davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24
HOW . BrIdegroom Got Left.

On the West-bound Union Pacific
train yesterday was newly-wedded
pair, who were as loving and te nder as
people in that interesting condition of
life usually are. They had a section in
q sleeping-car and were on a bridal
trip to the Pacific coast. Near Sidney
a wheel on the sleeper was broken, and
the train stopped at that place about
an hour 90 put ON new pair of wheels.
Here, during the delay, Mr.. Goodwin.
who is the bridegroom alluded to, got
out to kick up his heels and look
around, and while he was absorbing the
beauties of nature and some other
things about the town, the train
which is one of these things
that doesn't wait for time or the
..tied," quietly rolled out, leaving Mr..
Goodwin, and bearing away his bride.
Then there was CONSERVATION in Sid
ney, and on board the Pullman. The
bride was in q state bordering on dis
traction because of her lost Gege, and
vainly, though frantically, did the
groom put in his best locomotion to
catch the retreating train. As he and
the bride were one, with very clear
case of "a passenger on board that was
left behind" it was fun to everybody
else except the Two most deeply lnter-
ested. Failing TO catch the train on
foot, he clambered into the cab OF 10
connective which happened to be putting
about the place, and earnestly solicited
help. The engineer, q tender-hearted
man with tender, saw how it was, and
proceeded to obtain proper authority
as quickly Is possible. and started with
Mr.. Goodwin on q stern chase after the
Axsn H. Hvx- ~ Hn mn
an hour of lost time, and which was
proud Of . new pair of wheels. Away
the extra locomotive sped, on the
wings of love and sympathy and steam.
Goodwin petted the engineer and fire.
man, and helped to shovel coal. and al
Antelope, thirty-seven miles west, the
wild Legged. pursuing husband overlook
the heartless cars that had run away
with his brand new wife, and soon they
were bloomingly happy again in each
! others srms.-CAeyenns Sun.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24
Table D'HOte Abroad.

Breakfast on the Continent always
means only bread and coffee; to the Ia
boring people it means a bowl of broth
and bit of bread, or bread alone. The
American. however, will find himself
served with butter, and eggs or meat,
unless he has previously ordered q
"plain breakfast, - when he will receive
the usual bread and coffee. The noted
table d 'hote is perhaps the least suscep-
tible of change. 1t usually is served at
six o'clock, an hour when the days
work is over, and the meal can be taken
at leisure. 1t is the social meal of the
day, and all the guests of the hotel are
expected to meet at the table. 1t re-
auires never less than an hour, oftener
two, and unless your company is enter
tanning. it is q long and dreary process.
Perhaps you have been told that there
will be ten or fifteen courses, and if un-
initiated you have your mind made up
that for once you will have your usual
"square meal;" but when the waiter,
with neck-tie and shirt front of immac-
ulate whiteness, brings you a small
piece of bread and dish of slightly
colored water called soup, you proceed
with quiet resignation with the belief
that you will have the dinner presently;
but your curiosity is only the more
aroused when the plates are changed,
and after long dreary waiting you re-
ceive a very small bit of fish; then the
table is cleared again, and you are
served with bit of chicken; like true
American you have dispatched your
bread long enough since. and you take
chicken and "play it alone;" but you
conclude it is "passing strange" when
you learn that buttered chestnuts and
nothing else, or q bit of cheese alone.
will be served for a course, and SO you
continue for an hour or two in patient
expectation of the meal that never
comes. My Yankee friend put it exact
ly right when he said: ''Therc is a
mouthful to eat, and then q square acre
of silence" 1 shall always respect the
American. who, the other day, when he
had borne patiently until the meal was
half over. thundered ont to the waiter:
Good gracious! Life is too short to be
wasted iu this manner, sir! For heavens
sake, bring me something to eat. -
Foreign Cor. Gneinnati Commercial
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24
IN DYING MOMENTS.

