bone or flint, fastened to long lines OF
dried walrus skin. Our sailors kill them
with guns charged with a small explO-
sive shell. An average walrus yields
only twenty-five gallons of oil and five
pounds of ivory. The oil is an excellent
lubricant, and the ivory is used in the
manufacture of cutlery. The ruling
rate tor walrus ivory in this market is
thirty-five cents per pound. The feet
OF 1873 secured about $500 walrus, and
doubtless destroyed three or four times
as many. It Is but just to masters
generally to say that they engage in this
work with extreme reluctance, and, as
the profits are so small, il is believed
that a general agreement among whaling
owners may be negotiated, by the terms
of which the wslrus catch may be re-
stricted-at least for term OF years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
Vehicles of Malaria.
POPULAR Science Monthly.

Ague is commonly supposed to be due
10 the entrance into the system of MAS
matte organism but no micTOscopist has
ever seen this organism, neither can we
account for the intermittency of the ague-
paroxysms, nor can we say tor certain
through what medium it finds an en-
trance into the system. The majority
of writers hold the opinion that the air
# marshes j. the sole cause of inteTmit-
tent fever. But there exists strong evil
denca going TO show that water, too, is
q carrier of the poison. Take, for in
stance, two or three cases cited in the
Lancet: and first, the care recorded by
BHudin. of three vessels sailing from AL
eiers to Marseilies conveying eight hun
bred soldiers, who On shore had ali been
exposed to the same atmospheric cOndi-
tions. Two of the vessels were supplied
with good water, but the third with
water from s marsh. The two former
arrived at Marseilles without a sick man,
but the third ship lost thirteen men. and
had one hundred and twenty sick, nine>
ty-eight Of whom were affected with mai
aria. Again, there is the outbreak of
ague at IIlbury Fort In 1875, cited in
Parkes's "Hygiene," where tbirty-,nur
men out of q garrison of one hundred
and three were seized with sgue, while
the people at the railway station I'd the
coastguard men and their families just
outside the iort entirely escaped The
troops had been supplied with water
stored In tanks, collected from the rain
water from the roofs, while the people
outside obtained theirs from a spring,
the atmospheric conditions in both
cases being identical.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
usEEUn KEtIPEs.

SCOTCH SHORT CAKE-One pound of
hutIer, P0und OF sugar, Z pounds Of
fl lur, kuead we'll together and roll out in
cakes ! iUch thick.
FATHERS One pint of mill, ] egg well
beaten, -four TO make rather stiff batter:
before dropping into the boiling lard, add
/ teaspoon M of baking poWuer. May
be varied by adding sliced apples.
Potato BALLS Mashed boiled pota-
toes add butter size of an egg, two
g. oontuls of milk, little salt; stir il
well roll with your hands into balls ;
roll them in egg and crumbs; fry them
in hot fat OF brewn in the oven.
Mock MNcE PIE. - Five Boston
crackers, cuU of mOlasses, ] cup OF
sugar, 2 cups of water, cup OF melted
butter, cup Of vinegar, cup OF chop
ped Taisins, cloves, cinnamon, PEI per,
salt and l nutmeg.
ONE WAY TO Cook TRIPE.-Cut your
tripe in small pi, ces, put it on the fire
and parbOil 1t /; take a small onion, cut
it in pieces, and fry 10 butter, can OF
tomatoes, and pour IN your fried onion
with butter, peppeT, salt and a little
sugar, and when boiled wen strain the
Va ter trcm your trips.
RICH WEDDING CAKE.-Oue and
three quarter pounds sugar, Is pounds
of butter, same of sugar, l dozen eggs,
pounds cuEIgats, gill wine, ! gill OF
brandy, 1 pound citron, cut in slices, S
wine glass Of .rOseWater, I ounce Of nut,
meg, allspiee. The rind Of 2 lemons
grated in.
BRowN BRFAD.-1 pint of corn meal,
the same OF rye, ! teacuptul mJlasses,
and 1 cOheescup OF sour milk, / tea-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
Diem PInurhInr.

Some twenty years sgo there was n
mania among the agricultural theorists
for deep ploughirg Every farmer, it
was said. had a farm under his lands OF
great value, where the plough had not
reached No matter what the character
OF the surface and the subsoi's were, the
plough should go into its bam But
these men aTe beginning to set their eyes
open Mr.. Geo. +. Waring Jr in speak
ing of the results Of ten years manage
ment of Ogden Farm, in the AgTi-
culturist, says: about six acres were,
some seven or eight years ago, ploughed
about twelve inches deep The sub-oil
OF blue ay, which was brought to the
surface, was lasting injury TO the land.
1t still shows the III EFF CT o. the treat
ment in spite OF time and manure. There
are some soils that would be benz flied
by piOughing twelve inches deep, but
they are scarce" The rule may be said
to be: Never turn up over one or two
inches of uniertile subsoil in one season
and when so turned up the land should
receive a dressing OF manure"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
Sheridan Out Shoolinr.

