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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
Come On George.

From the Denison (Texas) Herald.
This morning the Herald received
a letter from Boston, Mass, that
land where culture is worth 473
cents on the dollar, and patriotism,
religion and baked beans are the
staple productions. Well, George
wants to come to Texas, pick up
seven or eight fortunes. and die re-
spected, honored and obituaried by
the newspapers. The following is
his letter:
Boston, Mass, Feb. 4. 1880.
Will you Please Send Me a Cop
by or Your Paper Want to See
What it has to say About The
Country Out there.
And What the Chances Would be
for Young Man to Go Out there.
Am Gong West in the Spring
and Want to find The best place
to Go before start if Can.
would like q Map of the Coun-
try if You Can Send Me One
l think 1 will Go To farming if
Go West That is My intentions
What Am Going Out there For
hoping that You Will Give Me
All the Information That You Can
Yours Respectfully.
Mr.. GEO. CRAIG
Address Mr.. George Craig, 524
Eighth st South Boston Mass.
In order that we may enter more
fully into the spirit of the thing
George incloses a one cent stamp.
George is hereby informed that we
enter. You wouldn't hardly believe
US, George, if we should tell you
Just what kind of a country it is out
here. In regard to farming it is
wonder ful country. The past sea
son has been rather a dry one, ow-
ing principally to the bell punch
and the consequent rise in the
price of drinks. The fence-rail
crop, we regret to say, was small,
and the early frosts killed all the
dried apple vines. Yellow-legged
chickens, horse shoe nails and pic
ture frames do well in this section
If planted at the right time, sub
soiled through the center with a
moving machine and the vines
carefully trained OF toothpicks.-
Tim Der of all kinds grows wherever
you need it, and just as you want it,
cut to lengths, planed or in the
rough, in some sections the trees
producing window sashes, door pan
els, gilt moulding, etc.
A fortune is easily made in farm
ing in from two to four days, that
is, if you can be satisfied with one
or two million dollars. Stock rails
ing is also a very profitable indus
try here. The elephants you see
with the menageries are simple Tex
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
How Sam. Houston Happened to Go
to Texas.

Fort Smith Ark. Elevator: Dur
ing Sam. Houston's residence in the
Cherokee Nation, west of Arkan-
sas, he lived with a daughter of old
Captain John Rogers, an Indian,
about two and half miles west of
Fort Gibson, He was a merchant,
but tried to conform to the way S
and habits of the Indians, and in
dress wore the hunting shirt, buck
skin leggings and breech- clout of
the Indians. For the greater part
of his stay here he was under the
the influence of liquor when it
could be had, and he was seldom
without it. He seemed, after res
idence of two years, to tire of the
part he was acting, and during
short periods of soberness became
morose and sullen. He was evident
lv comparing in his mind his pres
ent mode of life with the past, or a
worthless, drunken white Indian
with the proud governor of Tenness-
ee.
1t was directly after one of his
long drunken spells that some OF the
Texas Cherokees brought news of
the war between Texas and Next
co. Houston, although not yet So
Der, walked out on the banks OF the
Grand river with John Henry, a
merchant. Throwing himself down
on the ground, he was silent for
some time. At length, starting up
quickly, he said: "Henry, let's go
to Texas. l am tired of this coun-
try and this life. Go with me and l
will make a fortune for US both.
You are a merchant am a mer-
chant! We are no more fit for mer-
chants than HI is for a powder
house. L am going. In the new
state l will make 4 man of myself
again. He began at once max
ing preparations for the, at this
time, long journey. Casting at once
aside his Indian attire, he came out
dressed as a white man, and at once
refusing the use of liquor offered
him frequently,as if by the stroke OF
the magician's wand he looked the
man and hero he very soon became
after his arrival in Texas.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18

s3rikingly illustrated in the follow
ing insident which occurred recently
in Chicago. The Won Hollen men
toned was only defaulter:
Sherif-W That is the prisoner
charged with.
Jailer-Petty larceny. sir.
Sherif'-Well, run him into one
of those upper cells. What is this
man charged with?
Jailer Gin a whisper)-This Is
Won Hollen; big thief; stole over
100000 from the city; great friend
Of, and, and,
Sheriff-Oh, yes? How do you
do, Mr.. Won Hollen? Sorry we
have not better room to offer you
sir; but if you will try and make
yourself comfortable for while in
my office, will have the'jailer's pri
vate apartment fixed up for you.
Jailer, see that Mr.. Won Hollen has
everything he wants. Have my
soft bottomeG chair. Do you
smoke, Mr.. Won HolleD? Try one.
Not as good, l presume, as you are
accustomed to. Jailer, bring Mr.
Won Hollen spittoon, and admit
his friends freely-will make things
as pleasant as possible for you
Good day, sir.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
Mrs. Astor's Diamonds.