Have they told you am going
To the land Of rest.
! am very patient, AuowinR
All is for the best:
Yet the summer light Il clearest
Ere the soul departs,
Nature seems to draw the nearest
Unto dying hearts
Have they told you am leaving
Earthly things behind7
Love, perhaps, was but deceiving,
Friendship proved unkind:
Nos the sunshine, slowly stealing
Down the soft green slope,
Brings back all the trustful FEELING,
All the dreams Of hope.
Have they told you I am hasting
To a fairer homer
Blossoms white as foam;
Here are sun-gilt vine leaves wreathing
Round our cottage door,
Here are solemn fir-trees breathing
Fragrance evermore.
Have they told you am setting
All my thoughts on high?
Yes: but can / learn forgetting
While old haunts are nigh!
When the bracken plumes are swaying
On our pfne-crowned hill,
can almost hear you saying
That you love me still.
Hush; hear O footstep falling
On the garden plot,
And voice speaks, softly calling,
Yet answer not
Till feel your arms around me,
On my face your breath
Love and faith have sought and foun'
This is iIfe-not death.
Sarah Doudney, fn Good Words.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24

D~This has been a short session of
Congress, but the Democrats have ac-
complished great deal. They have
shown the country, with convincing
clearness, that their party cannot be
trusted with the management of any
public question. Weak and demoral-
lied as the Democracy was after the
November election. it has steadily lost
strength since, until it stands to-day at
lower point in the public esteem than 1t
has occupied since the close of the war.
Ex-Governor Seymour says to win in
future Presidential contests the party
must take q "man who by his charac-
ter and business relations can draw
votes from the Republican party and
poll the Democratic vote" In the lam
guage of the esteemed Betsey Prig
"there amt no sich person"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24
FACTS AND FIGURES.

"A single business house of Green's
ooro, N. c.. has bought 250, 600 rabbit
skins this season.
The fruit canneries of California
are turning out stock worth 81, 000.-
900 q year, and the business is largely
increasing.
"A German chemist has established
the valuable fact that wood impreg-
mated with parafine oil is preserved for
many years from rot, even under cir
cumstances most favorable to decay.
1t is said there are II, 1926, 900 cattle
killed in the United States annually, the
meats from which amount to 4. 088, 30O,-
900 pounds, and their total value when
killed for food is S6Os, 200,O 900.
About 600 inventors have sent
models or plans of improved stock cars,
in compliance with the offer of the
American Humane Association of a
prize for the best. The judges find
themselves overwhelmed with the work
of examining.
The California Railroad Commits
sioners have fixed the railroad freights
in the State at q reduced but varying
schedule. averaging twenty-five pei
cent. The railroads must furnish trans
portation for second and third class pas
sengers at sixty per cent. of first GLASS
fares. .... -....-
Special Agent Jenney, of the Ma.
tional Census Office, has prepared q
blank for the collection of statistics oil
fires and losses by fires that have oc-
Cured in the United States during the
years 1879 and 1880. The compilation
will, when the returns are complete, bs
classified by States, and will show the
loss on each kind of property burned
About Sc, 600 of these blanks will be dis
tributed throughout the country.
The railway mail service of the
United States embraces sixty-nine line!
of railway post-office, some of then
longer than necessary to reach across {
whole European Kingdom. Including
steamboat routes, the annual service
foots up 102, 166, ,O01 miles. ON which
mails are constantly being received, dis
tributed and delivered. with saving il
time over the old methods, upon eacl
letter or package bundled, of from
twelve to twenty-four hours. and in ont
year the employees in the railway mai
service distributed 1858, 483. 800 letter.
and pieces of mail matter.
The value of the grape and win,
product of California for 1880 is esti
mated at $3. 500, 600. The State fur
nished over 10, 600, 900 gallons of wine
$50, 900 gallons of brandy, 800. .0O'
worth of raisins, and grapes for preserv
ing and table use to the value of 800.
| 600 or $3.50, 900 more. The new brand,
is worth at wholesale $1.15 a gallon
| The new vineyards that have beel
planted cover 5000 to 10000 acres. IL
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24
Fashion Notes.

