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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13
/ An Ocean Marriage.

She was pretty and wiliful, and
when she vowed she wouldn't
under any consideration be
married in "this awfully mean
America," the young man in the
case gave up in despair. The
young woman, Miss Mary Platt,
had been visiting a sister in Los
Angeles, CAL, and had agreed
to marry a San Francisco lover,
Mr.. w. p. Walker, if he should
follow her back to her home in
Sumy, England. Miss PIatt was
prejudiced terribly against the
States. Whence arose the pref
udice no one could say. Some
said this and some said that, but
when a blunt "why?" would be
thrown at Miss Platt herself, she
invariably tossed herhead, stamp
ed her foot and reasoned pointed
ly as follows : "Because-that's
why" Anyhow Mr.. Walker was
in fix. He had used his tongue
in behalf of America until it
would no longer wag, and though
the future Mrs. Walker had so
far yielded as to admit that. if
she must live permanently i'll San
Franciscolshe must, she wouldn't
agree to a marriage in America.
Things remained in this unpleas-
ant attitude until Friday, two
weeks ago,when a happy thought
struck Walker, he summoned the
weddingrguests and induced the
bride and her maids to board a
steamer. Sounding the whistle
of the steamer, he steered boldly
toward the heart Of the Pacific.
When Captain Randall announc-
ed that they were three leagues
from the California coast, the
-cabin-table was moved to the
upper deck and a clergyman
took his place at the head. The
party gathered around, and Miss
Plat was made Mrs. Walker.
The sea was SO rough that the
bride clutched the edge of the
table during the ceremony. Un-
der the April sun the steamer
turned PROV toward the Golden
Gates. -.l vg{l
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13
Church Directory.

Presbyterian, Fsyetteviile-nO regular
services; Sunday school at 8 A NJ.
Metl,olist-services every Sabbath at
tO:3O and at night; Rev 2 A Solrell, pastor;
Sunday school at 8 O'Clock.
Cumberland resbyterian-services ev-
cry Sabbath 1920 and at night; Rev W 6
Templeton, pastor; Sunday school o'clock
Union Church, Pleasant Plains--services
lst Sabbath each month at IL and night by
the Methodists, Rev w Lowey and f l.
Carpenter End and 4th Sabbath each month
at Ii by the Associate Reformed Presbyteri-
ans, Rev b Muse, pastor. Methodist Sun
day school at
A r Presbyterian, New Hope services 1st
and 3rt Sabbaths at ii; Bethel, 2nd and
9Th Sabbaths at ll-Rev A Sloan, pastor.
Methodist, MulberTy-servces 3rd Sun
day in each month at IL O'Clock and every
Sunday night; Rev I II Hinson, pastor; Sun
day School at 8.
Baptjst, Mulberry-services lst Sabbath
IN each month at IL Rev VIM HUFF, Iastor.
Cumberland Presby yterIan, Mulberry
services 2nd Sabbath in each month at IL
and night; Rev w G Teppleton pastor.
United Presbyterian, bincoIn-services
every Sabbath at ll:l5 NJ; Rev David
Siran astJr; Sunday school at 10
Liberty Grove--seryices 2nd Sabbath at
LIAM; RcvT l. Darnel, preacher in charge
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
creek 5-services 2nd Sabbath in each month
at IL o'clock; Rev NJ r Tucker preacher In
charge.
Observation-Disclosures SulphurSprngs
services Bird Sabbath IL O'Clock; Rev VIM
Estiu pastor.
Methodist, Oak Ilill-services 4th Sab
bath each month at 10 a. m; I l. Darnell
preacher in charge.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Hill, Rev
j b Tigert, pastor. ,e.~sr =,
Prospect Wells bill, Saturday before I'd
Sunday. each month, Rev T King, pastor.
Hester's Creek Saturday before 4th Sun
dav. each month, Rev 7 King, pastor.
Methodist, Flyntvile--serEices 4ih Sab
hath AT 1890 A. NJ; Mt. IIormon, FlintTille
circuit. services LIST Sabbath at 1880 A ii F;
Macedonia. Flintyille circuit. services Sra
Sabbath at 1890 A M-Rev NJ X Tucker
preacher in charge.
Union. Ist Sunday; Providence, 2nd; Lib
erty Grove, Bird; Oak Hill, 4th; Rev L l.
Darnen, preacher in charge.
Shiloh. Methodist, near Millviile-preach-
inc on 2nd Sunday in each mon tn at 3 P.
w and on Saturday at ii A. NJ, before the
2nd and 4th Sunday, Rev NJ Cherry, pastor
Norris Greek Church, six miles north OF
FAYETTEVILLE, services every 2ud and 4th
sunday, Rev j. B. Tig"rt, pastor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13