The following compliments were paid
to Sheridan in Norfolk by an IIish
servant b longing to Mr. Coke, wko at
tended him ON his shooting excursion,
and which Sheridan retOld with great
glee: Shot the first (the birds ali get
ting awav)--" More powder to your
honor Did you see one little fellow drop
his leg as he went of? He'll never stand
on his tin toes again" Shot second
(ditto)--'' Tare an ayers, there they 90 I!
But didn' your honor hear the shot rattle
among them ike psse sgin windey :?
They pray never to zee your honor again
on this side of the country" Shot tnird
(birds all of again) --"Thunder an 'ouns
but they cotched it r' After watch
ing them for swhile-'-There is three OF
them wounded anyhow, for they had
hardly strength to fly Over yonder hedge;
the divil q WAX of sleep they'll get this
blessed night" SHOT fourth Ia pheasant
gets awsy)-"Weli, 1 never seen q poor
gentleman taken like him; he'll remem-
Der your honor many long day for that
The spalpeen Is carrying away more
shot than would set up an ironmonger
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
soUTHERN FanM aNn HOME.
FeedIue Poultrv.

NeeSANE aONAtry.
A great deal has been written on the
subject Of eeding fowls, especially dur
ing The winter season, ard from some
articles one would suppose that it re
qutTtd as much skill and attention TO
cater for q dozen chickens as 70 keep q
large city hotel 0ne article is now be-
fore IA, taken from poultry journal,
in which, after giving the staples that
must be always on hand ss follows -
My fowls always have all the old plas~
ter, lime, oyster and clam shells broken
fine, burned bones. charcoal and gravel
they require, good dust bCx to wallow
in, plenty OF good water, not snow and
ice, bone meal and meat scraps twice or
three times week, and sour milk when
/ have it, "--the writer proceeds to give
an extended bill of fare for three sepa-
rate meals, varied every day in the week
as at some fashionable restaurant For
instance: Sunday--pstatoes and meat
scraps boiled, mashed, 81 little salt
thicken with corn meal and wheat
shorts second meal, buckWheat; thiTd
meal, corn. Monday--potatoes and tur-
nips boiled, mashed, seasoned, thickened
with corn and oats ground second meal,
wheat screenings; third meal, buck~
wheat; F" and so on through all the week
II every one who kept fowls kept a
cook for this spe cial purpose and had
nothing else to do hut TO provide their
meals, this might all DO very well IS an
iDnece Mt occupation. But TO suggest il
as a general rule for keeping poultry Is
to run the thing into the ground. In
summer, fowls that have q range require
hItle attention and comparatively httle
feeding. In winter, in -Order to obtain
eggs, fowls must be led with animal foOd
in some form, but they do not require
such sn extended and varied diet a
some fancy poultrymen would make
believe. 10 addition TO a Clearly, warm
or sheltered house, they should have
access TO earth in which there are gravel
some orm OF lime or broken bones, and +
heap OF ashes, to protect themselve,
against vermin. They should be fed
with differt Mt kinds OF or OK d grains
scraps OF meat and occasionally witt
green vegetables cabbage leaves If moth
ing better can be obtaintd 10 extremel y
cold weather hot iced will not only pro
mote tbeiT comfort, but will also iaCili
tate their laying. Hot buckwheat cake,
are excellent for lattening purposes
their food may be varied Hom day L
day without gong into an elaborate bil
of tare.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
DeadwOOd Criticism.

Dramatic criticism Is I'm art o. the
frontier here is bit from the Dead
wood Times We would sgy, and it is
the most and least that We can say,
that Miss Fanny Price TeEdition of
Camille on Saturday night Was iDdifer-
ent. Her positions were not good in
her passion scenes; when she should swell
out ike a mOuntsin, she sinks in Ike
eulch. That amt right in this country.
She ought to know the audience here
IL not Il e fine spun crowd that she
would encounter back ca q. and when
she had worked their feelings up TO q
scalping hurrsh, she ought not to give
up her lover. She presented only a
fighting front when her lovers back
was turned This won't do for a rom
tier audience, and Miss Price VIII prob
ably thank Us for this suggestion. We
make it for her benefit. The character
Of Camille Is way mp, when the right
conception of it Is presented by the
actress. Clara Morris would make
mule kick its driver-if the said an nal
was allowed to look upon her but Fan
ny Price exeites none OF the human pas
si0ns by her representations.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
He Didn't Pass.
Detroit Fee Press.