The newest bonnets have very short
strings.
Trains are much worn separate from
the skirt
Bonnets are to be made of silk for
spring wear.
Old-fashioned paste buckles are now
seen on ladies' bonnets.
No dressy toilet seems complete with
out lace and velvet muff.
Camelias and red carnations are both
in favor as floral adornments.
Shirrings and gathered skirts will be
much in vogue the coming season.
Dark Jackets of cloth have cuffs and
collars Of velvet embroidered in gold.
Head-dresscs of feathers are more
worn abroad than head-dresses OF tOw-
ers.
White vulture feathers are substi-
tuted for ostrich plumes on evening
bonnets. ta.
Round heavy balls of jet are worn on
the scarves that are now so fashionable
on dresses.
No dressy toilet is complete without
a lace jabot, or cascades of lace down
the front.
The imported dresses are all boufdnt
in effect around the hips, at narrow
and clinging at the foot.
Bridesmaids wear wreaths Of flowers
matching their bouquets, and fastening
on them small tulle wells.
Long gloves are more and more fash
ionable. Arms are being covered, while
the throat is being uncovered.
1t is hardly considered in good taste
among ultra fashionables to wear arti-
fetal howers as ornaments.
Dresses Of gros-grain silk can be made
fashionable by trimmings of plush.
brocaded velvet or brocaded satin.
The large satin bows that are worn
on the corsage with the fichus are SO
conspicuous as almost to hide the
wearers. ,
Clicking fringes of white jet are worn
on bridal dresses. Each strand of jet
is finished with large bead or ball of
Jet. =. rl.... ..
The favorite shades worn after black
are all dark shades OF red, dark greens,
garnets, violets. lapis-blue and seal
| Among the old fashions revived is
that of wearing sleeveless polonaises of
figured goods over skirt and sleeves of
plain velvet, plush or satin.
The prevailing fashions are in favor
of slender ladies, and the fashion papers
are full of hints to the stout women in
regard to their desiring to produce that
effect as much as possible.
| The prettiest and lightest of handker-
chiefs are brought from Fayal. They
are woven from the fibers of the aloe,
or century plant, as it is often called,
and are not like silk, cotton or wooden.
When you can get cheviots double
width. in dark patterns of small checks.
at one dollar q yard, why waste your
money on more costly material for street
wearp-and these will be the fashion
able material for spring costumes
AndreUs' Bazar.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-24

Vanilla has been found to be an
abundant wild product in the Para
guayan woods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-25

In London, British c0nsols are quoted steady aud
unchanged at lOO5,G for money and luO',G for ac-
count United states Is are quoted lower 80 1854.
and Is at 1892 American railways opened low
of course, III response 10 yesterday decline IA the
home markets. but partially recovered, aud again
ton having opened up y per cent at al adj
vanced 10 1if12 and closed at III In Pans.
French 3 per cents declined from $500 10 sG.lO;
sight exchange on London falling to 1923 francs TO
the e.
Alessrs. Owens & Mercer, No. - Broadway, are
offering for sale at par and interest the first mort
gage per cent gold bonds of the iittsburV, Brad
ford and Buffalo Railroad Company The bonds
are due in 101 l. and issued ~ the rate OF only
SIS 900 per mile of road. SO
The July interest coupons Of tho Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad will be paid at
the Continental National Bank with the exception
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-25
CLOSING PRICES or BoSroy STOCKS
BOSTON, Friday. juno q. 1891.
FRIDAY. June Pr. ".

This was m eyentful day for the stock market,
and perhaps it marks epoch in stock speoulatiOns
Thee OF the railroad companies known as the "yan-
uerbilts" published half-yearly statements. The
lake Shore Company declared quarterly dividend
vi per cent, and shows estimated surplus for six
months of only $30,340 against $58995O, the sur
pms after the payment Of the Same amount Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-25
C0rERNliENTS

777. seller coanya 1921. seller 60 days. Isl ',r,'oo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-25

TIIE GFSERAL list
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28
BOLIVAR, Tenn. !
July PC. 1881. {

MK. EDITOR: The following is an
extract from letter to the St, Louis
Christian advocate, written by Rev.
DR.. q. w. Horn, of Terrell, Texas:
can adjacent county to ours is
Rockwell. 1t has been fer three
years trying the experiment of getting
on without whisky. A vote under the
''local option" law banished the article
from the county. The experiment is
a successful demonstration of the evils
of dram drinking. Cline has so
notably diminished that first class peo-
pie are coming there to fnd homes. a
recent session of court had no criminal
docket. A new Jail built some two
years ago has never had an inmate
save one. and he came there through
whisky clandestinelv got. No whisky
is sold i'm the county. Gan itinerant
saloon" kept by TIE mail boy, for a
while supplied a few bottles to thirsty
patrons; and 1t was from one OF these
bottles that fellow got into Jail il
six hours after he procured it. So
clear is the gain socially, morally, com
mercially. universally, that even old
toPers now advocate prohibition Men
who would get drunk the first day a
saloon was opened now say, for God,
sake keep them closed forever What
a mercy to the drunkard aud his fam
lily to shut out the destroyer of then
peace and happiness! What SAVING
to community to prohibit the sal,
aud use Of Intoxicating liquors. Rock
wall county, Texas, is a model com
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28

