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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-05
Lost Letters.

LETTERS are sometimes lost and found
in an odd way. A letter containing
money and directed to New York
man, was, with others, given TO the ear
rier to deliver. Soon after, the man to
whom the letter was addressed COM
planned that it had not been delivered.
An investigation was made, but without
any satisfactory result. The next year,
during the season of ''spring cleaning"
the mystery was solved. The oilcloth
in the hallway was taken up, and on the
floor, close to the front door, was found
the letter which had SO long been miss
ing. The place had been closed when
visited by the carrier, and in thrusting
the letter under the door he had pushed
it beneath the floor covering. Some
years ago, young man was discharged
from a Connecticut post-office on sus-
picion of dishonesty. The suspicion
arose from the unaccountable disappear
ance of some money letters from the box
rented by an insurance company. When
the cool weather of autumn caused the
president of this company again to wear
the light overcoat which he had laid
aside at the end of spring, he found
these letters in one of the pockets. Then
he remembered that he must have
taken them from the office one Sunday
morning, on his way to church, after
ward forgetting them, and putting away
his overcoat for the season. Thus an
innocent young man had suffered from
the criminal carelessness of another. y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-05
MEN AND SPIDERS.


1FLUNG stone into grassy field:
HOW many tiny creatures there may yield
Il thouaht) their petty lives through that
To me pebble, tits to them rock,
Gigantic, cruel, and fraught with sudden
Perhapsit crushed an ant, perhaps its breath
Alone tore down white and glittering pal
ace, e-t 'f
And the small spider damns the giants NAL
Who wrought the 6reck-blasted his pretty
art! &
Who knows what day saunterer, light of
heart,
An idle wanderer through the fields of space,
Large-limbed, big Drained, to whom ourpuny
race
Seems small as insects; one whose footstep
On some vast continent islanded by stars
Who knows when he, just leaning DER the
bars,
May fling a stone and crush our earth to bits,
And all that men have buildcd with their
wits?
All, what loss you say; our bodies go,
But not our temples, statues, and the glow
Of glorious canvase5; and not the pages
Our poets have ilumed through myriad ages.
What boots the insects loss? Another day
viii see the self same ant-hill, and the play
You say
The SPIDERS work is not original
But what of ours? All | friend. think that all
We do is just the same thing over and over.
Take Life: you have the woman and her low
'Tis old as Eden, nothing new in thatl
Take Building, and you reach ere long the
flat
Nile desert sands, by way of France, Rome,
Greece.
And there is Poetry-our bards increase
In numbers, but, before John Keats, the robe
OF Song was worn by Shakespeare Dante, job.
No, no! The forms may change, but even
they
Come round again Could we but scan it
We'd find i'll the heavens some little, busy
pi"net
Whence all we are was borrowed; and if
to day
The imagined giant flung his ponde-ous
stone,
And we and oil our mighty schemes were
done,
His were q scant remorse and short lived
trouble
As mine for those small creatures in the stub
bic.
r. ". Glider, in Scrfbner's Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-05
PITH AND POINT.

SHIPwRECKED sailors never need
starve while there is q blight of rope
! left. -LoaceU Citizen. .'v DfH 1870
THE world is filling up with educated
fools--mankind read too much and learn
too little.-Josh Billings.
"WHAT is fameP" asks the Philadel-
phia american. Fame is the result of
being civil to newspaper men.-BoSton
Post. 4ta s@
ARKANSAS women love to WHISTLE
Boston Post. And what is more lovely
than tulips well blownp-Phtladelphaa
Bulletin.
No matter about the strike of the ice
cutters up the Hudson. The ice crop is
large and well set, and the harvest will
be immense, unless an untimely frost
should nip the blossoms.
Queen.
WHAT becomes OF all the "old war
horses " after the campaign is over and
the President is electedP Do they go
back to the ploughP And echo answers
"neigh; they go to the trough" -Bur-
gington Hawkeye.
THE young men of this S are ing in
appearance, and are un led for gazing;
they are 80. of fashion, and do'not
need ~ lamp-post to keep them
selves perpendicular.-Nyack city and
Country.
MANAGEMENT of the worlds fair''
is troubling New York just now 1t is
problem that Adam struggled with
when there was only one worlds fair,
and she got the best of him. -NeW
HGren Register. 3" .'A
GLIMPSE of future event: An i'm
mense ship carrying the Washington
Monument from the United States, then
an ancient and abandoned country, to
the grand republic of Africa, to be set
up in the big square in the City of Tim
buctoo. But we may euchre the Van.
dals after all by not completing the
monument. Ha! hal, We shall prove
too much for posterity. We are Won
derful peop]e.-N. Y. Graphic. s-sT
The 1eztile Record has an engraving
of an improved self-acting- mule Il
is generally understood that all mules
are self-acting, and it is with pleasure
that we note any improvement in the
animal. The Improvement seems to do
away with the familiar appearance Of
the mule; in fact, the picture makes it
look more like spinning machine than
a mule. Still it is to be presumed that
the kicks are softened like the gentle
tanning of an. autumn zephyr.-Detroa
Tree Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-05
A Mothers Sad Meeting With Her
Four Sons.

