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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
Cotton Prospects.

Despite afew grumblers, who belong
to the bear order of humanity, also
scattering tact-hiders, the reports of the
crop i'll the South are cheering in the
main. Except in a few localities. cot
ton could not be in more propitious
promise. This is verified by all truth
ful accounts received from nearly every
section Of the south. Al few plantations
along the Red river valley have been
reported as wormy, thoHgb the announ-
cement as yet has not been. verified.
There are height orhOt Is to the SOUTH
Ofus, in the valleys, said tepossess very
grassy field, though. in the EaAiny
sheer laziness Is the cause thereof A
few report ha Ing over cropped them
solves, and fer lack Of labor, whieh is
scarce and in great demand at alI points
have been compelled to:a bandoB DOT<
ton of their planted fields. This, how
ever, Is very small percentages of the
crop. Among the valley plantations
labor Is worth from T5e TO 81. so per.
day, and there. is 10 excuses anywhere,
for iileness. Wchear of planters who
are anxious to induce the worIa to be-,
lievc that the cotton yield will be shOr-
ter than that of last year. that labor Is
disturbed, and that the nicking capac-
ity of the country was f lily g led las
seaon, so that it will be ImpOssIb tOr
this years Out-turn to exceed that Of
the past season. This latter may be so
but it Is now generally conceded that
there Will be good demand for every
bale of cotton this country canprodUee
even should 10 exceed 10000 Of
bales. The repofE Of the condition of
cotton telegraphed by the agriculture
bureau from Washington yesterday,
says there are reports of too mech ruin
ia parts Of Mississippi, EoHisiana
and Arkansas, also Of drOuth in North
and South Carolina, but that theave
age condition of the total crop is 700.
Insect injuries have not been reported
to any serious extent. For the sevcfat
sections the t0floHifa1 Is reported /:
North Carolina, f5 counties, average
f0f South CarolinS, 19 epufrSiss sv-
eFage, 80; Georgia, 20 counties, aver
age % :; Florida, rs co5lHsSes, average
81; Alabama, 81 counties aveFaCe 81 :
Mississippi, 20 eoHAtSes, average 9:4 :
Louisiana, f6 counties, average 96 :
Texas, II counties, aversgeffI'; Ark
ansas, 33 counties, average 104 Ten
Ressee, 81 counties, average 103,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
General H2EcOck's Pedigree.

John Hancock was born in 1870,
led in Y 80, aged So years. He was.
a minister nj Lexirg gton, Mass
John Hancock was born in 1908,
died 1744, aged Il years. He was a
minister Of Braintree, Mass. and Il son
of the preceding.
John Hancock, LID, was born in
1877, died 1898, aged 56 years.
He was the first Of the signers Of tie
Declaration Of American Independence
q son Of John Hancock, Of Hraintree
aud the grandson of John Hancock Of
Lexington. lie Wa&a natjvcofQuin-
cy, Mass. ; graduated at Harvard Col
lege 1874 member of the House Of
Representatives from Boston 1865
president Of the Provincial Congress in
l774; preside It of Continental Cor
gress 1915 Governor OF Mass. in 1850
to 1874 and 1877 to 1893.
Benjamin f. Hancock was Il son of
John Hancock, Ii. D., signcr Of the
Declaration Of American Independ-
ence was a lawyer at Norristown,
M0ntge mecy county, Pa, in 1923: was
a menb;r Of the Baptist church ard
of the Sunday school.
Winfield Sc It and Hilary Han
cock, twin brothers and sons OF Ben
,min F. Han, 0;k were born in Mon
gomcrY townshiPf Montgomery couy
Pa. in 1924.
Hilary Hanock, the twin brother Is
a lawyer at Minneapolis, 1Iinn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
"NO Drunkard Wanted Here"

4 few days ago, while passing the
the door Of a saloon, we saw hanging
over the counter, in a large and ele-
gant frame, the following sign painted
in green and gold: ''No Drunkard
wanted here" Indeed Where then
Is he wanted? The authorities do not
want him on the street. His employ
er does not want him in the shop. His
family do not want him at home un-
less it is to shut him up from sight or
hearing. 1t is a sad but true state
ment that the drunkard is not wanted
anywhere, nor by any person on earth,
nor in heaven. But while this is true,
the last man in the universe to warn
the drunkard off his premises is the
saloon keeper or whiskcy dealer, with
out whom there would be no drunkard
to obtrude his mwelcome presence.
Facts, however, warrant us in saying
that he Is the first to close his door to
the inebriate if fiIched of his last pen
ny. On the other hand, those who
want none Of his money and care less
for his soul, give him room and sym
pathY and in every possible way help
him back to respectable manhood, at
the first trace Of repentance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
Fool Friends.

