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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
The Baby.

The baby does not belong to the ami
mai kingdom; the animal kingdom
belongs to him. He is the king. In
fact, he is always aching.
Some have classed him in the vege-
table kingdom. But these are dis
pOtatous people. Such persons are
not apt to be correct, excepting in l.
salad-ated cases.
However, a baby is often spoken of
as 'this wheat creature ;" which is
why they cradle him. You can't
shock him. He is not exactly a crea-
ture comfort.
The baby cannot speak. He is an
unspeakable blessing.
But he can scream. You see the
discream-inatiOn. His cream is what
he screams for. generally.
Not always. He sometimes cries
for the stomach ache. Cake is not
good for his stomach.
A baby cannot walk, but he makes
everybody about him walk.
The principal business of the baby
is cutting teeth. He inserts teeth tree
of charge.
The baby is sometimes twins. In
this case it twins sympathy for its
father, who often wishes the baby was
farther
The baby sticks to his mother, who
reciprocates the affection by stick to
him.
The baby cries when he wants any
thing, but cry tear on his eye is no
criterion, for he cries when he doesn't
want anything just the same.
Wind in the stomach causes him to
cry. 1t is a spanking breeze.
The baby gets into lowering pas
sion about 2 a. IN. This is the tower
of babe-ill.
Soothing syrup is the principle ar
ticle of the baby's diet; but do not
blame the baby. He is made to take
it syruptitiously. 1t is not a whole
sale diet. He may die yet, if you con-
tinue its use.
The baby has two legs. He is fore
armed in the love he brings into the
world with him.
He is handy with his feet, and per-
forms great feats with his hands.
His toes are on his feet; frequently,
however, he is tow-headed also.
When teething, the baby cares lit
tie for food, and passes most of his
time chewing sore-gum.
When girl baby is born, her papa
cries, "a lass P' When there is a boy
baby, there is lad din.
A boy baby is a pUeT- creature.
It is a stony~hearted mother who
will rock her baby. True, she
builds his ifework OH rock founda-
ton.
SIeeping-cars sometimes give berth
to babies. The sleeping-car is a sort
of step-mother.
When baby's mother sues for a
divorce she is a mOther-in-law.
When 9lrl baby is born at sea,
she is naughty gal baby.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

premacy of the Pacific. To Buffers
energy and Judgment its success is
largely due-a success which yielded
at the end of two years net profit of
100000. Butler was educated IN
Paris, and can speak several European
languages. Attracting his attention,
Anson Burlingame took him to China
as his private secretary. He left the
service to take positions in American
trading houses, and finally with the
Navigation Company, of whose enter
prise he is the moving spirit. Several
Instances of cOlored men who have
succeeded as planters and cotton fac
tors in the South since the war, would
seem to show that the race is destin-
ed, perhaps, to win its way in-com-
merce before it achieves any single
triumphs in art, literature or oratory.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
WAsHINGTO

Ex-senator Mcdonald is here to fight the
confirmation of Dudley, Of Indiana, as
Commissioner of Pensions. Mcdonald,
representing the Indiana Democracy, char
ges that Dudley as United States Marshal
exceeded the duties and powers of his of
fee in political work. In fact, he prOsti-
tuted his Office to political purposes. That
he appointed 22d deputy marshaIs in In
dianapolis and others in other portions OF
the State to work for Republican success;
that these marshals were in fact political
agents and were appointed to do that work.
Mcdonald expects to rally all the Demo-
cratic Senators against Dudley. Several
Democrats are embittered against Dudley
because, they allege, he discharged COM
petent and faithful clerks from the Pension
Bureau simply because they were Demo
Gratis. This fight will probably become a
party question, and if it does, Dudley's
confirmation or rejection will depend upon
the vote of Davis, OF Illinois. Dudley's
friends claim that there are several Demo-
cratic Senators who VIII vote for him, while
on the other hand his opponents say num-
Der of prominet Indiana Republicans desire
Dudley's rejection and will influence the
Republican vote against him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
MARGUERITE.

