The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-01-29
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP


THE Insurance Commission of New
Hampshire says that much of the prop
erty burned IN that State is set on fire to
get insurance money, and that nearly
every large fire reveals over insurance.
ROBERT JOHNSON of Aliddletown;
Conn, who died in 1864, had II daugh-
ters, nine Of whom are still living, the
youngest being over 30 and the oldest
over so. They are all tall, well formed
women.
GEN. ROGER A. PRYOR, now a New
York lawyer, has received from Vir-
ginia friend Il curious relic of the war.
IL consists Of two bullets that evidently
met in the air over some battlefield,
and, happening to strike each other
on their conical points were firmly
wedged together.
CLARENCE G. HOWARD, said to be an
exemplary young man, and the son of
respectable citizen of Huntingdon, Long
Island, entered the recent walking
match in New York, but after accom-
plishing seventy-five miles he withdrew,
complaining Of sickness of the stomach.
lie was taken home and continued TO
grow worse, and died from utter ex-
haustion on Saturday morning.
IT has Been thought that forks were
used by mankind in eating food at q
very recent period in history. But the
art of eating with fork is proved to be
IL revival Of very ancient one. The
fork is by no means an invention of
modern times. Lately, in the debris of
the lake-dwellings, forks evidently de-
signed for table use have been discov-
cred. They were made of bone. The
spoon is a still more ancient instrument.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KEY, says a
Washington correspondent, 50 always
has a pleasant word for every body, and
is very generally liked. He is a large,
heavy man, with closely cropped gray
whiskers and hair, a round, solid head,
and face which always looks smiling
He dresses in n very simple manner. A
black frock coat with velvet collar, dark
trousers, low collar with small bit of
black ribbon to serve as n necktie, and
rather rusty-looking silk hat make up
his costume.
A ST. LOUIS quack doctor, who pro-
fessed to cure all diseases through the
help of spirits, bargained to rid a man
of rheumatism for $500. They could
not agree, at first, as to whether the
money should be paid before the recov-
cry or afterward. The quack finally
proposed that the $500 be placed in a
sealed envelope and kept for II days by
third person. Then, if the patient
was well, it should be given to the doc
tor, but, if he was still i'll, il should be
returned to him. The dupe readily
agreed to this; but, when the time was
up, and he had as much rheumatism as
ever, he tore open the envelope and
found in it only scraps of worthless pa
per. The doctor was arrested.
ENGLISH farmers viii derive small
comfort from the report on American
competition which Messrs. Read and
Pell are preparing for the Royal Com
mission of Agriculture. They affirm
that the resources of the United States
for supplying England with food are
receiving every day n new development
both in the extension of agricultural
enterprise and in the facilitation OF
transport. Mr.. Gladstone suggested
some time ago that the farmers should
turn their attention to raising fruit, veg
ctables, poultry, eggs, and butter, but
the Echo apprehends that even in this
limited field they will be outdone by
foreign competition. In that case moth
ing will avail them but a universal re-
duction of rents.
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German country house writes eTht
great feature of the day is dinner Cat
or 81, when the food is of that frightfully
substantial kind wherein the German
nation exceis. The length of the mea
on the occasion of party is appalling
and it is apt to be taken for rudeness i
IL guest is unable tostlO ample Justice tt
every dish After their coffee the gen
tlemen play hand of long whist fol
small points, while the ladies', left t
themselves, knit, talk, play, and sing
At about z or there is supper, and to
ward 10 the guests depart. Some o
the more undetermined people are be
ginning to shorten these wearisome en-
tertainments, but they are still carried
out to the fullest extent in the country.
FRANCE has agricultural schools TO
GIRLS One of the chief is near Rouen
which is said to have been begun with
capital of one franc, by Sister o
Charity and two little discharged prison
girls, and to be now worth S160, 900
The establishment has 800 girls, from
six TO Is. The farm, entirely cultivated
10y them, is over 400 acres in extent
Twenty-Five Sisters form the staff o
teachers. More than one medal of tn,
French Agricultural Society has beer
awarded to this establishment at Darn
etal, and the pupils are in great demand
all over Normandy on account of thei
skill. They go out as stewards, garden
ers, farm managers, dairy women anC
launtlfesses Each girl has, on leaving
an outfit and a small sum Of money
earned in spare hours. If they want
home they can always return to Darn
etal, which they are taught to regard a
home.
THE condition of Italy just now i
sad. The harvest was altogether de
ficient; the Indian corn, on which
large part of the population mainly de
ponds for food, was almost a total fail
ure; the potatoes are diseased and very
bad and dear; the chesnuts, which arr
the chief staple of food in the hilly dis
tricts, were apOor crop; and now comes
winter, unusually early and unusually
severe, preventing all outdoor work
At Faenza't there have been bread riot.
and the military had to be called out
At Ravenna the bakers shops have becI
sacked by bands of hungry peasants
at Sermide like scenes have occurred
and in the provinces the people ar,
clamoring for bread and employment
In Rome the number of beggars is very
much on the increase.
AFFAIRS in Silesia are by no mean.
improving. In a wood near Bybnick
where the famine is worst, the bodie,
of eleven gypsies were found on the 9tl
of this month. They lay round the re
mains of n camp fire, having been fro
zen to death in their sleep or died o
hunger According to the Silesiau Ga
sette much of the present suffering i
due to absenteeism among the grea
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