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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05
Farquahr Improved Horse Power
Forty iR Use sn this County. All Give
Satisfa ctiOn, as far as Heard From.

On account of high freight rates, have
ordered one car load, shipped to this place,
to A. w. C. Lewis who will attend to them
promptly. Any person in North Mississippi
or West Tennessee wishing 10 purchase can
get one Of me cheaper than they can get
one, unless they purchase a car load.
A. S COLEMAN, Agent,
4G-2m RnliYnr Tenn
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Young ladies attending the Institute
ant Henderson, Tenn. will board with
the best and most elegant families in
the town. Their government in the
Hall and in their boarding houses will
be according to that of the boarding
female colleges in our Southern cities.
They will meet young men only in the
class room as is the case in many OF
the greatest universities in America.
One of the fiIst graduates of the Van
derbilt University was Prof. Lupton's
daughter, a highly accomplished young
woman, and admired only the more
for having taken the same lectures
given to the young gentlemen of that
lnstitdtinu. But few female colleges
offer equal facilities to those in the
Institute for instruction in the solid
and the ornamental branches of an
education. Read the advertisement.
Let IIardeman County be well repre-
scented in this Institution of learn
inS:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

1902 Fire test coal oil twenty cents
per gallon, at Moore 81 Harveys
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

q - Joyful News for Boys and Girls y
0E,fsAU Young and OLD 4 NEW IN
sfE=5sSEEsk>t Y ENTIOS just patented Tor them,
Tyszr---zH * for Home use
Eez-sAc5 Fret and Scroll Saving, Turning,
.zzzzss-( rs Boring Drilling, Grinding, Polishing,
FFzlzz-feesiess Screw Cutting. Price So to SO
- - Send G cents for leo pages
So EPHRAIH BROWN, Lowell, Us.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

A full supply of Mason's Fruit Jars just
received at Moore & IIarvey's
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

1902 Fire test coal oil twenty cents
per gallon, at Moore q Harvey's
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

The Republicans had u ratification
rally here on Saturday. Gen. W. j.
Smith of Memphis and Judge Muse
Of jackson spoke. The colored
voters in force were out and enjoyed
the day. The speakers could not at
tuck the record and character of the
Democratic Presidential nominees but
discussed the record of the Democrat
ic party. No inhammatory speeches
were made, we are glad to say nothing
occurred to disturb the harmony of the
occasion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05
1902 Fire test coal oil twenty cent
per gallon, at Moore & Harvey's
Notice.

JACKSON, TENN., July %, 1880.
DEARSIR AND BROTHER: Pursuant
to resolution adopted by the Madison
County Sunday School Convention,
which met May 10Th, 1880, in Jack
son, you are hereby notified that a
Convention Will be held in the First
NJ. f. Church, ON Tuesday, August
10th, 1880, at o'clock p. m, for the
purpose of organizing a Sunday-School
Convention for West Tennessee, to be
composed of delegates from all Sun
day-SchoOls, of all denominations, in
in every county embraced in that terri
tory. To effectuate this purpose you
are requested to send from your Sun
day-School your Superintendent. at
least two delegates, as well as the pas
tor of your church. The various Sun
day-Schools Of this county will vel
come you Ell massc.
An appropriate programme will be
published embracing addresses upon
subjects interesting to workers in the
Sunday-SchOOi cause by eminent men.
The hospitality of jackson will be
extended to all delegates. 4 commit
tee of arrangements will meet dele
gates at all trains.
Rev. C. r. Hendricks. Chairman,
S. u. Hayes, Secty., Rev. f. Z.
Hamilton, Rev. w. c. Sellers, Rev.
B. T. Watson, w. P. Robertson, Esq,
DIR. G.. p. Duncan, Committee.
d. w. Hughes. Prest Madison Co
Con-, +. 7. LAWYER, Sec Madison Go.
Convention,
Please notify the Secretary of the
probable number of delegates that you
may send, so that they may be rros
vided for.
POCAHoNTAs Tenn, July 80, 1880.
Mr.. EDIToR.-We have had con
siderable sensation among our people
here for a few days past. The antip-
ipated time arrived for the exhibition of
the Leath Institute which, giving
you the united verdict of the large
crowds attending, was a grand success.
At 8 o'clock on Thursday night the
Institute was crow led. The land
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

The Wallacks gave most popular
Opcratta concerts in Bolivar on Sat
nrday and Monday evenings. They
&ave experienced characters and al
ways draw large houses They will
operate III the South and we bespeak
al cordial reception in our section.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
M, The Ynlcrs of IIardeman County.