He is so friendly that you cannot
kick him.
He takes e sad pleasure in yout mis-
fortunes.
He forgets his principles to crafty
your enemies.
He forgives your maligner and SIAN
derer with all his heart.
He never suspects anything on yonr
side.
He never denies lie unless it is in
your favor.
A fool friend is always full Of q
kind Of stupid candor.
He is 50 candid that he always be-
lieves the statements Of an enemy.
He is forever seeing the faults of
his party and the virtues of the others
He generally shows his candor by
scratching his ticket.
He generally talks for you, but al
ways bets the other way.
He always tells you Of the good
luck your enemy has had.
Nothing hurts man, nothing hurts
party so terribly as fool friends
He always knows where your party
is losing, and the other IS making
great gains.
He implicitly believes every story
against you and kindly suspects your
defence.
Nothing pleascs him like being
shocked by horrible news concerning
some good man.
He is always finding fault with his
party and his continually begging par
don for not belonging to the other side.
He is frightfuIlfy anxious that all
his candidates should stand well with
the opposition.
He always searches every nook and
corner of his conscience to find a rc;;-
son for deserting a friend or a Princi-
pie.
4 fool friend is the sewer Of bad
news, OF slander and all base and un-
peasant things.
A fool friend always knows every
mean thing that has been said
against you and against the party.
The fool friend regards your reputa-
ton as common property, and common
prey fer all the vultures, hyanas al
jackals
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
An Appalling Curse.

Carefully prepared statistics show that
are over SIX hundred thousand drunk
ars in the United States, and that
twenty thousand die annually who 90
To the grave Of a drundard. Every
year one hundred Thousand men and
women are sent to prison under the in
funce Of INVESTIGATION, while three
hundred murders and four hundred
suicides occur from the same cause.
Two hundred thousand orphans are
annually thrown upon the charity of
the world by this curse Of intemprance.
Nine-tenths Of our crime and not less
seven-eights Of the pauperism is theim-
mediate result Of the whiskey, and
that at a cost to the government-be-
sides individual want-of not less than
$50, 00G, 900 every year.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
"Kecp Still"

There is a story told Of a lady and a
gentleman travelling together on an
English railroad. They were strangers
to each other. Suddenly the gentle
man said:
Madam, will trouble you t. look
out Of the window for few minutes ::
| am going to make some changes in
wearing apparel"
Certainly, sir" she replied, with
pohteness, rising and turning her back
upon him. In a short time he
said:
"Now, madam" my change is com.
Plcted, and you may resume your
seat.
When the lady turned she beheld
her male companion transformed into
dashing lady with a heavy veil over
her face.
''Now, sir, or madam, whichever
you like, said the lady, must trouble
you to look out the window, for also
have some changes to make in my ap-
parel."
Certainly, madam" and the gen
tIcman in ladies attire Immediately
complied.
"Now, sir, you may resume your
seat"
To his great surprise on resuming his
seat, the gentleman in female attire
found his lady companion transformed
into a man. He laughed and said
ct appears that we are 10th anx-
ious to avoid recognition. What have
you done? l have robbed bank"
And l" said the lady, as he dex-
triously fettered his companions wrists
with a pair of handouts, Gam Detec-
tive J., Of Scotland yard, and in
female apparel have shadowed you
for two days: now" drawing a re-
volver, "keep still !"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
! Critical M0mC2ts

Dr. Taimagc in one Of his sermons
tel}s the following story
was talking a few weeks ngo with
q clergyman at The West, who said
that he returned to his fathers house
in Boston, and his brother, a son in
the family, came intoxicated, and he
said when the intoxicated son had re
tired, Mother, how can you stand
this ?" "0!" she replied, u have
s@od this a good willie, but it don't
worry menow. I found it was wor-
rying me to death and / put the
W! oIa in Cots hands, anc I said,
% God, I cannot endure tbs any
lcng =; take care my son, rofom him
save him. and here I left the whole
thing with God, and I shall never
worry again" The next day" said
the clergyman, who was talking to
me in regard to t Il met my brother,
a ID I said, John, you are in an ay-
Iul position, How SO ?, said he.
why mother told me that she had
left y,u with God; s, pcsa't pray
for you any more Is that SO Well
I cannot contend with the Lord; l
shall never drink again" "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
"As Drunk as Biaizers."