munity. And after a while we will
have the model in every county in the
State"
What a glorious county we would
have in Hardeman if whisky were not
to be had in our midst. But as it is,
the whisky demon is crushing some
heart in quite every home in our com
mun;ty. Poor woman weeps bitterly
by reason of this great curse. Read
what Canon Farrar, of England,
writes ON this subject:
HE alone, by whom the hairs of
our head are all numbered, can count
the widows who are made so by alco-
hol; the gray hairs that it has made
gray; the hearts that it has crushed
with sadness; the families that it has
ruined; the brilliant minds which it
has quenched; the unfolding promise
which it has cankered; the bright and
happy girls whom it has blasted into
misery; the young and the gifted
whom it has hurried along into dishon-
ored and nameless graves
What list Of woes"
A MOTHER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28
PERSONAL.

Rev. DIR. Lee has returned home.
Mss Fannie Caruthers has returned
to jackson.
Miss Mamie Mcclellan, has returned
to Memphis.
JnO. Norment has returned from
Eureka Springs.
Miss Mollie Cheshier is visiting hel
friends at the Acton House.
Gen'l Nicely, and wife, and Mrs. r
l.. Walker, are at Bon Aqua.
We sympathize with the family o
the deceased Samuel Baker.
Miss Cora Thompson has returned t.
her home in GAINESVILLE.
Dr.sHamner and wife, Of jackson
paid Bolivar flying visit this week
Mrs. w. S. Cochrane, and child
of Somerville, arc on visit to relative
i'll town.
Mrs. DR.. r. A. Tate has returne,
from Il pleasant visit to friends in Som
erville.
Mr.. r. H. Yancey, of the Somel
Vile Falcon, and wife, paid Bolivar
visit last week. Glad to see them.
Mrs. Chandler, of Gravely Springs
Ala, is visiting her mother, Mrs. w
ley Fort.
Mr.. William House and famiI
have returned to Franklin, Tenn
Their friends regret their departure
Miss Dora Dunavant, one of the a
knowledged favorites of Memphis, ,
well rs Bolivar, is in the city, visitin
her friends, the Misses Fentress.
The far-famed Memphis jeweler. Y
b. Thayer, attended that great ncetir
at Mt. Moriah on last Sunday. Thu
young and beautiful widow in blacI
held him spell bound.
Mrs. S. q. Mile has returned frol
pleasant visit to relatives and frieno
near Whitcville, and is looking muc
improved by the beneficial effects {
this delightful trip.
Mr.. w. w. r. Elliot, ST., has T
turned from Hot Springs, Ark, We
he has been OH a visit several wee
for his health. He has suffered Sc
eral years with Rheumatism.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28

lected, and what uses could be made
of it. This law compcls them in some
sort to collect all important data, such
as births, their relations to marriages,
the proportion of deaths to births, and
the average age of man; besides, he is
invited, under the head of remarks, F"
to put down his reasons for any unu-
sual or extraordinary data he gets up.
The single cord is strong, but how
much stronge: is the three fold cord.
The experience of one close observer
is valuable, but how infinitely more
valuable are the combined observa-
tons of the two thousand physicians
of Tennessee! 1t is to be hoped that
every doctor in Tennessee will see the
importance of vital statistics, and do
his utmost to make it successful. 1t
can be understood why some magis-
trates oppose doing the work for moth
ing, but no reasoning can be satisfac-
tory for the opposition of the physi-
cians, VINO are so immensely benefited
by the system.
am glad you wrote to know about
it, for the man who inquiries will be
amena bic to reason, while thosc who
ask no questions shut themselves up i'll
blind prejudice and never can learn.
AS to forms, the county courts, all
over the State, are ordering them, and
you will doubtless be supplied.
With sincere respect, remain
yours, w, NJ CLARK, NJ. d.,
Sec'y State Board of Health lnnC
Sup't Vital Statistics, ex ofTicio.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28
LEAGUES STATION, !
July, 23rd 1881. (