To the Voters of IIsrdeman County.
/ hereby announce myself ~ an IudependeR
-1uIidltr To- represent YOU ia the next legislature
4 an ia favor Of rcpUdihting the State debt.
Respectfully, W +. DAVIS.
CEDAR CHAFEI, August End, 1880.
FOR COUNTY TRUSTEE.
T. e. Savage announces himself a candidate f,,r
election To- the voters al HarJleman County for the
Office Of County Trustee
FOR SHERIFF.
". W. Farley announces hinIrelf n candidate Ia
the voters 81 lIardenihn County for reelection 20
the Office Of ,hcriH
A. Z. Yopp announces himself to the .Otcrs IT
JINrdeman County candidate for election to the
office Of ShcriM
". A. Ross, announces himself candidate for
the otice Of Constable in the 18th District.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

The hard she'll Baptist meeting at
Mt. Tabor church last Sunday was
largely attended. Rev. Messrs. Culp-
Dohcrty, Meadows, Dalton and Sam
mons were present and preached excel
lent sermons. We are indebted to the
venerable and beloved I. J. Nicely and
his worthy family for kindly attentions
while in the AeighIsoYhood. Prof.
Boon has charge of La Fayette Acad-
envy in that section. He is a thorough
scholar and most popular tslcher.
Read the following appointments for
Quarterly meeting.
Grand Junction cireHit, at Hickory Val
Icy, Aug. IS.
Bolivar Station, Aug a. Is.
Bolivar Mission, at ICONS Aug. 81 %.
! will also begin at looms on Tuesday night
the 10th OF August to deliver a series of dis
courses on the subject of Baptism and kin
dred questions, JoHN II. WITT, =. Z.
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EnR cnnNrY TRrsrEE.
LOCAL ITEMS.

Vote early and vote your choice.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
Cane and Grape Sugar.

Grape sugar does not necessarily come
from grapes, but there is a material
chemical difference between the two
classes of sugar. Grape sugar is found
in nearly all kinds OF sweet fruits and
in many vegetables, grains, etc., and
can be made from woody fibre, saw
dust, paper, linen or cotton cloth, by
the aid of sulphuric acid. Prof. Kedzie
has been making various valuable in
vestigations and communicates to the
public several useful items. Pure cane
sugar is two and one-half times as sweet
as grape sugar aud yet they are so near
allied that by ordinary means it is diff
cult to distinguish between them.
Cooks, he says, are frequently guilty of
great follies. BY cooking, cane sugar
may be changed to grape sugar. By
putting sugar in mass of acid fruit
and cooking, it will grow sourer as it
boils, until two and a half times as
much sugar is used to attain the desired
result as it would take if the sugar were
added after the fruit was cooked. Grape
sugar requires one and third parts of
water to dissolve it, while cane sugar
takes only one-third water.-I0OG State
Register.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
The Woman Who is not Particular.

Go where you will you shall see the
woman who is not particular. 1t makes
not the least bit of difference in the
world where she sits or what she has to
eat. She is not particular, it makes no
difference to her. So she sits in the
cosiest seat and eats of the best that is
going. Into a railroad train the other
day entered this woman who is not par
ticular She had child in her arms.
In the center of the car were several
vacant seats. Most persons would have
taken one of them; but when the gen.
tleman with her, presumably her nus
band, pointed to these seats, the woman
replied sweetlv, 80, I'm not particu-
lar, Henry; I'll sit right down here"
And down she sat. with her one hundred
and fifty avoirdupois, not to mention
the infant, into the half-seat by the
door. You see she wasn't particular.
She didn' mind that a lady was already
in the seat; she didn't mind that two
thirds of her own body rested on that
lady; she didn't mind that that lady
was immovably pinned against the iron
framework of the seat; she didn't mind
her squirmings; she didn't mind that
her baby was missing the lady's bonnet
trimming with its unwashed hands; she
didn't mind that it had dropped its
moistened gingerbread in the lady's
lap. o, no, she wasn't Particular
Baltimore Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
A Private Mine Under Lock and Key.