We may live and learn. I remem
Der, fifty wears since, or more, Al one
Of the Lincoln els ct'ons, hearing a
man in the crowd say to another,
speaking OF the preceding night, I'VE
got drunk as Blazers" [ never
could make out what it meant Yes
terday l was reading SIR Thomas
Whyse's 'Impressions Of Greece, and,
speaking Of the reference for St.
Biaize in Greece, (who is also, as you
know, the patron saint Of the English
wooicomhcrs, ana how his feast was
observed in the WOODEN manufactures
Of the midland counties, he SAYS {:
Those who took part in the process
sion were called 'Blaizars,' and the ex,
preston, as drunk as Blaizers,' origi-
mated il the conyinialities common on
those occasions" So good "Bishop
and Martyr, BIaize is dishonored as
well as honored England, and very
probably in Greece Life Of Rich
ard Waldo Sibthorn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
4 Mysterious iiiiury.

4 remarkable story comes from
Glen Gardner, New Jersey.
Benny Colemtn, boutseventv years
old, resides with Augustus Foss, near
the edge Of the village, but on the
main street. He went to bed as usual
a few nights ago and r3c, l ects nothing
until morning. When h: awoke he
felt a dull, heavy pain in his head,
and experienced difficulty in raising
himselfto a sitting posture. Upon 50
doing, he found he was covered with
blood, as was also the bed-clothing
abont him. Large spots Of blood were
scattered over tht sheets and blankets
and upon placing his hand upon his
left check, he discovered several
wounds. He got up, aud partially
dressing himself, started downstairs.
On the steps were signs Of blood, and
at the foot Of the flight was a pool.
The injuries were not dangerous. but
indicate the use Ct mach torce. None
Of the family heard any noise during
the night, and ne enc else IN the house
had a scratch upon their persons. Nj.
Coleman IS q man Of good health, 50
that he could not have committed the
deed himself from any mental abera-
ton. There have been no indications
Of burglars discovered, and no part Of
the valuable properly contained in the
house Is missed. The whole affair Is
remain mystery.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
'f-ras
i1lt1mQrnttS.
4 Boy, a Woman and a Cow.

. it is now over hundred wears sine
an American philosopher propounde,
the query: "Why Is woman afraid @
, a cow md yet no one has ever sue
Ceeded in giving satisfactory answer
There Is once in awhile Il woman VIII,
: doesn't seem to have the slightest fear
even Wheh WheE passing 4 COW with
one horn all twisted out Of shape; but
follow her home and you Will find that
she kicks the dog, cuffs the children,
Jaws her husband and knows how tc
sharpen butcher-knife and use an AK.
The real COW seems to have an anti
| pathy for her.
Friday forenoon a lady was walking
down Cass avenue when size Suddenly
came upon q COW. The animal was
feeding on the other side Of the boy
sent out to watch her, who sat under a
shade tree playing on a mouth organ.
The lady halted.
The COW looked up.
Lost anything, ma'am ?" asked the
boy rs he rertOyGd the music from his
mouth.
''I-Tm afraid of that COW :" she re-
piled.
"What fur? Cows don't bite nor
kick. same :ss horse. All they ccr
do is to run their horn through YOU
and pin you to the ground"
''OhE my-she's coming!7
':No, she hain't. She's just making
believe that she wants to git at at We
and hook We over the fence"
''Oh but l dare not pass !"
"Ees, YOU dare. Cows know when
a women is afraid just as quick is afr
body. The mint you give COWS toun-
derstand that YOU are able to catch'em
by the heels and mop the ground with
'em they 90 hunting for clover"
Dear me, but 1 guess I'll go
back"
q wouldn't. If ycT only spit on
your hands and shake yer fist at her
she'll wilt right down. Cows know |
who's boss just as well as men do. |
Now, then, Pll hold your parasol while
you spit on Jour hands"
"Oh! 1 can't-Pm going right
homer
"Well, my little brother he swears
at EN- instead OF splitting on his hands.
See if you can do that"
"NO-EO-nO! ! I'm going now -
eff l was man and | couldn't
swear or spit on my hands, I should
carry 4 sword cane to stab cows with
observed the boy as he booked across
the way.
My soul | but there's another COW
up there !" eXclamid the lady as she
looked up the street.
yes, lots of cows around these
days, but l never heard Cf two cows
attacking a woman at once, i guess one
hooks 'em all all to pieces
first, and then the other comes up and
paws at The mangled remains. III
yOu-"
The lady uttered a first class scream
and made Il jump for the nearest gate.
1t opened hard, and after a one pull
she went over the fence and up the
front steps Of Il strange house, there to
remain until her husband could be
by telephone to come and
rct as a body-guard.
I'D Just like to be a woman, unused
Inc boy as he Fat down to punish his
some more. "Id carry ;
Dowie-knife down the back of my
neck, and the first COW that tried to
nook me would feel that ere knife
playing mumbley peg around her
'lcIous heart rtstrings.'
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
A pretty deer is dear to me,

