The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-09-16
A LETTER.
BOLIVAR, Tenn,
A--A.u,o 1904

BOLIVAR, Tenn, /
Anytime, 1880. J
DEAR NAT-Itake my pen in hand,
&C., &C., You ask me to give you all
the news. Now this is an unreason-
able, not to say impossible request.
You know, or at least I do, that per-
sons in the country think that because
a fellow lives in town, he knows more
than one living in the country. Now
this is great mistake, for if I want to
hear news about Bolivar, I always
tackle some chap from the country
such as you, for instance. But I will
give you all the news in sight.
"How's business?" Well, there is
bakers dozen of grocery stores here,
all doing q fine business, i.e., they
have brought prices down to a fine
point. There is new house gone up
on the west side of the square, whose
preprietors and managers are scudding
before the commercial wind, under
bare poles. There is also a nice store
on the South side of the square, in the
house formerly occupied by General
Nicely as a chicken and egg empor-
ium. The general is now one of the
active partners of the firm of Walker,
Dolittle & Co.
There are three old and established
dry goods houses. They have been
here long time, and expect to stay
here long time longer.
Apropos Of dry goods stores, I will in
form you that there is a fashion COM
ing on that will require % yards Of
calico to wrap up one woman. So you
can make your calculations for your
seven daughters for dresses, besides
other etceteras.
Then we have three drug stores,
each doing pretty fair business of
Sundays selling cigars to the well,
and medicine for the sick, but I
reckon there are about 1000 cigars sold
to 10 doses of medicine. Now don't
let this seem strange to you, for folks
in town do not lay in, on Saturday,
anything but their meat. I expect
you are SO far behind. in this pro-
grrssive age, as to think and wonder
why you would not be allowed to pillow
a grassy patch of cotton on Sunday.
We also have five churches here, at
each of which there is a fair atten-
dance of Sunday mornings by the
young men, to see if their girls are
there, if they are not, then some other
church is honored with their (the
y. ms presence.
We have some good schools IL
which the young idea is taught tC
shoot. But whether it will ever hi
the target of a practical life, in thil
world of mud and money, remains IL
be seen. The chances are, however
that it will, since each urchin anC
urchiness must study, not carry tt
school as many books as he or she i
old.
elbows politics?" They are prett.
well shufied at this time, and no on
, is certain what the trump will be, il
, the meantime, it would be advisabl
{ for those who get their living by har'
work not to loose much sleep in study
, ing about politics.
Yes, we have several lawyers an,
I doctors here, for proof of which l refe
:. you to the vast amount Of litigation i
our courts, and sickness in our com
munity. I passed along street tn
1 other day and saw poor countryma
D sitting between a lawyer and a doctor
5 and couldn't help thinking that b
:, was between hell and the iron-workl
e Don't be shocked at this for it is onl
an euphOnious rendering of the oil
> phrase, "between hawk and buzzard
JOSH.