Some one suggests that Mrs. As
tor, who displayed a million dollars
worth of diamonds on her person
while on a late visit to Washington,
ought to place them on exhibition
for the benefit of the suffering Irish
The better way, perhaps, would be
for Mrs. A. TO turn half of them into
ready money and appropriate the
amount as indicated. The old man
who laid the foundation for the i'm
mense Aston fortune, commenced
life as a dealer in furs and skins
with the Indians, and it used to be
told Of him that when q son Of the
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
"The God of Battles -

Taking for its text the sloppy
mouthings of delegate to the New
York republican convention, who
alluded to Grant as the "God of
Battles" the Cleveland Glenn
Banner INDUCES in the following
reflections:
Meantime it is difficult to see
what the nation wants with "god
of battles in the presidential chair.
We are at peace with all the world;
in no danger of invasion or Insur-
rection, and there is not even the
usual prospect of an Indian war.
Our small army is serving as a
peaceful police force; our generals
are reposing in elegant leisure upon
their laurels; swords are drawn and
muskets fired only in salute; birds
are building their nests in the muz-
zles of our great guns, and il spears
are not transformed into pruning
hooks it is because the former i'm
plement Is no longer employed in
civilized warfare. Under such cir
cumstances "god of battles"
would find himself entirely out of
his element, there being no strug
Cling battalions for him to encour-
age with his blessing and lead to
victory with his omnipotent hand.
1t would be a bad case of "Othello's
occupation gone.' Herodotus tells
us that the ancient Scythians wor
SHIPPED a naked sword as their SUI
preme divinity. The dominant
wing of the republican party has
apparently adopted the Scythian
theology, and concentrate their po-
litical alteration rpon man whose
military reputati Is his only claim
to popular respec.. So history re
peats itself, with only such modifi~
cation as the changes of thirty cen
turies require. All that is needed
now is to build handsome temple
for the "god of battles" aud estab
lish an hereditary priesthood to
provide him with incense and burnt
offerings.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
The First Watch,

The first watch was about the
size of a dessert plate, 1t had
weights, and was used as "pocket
clock" The earliest known use
of the modern name occurred in the
records of 1862, which mentioned
that Edward VI. had one "alarum
or watch of iron, the case being
likewise of iron guilt, with two
plummets of lead" The first
great improvement-the substitu-
tion of springs for weights-was in
1860. The earliest springs were
not coiled, but only straight pieces
of steel. Early watches had only
one hand, and being wound up
twice a day, they could not be ex-
pected to keep the time nearer than
fifteen or twenty minutes in
twelve hours. The dials were of
silver or brass; the cases had no
crystals, but were opened at the
back and front, and were four or
five inches in diameter. A plain
watch cost more than $1,000, and
after one was ordered it took year
to make it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
Sad Suicide.

A Poughkeepsie, New York, pa
per tells the following sad story
Sarah Alice Weaver, thirteen
years old, has been living with her
aunt since her mothers death, eight
years ago. Two weeks ago her
aunt told her that she could not
support her any longer-that she
must go to live with her father and
stepmother. Last week the girl
bought five cents worth of arsenic.
On Tuesday last she was taken sick,
and she died at midnight. The
post norton showed that she had
taken enough poison to kill twenty
persons. On the day before the
girl was sent to her ia
theirs house she dropped a piece of
paper on the floor. Her aunt picked
it up and found the following writ
ten on it:
my Dear Aunt: When you
find this 1 will be no more, to do
wrong, or to give trouble. / have
given you trouble enough. With
love to all, l can say, weep not for
me when you stand around my
grave. No more. Your neice,
ALICE"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
Hottest Spot on Earth,

