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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
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The South the Country to Live

The following most excellent
reasons for coming south are
given by one who seems to have
a knowledge of what he is talk
ing about:
l. The lives of tens of thou
sands who arc injuriousIy affect
ed by the sudden changes and
extreme cold of northern winters
will be prolonged many years.
2. Considering the social, ed
ucationaI and religious advanta-
ges,transportation facilities, pub
lie improvements and fertility of
soil, the lands are cheaper than
can be found in any other part
of the country.
3. Considering the cost of
land and expenses of tillage,
greater net profit can be realized
annually than is realized i'll any
northern or eastern state.
5. The present price of lands
not being at all proportionate to
their productive value, the gen.
eral advantages being equal if
not superior to any other section.
thus making an investment south
highly profitable.
g.. IN no other section of the
country is the practical farmer
and land owner held in so high
esteem as in the southern states
and no where on the face of the
earth will the northern farmer
and citizen meet with such hos.
pitable welcome as awaits him al
the hands of the representative
people Of the south.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
Printing Love Letters.
Cincinnati Saturday Night

This custom that the papers
have of printing the love letters
that are produced in court in
breach Of promise suits, would
be bad enough if they would on
ly correct the photography, but
they don't. The editor seems to
take fiendish delight in reprodu-
cling such amatory and damaging
epistles just as they were written,
with all their imperfections on
their head. If the infatuated
lover tells his lnamorata that she
is his "dear luv," and he "kneads
her evry our" that is the way it
goes into the paper. If he
promises her "ir cloak" fir
cloak it is. And if in a hurried
state and unguarded moment he
refers to her as his "betrauthed, y
the pitiless proof reader couldn't
be induced to substitute the con-
yentional way of spelling that
word for a mint of money. These
things are particularly narrowing
to the father of the incomplete
letter writer, whose shame at the
publication of the correspon-
dence is swallowed up in his
modification that he has squan-
deled so much money OH the
mans education. The safest
way is not to write any love-let-
ters, but if you do, have them re-
yised and corrected by some ex-
pert in grammar, ,orthography and
punctuation before passing out
out of your hands, so that i'll case
they get into the newspaper you
will not be set down as illiterate,
however much you may be sus-
pected of being q fool.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
The Loss of a Choir

A trouble had arisen among
the singers of certain church,
and on one Sunday morning the
good minister found himself
without a choir. He read the
old familiar hymn, II love to
steal awhile away" In the abb
sence of the choir one of the
deacons- threw himself into the
breach and undertook to lead
off. He pitched the tune and
sung, 'G love to steaI," but had
it so high he broke down. lie
tried it the second time, and a
gain broke down at steal, he had
it so low. Not discouraged, he
tried it the third time, and sung,
81 love to steol," and then went
down as before. AT this point the
audience became amused, and
the minister arose and said, at
is greatly to be regretted. Let
us pray"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
Mr.. Yost and His Nine Doctors
fCairo (Ill.) Argus.

Several days since Mrs. Yost
received a dispatch from Hot
Springs saying that her husband
was dead. She hastened to Cal
ro, sorely stricken with sorrow,
expecting to receive his body
here. Here she received another
dispatch saying her husband was
not dead. These different dis
patches confounded her, and she
llastened on to the Springs to
fiad out his condition for herself.
There the contradictory tele-
grams were explained to her.
To all appearances her husband
was dead, and he was laid out as
"a dead person.. But after the
lapse of several hours it was dis
covered that the body did not
grow cold as it should. A con-
sultation Of physicians was held,
there being nine in council. The
majority. insisted that Mr.. Yost
was dead, but one, a DR.. Reed,
insisted that he was not dead.
In Difference to this opinion two
galyanic batteries were applied
to the body, and Immediately it
began to show signs of life.
Bringing the dead back to con-
scious, life was a slow process,
but was eventually accomplished,
and Mr.. Yost has been gaining
ever since, until he is now able
to partake of a fair meal, con-
verse, write, ETC., and he appears
to have better prospect for re-
covering his health than he has
had for some months.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
AFIERCE COMBAT.
Life and Death Struggle Between a
Cat and Rattlesnake.
[ [Americus (Ga.) Republican.