ONE of the saddest scenes ever wit
messed in the Missouri Penitentiary
transpired to-day. A mother met four
of her sons wearing the striped suits as
convicts within its walls. Their names
and crimes, as recorded on the Peniten-
tiary rolls, are: James Greenwade, aged
so years; ten years for robbery; re-
ceived November 80 last. Luther Green
wade, aged 26; seven years for robbery
and larceny. Breckenridge Greenwade,
aged 25; seven years for robbery and
larceny. Henry Greenwade, aged 20;
ten years for robbery and larceny; re-
ceived day before yesterday; all from
Bates County.
The father and mother of these men
live in jefferson, near Mount Sterling,
KY; keep hotel there, and are
tolerably well to do in life. Four or
five years ago the elder brother came to
Missouri and bought farm near Butler,
in Bates County. The younger brothers
followed soon after, and the four lived
together on the place, the oldest being
married. Neighbors looked upon them
as people of means, and respectable.
For two or three years all sorts of devil
ment was perpetrated in and about
Butler. Persons we're waylaid and
robbed by disguised men, mails were
rihed, burglaries committed and hogs
stolen. At length suspicion centered on
the Greenwades, and they were watched
by officers and citizens and at last caught
''dead to rights" Mail pouches, cut
open and rifled, were found in the
cellar, and other stolen, property on
their premises. Conviction was
easy, and they were landed in the Peni-
Tertiary. At the time stated the mother,
hearing her sons we're in trouble, posted
in haste to Bates County, only to learn
that they had all been convicted OF
crimes and taken to the State-prison.
With her daughter-in-law and the lat
ter's two children she reached Jefferson
City to-day and at once proceeded to the
Penitentiary, The meeting with her
sons was terribly affecting, and it is as
serted Deputy Warden Bradbury for
once in his life gave way to the melting
mood.
"My God," she exclaimed, ''that a
mother should live to see four of her be-
loved boys in such place!" t XIII
ut NCAC hluQ anu W
the afflicted ones, but they had at last
to use force in separating the mother
from her sons, and induced her to leave
them after a visit of three or four hours.
Mrs. Grcenwade, Sr., is q woman OF
not over fifty years in appearance, well
hammered, strong-minded and intelli-
gent; but the fearful realization was
more than her mothers heart could bear
unmoved, and she gave vent to her
shame and sorrow in a manner more af-
fecting than was ever before witnessed
within the prison walls. She left for her
Kentucky home this evening, taking her
daughter-in-law and the children with
her.
There Is one more son, who will
doubtless never disgrace his name, for
he is a minister of the gospel in good
standing One of the conyicts is in the
Prison Hospital Cor. 50. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-05
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


A MAGNETIC sand, imported from the
isle of Bourbon, and since found near
Morbihan, is said by M. Edard to have
the property of rapidly reviving plants
which had shown pronounced symp-
toms of decay through disease.
THE experiment of running locomo-
tive without brakes has just been sue
cessfully tried by the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western Railroad Company.
An appliance by which power was ap-
piled against the piston was used.
DIR. OSCAR JENNINGS, a physician Of
standing in Paris, writes to the London
Lancet that in the treatment of mental
disease he has constantly used music,
which Gains and soothes the mind, and
is too precious an agent to be neglected.
Concerts form part of the regular
treatment in many asylums. 1t will be
remembered that Saul found satisfac-
ton in music.
DIR. CZECH, of St. Petersburg, suggests
to inventors the desirability of securing
some apparatus which will collect the
fine volatile oil of the coffee bean, one
half of which is lost by the present mode
of roasting. The beans contain s to Is
per cent. of this oil, which has all the
flavor of coffee, and which would, il
saved, form an excellent material for
liquors. In 1873 the quantity of coffee
roasted is estimated at about $4,000
| tons.
MICA has been applied to q new use,
that of fashioning it into middle soles to
boots and shoes. The invention con-
sists of sheet of mica imbedded in thin
coatings of cement, and placed in the
boot or shoe under and adjacent to the
in-sole, the upper leather of the shoe
tapping over its edges, or next under the
! filling, or between the filling and the
outer or bottom sole, and covering the
upper space from the toe to the instep.
To obviate the dangers and troubles
caused by high steps to passenger
coaches, Miss Skerritt, young lady of
Albany, N. Y, has invented and pat
ented a folding step which when low
cred comes within foot of the ground.
When the train is ready to start the
stops are turned out of the way by means
of lever, which always holds them Sc
cure. This renders them free from ice
and cinders, and in descending from
them one is in no danger of slipping.
Another important feature is that when
folded these steps prevent passengers
from jumping off or on the cars. The
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company
is testing the invention.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
Pleasant Affair,