A very interesting little story is going
the rounds of the press which reminds
one of the charming simplicity of the
long-ago past. A fine old Spanish gen.
tleman, so the story runs, SenCr Searls,
living near Batopelas, Mexico, one
beautiful day discovered by accident an
old native mine on his rich farm in pure
silver ore. In a short time he took out
eighty thousand dollars and then placed
in the mouth of the workings a stout
iron door and departed to the City of
Mexico to spend his wealth in the
pleasures of the metropolis. When his
money was gone he quietly returned to
his ranch, unlocked the door of his
mine, possessed himself of more bullion
and again took his departure for the
city. This was sixty years ago, and the
Senior kept up his alternate going and
coming until his death, which happened
only four years ago. His descendants
still have the key of their ancestors
treasury and it is to be presumed will
follow his example until some keen
young American marries one of the
daughters of the house, borrows the
key and sells out the storehouse to a
stock company from his own native
land.-St. Louis RqtllCdy Register.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
Cooked Food.

1t takes long time for any conserv-
alive person to fall into any new meth
cd, which is apt to find favor with the
majority in any progressive communi-
ty. Notwithstanding what has been
said of the advantages of a cooked diet,
in part, for poultry, many men still hes
itate to adopt the plan.
The results of feeding swine with
cooked corn and meat, instead of the
uncooked article, are well known to ev-
cry farmer. The gain is fully twenty
per cent, which much more than COW
ers the extra cost attended upon the
course. The argument may be brought
against the method that cooked food is
not the natural diet of the So feathered
world" We are not aware that our
primitive man knew very much of the
many choice viands with which we are
to-day familiar; but this does not lessen
our appetite for them in the least.
When we look at it tastes are almost
universally acquired. There can be no
objection to change of food, provided
the kind substituted fills the require
ments of life giving qualities.
We seldom boil corn for our poultry,
rs we prefer to give that raw as the
evening meal; but for those who choose,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28

even this can be cooked to advantage.
If too much work to shell the corn. boil
It on the cob. and let the fowls have the
sport of rolling the ears about as they
pick their living.
The fowls will soon tire of a cooked
diet entirely. but it is very easy TO sub
stitute grain occasionally. Make the
cooked food varied, by giving a guam
tity of potatoes one day, and cabbage or
onions for another, and so on through
the week; cracker crumbs from the
waste of the grocers' barrels and boxes
are capital to mix with the meal occa-
sionally; buy them at low price, Then
let them pick the bones left from the
table, afterward burning and crushing
them for material in making shells. Be
careful of rye bran-it is too much in
clined to swelling, and rapid fermenta-
ton in the crop producing death in a
short time.
fyou are too busy 10 attend TO sys-
tematic feeding, your good wife will do
it willingly, or the children will plead
for the chance, after little instruction.
Don forget that the poultry branch of
the farm will pay the best percentage
of profit, in proportion to the outlay, of
any. If you are still conservative on
this point: try it faithfully one year.
american POultrY Yard
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except the law until he fell in love, and
felt himself compelled to tell the lady
so in poetry; and Moliere might have
remained making tapestry had not his
grandmother nettled his pride by wish
ing that he could be an actor like Mon
trose. Balboa might never have dis
covered the Pacific had he had not been
unsuccessful as a shopkeeper in His
PAMELA, and found it necessary to flee
to the mainland, concealed from his
creditors. in a cask on board Encisco's
vessel; and it is certain that had Cortes
become a well-briefed lawyer in Sala-
manca he would never have lived to
proudly tell Charles V. that he had
given him more provinces than his father
had left him cities. Ignatius Loyola
was soldier, and the order of Jesuits
might never have been founded had he
not accidentally beguiled the tedium of
inaction necessitated by wound with
reading 1.-The Lives of the Saints"
Gibbon determined to write his famous
work after listening to the monks sing
ing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, at
Rome; and La Fontaine was stimulated
to cultivate literature after hearing some
verses of Malherbe.
Faraday might have remained jour
neyman bOokbinder had not kindly Mr..
Dance invited him to hear Sir Hum
phrey Davy lecture, and Vaucanson
only took &c, studying the mechanism of
clocks in order to beguile the weary
hours which he had to pass while at
tending his mother at confession.
Had Sir James Simpson been sue
cessful in his. candidature. for the post
Of a HIGHLAND parish doctor the world
might have lost the inestimable boon of
chlorofOrm for many years. and to the
wise discretion which the college of
surgeons exercised in refusing their di-
ploma to Oliver Goldsmith we owe the
''Vicar of Wakefield and the "De-
serted Village. - London Standard.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
Learning to Cook.