| NS NSA"'I NOPooASdH.J
| About three weeks ago, dur
ing the beautiful sunny weather
we have had, which induced the
trees to bud and bloom, / was
walking in my garden one morn
ing, thinking about preparing for
an early start for spring vegeta-
bles, when l saw large rattle
snake summing. My first impulse
was to go to the house, get a gun
and kill it. But looking around ]
saw very large house cat eau
tiously creeping upon the reptile.
Anticipating a fight, and equally
desirous of getting rid of the cat,
which killed chickens, / conclu-
ded to witness his attack upon
the snake. The cat crawled up
on its stomach, pulling along on
its feet, whisking its tail from
side to side, and every now and
then stretching its neck to view
the snake. When about eight
or ten feet off the snake sudden
ly coiled up, sprung its rattle,
faced the cat and darted its fork
ed tongue out rapidly. The cat
commenced a rapid circle around
the snake, SO fast, in fact, that
the eye could hardly keep up
with it. At last it got near G.
nough and made a dart at!its en-
emy, but, through providential
reasons, it went high above the
snake, which also struck at the
cat, thus breaking it's coil. The
cat went too far, and by the time
it had turned to face its foe the
reptile was again coiled and
ready for the attack. The same
method was adopted and carried
on four or five times, occupying
at least half an hour. The cat
wished to catch the snake, but
seemed aware that if it missed
the neck it would be certain
death. AT the sixth assault they
met, and instantly the snake was
wrapped in several folds around
the body of the cat, which used
its sharp claws with deadly eff
feet. The cat had been bitten
on the head and neck sew
eral times, and both continued
to fight. The snake was torn
nearly to shreds, but did not
unloose its coil around its victim.
The poison was swift and dead
ly, but before the cat died it
caught the snakes head III its
mouth and crushed it, and fight
ing they died, the snake enwrap-
ping the cat in its coil. The
snake measured four feet eight
inches, and had thirteen rattles.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

honors, was nearing the COM
pletion of a medical course rnd
pronounced by all who knew
him, as a manly, noble hearted
young man. Lillian MayiieIti
was not cool to him now, neiJh-
er did she refuse 10 ride with
him, and as she rode with him
one evening, did not refuse IT,,
plight her troth to him. so |!
Lillian" said Harry, "much as
/ prize the bestowal of your
hand upon me, / thank you
more for saving me from
wrecked and useless life and
from a adrunkard's grave" Then,
for the first time, be told her
how he had heard what she said
years ago and how he had JOIN
ed the Good Templars<because
she was such a faithful worker
with them. How surprised was
Lillian to know words spoken
by her girlish lips, and almost
by her, had been tic
means of Harry Morton's sud-
len and complete reform. Now,
young ladies, look at the power
you hold over your young gen
lemen friends. Young men
will be influenced by you, when
and sisters plead in vain.
Z ou should all work in behalf
If the thousands of brokeh-
learted parents and sisters of
'ur houses, and boldly place
yourselves upon the ground
lever to encourage the acquaint-
nee or friendship of any young
nan who is in the habit of us
ng Intoxicating drinks, and
'erhaps your Lodges would be
ttended by more Of the young
nen of our land, and if you
nade known by your actions
hat you considered intemper-
nee a disgusting vice, it would
prove to be the saliva :
ion ofmany young man.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
Eulogy by Comparison.
Hartford (Cenn.l Post.1

NSOA"'[
The following did not occur
in Hartford, but just near enough
to make it interesting: At the
funeral of a wealthy, but un-
pripcipled man, recently, the rel
atives and friends were anxious
10 have some eulogistic remarks
made on the merits of the de-
ceased by the minister officia-
ting. In view OF the utter wick
edness of this mans life it was
hard to think of anything that
could be adduced to crafty this
natural desire Oh the part of the
bereaved ones, but finally a
friend suggested that he could
at leas. say that "the deceased
was-considerably better than his
father"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

The touching sentiment, "Our
first in heaven, appeared after
an obituary notice in Philadel-
phia paper, and the father of the
child came into the Office raging
mad. 1t was the third death in
the family, and he desired to
know Of the clerk where he sup
posed the other two had gone.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
Sips Of Fun.