The ladies of Salisbury on the 9Th
inst, held q festival Tor the benefit of
the Brass Band of that town. 4 cor
respondent writes: The refreshments
were nice, and all pnrtook of them
heartily. Two cakes were sold; one
for the nost popular young lady, and
one FOR the most popular young man
in the house, which was to be sold at
5 cents per vote. The first cake, was
put up, and the balloting begun for
the most popular young lady: Sever
al young ladies were entered in the
race, but after the second ballot, all
retired from tie race, except two.
The race between these was very ex-
citing. The young men spent their
money freely: Miss Fannie Liliard,
Of Middleton, came out victorious; she
received the cake, by 100 votes ma
jority. Fho cake brought forty two
dollars. For the gaost popular young
man, Mr. T. W. Terry, received the
second cake. The net proceeds were
seventy dollars.
The entertainment was a perfect
the night was lovely, and the
young people engaged mostly in de-
lightful moonlight promenades, which,
e $500. ~,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.
CLOVER CREEK,

july 18th, 1881.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures the
hot weather every thing moved lively
us usual. Farmers are about through
with their work and are now ready to
take part in the important events
that are about to occur in our county.
There is very little sickness in the
neigh borhood at this time It was my
good fortune to be present yesterday
at the wedding Of Mr.. William Pyle
and Miss Martha Tate, which occurred
at the residence of the brides father,
Esquire r. w. Tate After the ccre-
mony had been personnel by Esquire
Vernon, who, by the way, was not so
badly scared us some might think, all
repaired to the house of Mr.. james
Pyle, where 4 hountifuI dinner of ev-
cry thing that WAS good had been pre-
pared. After dinner dancing begun,
and was kept UP until late hour in
TIE evening. Several other weddings
are expected rs soon as the hot wealth
er is over. Protracted meeting are
soon to commence. We have several
young preachers among us that we ex-
pect to put on special duty this season.
Foremost among them may he men
toned, w. w. Evans, who has al
ready preached several able sermons,
We speak for Mr.. Evans a brilliant
future. We look on him rs being a
man Of the strictest integrity, and Of
the puTest motives. Indeed l think
he musa have been the little boy that
owned the ~haichet." Now, Mr.. Ed
itor, / must Close. as company has
come an and want to hear the news,
go that [ maybe able keep you in
formed Of what is going on. L sub
scribe myself, Friead,
GEO. BRADFORD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
The Printar,e ADneaI.

His coat was threadbare, and he
wo.e the usual signs Of distress. A
time-wOrn plug hat ornamented his
beautiful countenance, and a linen
dustor with a fire-sccne painted on the
back of it, to make him feel comfort
able last winter, ne suppose, consti-
tuted the chief part of his wardrobe.
He stood a moment in the door re-
yering, when lie spoke:
"How's labor?'
Hes just gone out with capital to
take drink"
"Ha, ha! well, now, that is CAPT
tai joke, to be sure. Do you often get
that way?"
"Only semi-occasionally.'
That's better. Can't you give me
4 little personal in your paper, to let
tho boys know I'm coming south? I've
been living on compressed air and
bluckberries since | struck the Tennes-
see line"
"Why, how was that? You surely
don't mean to insinuate you have
been walking in all this hot weather.
"Walk? No; I had hickory ticket.
Flows thatf''
81 got off whenever a tram came
along"
you'll pass. What is your name?"
PATSY Bolivar. Pm a sober, steady
printer, but am out of luck. Can't
you donate fifty cents to get me a
squsre meal? and I'll show you Pm
aboYe abusing confidence"
We looked at his red mustache,
which was lighter, but not brighter
red than his face, and came to the
conclusion that be was a "bad los, +"
but gave him the desired half dollar.
After profuse thanks, he made for the
door, with the stride Of a Colonel in
the Guards, and reminded us, as he
went, Of stray letter from a font Of
nine-line Paragon condensed. He
made for a saloon. hungry and 4CSkeu
down rs he was, and
On coming from our dinner
We obscryed that hardened sinner
Beastly drunk
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
OF the Bolivar Theatre on
Monday hight, July
18th.
Grand Opening Of the Hand
some Structure--Nearly
500 Persons Witness
the First Perform
apcG.
San Honr IN Fairy Land '--A Cantata--
''Rcd Riding HOOd"--An 0per-
etta--Takleaux FiYant--A
Beautiful Scene.

