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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Words Well Spoken.

A well ordered farm, we'll chosen
stock, comfortable buildings. a
neatly kept garden, roadway or en-
trance way, gates well hung, fences
well kept, shade trees, ornamental
shrubbery, paint without and white
wash viii hin-all these are worth
more to a farmer in money value
than a few hundred dollars careful
ly scraped together and jealously
boarded and loaned TO needy Ugh
nors at interest. No investment
pays so well as money judiciously
spent in farm improvements -
Draining wet land will pay 80 to
100 per cent. on Its cost every year;
good stock will pay equally well i;
good roads will turn their cost
every year; a gate will save its cost
In u short time; good fence VIII
save its whole cost in one night; a
well kept garden, a neat lawn, orch
ard and shade trees, which need
not cost 800, have added ten times
that amount to the value of a farm,
and the comfort and seif-respect
gained through the outlay for these
and for their possession are worth
more than the cost.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
A Mothers Influence.

The late Thomas II. Benton, who
was so long in public life and sur
rounded by temptations; paid the
following tribute to his mother
MY mother asked me never to use
tobacco, and / have never touched
it rom that time to the present day
she asked me not to game, and
have not, and l cannot tell who is
losing in games that can be played.
She admonished me, too, against
drinking, and whatever capacity for
endurance l may have at present,
and whatever usefulness l may at
tain in life, l attribute to having
complied with her pious and cor
rect wishes. When l was seven
years of age she asked me not to
drink. and then l made a resolution
of total abstinence, at time when
l was sole constituent member of
my own body, and that / adhered
to it through ali time l owe to my
mother"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
He Didn't Charge Her.

A gentleman conductor was col
lecting tickets from his passengers.
All handed over their tickets
promptly except one fat old lady
who sat next to the door, and who
seemed to be reaching down to get
something she had dropped on the
floor. When her time came she
raised her head and thus addressed
the blu>hing conductor: II allurs.
when travels, carry my money in
my stockin', for you sees nothin'
can get at it thar, and I'd just
thank you young man, just to reach
it to me, as | am so iammed in that
| can't get at it. forgot to get a
ticket at the depot" The conduc
tor g anced at the other passengers.
some OF whom were laughing at his
plight; one or two young ladies
among them blushed scarlet, and
he beat a hasty retreat, muttering
something about not charging Old
ladies, etc. His cash was short the
fare of one passenger that trip.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
A Woman and Something Over.

LIvermore (Col. Herald: "The
! wife OF a well-known rancher living
near this place has got the true grit.
Her husband was away on business
whole week recently, and one day
while he was absent the pump gave
out The nearest neighbor lived a
long distance, SO she hoisted up the
pipe herself, and found that the
trouble lay in the suction leather,
which was too much worn to work
properly. Away she went to cut a
new one, using the old one as a pat
tern. On returning she found that
a large hog had fallen into the open
well. Nothing daunted, she got
strong rope, made a slip moose,
fished it around the squealing pork
err, and then lifting as nard as she
could, made the end fast to the
curb, thus raising the animal pa
italy out of the water and prevt Mt
ed it from drowning. She then har
messed horse, hitched him to the
rope, and in less time than it takes
t. tell it, that hog,
IAN dripping with freshness, aro-e from the
WE'LL"
''Bu before the rescue of The pa
rent animal two OF her offspring,
crowding too close To the curb,
probably to sympathize with their
mothers distress, lost balance and
were now houndering around in the
water at the bottom. Instantly the
hog was rescued, our heroine set
about for the recovery OF The pigs.
She procured ladder, which, howev-
er, though long enough to touch the
water, was not long enough to reach
the bottom NJ the well. Necessity
the mother OF invention, and pro
curing a fence rail she thrust it
through the top round, resting both
ends on the curb. Then clinbin
down the hanging ladder, she res
cued the two pigs, bringing both
safely to the surface. This done
she quietly completed the job of
putting in the new suction leather,
wering the pipe into the well,
closing the curb and pumping water
Tor heI weeks Washing"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Send the Bill to Ny Husband,