A judicious mother viii so manage
her daughters that even at the early age
of thirteen they can, in an emergency,
prepare ga meal of victuals." A
thorough domestic training is very use
full to a girl. AT school, she always has
a teacher or a fellow-pupil at hand to
help her over hard places, but if she is
set TO make a batch OF bread herself,
and attends to it from the time the
sponge is set till the loaves are taken,
sweet, fragrant, golden-brown, from
the oven, she learns meantime chemis-
try, caloric, perseverance. delicate
manipulation, self-reliance, neatness
and acquires skill and the habit of car
rying her work in her mind, as one act
of neglect or forgetfulness at any point
of the process may spoil the whole.
Because some unwise mothers do not
see in the stated and skillful perform
ance by their daughters of household
services a certain and valuable culture
which cannot be acquired at school,
they are willing to do themselves what
in Justice and Kindness to their daugh-
tiers they should require of them. Girls,
left to their own devices, waste a great
deal of time which might be utilized to
their advantage. A girl who can climb
trees, who can dance hours without
fatigue, or jump rope "a very danger
Gus pastime, by the way, who can take
long walks, who can skate and row
can also sweep, and scrub and make
bread, and wash, and iron, if she is en-
couraged to do so. These are the ac-
complishments she must possess in
order to make happy home, though
she may have half dozen servants at
her call. Those who have sufficient
curiosity to investigate this subject will
find that many of the most famous
women in literature and art were as
skillful in those accomplishments con-
sidered especially as they were with the
pen or pencil or chisel In training
girls to be useful and ready to meet any
emergency, mothers confer upon them
an inestimable blessing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
Dan and the Sugar.

When Dan was a small boy, Just big
enough to run all about, he very soon
found out where, on the lower pantry
shelf, a cup of fine white sugar was kept
standing, and he would toddie in there
many times 8 day and help himself.
Danny mustn't do sor' his mother
said, sternly, and she whipped the lit
tie, fat, roguish hand, but that didn't
cure him. He only worked more on
the sly.
One day it CHANGED that the sugar
was taken away, and cup of salt was
there instead.
Danny stole in, and had just put his
hand in the cup, when he heard his
mother coming.
Snatching out handful, he crammed
it into his mouth in great haste, and
started to run out.
But oh! what a splitting and sputter-
ing there was, and Danny choked till
the tears ran down his cheeks.
1t was the last time he ever tried to
steal sugar. Youths CompGnios.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
Preparing and Seeding Ground for
Meadow.

The practice of sowing grass and
clover alone without any so-called fos-
ter crop is becoming general. 1t is
found that the supposed nursing crop
has quite different effect from fostering
or encouraging the tender grass, but
chiefly robs and destroys it, unless the
soil is unusually rich. The more sue
cessful practice is to prepare the soil
by thorough blowing rolling if neces-
sary, and narrowing SO rs to procure a
fine filth, and sow the seed early in the
spring, without any accompanying crop.
The preparation of the soil in the spring
is completed by dressing of fine ma
nure, and a thorough narrowing, a
shallow blowing being given if neces-
sary. Narrowing will be sufficient in
the majority of cases. After a fine
narrowing the seed is sown. A mixture
will be found most satisfactory. Mixed
crops, as a rule, yield in proportion to
the increase of seed. Thus a usual
seeding of timothy or clover, or both,
will give a certain quantity of hay; If
orchard grass is added, crop of hay
will be taken equal in amount to that
expected from the timothy or clover,
but two or three weeks earlier.
A second crop may be taken
later, of which the timothy will furnish
the bulk, and the orchard grass
will fill up the bottom. If Kentucky
blue grass is added, or Rhode Island
bent, later crop will be given, which
can be moved for roweu, or will give
the best of fall pasture without injury
70 % fha fhrrn ohov
grass. The mixture here indicated is
one that may be suggested for trial. 1t
has been tried and found successful and
desirable in all cases and deserves a
more extended application. The seed
has been sown in the following proper
tons: One bushel of orchard-grass, one
half bushel of Kentucky blue grass, one
half bushel of Rhode Island bent, ten
pounds of timothy and six pounds of
red clover The blue grass appears
later than the others and fills up the va
cant spaces left by the falling clover,
which disappears after the second year.
The advantage of the mixture is chiefly
that a fine thick bottom is produced,
which covers and protects the ground
between the stools the coarser grasses,
and which furnishes second crop for
hay and third for pasture. For soiling
purposes the mixed seeding is even
more useful than for pasturage, as the
grass may be cut at any season without
danger of injury from dry spell. These
particulars are more pertinent for the
spring than the present season, yet if
one would avail himself of them he must
make preparation now and not delay
american AgricuLtUriSt.
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The Srmpathetie Shepherd and the Wolf.