'He loves me.' Pretty fiOweret.
With petals soft and white,
Say, were you sleeping when he came
Across the fields last nightf
We were walking in the cleaning;
He left me at the bars;
Did you hear the words he whispered
Under the quiet stars?
.'He loves me not" o daisy,
You would not cruel be:
There was no other maiden
To bear him company.
You grew beside the footpath:
He brushed you passing by;
You must have heard the name he
breathed
In that unconscious sigh.
''He loves me-" Snowy blossom,
1 knew you'd not deceive:
A voice so pure and charming
Speaks what one must believe.
But men are so deceitful,
One must not trust, they say;
But you'd trust, daisy, would you not,
His words of yesterday2
''He loves me not" Sweet dsisy,
Did you look up in his eyes,
And were their glances false or true,
Under the quiet skiesl
All mel Was every maiden
In such uncertain plighti
How shall I-Hushi he's cOmingl
What will he say to-nightl
From Thanksgiving and other Poems 'by 4 gGthG.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

Hon. BEN BUTTERwoRTH, in his
speech before a meeting of Irishmen
in Cincinnati to give expression to
their feelings i'll regard tosthe arrest
of Parnell, took the position that Par
nell was in the field of debate for
lawful purpose, securing better legis-
lation concerning the great wrongs
suffered by his countrymen, and his
arrest would not hurt his cause.
RESOLUTIONS adopted advised GOODNESS
and deliberation, and keeping within
the lines OF peaceful, answering
resistance. A cablegram sent was +:
''fen thousand freemen of Cincinnati
greet the imprisoned Parneu. Let the
people be cool and determined"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
An English Wife's ElOpement with a
COachman.

The elopement of Mrs. Gurney with
her groom, which scandalized Eng
land a generation ago, has been par
alleled by the fight of Mrs Grant, of
Bodmin, in Cornwall, with her coach
man. The Pail Mall Gazette thus re-
cites the case:
Mai. and Mrs. Grant have lived IN
Bodmin since their marriage, five
years ago. They occasionally visit
Mr.. LittIeton, Mrs. Grants brother,
at his residence, Trevin Shevilock.
bringing their cOachman with them.
1t was while on such a visit to Shev-
ilock that the elopement occurred.
Maj. Grant had been in the habit of
spending his holidays in Canada,
chiefly tor the sport that country af-
fords Occasionally he had been ac-
companied by his wife, but on his last
visit to Canada, whence he recently
returned, his wife did not 90 with
him. On Friday morning last the
Major and Mr.. LittletOn went. out
about ) o'clock for a days cub-hunt-
ing. Mrs. Grant seemed TO have com
municated this intention to the coach
man, and soon after the two gentle
mon had set out she and the coach
man drove of in a light carriage to
lOGDOlHAs NJ1 lCdClAuA IAilS ICIIl
they alighted and the coachman gave
an ostler five shillings to take the car
riage back to Trewin House. The
boatman says that the couple had with
them box and pOrtmanteau. Mrs.
Grant was wearing an ulster; the
coachman was ''respectably dressed, /"
and notfn livery. On getting out of the
/ boat cab was called and they were
| driven off to DevOnpOrt Southwestern
/ station. Mrs. Grant was married
/ when she was Is and is now %. Her
/ husband is 40. She leaves behind her
/ two children. She lately became pos
/ sessed of a considerable fortune in her
+ own right. The coachman is about
| the same age as Mrs. Grant and is
said to be "a goOd-lOOking man." The
4 police have had information of the
/ eIopement, but mp to the present time
no news of the runaways have been
| obtained.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27


Mr.. DAVID DAVIS, being now in the
line of a brief Presidential career, the
anecdotes are beginning to flow in.
A New York Tribune writer remem-
bers that while on the bench in Hi
nois, Davis was so much interested in
the election OF Lincoln that it often
filled his mind to the exclusion of
other business. During the course of
an argument lawyer happened to
say: "And now, your Honor, the
matter rests, in this State" The last
word reused the Judge from his rev.
erie. Sdn thinking of the vote he
hoped Douglas would get, or rather
wouldn't get in the State, Davis
cried; State State he won't carry
a county" At another time he told
a lawyer who was very anxious to 90
on with case in the absence OF the
counsel on the other side. "We'H go
on If you say so. But 1 ought to tell
you that in such cases always think
it my duty TO look out for the side
that is not represented by counsel.
We had case of that sort in TerrC
Haute the other day, where a man in
sisted on going on when the other
side wasn't there, and, singular as il
may seem, we beat that fellow 70
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