Two New York men played
over 5000 games of checkers
together and never had a word
of dispute, but one day the ques-
tion: care the streets OF heaven
paved with gold or dialnondsY
camesups and tllevy alrkcd great
handfflsof clothes aild hair from
each othcrl esse
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13

The pastor of a Methodist
Church in Minnesota having
asked his congregation for a
contribution Of $50 forthe freed
men, and receiving only a pitt
full So, was indignant. Such
small souls, he said, were un-
worthy of a benediction and
they must pass out nnblessed.
Perhaps it was well. The ben
ediction or sword of blessing"
of man who feels, sour and an
CRY does not.amount TO much.
Perhaps they had been mean,
but that does not excuse 9 such
boorishness on the part of a min
lister.
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County OmCcrs.

SP Carter. County Judge.
w n. Martin, Clerk Chancery Court.
w G. Morgan, do Circuit do
p n Doyce, do County do
R.T. Holland, Sheriff,
r. ". Counts, w. A. Cunningham, Dep
Henry Henderson, Trustee.
RB. Thompson, Register
7 II. C. Duif, County Surveyor
I'll. Rives Sup't Of Public Schools
B. Morgan, Coroner
n o. Wallace. Ranger
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13
Sips Of Fun.

The nearest thing to a fiend is
the man who will insist on sing
ing when he doesn't know how.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13

THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
How feel temperance men?
How beat the temperance heart
and pulse in reference to the e.
mergencies Of the hour? The
day Of defamation on this great
question has gone by. We
want facts; we want arguments;
we want prayer to God; we
want votes-all of them. III We
fail in any, we will fail in a vital
particular. The great question
of the hour is the one arising
out of the decanter and the dram
shop. Some man says, 'The
question of the hour is the labor
question" Quaint old Thomas
Carlyle said: "The labor ques-
ton, as / see it is just this: that
every man does as little as he
can, and gets as much as he
can for it." Friends, the true
solution of all the labor difficult
ties to-day is not how many
hours the workiugman shall
work, and on what precise con-
dition he shall work, but how
be shall save his money from
the insatiate gnllet of the
dram shop when he has earned
it. That is the most practical.
aspect of the labor question.
Another man says: "The ques-
ton of the day is to reduce tax
ation." Who that is here does
not long for the reduction of
taxation? The bottle and the
dram shopl Strike at these and
You have done more to reform
political corruption-you have
done more for the laboring /.
classes-you have done more
Tor their riddance fromthe bur-
dens of taxation--than by any
and all other metho Is combined.
And so | might start one ques-
tion after another, which men
think to be the question of the
day, and you will find this one
underlying them all. i go fur
ther. ] believe that the perpet-
uity and SUCCESS of republican
government in the United States
of America depend more ON o.
verthrOwing this master peril
and master. curse than any man
of us, perhaps, can estimate or
even conceive of. So let us as
patriots. philanthropists,and low
ers Of our Lord and Master, that
stand confronting this tremen-
dous question, ''IIow shall We
deliver our whole society and
the State from the curse of the
decanter and the dram shop?"
look at it practically. The de-
canter is to be reached by per-
sonal persuasion, and by every
man, woman and child putting
it away. The dram shop is to
be reached partially by that
method, and partially by strin-
gent legislation; for / hold il TO
be as fundamental as any prin-
cipIe Of our Declaration of IN
dependence, that every commu-
nifty has a right to abate a pub
lie nuisance, and to express, by
its suffrage, whether or not
such 4 nuisance shall exist a.
mong them. Il.
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LOOK Nor UPON THE VINE.
y. r WILLIS.
Look not upon the wine whenis
Is red within the cup;
Stay not tor pleasure when she fills
Her tempting breaker up;
Though clear its depths and rich lis glow
A spell of madness Turks below.
They say it's pleasant on the lip.
And CHEEKY on the brain;
They say it stirs the sluggish blood,
And dulls the tooth Of pain;
Az, but within its gloomy deeps
A stinging serpent unseen sleeps.
Its rosy light win turn TO FIRE,
Its coolness change to thirst;
And bfits mirth within the breast
A sleepless worm is nursed-
There's not bubble at the brim
That does not carry food to him.
Then dash the burning cup aside,
And spill its purple wine;
Take not its madness 10 thy lips;
Let not its curse be thine
'Tis red and rich,-but grief and woe
Are hid those rosy depths below.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