! \ pretty deer is dear to me,
A hare with downy hair;
I love a hart with all my heart,
But barely bear bear.
'Tis plain that no one takes plane
To have pair of pairs;
a rake, though, often takes rake
To tear away the tares.
All rays raise thyme, time RACES all;
And, though the whole, hole wears.
\ writ, in writing right" may write
1t wright" and still be wrong
For "write" and "rite" are neither "rIght," !"
And don't to write belong.
Beer often brings beir to man,
Coughing a coffin brings,
And too much ale viii make us all,
AS well as other things.
The person lies who says he lies
When he is but reclining;
And, when consumptiye folks decline,
They all decline declining.
A quail don't quail before a storm
A bough viii bow before it.
We cannot rein the rain at all
No earthly powers reign o'erit.
The dyer dyes awhile, then dies;
To die he's always trying,
Until upon his dying-bed
He thinks no more of dycing.
4 son of Mars mars many a sun;
All deys must have their days,
And every knight should pray each night
To Him who weighs his ways.
'Tis meet that man should mete our meat
To feed misfOrtune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one cannot be won.
A lass, alas is something false
OF faults a maid is made;
Her waist is but Il barren waste--
Though stayed, she IS not staid.
The springs spring forth in spring. and
shoots
Shoot forward one and all
Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves
The leaves to fall in fall.
I would 4 story here commence,
But you might find it stale;
So lets's suppose that we have reached
The tail end of our tale.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29

summoned hence as q mothers fond
caress greeted me on my entrance into
the world, so let a wife's soothing hand
wipe the dews of death from my brow
and smooth the rolling waves OF Jordan
until [ safely reach the other shore.
Were this convention called upon now
to decide whether they would have
woman without the world" or the
''World without woman" one Unani-
nous vote would be recorded for ''wo-
man, though some of the members
might say they were for man, yet as
for me give me woman and you may
have the world and the rest Of man
kind, including the mother-in-law.
(The speaker retiredin q shower Of bou-
quets.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
4 RICH SPEECH.
A Tar-HeePs View on Woman.

A Tar-HeePs View on Woman.
Long to be remembered in the an
mails Of the North Carolina press CON
vention will be the meeting held in
Asheville. Naturally an editor and a
North Carolinian has a supreme ven
Grafton for the fair sex, but when beau
ty comes in troops and battaliOns, they
yield willing obedience, and become
intoxicated with the perfume Of love
illness. In this condition must have
been that member who made the fol-
lowing response to the toast Of wO-
man.
He advanced to the front Of the
platform, blandly smiling as he said:
Woman! Oh, woman,
"Whose fragrance fills the land !;
Whose beauty stars the earth,
And lights the hearths Of happy
homes.
With loveliness and worth"
1 am at a loss to know Mr.. Presi-
dent, why / have been called on to re
spond to the toast of woman. I am
not a woman, nor never have been one.
[Cheers Yet l am closely related to
several Of that sex. One Of them /
have the honor to call by the endear-
ing name Of mother [applause, three
claim me as sisters. Laughter. |
mean | claim them as sisters, and one
(only so far, has honorcd me with her
heart and hand) | Loud applause.
My countrymen can you tell me why
the young unmarried men Of the press
are .lled on to respond to such q toast
as this? What do they knrw Of the
magic influence of her sweet by-and-
by OF the impressiveness Of the roll
ing pin, or sweeping power Of the
broom. handle, when welded by her
precious bejeweled hands Contin-
ued applause. ] Sir in the language of
the greatest OF Americas living states
men-Zeb Vance, who recently pluck
ad a lovely flower from the weeds of
widowhood cheers for Vance the
man who fails to respond to woman is
not fit to occupy the proud pre-emi-
nence Of member of the North Car
olina press association, and deserves
the condign punishment of being put
In the revenue service after moon
sinners. Deafening applause Sir,
ever since the invention Of the corset
woman has been in favor of the press;
that accounts why the veteran editor
of the Raleigh Observer has such
reduced form. Cheers and laugh
ter.
Woman. my countrymen, is as
chaste as an icicle, yet not so cheerless:
a squire as the snowflake, though not as
cold. Sir, she is ike the ray Of the
sunbeam that, concentrating It's focal
power on heaviest iron bridge, can lift
its weightiest beam from their sockets
and old ocean, even, from his brimv
bed, Her smiles can raise up Il man
from the deepest bed of gloom or the
heaviest sea of dependency. Sir, She it
like the rainbow that spans the heavens
telling of future JOY and peace and
sunshine amid the darkest surround
ings. She Is an Iris in the storm of
life to man tremendous cheering-the
ladies waving fans and hankerchiefs.) }
without her influence and example
Harrell would never have been Il
poet, Battle statesman, or Stone q
philosopher.
(Laughter.) The North Carolina
press association would lose It's guiding
star, its chart and compass, and the
North Carolina farmer would suspend
p g 60 thn realm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
89rioultttral.
Keep fruit-sten,s off from newly set
trawberry plants:

