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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
4 Courting in OIden Days.

Thirty years ago Michigan people
were 4 frank ard truthful set. Strang-
ers could come here and trade horses
with their eyes closed, and breach Of
promise cases were unknown. Folks
meant what they said, snd when they
gave their word stuck 10 1t.
Exactly thirty years ago this month
a widower from New York state ap-
peared in Lansing on business. That
same business carried him over to De
Witt, eight miles away. While on his
way he stopped at 2 log farmhouse to
warm his cold fingers. He was warm
" welcomed by the pioneer and his
wife, both Of whom were veil along
in years, and after some general talk
the woman qUeried:
"Am I right in thinking you are a
widower7"
Eyes"
Did you come out here to find q
wife?"
Partly"
did anybody tell you Of our dear
Susie?"
"No"
"Well, we've got Z bouncing cir
| of twenty-five rs you ever set your eye
on. She's good looking, healthy anC
good-tempered, and I think she'll likt
your looks"
"'Where is she?7
cover in the woods there, chopin:
down a coon-tree. Shsl I blow tht
horn fer herr"
"No. If you'll keep an eye on N,
horse TIIfnd her"
"Well, there's nothing stuck up o
affected about Susie. She'll say ye
or no as soon as she looks you over
IF you want her, don't be afraid t
say so.
/ The stranger heard the sound Of he
axe and followed it. He found her jus
as the tree was ready to fall. She va
a stout, good-looking girl swinsin
the AZ like man, ard in two minute
he had decided to say:
Susie, lama widower from Ne
} York state. [ am thirty-nine yea
old, have one child, own a good far
and want wife. viii you go bac
home with me?"
She leaned on the tx and looked ;
Linn for half minute. and then T
piled:
5 Cant say for certain. Just va
+, till I get these coons off my mind.
c She sent the tree crashing to Il
c earth, and within his help killed fl
c coons which were slowed away IN
- hoiloW.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20

"WcH, what do you say27 no said as
tho last coon stepped kicking.
''Tm your'n, was ths reply; and hy
the time you get back from De Witt
I'll have these pelts oG and tackled up
and be ready for the preacher.
lie returned to the house, told the
old folks that he should bring back Il
preacher with him, and at dusk that
evening the twain were married.
Hardy an hour had been wasted in
court;ng, and yet he took home one of
the best girls ia the state Of Michigan.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
a. Recipe Worth Remembering.

Curtis Andrews and his wife have
lived together for sixty years in Caro-
line county, Maryland, and have nov
er quaIreIed. When asked for the Sc
cret of their domestic happiness, the
old msn replied: "NYen, have always
noticed that there was more trouble
between man and wife about making
the Ere than anything else. If they
can get along smoothly about that, ev-
erything else is smooth. fly wife and
[ went to housekeeping togo l,her in cur
log cabin nigh fifty years ago. We've
only got one fireplace, but that's p big
one. When we moved ii aaid to
her, Sally, PI make the FIRE, and I'll
tend TO it Inlade the fire every time
and its been burning ever since. For
nigh fifty years I've GOV 1Ced that ire
before going to bed, and I've fixed It
up in the morning. I've never had a
match in my house, and there are
never any sulphur smells IN she house
hold. While shat ere burns, sir,
there IS peace in Curtis Andrew'shous-
hold"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
Eew 70 BAKE Coed country School.

Elect none but live, educated men
directors.
Have good school houses, neatly
built-and well ventilated, and thor
oughIy supplied with good furniture
and Apparatus.
Have the school year commence the
frst Monday in September, and con
tinue, with the holiday vacation, till
the frst Of May following.
Employ none bat trained teachers,
OF those qualified to lead, rather than
mislead the young.
Retain the same teacLcr throughout
the school year.
Pay ssid teacher enough to enable
him to live and have little money to
spend for fitting himself for higher
usefulness in his calling.
Don't employ teacher because he
uDderbids come one else, for in ninety
nine cut Of hundred cases he IS worth
less. Cheap teachers, like cheap jew.
eI-y. are not make Of good material
Avoid them.
Let parents. officials 2nd others Wis
It the schools frequently, not to 6nc
Gault, but 70 encourage both teacher
and pupil
Don'; be afraid that ycur school
are costing too much. Your children
parents, are more valuable than you
/ horses and cattle; the theory of man
school patrons to the contrary not
withztanding.
Have a special pride IN maxim
j. your own the banner school of h
township or county. Faith as large a
mustard seed will remove mountain
Of difficulties in our school work
{ Parents and friends OF our countr
schools, think on these things, and g
earnestly to work to make your school
= what you would have them be. Goo
schools do not, like the mama Of L
raelite times, drop from the clouds
y They must be made such by mono
/. and work
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER BOY.
BY FATEER RYAN.