What down at the bottom dis
courages the Republisass the
Republicans the most is their
candidate. In the West they
believe him to be dishonest, and
that he obtained his nomination
by treaohery; Weighted with such
q man they feel that they are
fighting against fearful odds
They are tired Of defending this
man whom they despise ct heart.
They know they must do more
than hold their own in order to
win, and holding their own is
only accomplished with the &C.
verest OF struggles. Tbs Repub-
licans talk bravely, but the same
men who are saying that Name
cannot affect Indiana were two
Of three days ago asserting that
they would carry Maine BY ten
or fifteen thousand msjority.-
(Exchange. a@aia
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

s A dispatch from Naschez,
Miss, under date Of September
22d says . heavy cave Of the
river bank below the Gulch Ma
reago levee Of over half an acre
occurred Saturday night .nd has
continued at intervals. The
public road has been swept away
for some distance. There is but
a narrow strip now left between
the river and Lake Oonaordia.
Both friends and opponents OF
Che special levee tax-whioh
election will be held tomorrow
in Concordia parish-are hard
at work. Strenuous efforts are
being made to defeat the tax
and defeat means overflow next
year.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
Warning to Cotton Planters.

We cannot too strongly Inn
press upon the farmers Of this
and neighboring counties the me-
cessity Of using great care in So
lecting and preserving cotton
seed for next season. The great
bulk Of the seed OF cotton that
was open or about to open dur.
ing the recent rains, is utterly
worthless for planting purposes,
ana almost ell Of the old seed
has been sold or consumed
hence if early and close attention
is not given to the matter We
shall have . cotton seed famine
in this region next year. Dc
not trust the selection OF seed
for planting to others, but attend
to the matter yoursen-[Aber'
deem Examiner. i {.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
THE OLD MIL.

Here from the brow of the hill I look,
Through lattice of boughs and leaves,
On the old gray mill with it's grambrel
roof,
And the moss on its.rotting caves.
I hear the chatter thatjar its walls,
And the rushing waters sound,
And / see the black foats rise and fall
As the wheel goes slowlEround. tE
I rode there often when I was young,
With my grist on the horse before, \,
And talked with Nellie, the Millers girl,
As waited my turn at the door.
And while she tossed her ringlets brown,
And airted and chatted so free,
The wheel might stop, or the wheel
might go, ~
1t was all the same to me- '..!*
Tis twenty years since last I stood ~
On the spot where I stand to-day, r
And Nellie is wed, and the miller is dead,
land the min and / are gray '--
But both, till we fall into ruin aud wreck
. TO our fortunes Of toll are bound;
And the man goes and the stream flows,
And the wheel moves slowly round.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
NO As.