Keep fruft-stems off from newly set
tr;'wberry plants:
Pull out the old pea vines and sow
to turnips, and plant to cucumbers for
pickles.
A Minnesota farmer a;sed last year
/ 700 bushels of clover seed, which he is
now selling at So bu:
If hens have plenty of coal ashes to
wa1low in in the hen house, they will
not be annoyed with lice.
Plant ovcst corn TO Che last of this
month, and have it green on the table
latter part of Summer
Plant early kfnIs of potatoes late,
y middle to last of this month, and
ey Will escape tlrc potato dug.
In 1878 Mr.. Sharp of California re-
ceIved for seven acres of oranges SS210
tieplo.It which he. e.says was over 81 coo
per acre.
ct The FIRST appearance of blight on
the pear trees, cut of the affected dart
amp slit the bark on one side Of limb
and body, and put on pure inseed
oil.
Putin celery this month. # is good
fer nervons people. Tke dwarf kinds
need but littlg ''treuching,' in fact,
nca be set on level ground, and we'll
bankup up i'll the Fall.
Colorado has 100000 acres under
irragation, and 10000 more of hay
land, much of which is irrigated. In
1879 the irrigated land produced So
10000 worth Of cEfeals.,
Last year The Delaware Railroad,
Road Company transported 1925 car
loads Of peaches, GIG car loads of ber-
ries, weighing 100000 tons, Welding
freight charges Of nesrly s24O,0OO.
To keep bugs offmelon and squash
vines put tomato plant in each hill.
This Is worthy oftr,al ifit do8tnot sue.
ceed in saving the melons and sqnashes
we shall have crop of tomatoes.
The largest wheat farm on the globe
is along the Red River in Dakota,
near the town of Farago. 1t contains
10000 acres, and gives an average
yield OF twenty-five b1slIcls per acre.
A farmer who tried the experiment.
If raising potatoes from large and
small seed reports as follows: 81 have
$50 bushels to the acre from
he large seed, 240 bushels from small
seed" This corresponds With Che gen.
'ral experience,
IT may not be generally knowu that
here Is no necessity for man TO shy
| stone al his neighboF's poultry in his
garden, and run the risk cf breaking
ninety cents worth Of glass, All. that.
le has got to do is 20 notify his neigh
Dor that he forbids him 10 allow his
lens to trespass upon his premises, and
f after this notice he still allows his
lens to stay there he is liable to a PEN
-lty of $1,000.
n London gardener planted straw
Jerry bed four feet wide access his gar
len, one side of which potatoes were,
'lantcd. These were dug up about
he end of June, the ground leveled
nd raked smooth, so that the runners.
established themselves and foumed II
ew bed. The next seasln similar
,rOccss was pursued, and thus mOv-
bic strawberry bed was cited. At
he end Of three years the old plants
-ere exhausted and dug up; thOuglt
he bed annually grows wider, without
cnewal CT transpIantingr
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
Hearth and Home.

The parental HEARTH, that rallying-
place of the affections. 1t was the policy
of the good old gentleman to make his
children feel that HOME was the happiest
place in the world; and 1 value this
delicious bome-feeling as one of the choicest
gifts a parent can bestow.-WAsHUNGToN
IRVING.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-29
How Whiskey PAYS.

Some years ago we had in our en-
pIoy young man who several times
in a day ran out Of the office to buy Il
drink of whiskey. Every time he
went out the cashier-was instructed to
drop ten cents into drawer TO our
credit. At the end of seventeen
months the man hal drank him
self out Of Il sitEstion, and the drawer
when opened was found to contain
four hundred and nine dollars,