Realize, reader, says New 1orl
paper, the anguish of a lady com
PEELED to stand by another lad,
wearing larger diamonds than he
own, or more point lace, or longe
train. What will the world think
as under the chandler this painfu
contrast comes out2 Such moments
of humiliation cause sleeples'
nights, and the next day result ii
bills that become as criminal in
dictments TO poor, ove-worked men
Under the impulse OF such trying
scenes as these many a matron ha,
goIe forth on Broadway with firm
lips and eyes in which glowed mex
orable purpose, ana placed upon heI
arms or fingers, that might have
helped her husband forward, tbs
gems that would be millstones about
his neck.
There are many phases of hero
ism, but if you want your breath
taken away, go to a leading anu
store and see some
large-souled woman who will not
count the cost or realize the dire con
sequences, but, like some martyr OF
the past who will show to the world
the object of his faith though the
heavens fall, she marches to the
counter. selects the cosLiest jewels,
and says, in tones OF majesty Send
the bill to my hushandw
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Our Young People
MADE UP FROM THE BEST CLIPPINGS.
Unpleasant Homes.

You who are true wives and
mothers do not want your husbands
and sons to give their club or sa-
loon their undivided attention, do
you? How then do you expect
them to be true gentlemen unless
you make their home the most at
traCtive and dearest spot on earth
to them? You can see middle aged
men and young men enter places of
amusement, when if their home was
a pleasant one there would be no
need of temperance reformers going
through tue United States lecturing
on total abstinence reform. There
would be no need of their signing
the pledge. Their vows to you would
be a greater safeguard for them
than all the pledges written on pa
per if you would not close the door
against them and their society.
You can hear women talking almost
every day, "Why, how much good
this reformer has done; what would
have become OF my husband or my
sonf | am so glad he signed the
pledge" But still you are not will
ling to let them have even a corner
in the little paper we call "Our
Household" The society of to day
In America is not as refined as it
was one century ago. There are
more of our citizens in the prisons
than there were at that time, and
all because we do not want to have
them in our social gatherings.
say admit the men, for in nine
cases out OF ten the trouble arises
at home, and fills our country with
vagabonds and thieves, when if they
had good home influence, there
would be more true gentlemen +.
NJ. in Detroit Free Press HoHseh'd.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Falsehood.

Falsehood, is, indeed, on all &C
counts inexcu' able, and can never
proceed but from some unworthy
principle-as cowardice, malice, OF
a total contempt of virtue and hon
or. The d faculties ltruDs one into
are not to be numbered. One lie
requires ten others to support it,
and the failure of probability in one
of them ruins all The pains nee
essay to patch up plausible story
and the racking of the memory To
keep always to the same circum-
stances in representing things. and,
after all it is thousand to one but
the artifice is detected, and then the
unhappy man Is questioned as much
when he is sincere as when he dis
sembles; so that he finds himself at
u full stop, and can neither gain his
ends with mankind by truth or
falsehood.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

A leading Tennessee journal de-
clares that "the attempt to pay six
per cent interest on the public debt
of Tennessee, as at present listed.
would he equivalent 10 the confisca
tion of the private property OF the
State" The limit of the debt OF
Tennessee is S24, S2S,0O0 Ken.
lucky, without any debt at all, lev
les a tax of four mills on the
dollar for State purposes. TO show
how inexcusablc such justitications
of reputation are it is only neces
sary to point out that on a valuation
no higher than that of Kentucky, u
tax of six mills ON the dollar would
pay six per cent. on the who e of
Tennessee's debt, disputed and I'M
disputed. People in Louisville,
who paid 20 mills on the dollar,
cannot believe that six mills on the
dollar, or even twice that much,
would me contiscation = Louisville
Commercial.
And, we NAV add, Kentucky has
no public debt at all. She ievies
forty cents State tax, and spends it
like a gentleman and her people
don't growl bit. They don't call
it confiscation there. Tennessee
and Kentucky are contiguous, have
u similar population, and grow about
the same products. In productions
of all kinds, we believe that Tennes-
see is ahead of Kentucky.
Georgia was worse of from the war
than Tennessee, but she went to
work paying her debts instead of
falling on her back and crying over
split milk, ami now her bonds at 4
per cent. are worth los cents, aud
capitalists are struggling to buy
them.
And the cause of this difference is
that Tennessee has been crushed
with demagogues who have de-
ceived the people. They have
taught them to feel so poor that it
has almost broken down their spirit
and manhood.
And yet Tennessee raised over
eighty millions OF produce last year,
and could settle her debt in full for
eleven millions. By the rule of
three, what person could plead pow
erty who has made on his farm or
at his calling eighty dollars and re
fused to pay debt of e.even dol
lars, or to speak more accurately,
who refused TO pay six per cent.
interest, semi annually,-33 cents
every six months. And this is all
the creditors ask Gallatin Exam.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