Once upon a time a Wolf observed a
Lamb feeding out Of sight of the shep-
herd in charge and it determined TO
have a dinner Of mutton. While skulk-
ing along towards its victim the Wolf
fel over cliff and was badly injured
The Shepherd heard its yells of pain and
came running up to dispatch the animal
with a club.
9" Hold on! Hold on! / want to ar
que this caser' cried the Wolf
{" But you are philosopher aud I am
only a Shepherd, y was the reply.
- IL was your Lamb who pushed me
over this Cliff said the brazen Wolf as
he sat up; and by the use OF big words,
wise looks and arguments based on
- Ifs" he convinced the Shepherd that
II was his duty TO take him home and
heal his injuries.
When the Wolf was able TO walk he
demanded a lamb as compensation for
his bodily suffering and loss of time.
The Shepherd demurred. but the Wolf
quoted an old law by which any person
haro0rilIg wolf should be fined and
imprisoned. and he declared he would
90 before the nearest Official and make
complaint This brought the Shepherd
70 time and the Wolf had lamb for din
ner. To get rid of him the Peasant re-
duced his fare TO black bread and water
but the Wolf ate what was given him
and explained:
g | shall not gain strength and be able
TO leave you until have better food
The Peasant then changed his fare to
the best, and the Wolf ate his full and
observed:
d" As long as you can afford such fare
you cannot grum5le at my staying."
In few days he demanded a full
grown sheep to soften the pangs Of
parting, and when the Shepherd COM
planned the Wolf cried OUT
Why, / am working for your inter-
est, not mine. The less sheep you have
10 mind the less care you will have"
This sophistry silenced the Shepherd
and the sheep was killed. While eat
inc it the Wolf got bone in his throat
and called out for help, adding:
d" Ii viii be much easier tor you to
remove this bone than to dig hole to
bury me-"
by falsehood you gained my SYM
pathy,' replied the Peasant" by phi
losophy yon got into my house; by logic
you ate a lamb; by subtlety you beat
me out of sheep; by Providence you
have bone in your throat. and now you
must help yourself, for | won'tr'
Moral,-Don't feel yourself entitled
90 washtub because somebody gives
you a clothes-pin. -Deir01 Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28
The Bees In Trouble.

The "little busy bee' is in trouble
in Paris. A complaint lodged against
these proverbial patterns of industry
brought the fact to light that some
skillful SPECTATOR had established,
somewhere in the outskirts of the gay
capital, no fewer than a thousand bee
hives, with busy community of about
forty million of subjects, who rob and
torment their neighbors to an alarming
degree. These winged brigands, as it
seems, sally forth upon the sugar-boil-
ing works with which the neighborhood
is studded and which prove to be a
most profitable substitute for honey
giving flowers. The owner of one of
these sugar factories, who stands first
in the list of complainers, calculates
that bees steal from him at the least
twenty-five thousand francs worth of
sugar year. The workmen look with
even more unfriendly eyes on the winged
freebooters, as they suffer for their
ereedineSs. When the workmen leaves
the factory he is often covered with a
sticky layer of sugar and the watchful
bees Immediately pounce upon him and
turn him into a field or pasture. In
short, so many misdeeds are charged
upon these busy insects that it is not
improbable the head of the police will
issue an order for their banis hment
from Partisan soil.