One of the hottest regions on the
earth is along the Persian Gulf,
where little or no rain falls. At
Bahrin the arid there has no fresh
water, yet comparatively numer-
Gus population contrive to live
there thanks to the copious springs
which break forth from the bottom
Of the sea. The fresh water is got
by diving. The diver, sitting in
his boat, winds a great goatskin
bag around his left arm, the hand
grasping lis mouth; then takes in
his right hand a heavy stone to
which is attached a strong line,
and thus equipped he plunges in and
quickly reaches the bottom. In
stantly opening the bag over the
strong jet of fresh water, he springs
up the ascending current, at the
same time closing the bag, and is
helped aboard. The stone is then
hauled up, and after taking breath
plunges again. The source of the
copious submarine springs is
thought to be in the green hills of
Osman, some five or six hundred
miles distant.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18

as sheep with the wool shaved off
and the so-called lions are ordinary
house cats. A common-sized tur-
nip, scooped out and tastefully fit
ted up, makes a very pleasant resi-
dence. Farm land is not sold here /;
it is given away; there are no taxes
to pay, and every settler is pre-
sented with a gold watch, q chrome
and season ticket to the opera
house.
We bought map for you, George,
with that stamp, and will send it to
you as soon as the man can make
change. BY all means, come,
George. Let us know the date
you expect to arrive. The services
of the brass band have been ten
dered, and the mayor, city council
and citizen in carriages and on foot
will meet you at the depot. The
railroad companies will pass you
through free of charge.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
A LAWYERS RAGE.
Why He Wanted to Fire Six
Shots Into a Medical Man.

Little Rock Gazette
Some time ago, patent medicine
man of st. Louis wrote a con
fidential letter to young man
in this city, requesting him to
send the names of all the very
feshy men of Little Rock. The
young man, with full appreciation
of the happy plan suddenly struck
upon, sent the names OF the very
lean men in town. The effect was
very decisive. A short time after
wards, prominent lawyer, whose
leanness has ever been a subject of
remark, received a letter which
read:
"DEAR SIR:-Our American anti
fat remedy will white the stomach
from you in six days. Send us
twenty i've cents"
The letter was thrown aside, not
without few expressions of ingrat-
itude.
The next mail brought another
letter, with the following contents:
DEAR SIR:-If you have decided
to surrender your paunch, send US
the twenty-five cents"
By this time the gentleman WAS
warm. He cursed all the patent
medicine men in the world. Sew
eral days after this a boy came to
the office and handed this lawyer a
letter. On the envelope was writ
ten: "Opened by mistake, Miss
jackson" The lawyer took the
letter and read:
DEAR SIR I've are sorry that
your abdominal protruberance. is
giving you SO much trouble. This
is your own fault, for our American
anti-fat will act like drawing knife
in whiting you down"
The lawyer sat for fifteen minutes
in deep meditation. He was dis
turbed by the entrance of lean
minister, who drew a letter from his
pocket and handing it to the law
yer, remarked: "I don't under
stand this" "The letter read:
"DEAR SIR:-Don't feel that you
are always to be burden to your
self. We can boil off your stomach
until you'll be as trim as a racer.
Mr.. -, a prominent lawyer of
your city, who, as you know, is
I erfect mountain of flesh, is eng
treated by u.s."
The lawyer didn't say a word,
but when the minister had gone, he
addressed the following letter to
the St. Louis doctor. "If you ever
send me another one of your dia
bolical documents, I'll stick a six
shooter down your throat and fire
every shot into your internal stom-
ach." The doctor has stopped
writing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18