Young ns the Youngest who donned thegray,
True as tie truest vho wore it
Brave 80 the bravest, he marched away,
(IIot tears on the cheeks OF his raothcr lay),
Triumphant waved our Gag one day,
lie ieH IN the front before it.
Firm - the hrn"e, where duty led,
lie hurried without falter;
Bold aS the bolGcst, he fought aod biod,
And tie day was son- -buethe fclj was red,
And the blood Of his fresh young heart Was
shed
On HI. conntry's halloved altar.
On the tramglsd i,raasi Of the battle plain,
Where the foremost ranks had vrestlcd,
,Oa lis pa'c, pure face, uot = n,zFk OF pain,
Kis mother dreams they viii meet again),
The fsirest iorni amid Al, the slain,
Like ch.id ir,i-te nestled.
II the solemn shades Of the woods That swept
The field where his comrades found hiu,
They buried him th4e-aud the hot tears
ccegt
Into strong men'<.eye= that had seldom wept
(Iiismsther-Gyd pity her-zmiIcd aalsjept
Dreaming her arms. Tere around hin-)
= grave in the woods With the grass Ger
grown,
A grave in the heart q his mother
His clay in The one lies Iife]ess and lone;
There IS not name, there IS not stone
AHd only theyoice Of the wind Is3alleth moan
O'erihe grave where never flower is strevn
Bat iIjs a,epycry lires in the other
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
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dIttmUrQU3.

4 s.. Louis man has perfected a
Plaa for bringing ooaI oct oftAo cellar
without oxerting lis muscles. He
makes his wife cart It up.
The boy who viii ride around al
day on velocipede coa-ideres him
self terribly imposed upon If hs has
TO wheel his baby sisteg two or three
blocks.
There IS a church in Cambridge 81
round that the committee engaged in
its restoration find it a great diEcuIty
il squariIg. accounts.
There is a slight hope for AIT. We
saw half dozen quite pretty land
scaPes in a show window this I1o-aiag.
but nota cat Tail, lily pad Of a stara
standing on one leg.
The Rev. Mr. SnirEips ba. record.
ed in his diary; that three coasaicaoas
io"-Hecied frocks i8 oongrs-aa.a
wiil neutralize the effect Of the H..
discourse that e7er was FreaeaeI.
Button parties. are popqlsr ia ti..
West. We don't know u1,a Tie.
derive their name, unlczs It Is baeal.-.
they're always sure 10 come oG.
The reyie', O. a yoaa- ei-lz l.
frequently Ike any other ~.-....--
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
gas clory aE3 3PatAos ostas Heart.

The public career Of the late Gov
orior Williams Of Indiana, is known
10 every one versed IN the history Of
political parties; But there was q
paase Of the private life Of the nan
says the Mercury, which, until lately,
,sas unknown to the world. It IS as
beautiful as that ofJohn Stuart Ail,
and best Of all, pure, lofty, and almost
angelic. People little thought that be-
meath homespun of Williams there
throbbed a heart full of the pathos Of
love, and never realized that the bold
and defiant attitude of the politician
was followed by the tenderest domes-
tic manifestations. He was the oldest
of his fathers family and upon him
deyolved the larger share Of the care
of the members until his marriage.
In 1881 he married the daughter Of a
farmer in the neighborhood, Miss Hoff
nan. and purchasing 81 quarter section
Of Wild land, the pair braYely went TO
work. Their capital was love and a
united will and they banked upon 1t
successfully uutu a few months since,
when Mrs. Williams died from the ef-
fects Of fall. Prom that moment
Gov. Williams was not the same man.
and although no word Of his indicated
his sorrow. The goddess of hia- hearth
was shiyered at his feet, and thence
forth, to him, public life had no
charms and the beautiful earth was &
desoiation. OIe room IN his old home
was specially fitted up for his use with
the furniture Which he had purchased
in his early married life, At the win
dow Of this ROOM his wife always sat
when expecting the return home Of her
husband, and many were the happy
hours both spent 1t It's deep, broad old
fashioned fireplace. After her death,
| the Governor rarely visited the old
Homestead, for while i5 awakened The
tenderest feelings, 1t also brought the
saddest that can come TO a devoted
husband. On his last visit, his daugh
alarmed st his prolonged absence from
! the old room, and especially from th'
seat at the window where his wife ha,
so often strained her eyes to catch ;
glimpse Of bis coming form, sough
eagerly for him, and at length foua,
her father in the barn sobbing as ;
child. and mis- frame quiyering from hi
. struggle to repress his great emotion
The memory of his wife completed,
unnamed him, and with all his hon
r ors he felt alone il the world. Tn
iron constitution and the indomitsbi
? wilI-powcr were 50 weakened, tia
$ when disease came medication had d
effect. lie vas. willing 10 pass throug
D.. the raylesSSland 10 the land Of ray.
that he might be remarked TO the ",
= man OF lis youth. What a beautifg
I picture of'domesticity Is presented i
. the life Of this man who was a lover
z iseyonty-two, and saw no woman S
: lovely as the farmers daughter whor
he had led blushing to The altar fort.
: nine years ago. And what a contra
s between CanoncLet, III which Rose
II ConkIing played 50 active 3 par
( Which ofthe two public men shoUI
be honor5d ? Let'any soman of fec
It ing decide,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20