CHARLES S. WOLFE, the Indepen-
dent candidate for State Treasurer of
Pennsylvania, made a speech at Ty-
rome on Friday. He referred to the
iron rule Of the machine at the Re
publican State Convention, and closed
his description of the cut-and dried
programme with a new anecdote of
Secretary Quay, the machine "boss. -
After the convention was over a gen
tleman said to the Secretary: "WeH,
you have stamped your initials-M. S.
Q.-on the back of the Republican
party" "Yes, d-n them," said the
Secretary, "and if they gagged little
more, would have made them in
dorse Conkling, beside"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

DAVID DAVIS, now President pro
tenapore Of the United States Senate
by the solid votes Of the Republicans
in that body, said in a speech deliver
ed in the Senate on the l1th of March
of this year: can honorable recog-
"nition of the trust generously con-
"fied to my keeping by the Demo-
"cratic votes in 1877 requires me to
Sustain the existing organization of
"the Senate. Whatever may be the
"result, | can accept no honor at the
"hands of either side.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

THERE is a queer deed on record in
Taylor county, Iowa. It conveyes
certain real estate to certain parties,
''to have and to hold forever, unless
Kent, Copeland & Co., shall bring this
transient world to an untimely end. 4"
The deed was executed abont twenty
five years ago, when the Adventist
excitement swept over that part of
the country. Kent, Copeland and
others were the ringleaders of the
Adventists, and had planned destruc-
ton of all things earthly on a-given
date
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

The old lady kept a private bottle
from which she refreshed herself from
time to time, as she felt the need,
though none of the family knew it.
One evening her daughter, in rumag-
ing through the pantry for dOughnuts
for her beau, spied the bottle and had
the curiosity to draw the cork and APP
ply her nose to the aperture, at which
moment the old lady hove in sight,
aud angrily demanded: "Well, are
you any wiser than you were? What
do you suppose it is ?" 81 don't know
what it is, mamma" answered the
shrinking maiden, 'but it smells just
like Charley's mustache."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
NOTES AND CONTENTS.

Miss IDA LEWIS, of Newport, has
just received the gold medal awarded
to her by Congress for her bravery in
saving thirteen lives at the peril Of
her own. The presentation speech
was made by Lieutenant Chadwick
and Ex-Governor Van Zandt of
Rhode Island. The ceremony took
place at the Newport onstom-house.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

The representative of the colored
race is undoubtedly S. A. Butler, son
of Washington preacher, now man
ager of the Shanghai Navigation Com
pany, a line of thirty-six steamers,
owned Exclusively by Chinese mer-
chants and threatening torival Euro
pean steamship owners in the su-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

A Chicago correspondent, looking
over mercantile directory in 1872,
finds on the black list the entry: ~
-Guiteau, Charles j., lawyer" Turn
ing to the definition to the letter 'Z''
he finds: "Z-IncOme uncertain and
precarious. Defer indefinite the pay
ment of debts. Lawsuits to collect
same would be useless. No credit or
favors should be given"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

THE legend of Corvallis surren-
der to Washington, as told by an old
Virginia colored man, and reported in
Fredericksburg paper few years
since, differs somewhat from the ac-
cepted historical accounts of that
event, to which he claimed to be an
eyewitness:
81 see General Washington? Yes,
sah-why, 1 was here all de time. See
de British? See Cornwallis? TO be
sho'-wan't l here, right here-all de
timer Sutronly, see 'em all. Now,
l tell you, massa-I see General Wash
ington, and he was a settin' on his hoss
an eatin' of a peach; and COrnwallis
he come out, slippin' round to git
away, and he start out down towards
de creek, and he start to run, but Gen
eral Washington he see him directly,
an he started arter him, an General
Washington he didn' want tR. take no
advantage of him. So he jump off
his horse and run arter him. And
General Washington was a big man,
and he run well-and pretty soon he
catch COrnwallis, and he catch him by
de neck and say, you id seOundrel,
l got vol And CORVALLIS, he turn
round, and handed Mr.. General Wash
ington his soard, an General Wash
ington, he jess took it and cut his head
off! See it? to be sho' 1 see it-I was
right here all de time, massa. How 1
gwine help see it? jess as tell you
General Washington was settin' on
his hoss, an eatin' of peach" etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