"They see me-" she said, and held
the match to the old calico, and as
it caught fourIshed it over her
head.
She felt a bullet whiz by her
shoulder, another struck her, but
now the glare was bright, and the
train was close at hand; she rushed
toward it, waving her burning dress.
Thank God! they saw her. The
train slackened it's pace-it stopped.
| Men with lanterns in their hands
sprang from it and hurried toward
her. And the old dress, burnt to
finder, dropped to the ground, and
she sank beside it, the blood flow
ing from wound in her arm.
They've killed me, l believe"
she said family as a man bent over
her. Il can't show the place, but
it's-beyant there-the rails-they
have ripped 'em up, the villains"
then she tainted.
When abe came to herself she
was by the roadside, and lights fell
over her, and she heard people talk
ing Of tue hairbreadth escape they
had had, and of her bravery.
''You risked death to save u.s."
said one woman. "You shall be re
warded. My littlo children were
with me-"
"And l am going 30 meet my
wife," said gentleman. "She will
not let me forget you if 1 have so
ungrateful heart. You shall be
well cared for now, and when you
are well you shall never know
want"
"Indeed, then,' said another
vOice-one that sounded familiar to
her indeed, I'm not rich, but I'd
have been 10th to be killed tonight.
I'm just on the road to what I've
been seeking two years. 1 found
out yesterday where my mIssus is,
and I'm goin' to her-she is break
ing her heart for me. have not
much, but there's couple O
pounds if you'll take 'em, good wo-
man, and Gods blessin', too, for
the sake of Maggie Ryan, that you
have saved from bein' a widow"
A strong hand was folded over
her weak one, and would have left
money in it, but she caught II tight.
cts Pat Ryan, she cried; "come
back at last. Don't you know Mag
gle, Patti? And two great arms
folded her close; and the poor soul
who had tramped the road, desolate
and forsaken, an hour before, was
happy as angels are in heaven.
1t might not be "great good luck"
to you to oe a fagman's wife, and
live in a little cottage by the road
side, but Maggie thinks it is so.
"And oh, Pat!" she often says,
chow little did 1 think, when Satan
was in my heart, and 1 was willing
to lie still and let happen what might
to the heartless gentlefolk, what l
was doing to myself and to you;
and after all, it's kind hearts they
had, and gave you the illigInt place,
and me the shanty, and the COW,
and all. Good luck To them"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
State Medical Society.

Referring to the forty-seventh an
nual meeting Of the State Medical
Society to be held in Knoxville on
Tuesday, April 9th, the Nashville
American says:
This is the first session OF the
society ever held in that end Of the
state. We learn that an energetic
local committee are making all nee
essary arrangements for a most sue
cessful meeting. Half fare rates
will be secured from the railroads
special effort will be made TO have
a large attendance from East Ten
nessee, Memphis, Nashville, and
other points in Middle and West
Tennessee will be represented.
With the medical profession
thorough organization is the vital
question, both in nation and state.
Great progress has been made with
in the past five years in this respect
in Tennessee. Like progress in the
next five will make this one OF the
stronger as we'll as one of the oldest
state societies in America.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
ConsIImntion Cured

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed In his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
for simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asth n
and all throat and lung affections, .-isO
positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all nervous complaints, az
ter having tested It's wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt IL
his duty 10 make IL known 10 his suffer-
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire TO relieve human suffering,
will send free Of charge 70 all who de-
sire IL, this recipe, in German, French
or English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mall by adj
dressing with stamp, naming this pa
per, w. w. Sherar, 149 Powers Block,
Rochester, N. u. nod5eow-l3t
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
Scattering the "Bredren and
Sistern."


1t is no secret that the body OF
one of the executed murderers has
been, since the Hateful Friday, ly-
ing in one of the uppermost rooms
of the Jones building, on Railroad
street, as a subject for dissection
by physicians, intently engaged in
the study of human anatomy and
its kindred sciences. 1t is also
known that the rooms below have
been used temporarily. as a church
by the congregation of the First
Colored Baptist Church, and as a
school room by a colored teacher
One morning last week this teacher
observed upon the floor a substance
having the appearance of blood,
which had dripped through the
floor above. This rather startling
discovery created quite sensation,
and resulted in the withdrawal Of
the congregation from the building.
The superstitions of the colored
people were wildly stirred, and the
widest stories were circulated
Some of the brethren and sisters
narrated most horrifying expert
ences with ghosts and hobgoblins,
and kitchen circles were nightly en-
tertained with crude speculations
about the mysteries of the spirit
world.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18

forest would appear laden for trade
the peltries were placed in one OF
the balances against the buyers foot
In the other, and just what the lat
ter could press down would pass
for a pound. That, however, was
way back yonder, when everybody
was honest. If the original John
Jacob could appear in the flesh
again, we would like to hear him
interview that lady with the dia-
mOnds.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
THE OLD FAIR STORY.