If you want 20 study The immense
variety Of the human face in expses-
sion, you should bend your gaze upon
the mobile couDtenauce Of a deaf and
dumb man when he reaches under the
plank walk for r lost nickel, and picks
up raw humble bee by the stem.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
InsCIvent ITotice.

AVIEG this day suggested 70 the Clerk
{ { Of the CouHty Court ot HardeInaa
County. Tennessee, the insolvency of the es-
tate Il Jacob L6eberry, deed, notice Is
hereby given to all persons having claims
against said estate to file the same authen-
iicated rs the law rcvufreS, With said clerk
on or before the 9Th day Of june. 1881, or
they win De barred. JACOB GIBSON,
I2-0-4t Administrator.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
TcrcTven4 Kot;cc.

this day suggested 10 lie Clerk
L. of the County CUuT; cf Hardeman
County, Tennessee, the Insolvency Of the
estate Of G, Z. Swami, deceased, notice is
hereby given to AL persons haviag claims
against said estate % file tie same anthem
ucated. as The law requires, With said clerk
en- or before the Zst day Of june 1881, or
they will be barred. L. p. NEELY,
I2-Q-4t Administrator.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
Adminis.trator'g Notiee.

ENHE undersigned having this day sug-
i sested to the CLERK os the County
Court Of IEardeman County, Tennessee, the
insolvency Of the estate Of =. II. Prewitt, de-
ceased, all persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notihed 60 t,e the
same duly authenticated according 10 law,
with the Clerk cf tne County Court Of Hav-
deman County, Tennessee, on or before the
Tth day U June, 1851, or the same VIII Be
barred n law ard equity. All persons
owing said estate Will pay undersigned.
\. 4 D. BRYANT,
Admir- estate Nathan Il. Prewit;, decd
Dceemhss Ith 1850
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20

& tract agent called at an old ladys
house in the country the other day,
and wanted to know if he could leave
some tracia. "Shure, is it tracks ye
want to lave? BE jabbers, yc can lave
thi,n Hil thc heels toward TIE housc. "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
Hearth and 4Iomo.

The parental Harm. that rallyiag
place Of The affections Il was the policy
Of the good old gentleman 70 make his
children feel that i0aiE was the haDpieSt
place in the world; and / vaiae this
homc-fee,ing as one of the choicest
gifts E parent an NAsnINGgoN
IEYiEC.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20

d.. ]. C. AVER z CO., Lowell, Mass,
Pr-sctiesi an,i Analytical Chemists.
So'.p ~ AtL BRCdGtsT5 EVERYWHERE
Moore & Harye, and E.i7. Moore Agents
Bolivar Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20

q A-E4husiaoss now before the pubiic. foH
~ - q u can make money faster at work Tor us
- - ~ than AT anything else. Capital hot
require ]. We will start So daV nud NpNafdr
made at houa ~ IA. industrious. Mon women,
boys ami girls waptcl every where to work Tor Nc.
Sow "a 'fe umo. You can devote your whole tihe
% tha or'E. ,Hy your spnre moments NO u.her
ltuslr-Sa wt.l pay vau nearly wciL Ne cnc Nlt-
ting To T'- csu :ai i' p' kc enormous pay by en-
b-ehs At o"a-'. Sgsiiy outnJ d11 terms Tree. 4
'tA', ,}Fg'Fttn'y ia- making money easily AMI
Niy, Ai.iaas lNl.-.< Co., A,J,s,ss'., ,iiaine.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
Is STRONeLY ENDoRsED.