A Californian went on a $4,000
spree to see if it was any different
from a sevent-five cent one. Much to
his disgust he found it just the same,
gutter, mud, arrest and all.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

Marvin, who married so many wo-
men, has been sent to the peniteRtiary
for ten years. A painful expression
shoots over Mr.. Marvin's bronzed fea
tures when he reflects that if he had
only settled in Utah he might now
have been in Congress. = Louisville
C0urieT-.JOuTnd
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
About Slang.

Doubtless thousands of persons have
heard the expression "What will Mrs.
Grundy say 2" yet not one in a thous-
and is aware that it is found in the
first scene of the first act of MOrtOn's
favorite comedy, "Speed the Plow."
Goo thin" is often heard when the
hearer wishes to express his disbelief
in story, and it may be found i'm
"Peregrine Pickle" which was pub
lished in London in 1761. The express
sion is also to be found in Shake
speare's "HenFy VIII," scene first in
act fifth. Gail cry and no WOOL" a
very common slang expression, is
traced directly to cantO first, part first,
of Buffers ''Hudibras." The original
reads:
sOr shear swine, all cry and no WOOL"
For the very often-heard expression,
"What are you giving me ?" indicative
| of disbelief, no less a source than the
Bible is responsible. 1t may be found
i'll the thirty y-eighth chapter of Gene
! sis.
''By large majority" is found in
! Wolf's play of the "Mighty Dollar
"Step down and out" is attributed to
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and ''Not
| for Joe" is the refrain of a London
concert-hall song which was very
| popular ten years ago. "Dog-gOne
! it" was born in Indiana.
"Giving him taffy" is popularity
supposed to be ofrecent origin, but it
! is really tWo-hundred years old and
! has been in use in London for fully
that period.
Among the men of note of the past
\ decade who have contributed to the
slang of the period may be mentioned
| Andrew Johnson, whose promise,
'I'll be your Moses" is still heard.
"Shoo fly" was originated by Ben
Butler, as applied to S. S. Cox. "On
! the ragged edge" is the offspring of
! the Plymouth pastor. "TO hell across
/ lots'' belongs to Brigham Young.
''Where it would do the most good"
caRe from Oales Ames when speak
ing of the placing OF Credit Mobilier
! stock.
1t is estimated that two-thirds of
the slang now ia use originated with
English tramps and thieves and Eng
lish writers.
Among thieves there is a distinct
class of slang which is in quite com
mon use. They denominate a sentence
of Imprisonment as "sir" and exercise,
and call drink ''ball." A peniten-
tiary is known as 'sboarding school, y
and a surgeon is termed a ''bOne-set-
ter" Money is known among them
as ''chink," and a policeman as a
"cOp." "Darbies" are and-cuffs,
''earth-bath" is a grave, and eternity
box" is the proper name for coffin.
| HemD is denOmin3tpd Hnpek-weed ,;
a slung-shot is called a "ueddy,'
while the head is known as the
"dimple."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27
Terms of Advertising.

One square of eight lines, $3.50 for the
first insertion, and 70 cents for each subse-
quent insertion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

The Land-Leaguers OF Philadelphia have
resolved not to purchase any goods bearing
the English mark.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-04

he went away. a, st, he let, the kitchen
door. side door. aid from; door, ali down
stairs windows and the from. gate, wide
open Al the loungers abou, the station
were somewhat amused jus, as the train
was running out OF sight, 10 SEE a flushed,
perspiring man, with his ha. sideways, his
coat bultoned two buttons too high, h,s
cults unfas,ened, and neckue flying. aud
bis vaiise Tapping open and shu. like a de-
mented shutter on March night, and
door key IN his hand, dash wildly across
the platform and halt in the middle OF The
track, glarlng in detected, impo,ent, wrath
ful modification at he departing train, and
shaking his tremendous fist a, a pretty
woman who was throwing kisses a, him
irom car near the end of the train.
Mr. Stifffe went home a saeider and a
wiser maa. He has come TO the conclusion
that women are Of some use after all end
| that In future he will make no bargains
ne.essitating self nelp, even if connected
with smiles.
81 the way, when Mrs. Stiflle returned,
she bore him no malice-in fact, she Gained
him down by saying that she had passed a
miserable evening, and wished tina, he had
| been there
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-04