WrltS OF errOr-Love letters
to another mans wife.
To preserve woolens from
moths-Give them to the poor.
Flattery is like cologne water,
to be shifted at, not swallowed.
Some peoples brains are like
Western lands--enough of them
but not half cultivated.
1t need not be inferred that
railroad companies are scarce
because they have been making
tracks so rapidly.
An Irish farrier once sent a
bill to a gentleman with the fol-
lowing item: "To curing Jour
honor's horse that died, 6s."
There is man named Ice in
the penitentiary of West Vir-
ginia. He froze on to somebody
else's property.
A Californian's matrimonial
advertisement winds up as fol-
lows: "Fortune no object, but
should require the gals rela-
tions to deposit fifteen hundred
dollars with me as security for
her good behavior"
A great many boys and girls
fall desperately in love with
each other, and rave over disap-
pointed hopes, before they are
old enough to tell the difference
between the heartache and the
collie. Very few such cases
prove fatal.
"Get out Of this" shouted an
irritated merchant to a menda-
cious clerk, "this is the third lie
| have caught you in since ten
o'clock this morning" "Oh,
WE'LL said the new man "don't
be hard on me. Give a fellow
time to learn the rules of the
house" >"
Two men halted before a bril-
liantly lighted dry goods palace.
DO you know said one, that
this store reminds me of my
wifc's mouthY How SO, my
boyY nuericd the other. Then
the first speaker pointed in si-
lence to Il sign conspicuously
displayed in the window, open
all the evening"
The Religious Head, Of Rich
mond, gives rather questionable
consolation. n Virginia sub
scribcr writes as follows: "You
are publishing the obituaries Of
theGeorgia and Alabama preach
ers, but seem to have no space
for ours" The editor replies:
"Bear with lis. Your time will
come soon, we hope"
Have a piece of cold lamb?'
asked the hostess, and he took
a piece. Good gloryl-lamb!
Why, this is ten years old, and
strong enough to buck a man
right out of his chair Then
the wag on the other side of the
table calmly remarked: They
call it lamb because it's in its
second childhood.
The Toronto corset makers
are on a strike, their employers
have pulled the strings too tight
for them, and the girls wont be
solaced, but have instituted a
stay of proceedings, declaring
they won't waste their time; and
of corsets too much 10 expect
that they will bone down to
work without proper pay. Hip!
Hip! hurrahl for the girls.
a very beautiful young lady
was hurrying through the streets
OF Baltimore, turned, and in pa
thetic accents, asked a gentle
man walking beside her to
knock a pickpocket down who
was following her. The gem
tlcman obligingly complied. As
soon as she saw the fight fairly
begun, she chuckled gayly and
skipped away. The man knock
ed down was her husband.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

SP Carter, County Judge.
w n Martin. Clerk Chancery Court.
w q Morgan, do Circuit do
u n Eoyce. do County do
q = W Counts, w. A. Cunningham, Dep
Henry Henderson, Trustee.
n b. Thompson, Register
I i. C. Dun, County Surveyor
r j Riyes. Sup't Of Public Scnsois.
! Bl Morgan, Coroner.
\ q. Wallace. Ranger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

A country paper makes the
following correction: "For Its
a poor mule that won't work
both ways in yesterdays issue,
please read, Its a poor rule,
ETC."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

s Two DniEnrs FOR one year. ,nys
..sr0ty sst odcuRce, Two Dollars ana
Essty Gents II payment be deferred three
sionihs; All papers going out of the county
be paid rori adoa nee.
nasr Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
Fruit Of Drinking.