REV Z. T. L. GAUSS Gs5ens. III. writes: ''For
over ten years had beea great sufferer from Pains
IN she snau Of the hack s;Id region 81 the Kidneys
which nicst eEcrFcfAtiHg aud tisaes almost
insu.Ierahle Doctoring hropSht no relief and
Was finally advised - ahrGsj and seek the eli
mate - my youth. In Germany ali Switzerland,
eminent physicians after Close examinations dc
csrer Ky sUhcrlugs % 5-l1c from disease o. The
Kidney Il long standing, sud could do good
was, isoTycvcr, benefited by the climate aIli con-
sequenlly returned. 40 sooner hsrd J been back
and resumed my pastoral work hen the old trou-
bic grew again 50 int 20 make life burden
4 fe1 months ago came IN possession OF one o1
ifu'y wonderful Z he EaiEs - once sfes i9-s ana
are now after wearing she second Pad, entirely
gone. End there can Re 70 doubt thst aal eut4reY
cured, write this weeks after us use, and
Ein strong and ilsk E-aiu she vpFy picture OF
hpaIh- write this perfectly voluntarily, aud it =
5ictsted oniy by truth and gratitude. Indeed. /
great rcEetEctoTs < Wsnklno. &sy all the saic--
i..g Ia helped hs~e been is n earnest wish"
Joil& \. EAEEN Murray, ky--''l nave nov
y-ora L&s , Kidney Pad sJorE one Tn0nta- Il has
done Heore good than thing used and
~ lu'u-oElftg every osy-'
L4I1AOBE < DEA$, Druggists, Niles, &ich.--
80 yeaTs il The b,ssiUsss}-gays Kidney FAD is
hsyins large sale, AE6 gives better general salts
tz-t-oI. rtsl any remedy se ever soc
cASPEE " N'ElTHEL, Policeman, I-zncaste-, Ps-
- have been great sufferer from Kidney Com,
pIaiaJ, AID after wearing your Pad - days feel
better t',sI have n Is year"
lit. A. J. SION HiS Decatur, HI" cur 1ao ls
doing sseat good here i sells every day sno
gives Untver>E! satisfaction
For sale by druggists OF semi Icy mail tfTSe Ok
cfel Psd teztrs sizc3, 50; Chilorene, SI.51 Our
book '.IIo7g lie as Saved gi7iH-- the history
~ - Sei re We ,7r tsIyes.
Day E-IziSEY PAD co, Toledo O.
! = ss-z-EfazE Owing 30 he n.nv orr bisss Kid
/ JsSJ ss5fgz rey Pads nsv seeking sale cur
I them. ASK for DAYS KIDNEY = FAtS, ana
| take no other. l2-l6-<-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-01-20
a " = p &

ne -s,-,ssias 2. 80, ssss-7e. n e~7- 49, "e =
, -t.-,,2s,.ss ---e, = ~ produce. ts.,'.E the
So. Asrr c-ot-f. - s. ,s7e50-F asSS'---''s - ne
moss ,.s.. e. s.. o-a,.z,se % reA:.sc sc hA2I'est
..t-,> s,.t ,-a ~ A,sisvs. n almost sveTy
-,..7z ~ ,raury ts,~e s-e Fcrso's, Pvo'iely
..,,. p ~ -, nave =, sor ereea s,aFIains ard
e,e- .-,,-rs-s 7.-eases q s46 lza5s, By iss ase.
NJ, ,g s..,s .55.,i < scIzoSle6Se is superiority
s,.f So .e ~ szJ-ez are Known no or.e hesitates
Is, -,s, 7ayi55.e 80 employ 70 relieve tae dis
,r-s> s-.s >uae7irr peculiar to Pvsiusona5y aeeo-
..sas t7.aEUg FE,sooEA;. always aEOrs!s in
s.e-; re5ieC, s,5 performs rapid cures OF The
,rEsor varieties Ok bronchial disorder, SIS well rs
.,s uaorc r5rrsjdabIe diseases oC the l'Ings-
As "a asaGesuA=d % children, ar-si,s the distress
tas iiaca-es y aieh asset the Tl-ost and Chest oi
,-,,sao4, i; is iayaluaele for, y is timely use
lnul.its4ee are rescued aud restored 10 health.
Ttis ,1edic-re Esias friends at every trial, as
tie cases Il Is constantly producing arc too re
uaarsa;.:e - Ae f5rgottea. No family should bS
eith, "a i. aad diose ~ho have once used il
a@vere.l
E-iiu..st Physssl=s5 throughout the eoGntry
rrssgzi-e 1t, AMI Clergy Ieea often recommend
troa. .l-s.r l--,,=ie,issc Of is e2cctz.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-07-02