1t is OF the least possible con-
sequence to Gen. Garfield how
much money the Fusionists spent
if he doesn't have to pay it, or
whether Plaisted or Davis is 10
be Governor for two years, or
what the exact majority may be
for either ; but it is of very great
moment to Gen. Garfield to know
whether he is to be the only Re-
publican candidate for the Pres
idency. since the organization of
the party a quarter of q century
ago, against whom the electoral
vote of Maine will be cast. Con-
necticut is the only New En-
gland State that has ever falter-
cd in a national contest, and that
was when Maine gave 10000 to
Hayes; and it may occur to Gen.
Garfield that, if Maine is lost,
Connecticut is also lost, and that
New Hampshire wont stand in
the Republican line with Maine
and Connecticut sweeping by
and dancing the Democratic
racket.-[P Philadelphia Times.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

Faith is q light which shines
only upon duties, and not upon
results or events. It tells Us
what is now to be done, but it
does not tell Us what is to follow;
and accordingly it guides us bat
q single step at a time. Aud
when we take that step under
the guidance OF faith, we advance
into land Of shadows and dark
ness. Like the patriarch Abra-
ham, we 60, not knowing whittier
we go. but only that God is with
us-s way Of living which may
we'll be styled blessed and glo-
rious, however mysterious it may
be to human vision. Indeed, it
is the only life worth possessing,
the only true life. i5e edr
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

an article advising people sto
keep out OF that saloon, sas.it is
the vilest place in town. And
then people think theys. know
where to find just the place they
want to frequent.
More than half the horses in
Boston and suburbs are suffering
to q greater or less degree from
a idistemper resembling mild
form Of the epizootie OF 1872. In
the opinion of veterinary sur
geons, there will scarcely be an
animal in the city unaffected.
But there appears to be no
cause for alarm, for only q small
portion of the animals attacked
are rendered incapable Of work.
France has annexed "The So
.ciety Islands" in the South Pa
cific Ocean. These islsnds are
thirteen in number, contain about
$50 square miles, and q porula-
ton of less than $4,000. These
islands are mountainous, bat all
have fertile valleys skirting the
shores. The natives are OF the
Malay race, and have long been
mainly under French rule. They
are said to be industrious and
hospitable. but very aensasl.
Missionaries sought out these
islands nearly one hundred years
ago, and have made considerable
progress in changing the belief
Of the inhabitants from pagan
ism. A quarrel arose between
Protestant and Catholic minis.
.ers long since. and the Protes-
tant ministers most left the
islands to the Catholics, Who
were favored at the time bY
Louis PHILIPPE, the French mon
arch. 4 oss@
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

DR.. Bemis, of the National
Board of Health at New Orleans,
telegraped the Secretary OF that
Board that the commission re-
Gently appointed to investigate
the character Of q disease now
prevailing on the lower Missis.
sippi, declares it to be malarial
and not yellow feyer, as has
been reported.
It has also been reported thai
a number of cases of yellow fever
existed at Key West. Florida
The National Board OF Health
is informed, however, that the
disease is dengue fever.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
s. p. BUATT,
ORAL SURGEON,

Offers to the public his professional
experience of thirty years in the above
speciality for the treatment Of all dis
eases peculiar to the mouth and preser-
yation of it's natural organs, the teeth. .
Charges for all dental services graded
by quality and character desired. to suit
the times. For dental substitutes, from
$15, $50, SIS, 800, $500, up to Buatt's
celebrated improved gold plate, $3.50 for
full sets, recommended as healthy, and
to perform the functions Of mastication
satisfactorily as to kind selected. .
Without previous arrangements, cash
is invariably expected. u
Moved to new Office, near the Baptist
Church. 5> IN .s.f. /.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