A quick mode OF bringing up
plants of different kinds, which
have practiced tor some years and
find to be quite effective and useful,
| will here describe: ~~'rake a box
of convenient size-those l use are
Is inches long, II inches wide and
6 inches deep-cut top that will
fit down on the inside little loose
ly; fill half full of fine dry dirt,
then take boiling water and pour
over it until it is thoroughly wet;
then sprinkle over the wet dirt
some dry dirt to the depth of one
inch, upon which SOW your seeds.
Then over the loose top pour boil
ing water until it Is hot; slip this
top down on the surface where
your seeds are sown; set. the box
by the stove or in a warm room,
and in from "a to 70 hours your
plants will be pressing up against
the top, which you must now re
move; then gradually move every
day, closer to the light until you
get them into the sunshine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Shut the Door.

The indisposition so many people
have to shut the door after then
when passing in and out, is the re
suit of deficient training and e'uca
ton at home. The habit Is a posi-.
tive nuisance, and is to be classed
among the graver sins of omission
When the storm king is abroad on
bender and the cold blasts of win.
ter are bowling around the angles
and fooling about the keyholes and
crevices, the thoughtful christian
will not fail to close the door after
him. Persons born out of d. ors
and raised in SAW mill, OF course,
are not expected to think of such
trifles.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Men who have made fortunes are
not those who had five thousand
dollars given them to start with,
but started with a well earned dol
lar or two. Men who have by their
own exertions acquired fame have
not been thrust into popularity by
puffs begged or paid, or given in
friendly spirit. They have out
stretched their hand ard touched
the public heart. Men who win
love do their own wooing. If you
work for fame, love, money. or any
thing else, work with your hands,
heart and brain.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Those who are in the power Of
evil habits must conquer them as
they can; and conquered they must
be, or neither wisdom nor happiness
can be attained; but those who are
not yet subject to their influence,
may, by timely caution preserve
their freedom; they may efiectually
resolve to escape the tyrant, whom
they will very yainly resolve TO
conquer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Cut this Quilt May Save Your
Tffsa

There is no persen living but what
suffers more or less with Lung disease
Coughs, Colds or Consumption, YET
some would die rather than pay IS cents
for bottle of medicine that would cure
them. DR.. A. BOschee's German Syrup
has been lately introduced in this coun-
try from Germany, and its won6rou:
cures astonishes every one that try it,
II you doubt what we say in print, cut
this out and take it to your druggist
Sumpter d Lacey, and get sample bot
tie for 10 cents and try it, ora regular
size for 20 cents. jun21 -eow-Iy-1.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The value of the eggs produced
and sold from farms in New York
State is something over 81 100000,
Added to this the receipts il New
York city, from Western and other
sources, would make the total value
at eggs produced and sold in New
York nearly Sc, 100000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Many of our good housewives
wonder why their little chickens,
which seem to be as lively as cr.ck
cts when they are few days old,
begin to droop and gradually drop
off. one by one, till they are all
dead. Look on the top of the head
and under the throat, and the cause
will be discovered-lice. Proven
ton in this case is far better than
p,1rn
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Not Sorry.

You will not be sorry for hearing
before judgement.
For thinking before speaking.
For holding an angry tongue
For stopping the ear to a tale
bearer.
For disbelieving most OF the ill
reports.
For being kind to the distressed.
For being patient toward every
body.
For doing good to all men.
For asking pardon for all wrongs.
For speaking evil to no one.
For being courteous 70 all.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20