"A friend or mine, seeking IOT
objects Of charity, got into the
upper room of tenement house.
1t was vacant. He saw a ladder
pushed through the ceiling.
Thinking that perhaps some poor
creature had crept up there, he
climbed the ladder, drew himself
through the hole, and found HIM
self under the rafters. There
was no light but that which came
through a bull's-eye in place of
tile. Soon he saw a heap of
chips and shavings, and on them
a boy about ten years old.
''Boy, what are you doing
here?"
"Hushl don't tell anybody
please, sir"
"What are you doing here?"
"Don't tell anybody, sir-Im
a hiding"
"What are you hiding from ?"
"Don't tell anybody, if you
please, sir"
"Where's your mother?"
"Mother's dead"
"Where's your father?"
"IIush! don't tell him, don't
tell him! but look here?" He
turned himself on his face, and
through the rags of his jacket
and shirt, my friend saw that the
boys flesh was bruised, and his
skin was broken.
"Why, my boy, who beat you
like that?"
"Father did, sir!"
"What did he beat you like
that for?"
"Father got drunk, sir, and
beat me cos l wouldn't steal !"
"Did you ever steal?"
eyes, sir. / was a street thief
once!"
"And why don't you steal any
more?"
"Please, sir, / went to the mis-
sion school, and they told me
there of God, and of heaven, and
of Jesus; and they taught me,
Thou shalt not steal,' and I'll
never steal again if my father
kills me for it; But please, sir,
don't tell him."
"My boy, you must not stay
here, you'll die. Now, you wait
patiently here for a little time,
I'm going away to see a lady.
We will get better place for
you than this"
."Thank you, sir; but please, sir,
would you like to hear me sing
"a little hymn"
Bruised, battered, forlorn,
friendless, motherless, hiding a.
way from an infrlriated father, he
had little hymn to singl
eyes, / will hear you sing
your little hymn"
He raised himself on his ell
bow and then sang:
"Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
/ look upon little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come TO thee.
"Fain would TO thee be brought,
Gracious Lord, forbid it not,
In the kingdom of thy grace
Give sslittle child place."
''1hat's the little hymn, sir.
Goodbye
Thc gentleman went away,
came back again in less than
two hours, and climbed the lad
der. There were the chips, and
there were the shavings, and
there was the boy, with one
hand by his side, and the other
tucked in his bosom underneath
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16
The Cincinnati Star

THE DAILY STAR Is served BY carriers
to their subscribers in the City of Gncin.
natl and in all important Western cities
and towns for IL CENTS PER WEEK,
payable to the carrier Or the paper will
be mailed, postage paid. to any part OF
the country for so CENTS PER MONTH,
IS per annum.
TIE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDE.
PENDENT NEWSPAPER published in
Cincinnati. It is taken and-read by
people Of all parties and shades of opin.
Ion, and It seeks to present the news oi
all kinds fairly and faithfully, with justice
to all and with especial favor to mona
rHE WEEKLY sTAR--$1 PER YEAR,
circulates in al parts of the country, and
iss first-class family newspaper.
ADVERTISING RATES-In Daily, 12}s
CENTS per line, or 81 per square Of eight
lines agate measure. In Weekly, 20
CENTS per line. %
Address THE STAR
2s0 Walnut Street. Cincinnati, O.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16
Editorial Spinnings.

Look out for a nor Easter about the
2Sth.
The needle grow for cheaper sewing
machines one Of these days
The worst objurgations an astronomer
ever makes is to say planet.
Tennyson is said to be engaged upon
anew Idyl upon nothing to do.
Mrs. Snooglefix says that her noctur-
nal grandfather was an octogeranum.
Incinerating the dead appears to be
slightually incremable at Washington, Penn.
Astronomers have made the startling
discovery that the Planet Saturn is run by ring,
Chicago husbands now secure divorce
from their wives because their liyers are out of
order.
The circus has at last been able to re-
ceive quarters in New York by means of Its tickets
OF admission.
It is now thought that the reason that
March took It's relapse was in consequence Of
getting its feet wet
Gentlemen Of thirty are the rage
among young ladies who exercise their Leap-year
prerogstives hereabouts.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says that the favorite Cincinnati poet is Swine
burne. This is an error. Hogg is preferred, al
though Bacon is esteemed by those who are in
different as to rhyme.
Erastus Brooks, of New York, is never
seen going into a restaurant When any of his
friends see him coming out they enjoy the same
wonder George the ~ did to know how the apple
got into the dumping.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16
University Board.