A mother kissed her baby,
Rocking it to rest,
And gently clasped within her arms,
1t nestled in her breast.
The old fair story,
Set round in glory,
Wherever life is found;
For oh! it's love, it's love, they say.
That makes the world go round.
A fair-faced boy and maiden
Passed through the yellow wheat;
And their hands were clasped together
And the flowers grew at their feet,
The old fair story,
Set round in gloIy,
Wherever life is found,
For oh! it's love, it's love, they say,
That makes the world go round.
An old man and a wIinkled wife,
Amid the fair spring weather;
"We've shared our sorTows and our Joys
God grant we die together"
The old fair story,
Set round in glory,
Wherever life is found;
For OH it's love, it's love, they say,
That makes the world go round.
= CasselIs Magazine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
DECIDEDLY ODD.
The Marked Peculiarities of a
Genuine PhilanthOpist.


From the Athen@um.l
We can only find space for few
of Philip Carpenters pecnliarities
Of opinion and behavior. He was
always denouncing something of
which he disapproved. One day he
preached a sermon, in which he de-
clared that hanging and war "were
numbering by proxy" He would
not allow the use Of wine in any
form and suppressed it IN the sacra-
ment. He inveighed against luxu-
ry, and thought it inconsistent to
accept a silver inkstand presented
as testimonial. Smoking he par
ticularly disliked, and circulated
the tract called " Don't Poison My
Air." He was as Jealous an aboli-
ZIONIST as he was a peace-at-any
price man, and thinking every legal
oath sinful, he refused to take one.
He became vegetarian, and half
starved himself He insisted on
bathing, winter and summer alike,
ia an open canal, and many droll
stories were told at his expense.
A dinner was on one occasion
given to the Lancashire militia, and
Phillip Carpenter protested in a To-
cal newspaper: "Such expenditure
cannot be reconciled with Christian
sobriety, as so well explained by
Bishop j. Taylor in his Holy Liv-
ing Let the Warrington people
who dined the officers at the Lion
last Tuesday remember that to hon
or those who teach the trade of
man-killing they have guzzled and
drank in one evening the cost of q
ragged school for a whole year."
He was accustomed to set tenn
perapce words to baehanalian tunes,
and on one occasion was asked to
lend a glee party his copy of "Myn-
heer van Dunk He refused, on
the ground that he could not con sist-
emily allow the singing of the origi-
nal words, and that his version,
We sober men are met again
To sing in cheerful measure,
would hardly be acceptable to a
Christmas party. A few weeks
later he met the, gentleman who had
asked for the song, and told him:
after you had left me / could
not rest to think that L had in my
house something that l could not
lend to a friend. l went to my mu-
sic and turned it over till l found
the glee. 1 then went to the fire
and burned it."
Some thieves one day broke into
his house and stole silver spoons
and other articles. He issued
handful in which, after giving par
ticulars of his loss, he was good
enough to say: 81 hereby give no
tice that l offer no reward for the
discovery of the said parties, if for
no other reason, because l have in
Cured Sufficient loss already. If,
however, the parties should be die
covered, l do not intend to prose-
cute them: L. Because my evil
dence would not be received in a
court of Justice unless l swear,
which l am forbidden by our Lord
to do Matt. v. 34). 2. Because L
believe that transporting the said
parties or sending them to Jail
would make them worse than they
are, and l am forbidden to recon-
pense evil for evil Rom. xii. ~,
and 3. Because that would show a
very strange way of showing the
forgiveness which 1 am Found to
exercise Matt. vi. 49," He con-
cludes by asking "the said parties"
to give him ''an opportunity of con
versing with Them" but the invita-
tion was not accepted.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-18
Famine succumbs to Charity.

The New York Herald's cores
pendent declares that all danger Of
actual starvation in Ireland 10 at
an end, thanks TO the admirable
machinery Of distribution organized
by the various relief funds. The
famine will increase during the next
two weeks or months and will then
begin TO show a decrease in conse-
quence OF the employment of men
in sowing the crops. As soon,
however, as this is over, which will
be in June or July, the greatest
want and need will follow, and 1t is
during this period that the world
must care for Ireland or there will
be terrible suffering there.