Last week was examination week in
most OF the schools, and the boy who
passed can easily be selected from
the boy who didn't. One of those who
didn't was on Saturday intrenching him
self on Ledyard street behind q snow
bsuk, seemingly waiting for some ones
arrival, and g. man who had observed
his preparations inquired:
Making ready to have some fun,
bub?'
Wssf, it may be fun for me, but it'll
be bough on the other feiier," was the
reply.
Then you are expecting to have q
fght?'
just am that ! The school teacher
marked me down TO fifty.seven because
( said Russia bounded Lake Erie on the
west, and now when her brother comes
aiorg Pm going to bound him on all
fOu sides with the biggest licking q
white-hesded boy ever got"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
LEE rooR rIpnLER.s Ode.
10 HIS FIDDLE,

10 HIS EDDIE.
Tom,
Worn
Oppressed, L noura;
Bad,
sad,
Fkree-QuArters mad,
Money gene,
Or DIT none;
DuHs at door,
HAf score;
Wife in lain,
Twins again
Others aIling,
Nurse ling,
Billy hopping
A.so poor Joe,
With I. stored toe.
Come then, my fiddle,
Come, my Olden, uue-v ON friend,
With yous. 81 cling, buihan unds,
Eeme sweet, though snsiui.t sOlace lind.
Tsy polished neck 1 clasp in close EN- brace,
Whzn over thy stnngs 1 draw my bow
My dropping spirits hssveBwaTd rise;
a lively strain 1 touch and IOI
seem TO mount above the skies
There on fsncy's wing / soar,
Regardless Of ali the duns at door;
Oblivous ALL f ell my woes no more
But skip er the st;iugs,
AS my old fdole sings,
1" Chserily, meTrily go!
PIssto goOd master,
You very vel know
1 will find music
If vcu will find bow,
From 10 Ii, 10 @ below"
Fstigued, pause 10 change the time
For some AdafS0, solemn snd sublime.
With graceful acIIOn moses the sinuous arm;
MY hea, [ responsive 10 The soothing chaII1,
fhTObs equally while every health-eo II dug care
Les DrosrTaIe yanq1ished by The f. meihuous
so slntive gown; my eyes with tears q - flow,
APd patience mid soon smOOthes my %TiBkled GRO
Reedy baut coy can squeek Wailtus flute 50 all
ne serpent may gum al the tTomb bone may ba
But my Poll my old dal IS the prince of tn m all
CoulI cen OXYGEN re uID, thy aise 20 Ieh srse,
His ode TO Cecilia wOul em rugged verse;
Nov to thy case, in hInnel warm 70 lie,
TIL ellleo TO pI a. Thy master by.
HspOllO.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06

This Italia Agricola, writing on the eff
feet OF thunder storms on milk, states
THAI it is the generally accepted belief
that it il the lightning and electrical
phenomena that accompany a thunderS
storm which causes the spontaneous CO.
agu alton o. milk DI MalhoeTn wished
to test the idea. and Or the purpose be
filed a cylinder with fresh skinned
milk. introduce into Ih- - me 100 cubic
Vcentimelrts of pure oxygen, and then
allowed cleo Tical sparks 10 pass into the
apparatus Tor the space OF ten minutes
by means OF the Ruhmkorff machine.
The milk quickly cosguiated, clearly
proving a. an acid reaction had taken
place, and after twenty minutes a firm
cheese was produced.
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The Largest Orchard in the World.

The largest orchard in the world IL
doubtless that owned and WOI ked very
sucet ssluny by Mr.. Robert McKiustry,
OF Hudson, Columbia county, \. Y.
The orchard is situated or the east bank
of the Hudson river, on high, rolling
table land, and contains more than Fl,
600 apple tree, ! 700 pears. 4, 900 oherries
500 pc ches, 200 plums, 200 crabs, 500
vines, CO.. currants and 200 chestDuts
The varieties grown are: Rhode I-land
GreeniDg. 600; Baldwins, 6 900; King
OF Tom ins county, 900; Astrachans,
800; Northtrn Spy, 5 %; Wagner, 20J /;
Gravenstein, 400; Cranberry Pippins,
200; Ben Davis. 200; Duchess of Olden,
burg, 200; with JonsthaDs, Hubbard
stones, Cayuges, Vandeveers, BeliRowers,
Pearnains, Peck's Pleasant, Twenty
ounce Pippins. Russets, and others IN
less number. The pears are Bartlett, B.
d'AniJu, Sheldon, Seckel, and Lawrence,
chic fy. Of cherries there are twenty
eight varieties. The orchard Is remark
ably thrifty, and the Oldest trees are
about twenty years old. The soil is dry,
rolling gravel, with some Limestone; the
trees are planted twenty feet apart, and
do not seem by any means to be crowded.
The ground is plowed several times IN
the wear aDd kept isllOw, excepting,
when thought advisable, it is seeded to
clover. The orchard IS intersecIed by
roads over six miles IN length for the
passage of wagons, aud is bounded by q
continuous row OF apple trees set ten
feet apart Tor four and half miles The
apple crop for the past year was 10000
barrels. q large portion Of which was
exported to L verpool ard Glasgow