The Board OF Directors of the University
of Cincinnati held meeting yesterday
afternoon. DR.. Dawson and Mr.. John s.
Woods were sworn in a. members Of the
Board.
The Committee on Funds and Claims re-
ported that the Browne Endowment Fund,
to the amount of 81, 765, had been invested
in government securities. The Committee
also requested authority to sell 5000 in
United States five per cent bonds due next
June for the purpose Of saving the preiui-
um and invest the money in Cincinnati
seven-thirty bonds.i Referred TO the Com
mittee on Law.
The Building Committee reported ad-
versely to the project of putting an eleva-
tor in the Cincinnati College Building for
the School Of Design. Report adopted.
Prof. w. A. Sprohl. who is now teaching
Arabic in the University in addition TO the
regular duties Of his chair, requested that
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16

The French Minister of Agriculture
in his estimates of the population of
France fixes the figures at 81, ,00O,00O of
whom about one-third live in cities and
a fraction over one-half, 1S,96S,000 are
engaged in agricultural pursuits. In
the various professions we find l, ,53l, 900
and 1880 beggars and tramps. Navi-
cation and commerce employ 1887 900
and workmen in the various trades foot
up to 9,274,000. There are 2,151, 900
bondholders, although whether bloated
or otherwise is not stated. Of that un-
happy class who have nothing whatever
to do France has, according to the
enumeration above given, just 100000,
enough in all conscience to create deal
of mischief if the old story about Satan
and his idle hands is not a fgment of
some poetic Imagination.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16

the Board formally establish professor
ship of Arabic 60 that 1t can be placed in
the curriculum with other studies. The
request entailed no additional expenses
and it was therefore granted.
The Chair announced some changes in
the standing committees. Mr.. R bertson
was transferred from the CommitteeI on
Buildings Repairs and Leases To- Hat on
the School Of Design, and Mr.. Dawson was
added to the latter committee, SO that 1t is
now made up of Messrs. McMasters, Minor.
Dawson, Robertson and Dodds Mr.. Woods
was appointed on the Building Committee
making it consist Of Messrs. Ballauf, Fis y
burn, Bowling and Woods. Mr.. Peaslee
was transferred from the Committee on the
Schoolnf Design to that on the Academic
Department, 50 that the latter committee
now consists of Messrs ComegyS Lilien-
thai, Vickers, Peaslee and Hunt
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16

THE efforts of the U. S. Fish Commits
sion have been so far successful as to
justify the statement that the stocking
of the lakes and rivers of this country
with food fish is readily attainable. and
we many, therefore, look forward to a
greatly increased supply, within the next
few years, of the scarcer and finer varie-
ties Of fish wherever the various States
shall afford suitable legislation for their
protection during the spawning season
and. restrictions against impossible
dams and the discharge of
poisoning matter from tanneries,
dye works or chemical laboratories upon
the banks of streams. The North River
was last spring, thanks to the efforts of
this commission, so supplied with the de-
licious shad that they were taken at
places along this stream in such abund-
ance that it was impossible to market
them at any price, and they were util-
lied by farmers as manure for their fields.
Prof. Baird, of the United States Com
mission Of Fish and Fisheries, has been
experimenting in the propagating of the
cod, and has so far succeeded as to Justify
the belief that it is possible to stock
the waters of the Atlantic coast with
them to any extent desired, and thus
add enormously to our present supply of
food fish. The cod is not the finest quail
ity Of fish, but boiled or baked fresh is
wholesome, cheap and excellent diet, and
would be doubly welcome in greater
abundance along our vast extent of coast,
where meats are scarcer and dearer than
here in the fertile fields of the West.
We shall look with interest to the result
Of the experiment made for stocking
Lake Erie with shad that we believe was
begun year ago, and would hail With
satisfaction more abundant supply of
these delicious delicacies for our markets.
At any rate the United States Fish Com
mission has demonstrated very fully the
wisdom of the legislation that called it
Into being and the importance to the
whole country of the interesting expert
ments in fish farming that it has 30 far
undertaken. -