The climate and soil of this
State with their great variety oil
productions, offer unbounded OPP
portunities for large and profita.
BILE growth of sheep on our millions
of acres of worn aud abused lands
that are now idle and worthless t.
both owners and State. Tennessee
Is better grazing State than Cali
tornia. Tennessee has only 100000
sheep; aiifornia has 1000, 900
an annual income of $S,00O,0OO.-
Tennessee has the acres, soil. grass
es and other vegetation, and can
equal our young State of Calitorni ia
in the production of wool and NUT
ton, should our present legislator
be disposed to give aid and comfort
to this much needed and important
enterprise. The dog crop of the
State is not remunerative, but most
ly dead cost, a biting shame to
the country which prefers them to
those valuables known as lamb.
mutton and wool.
A few hours of sensible and faith
full legislation upon this interest
would give wealth to our people
and State. The Legislation of the
State for many years has favored
the dog family at heavy and de
structive cost. Economy demands
the improvement of our lands
Sheep will do this, and at the same
time give us food and clothing in
the absence of dog socieCy.- Max
in Memphis Avalanche.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Idleness is the mother Of vice
and a boy who is allowed to grow
up in idleness, is pretty sure to be
vicious man. The parents OF
such boys have a fearful responsi
bilIty resting upon them when they
let their sons run about late hours
Of the night instead of keeping
them at home reading good news
papers and books, and training
them into moral habits, so as to be-
come respectable men instead of
oilers, rum drinkers, gamblers and
loafers, which is sure TO be the case
with the night runners and day
idlers, then the responsibility is in
creased. Give boys plenty to do,
and you will preserve their morals.
Better a tired body than a vicious
mind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

[5l. Why will you suffer with Dys
pepsia and liver complaint. Constipa-
ton, when you can get as our store Shi-
loh's System Vitalizer which we sell on
a positive guarantee to cure you. Price
l0cts. and 75cts For sale by Sumpter
& Stanley, Corner Drug Store.
febl3eOw-1y-1
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Although their products sell for
much lower prices than they did q
few years ago sheep,are still among
the most profitable animals that
can be put upon a farm, but, in or
der to yield the highest returns OF
which they are capable, they need
to be properly cared for.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

A good advertisement in a newspa per
pays no fare on railroads; costs nothing
for hotel bills; gives away no boxes OF
cigars to customers, or merino dresses
to customers wives; drinks no whisky
under the head of travelling expenses,
but goes at once and all the time about
its business. free of expense
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
For the C.izenI
he Ci:izenI
BABY NINE.
RI W. H. WATSON.

have just received letter from Mariah
Raby mire, baby mine;
And she says ] shant come nigh her,
Baby mine, baby mine;
She has given me the shake.
Cool as the north pole earthquake,
Yet for her III make break.
Baby mine.
am going to zee Marian
Baby mine. baby mine,
To please her is my desire.
Baby mine, baby mine;
She has been 10 duling court
She can dance the NeWport,
All the boy her smiles now court,
Baby mine
She has been to Kalamazoo,
Baby mine, baby mihe;
She is masher IL is true,
Baby mine. baby mine,
She is dashing, young and gay,
She can tkip the ira, la, ia,
And has hundred thousand dollars
II her mind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Witty savings are as easily lost
as the pearls slipping off broken
string; but a word of kindness is
seldom spoken in vain. ties a seed
which, even when dropped by
chance, Springs up a. 1Ower.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
An Old Lady's Advice.

An "Old mother" writes TO the
Hartford Times about married life
thus: Preserve sacredly the pri
vacies OF your own homelife-, your
own house, your married state, and
your hearts. Let no third person
come in between you two. With
Gods help build your own quiet
world, not allowing your dearest
earthly trend to be the confident
of aught that concerns your domes-
tic peace. Let moments OF al1ena
tion, if they occur, be healed at
once; never speak of it outside, tut
10 teach each other confession.
and ali will come out right. Never
let the morrow's sun ind you at va
rance; it will do you good. and
thereby your souls will grow 20
gether. ana viii become truly one. "
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
The Farmers.

Agriculture, commerce and man
ulactures are the three persuits
that unite country-but the great
est OF these is agriculture, for with
out it's products the spindle cannot
turn and the ship will not sail.
Agriculture furnishes the conserva
tive element in society, and in the
end is the guidin restraining, con-
tro ling force in government
Against storms of popular fury,
against frenzied madness that seek
collision with established order,
against theories of admins tration
that have drenched other lands in
blood, against the spirit of anarchy
that will sweep away the landmarks
and safe grounds of Christian soci-
ely and Republican government,
The farmers of the United States
will stand as the sliieId and bull
ark-themselves the willing sui :
jects and therefore forcing all 9TH
err into quiet submission.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

He who spends his life in accu-
mulating knowledge which is never
adapted to the want of society, is
literary miser. His gainings bear
no interest, and he defrauds man
kind of their lust dues.