Mr.. Editor: As special reporter,
allow me to give your popular paper
an interesting item from this section.
Matters got nightly stirred up here
the day before that Spitzsr-Miller
marriage took place. DIR. R
Of Clover, procured the license and
gave it to Vines Miller to hand to
Splitter as he passed leagues. Miller
put it into his vest pocket and as the
train passed leagues he threw his vest
out from the cars, and it lodged in the
top of tree. Those expecting the
license, seeing that he threw something
out of the train, hurried thither, but
couldn't find it. Night was approach
ing, the hour of the appointed marriage
Was fast coming on, but no license was
ON hand. The whole neighborhood
lanterns and torches in hand turned
out to hunt for that important paper
. They searched until II O'clock tina
night without success. IN the mean
time, the invited company had gather
ed at the house from far and near
Moreover, even if that license had beer
found. no officer or parson would hav,
been on hand to marry the parties
Esqr T. started from home to MARI
them but his horse got frightened b.
IL ghost, ON the road, threw him an,
got away and the Squire was horselcs
in the dark woods and minus q fee
Poor fellow But the next morning
search was renewed for the license an,
behold. the multitude saw a vest dang
ling from the top ola tree. After get
ing it they found in its pocket the long
sought papcrand forthwith glad shou
was raised; Tom Young was sent for
the knot was tied, and all that da
and night the young people, and tn
old ones too. made things lively dow
at the Miller settlement. We hea
that Squires Blair, Garrett and Dem
ing led off in stag dance, while Ese
jackson made the fiddle talk. Gee
, Bradford was master of cercmonie.
SPECIAL REPORTER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28

beauty, where were gathered the hand
some ladies and gallant gents of the
neighborhoo,l. about thirty III num-
Der. The hiusic was kindly furnished
by 8Icssrs. +. Wilkes and e: t. Allen,
two accomplished yioIinists. The cur
tains were drawn, and Il tableau,
July" presented. Then followo i
the programme in regular order, in
terspersed with music. In justice to
the children 1 viii say they did splen.
didly. "The Drunken Soliloquy"
could not have been surpassed, and if
it had not been for the age and sex,
one would have said that was not the
first drunk. The entertainment was
for the recreation and advancement of
Mrs. DIS children. The affair re-
fieeted credit on the madame ald her
fair and taIentcu governess, Miss
Leila PEBBLES. This is the second OF
the kind, and We have promise of
another soon. May many otEer
mothers follow in the footsteps of this,
her good and noble work.
FEsTUs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28

Alta meeting of the city council
ed Monday evening, 25ih inst. f.
Williams, L. Bills, Austin Miller
were appointed as delegates to roDre-
sent this corporation at the Emigration
convention which meets at jackson,
Tenn, on the 10Th of August next.
During the entire week while
court was in session, the popular Iiv-
cry stable proprietor, Sam Miller, had
a run on his best turnouts, and every
available conveyance in his large and
commodious establishment was con-
stantly in use. He keeps nothing but
the best, and those in need of any
thing in his line cannot do better than
To give him a call.
We hope the Drug stores will
close doors on Sunday and thus give
the proprietors and clerks a chance to
attend Church. Moreover, these storcs
are convenient loafing retreats on Sun
day for old and young. l. need not
be said that they are kept open to Gil
prescription orders, because our doe
tors keep medicines in their offices.
And as to the toothpicks and gum
drops the boys buy, they can get these
on Saturday night. We hope that a
petition. will be gotten up, signed by
every family in town requesting that
these stores be closed on Sunday.
We witnessed last Friday evening
at the residence of Mrs. Pitser Miller
the opening of one of those beautiful
and much adored flowers, the Night
Blooming Ccreus. Quite u number of
ladies were present Oh this interesting
occasion, the first of the kind that
ever occurred in Bolivar. Miss Sophia
Talbot, under whose care and man
agement this rarest specimen was so
successfully brought to the zenith of
its 5eauty, kindly presented us with
the flower, for which we shall ever re-
main her grateful debtor.
Sheriff Farley viii hold an cleo
ton ON Thursday, August 4th, 1881,
ut all of the voting places in this
COUNT for tho purpose of electing a
school director for each civil district of
this county, as required by law. This
is an election in which the citizens of
the several districts should take an in
terest and elect good and reliable men.
Everything tending to develop the
educational interest Of our county
should receive our most attentive con-
sideration. We therefore hope the
people will take an interest in this
election, and give the county good
director for each district.