What is going to happen to the SUM-
Our great organ of light and heat is
shrinking in volume, and heat is MAIN
tanned by this shrinkage- OF course,
this cannot go ON forever The sun
will at some time be extiDguished. The
only way then to relight and reheat it,
SO TO speak. would be for large body
to strike the sun, dissolve it into incsn-
descent matter, out OF which another
universe would slowly evolve"
"All these are contingencies, many
years OFF,"
"Well, yes. / do not think any body
now living need to pass any sleepless
nights on account of them.
"Nor on account of the discovery OF
the new comet2'
"Nor on that account" And here
the astronomer turned his table and
instrument.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-07-02
HUMAN ILLS.
How They may he safely Encountered
An Agreeable Dietetic and
Medicinal Drink.

so long as there are Ills to which flesh is heir,
and the cares and labors OF life breed disease,
so long will it be necessary to use medicine
and counteract the evils produced and main
tain the health Of the human family. Many
kinds OF medicines are being frequently offered
TO the public for one special disease and anoth-
er, and if the trgth were known, it would doubt
less be found that in a majority Of cases these
nostrgms have done far more harm than good
Indeed one Of the greatest evils o; the present
day j. the existence OF quack compounds which
contain ingredients inimical to health, and the
greatest care, therefore, should be taken by in
valids iD using many unknown drugs which
can not be taken with impunity, no matter
what may be alleged TO the contrary. Now,
experience has shown that
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-07-02
A Great Enterprise.

The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Com
pany is one of Roehester's greatest busi-
ness enterprises Their Hop Bitters
have reached a sale beyond all prece-
dent, having from their intrinsic vaiue
found their way into almost every house
hold in the land III [Graphic.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-07-02
NABOB WHISKY

Is one OF the best medical preparations known,
and is highly recommended by the faculty for
all cases Of nervousness, weakness debility,
dyspepsia, indigestion, etc. is popularity
throughout the Eastern States has been great,
and it coples to the Pacific Coast indcrsed by
the certificates OF Or. s Dana Hayes, State AS
saver of Massachusetts,, and DR.. II. C. Louder
back Of st. Louis, Missouri These certificates
are most direct in their statements, ayerring
that Nabob Whisky is, without exception, the
purest article that can be used either medici
nally or for family purposes. tits particularly
efhcacious in cases of Indigestion and nervous
affections, and can be used with the utmost
confidence.
The analysis shows that this whisky is of
standard alcoholic strength, and free from ad
ded fiavoring oils, acids, metals, or other dele
terious substances. Dr. Hayes further says il
is pure, OF superior quality, and suitable for
dietetic and medicinal purposes. Such recon-
mendations are the strongest that can be fur
nished and as there are thousands Of letters
testiiying to the merits Of this whisky as a fam
lily remedy and tonic no further proof OF its
excellence need be given. 1t is sold by all
druggists and grocers.
LEVY a. CO..
Sold Agents for Winnemucca and vicinity.
ar Sold by the bottle and gallon.
Beware of counterfeits None genuine un-
less labeled with my signature, G.. SlMMONDS,
across the cork and brand on the barrel.
myl0
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-07-02

hereby caution the public not to purchase
or negotiate for note for $202, signed ny me,
and now in the possession of l. N. Hager, as |
nave offsets against said Hager for FIVE times
chat amount Said Hager brought suit In the
Justices Court of Buena Vista township for
the collection of said note, and frankly admit
ted the offsets, but pleaded the Statute of Linn
itations.
CHARLES GENTNER.
Willow Crock, New, June 13, 1881. jel62w