The Galveston News has the
following special from Uvalde,
Texas, under date of Sept. ed;
The most damaging food
known in this section occurred
Oh thsT17th and 18th. The SAB
met and Mnros rivers overfiosea
their banks, doing severe damage
to crops and sweeping away
fences houses and stock.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

Corn-Meal Pudding. Five table
spoonfuls Of corn-meal, one quart
OF milk, five eggs, two tablespoon
fuls Of sugar (or to the taste);
boil one point Of milk and stir in
the meal until thick, then pour in
the remainder Of the milk, eggs
(well beaten) and the sugar, adding
raisins or currants. if liked. Bake
until a good brown, and est with
cream, or hard sauce Of butter
and sugar.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
MAINE.

The st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, (Republican) has this to say
regarding the re suit in Maine.
The result of the Maine elec-
tion is now known with sufficient
accuracy to enable US to draw
our conclusions, and it would be
very foolish to attempt to dis
guise its meaning or diminish the
Importance OF soserious q defeat.
It is really the greatest disaster
which has happened to the Re-
publican party in twenty years,
and it cannot be disposed of by
affecting to disregard it, or by
any of those cheap consultations
with which party managers are
wont to console themselves on
such occasions. We are at q
loss to understand what the New
York Tribune means, for in
tanee, by calling it ia drawn bat
tle," or by claiming that Maine
is q state which has had no share
in the recent revival of prosper
ity. If this is the case. why was
it not made known before the
election, why was the issue dis
tinctly made on the very point
that the country's prosperity
was the Republican party's plat
form? Maine was selected OF
accepted a., . battle-ground, and
the 100000 Republican voters
Of this country We're told that the
election was q test Of the feeling
of the whole country, and that
the chief reliance OF the Republi-
can party was the general pros
perity whicn it's management had
done so much to- bring about.
After this, to turn around and
declare that the election Is not q
test; that The result means moth
ing; that there is no connection
between the politics Of Maine
and the prosperity Of the couatry
s to Insult the intelligence of
every one who reads such COM
Il n = Z
If We try to dodge unpleasant
facts because they are unpleas.
ant in September, we will be very
certain to have q much more nm
pleasant fact to dodge in Octo~
ber, and a fact so omnipresent in
November that We can nos dodge
it by any prossibility Of evasion
or cowardice.
The lessen the event should
teach us is, that it never does
any good to deceive ourselves by
undere.timating the strength Of
the enemy; and the next plain
and homely truth It should en-
force is, that We lost the election
because we did not have votes
enough. a'@@
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
Have for Sale at a Bargain

2 young mules, over Is hands high.
6 open and 6 top buggies.
2 two-horse double-seat buggies. -
one-horse wagon and S two-horss
wagons under New Orleans prices.
J. S. HANDY.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
COURTING ALL OF THEM.

COURTING ALL OF THEM.
II don't want to make any
trouble, but there is one man in
this city who ought to be glib
betedl" began a blunt spoken
woman of forty-fve as she stood
before the officials of the police
station.
When they inquired the par
ticulars she handed out a letter
and said
"Obserye the envelope. That
letter is addressed to me. You
will see that writer calls me his
jessamine, and he wants me to
set an early day for the wedding"
. When the Captain had finish
ed the letter, she Was ready with
another, adding:
"And this is addressed to my
daughter Lucretia. You will
sec that he calls her his rosy
angel, aud be says he can't live
if she doesn't marry him. It's
the same man"
So it was, and his letter was
as tender as spring chicken.
That finished, she handed out a
third. with the remark:
"This is directed to my daugh-
ter Helen. It's the very same
man, and in it he calls her his
pansy, and says he dreams OF
her."
"Why, he seemed to love the
whole family" remarked the
Captain.
:.That's just it. I'm a widow
with two daughters, and he was
courting us all at once and en-
gagged to three OF US at the same
time. Oh, what wretehes there
are in this worldl"
Eyes, indeed. It's lucky you
found him out"
Eyes. it is. If I hadn't be
might have msrried the whole
oaboodle of us. IT Lucretia
hadn't opened one of my letters
and if I hadn't searched the
girls pockets while they were
asleep, we'd have thought him
an innocent lamb"
"And do you want him ar
rested ?"
"No. 7 guess not, but I want
this matter to go into the papers
as warning to other women
Just. think Of his sitting up with
me Sunday night, Lucretia on
Wednesday night. and Helen on
Nriday night. and calling each
one us Of his climbing rosel Oh.
sir, the women ought to know
what Q deceiving animal man ISL
Eyes, he's pretty tough"
"It has learned me lesson"
she said as she was ready to GO
"The next man that comes spark.
ing around my house has got to
come right out and say which
He's after. II it's the girls ]
won't say nothing. and if it's me
i: won't do 'em a bit of good tc
slam things around and twit me
Of burying two husbands!''
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