American scientis:s ase again dlscussing
the connection alleged 10 ex.s. between
the operation Of railways aud the amount
Of rainfall. |, is regarded s. a remarkable
fact tha. before railways were extended ~
the Pacific, the country lying between the
Sierra Nevada and Rocky mountains was
slibicct 10 an almost continuous drought.
Since then. however, the re-loa has been
visited with frequent falls o. rain What
has produced The change IS the question.
Some suggcs. that II "a due To Change III
the electrlca. state Of the atmosphere. pro
duced by the couducIton Of The sabile sigId
into the rcg-an by lie iroa rails Ohers
assert tina. tits caused by the atmospheric
disturbances arking frogi the frequen.
passing and repassing ot trains /. Ii Shown
tha. up - 1854 the United States agi been
vi-s,ed bT srea. and seaeral droaghis, but
since that year there has been I'D such VIsi-
sa.ion: o., IN o.her worls, ,fasi tie build
;ny Of such vas. network os railways as
nas been construc;et in th. Pas. quarter of
a century has hal the ei.cc: II promoting
the fall q rain. Since .l,e general intro
duction Of railways IN Europe. also. there
La. been ID drought s4es. Is previously
/ az sAo.t intervals caused spread dis
,rcss. Ii The case o. Engiana /. Is remarked
/ ,ha. a.snougs tAe climate has beeu always
/ humid il.ere has i.cen = growing excess oi
.aas.:ali during the pesifa o. railway build
| M. until GOA she gets far more than is
| beneficial - the crocs. This has been
/ noticeable ID 81 alarming degree III Inc
| pss. !ey years- Ne give these conclusions
! .or xha, they may bs vo.sL, AMI merely
as showing the drift os cagrru. discussion
90 tits polc..
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-04
Too Much Religion.

He was on his way home from Leadville.
He had on a ragged old summer suit, and
he had been taking his meals about thirty
hours apart to make his money carry him
through.
Yes, like the country out that way,
lie replied to the query. ''The climate is
good, the scenery tine, and some Of the peo-
ple as honest as need be. The trouble is 70
Know how to take the bad ones"
Il should think that would be eesy,
was the reply.
.Yes, it looks that way but had d little
experience. am the original dlskiverar
of the richest mine around Leadville. >
sis that so.'
Yes, Sir, am the very man, though
you wouidn think il to see my old clothes.
Then you don't own it noxl"
| "No, bit OF it. I'll explain. / was
poking around On the hills for signs. col
lec,ed some specimens for assay, staked
ou, Claim and went Of 10 the assiyers:
| Il was two days before he let me kn.~ it
was the richest ore nc had ever seen, and
| then hurried back 10 my Claim. Hang
my buttons If il hadn't been jumped
"Howf"
"Why, gang Of sharper. had found the
spec and bull, pole shanty and hung ou'
a sign Of ''Firs. Bap;is: Church over the
door. Sure xs shoo;in' they had, and the
law out there is that ID miner can sink q
shaft within two hundred feet q a church
building. They saw ne coming, and when
got there they were actually holding re.
v.val There were jus; SIX Of them, an
they got up one after another and told how
wicked they had been and how sorry The,
were, and, would you believe IT, they ha1
lie cheek TO ask me 10 lead the singing
wen, TO law bu, they bea. me- Three dayi
after tie verdic; the 'Flrs: Baoslss Church
burned down and before tic a2Aes weF'
cold the congregation were developing
mine worth over 8 million o! dollars ios
see. eicn', know how 10 take ihemi'
Was there any particular way Q. iakin;
, ,heni"
"lou bet there VAS I ought 70 aay
oueced on ,ha; reyiya. with Winchester
; rifle and gwen the coroner t50 for ves
, Et,c. .ha. they died Of TOO much religion.