Why is it that whiskey straight
will make q man walk crooked 7?
[Boston Post. Why is it? Why
it is because you drink it. Did
you ever think Of that2 You
leave the whiskey in the jug, and
it will not make you walk
crooked.-[Ex
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
GLE.ANLNGS.

!. Out Of twenty six Governors
Of Mississippi twenty-five have
been lawyers. os a.s o., :.
Moody and Sankey singing
books have made their appear
ance in the interior OF Africa.
A Massachusetts man severely
whipped his wife and and then
to tantalize her, wrote over the
door, "Our Happy Home ,..,.,
A son OF Oakes Ames, who
bears his fathers name, is talked
Of for a nomination, to Congress
in Massachusetts.h aiaf tf sal:lt4t3
Over three milliohI persons
have taken advantage Of the free
bath in New York City during
the last summer. 'at'n" sa.'@
The Mormons are holding a
camp meeting neal: Council
Bluffs, Iowa. which il attended
by great crowds Of people.
Montgomery Blair has ! ! great /,
many cows and soils I a u great
deal Of milk. He says he is the
great milkman Of the neighbor-
hood. !. m s8iis.tszlae ri. @5tl
10 Ailr5, 5aaA d h4aoi .e7;
The bloody shirt didn't take
we'll in Maine. Your little stock
ID trade is no good. Messrs: Rad
icals. You may % we'll put
away the garment 4e ad asftaa
The first male child born in
London county, Virginia, since
Cen, Hancock's nomination, is
named Winfield Scott Hancock
Talliferfo. 9 This .ehld,s parents
~ aa,o,aa -, 500 red t. antete
o.o a'2'' ooioA no' - .s .bfi zig lIs T.
He rested. his hot brow upon
his hand ana sighed: Three
months ago she vowed that she
would never, never i, marry a. me,
and now sheiis suing ameit Tor
breach Of PROMISE" is1.s5s aallA
1 s.go4s f,sq8THaN 61a adB atHii
A bashful printer declined to
work where female 2 compositors
were employed, saying, that he
had never been, accustomed to
setting up with the girls, saa ssll
The Radical party has Kind
words and q $500 office for
Longstreet, and nothing but IN
stinted abuse for the General
who defeated him in the most
important battle of the war.
Such is true 1oyalty::-[Wa Washing;
ton Post. j oa ma,i5 -uss..s
The San Francisco custom
house officers have 3 dog who
acts as a detective on the ar
nval OF Chinese vessels and dis
covers bundles containing SNUG
| gled goods. Ha recently Up.
/ turned number Of books, the
covers Of which we're hollow and
contained opium.7 s5s. sfi."a1' !.
When q Denver editor wants
to benefit q friend who runs 9
lhea- salmon he goes and writes
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

Sambo settles the political
question: ''De Lawd made each
one fur a speshul purpose, an
de chap who was created to use
o pIow will git busted every time
he believe dat he was cut out fur
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02

Pride is like the beautiful ac-
caeia that lifts its head proudly
above its neighboring plants, for
getting that it, too like them. has
"