Undey the active leadership of DR..
Hugh Tate a stock company was re-
Gently organized to build town Hail
in Bolivar. The enterprise of these
gentlemen is now seen in a double
store block on the east side OF the
public square and over the stores is a
large and beautiful Hall, well lighted
and ventilated, while the stage is the
full width Of the Hail and furnished
with All ample quantity of most appro-
pirate scenery. The building ard its
appurtenanccs are a credit TO the cul-
turc of the community and supplies a
long-felt need of the town.
On Monday evening, Miss Eddie
Fentress, assisted by Mrs John Polk
Mrs. j. j. Dupuy, and Mrs. a. T
McNeal, formally opened the Hall,
by presenting to a crowded audience
Of Bolivar's young and matured worth,
that beautiful Cantata, can Hour in
Fairy Land, and cred Riding Hood 4"
an opera:ta. Under the persevering
and intelligent direction Of Miss Eddie
Fentrcss, the literary and musical i'm
presentations in the acts were execu
ted in a most attractive and exquisite
manner. The young people, in Their
characters, did splendidly, and We
must be pardoned for not mentioning
all. Miss Irene McNcal, as Queen,
and Stonewall Black, as King, deserve
special mention for naturalness and
excellence Of rendition. That little
mite, Kitty Newbern, was u perfect
success as Cupid Little Miss Allie
Starkc, five year old beauty,
danced the Highland Fling, TO the
delight of all. Mrs. A. Il
McNeal presided ut the organ, and her
taste was exhibited in many choice Sc
lcctlons. Bolivar's home talent was
fully utilized on this OCCASION and will
be equal to any demand in the future.
All present were delighted with the
programme and were pleased beyond
expression. The Bolivar BRASS Band
discouIsed fac music. SO popular
WAS the performance that the mama
gers gave repetition on Tuesday eve.
The hall was we'll filled, the same
programme with some additions WAS
and those present were more
lavish of praise than on the previous
evening. I hus passed an interesting
era in the history of Bolivar. We
have now representative town Hall.
The total receipts amount to 8167 co.
In conclusion we must say we
utter the unanimous verdict of the
that Miss Eddie Fentress,
MS manager of these entertainments,
deserves special thanks for her persis-
tent and skillful leadership which con-
tributed SO largely to the success of
these pleasing entertainments.
SPECIAL REPoRTER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
ACID DRINKS AND uIRsUTE FACES.

1t has not been very long 3Ir. Editor,
! since had to haul the BULLETIN over the
Goals for melting the Boys about town te
ask me question. About a regiment of
them asked that question about a regiment
of times. At length it became old to the
boys and they settled down to the more CON
genial occupation Of whiting goods boxes
and chairs, or throwing and catching balls,
then i had little. peace. But in the Bull
LETIN Of last week yvu again "sic" them
on me. shall not, however, impale you
for this rashness, since you simply echoed
the sound from grocery store over the
say. Now this store is run by tho senior
and junior partners in person, assisted often
hy an ubiquitous parsonage who answers
to the cognomon of Bob, who sometimes,
also entangles poor sinners in his Webb.
The junior partner of this concern. like
Sampson of oh had his flowing locks clip
ped quite close sometime since and while
his hair was short he was a harmless and
good 10Y, bu: As it grew to It's normal pro-
portions his strength also grew. But his
feats Of strength arc illustrated more by
brains than muscle; for with the aid of a
little vinegar, he makes sour joke sweet
one.
1 think, Mr. Editor, that things have
come to q pretty pass when poor unso-
phisticated countryman can't go into store
and taste little vinegar Just to see if it is
good 'thout having his name put in the
papers.
now dismiss the acid part of my sub
jcct and devote few lines to hirsute faces
The wearing OF beard is Il masculine insti-
tuition, the origin of which is Lost in the
lapse Of ages, and the ''cut" of the beard
was and still is, Of many fashions. Just
now, the prevailing style in Bolivar is va
rions especially among the widowers. There
are few Of this unbalanced class, who al
the opening 81 tho summer beard season
had a full beard but it has grown each
week, not beautifully less, but smaller by
degrees, until now they have scarcely
enough beard to swear by. viii, Of buggy
fame, has Il little island on his chin about
IS big as a quarter, but that, like the comet,
will soon DC oHt of sight There's Bo; of
police notoriety is attacking his beard on
both fIanks. lie will leave d const line,
however, running cast,cc,rd. There is an
other old chap belonging to this unlorlu-
nate class Of lonely mortals, about whom
want to say something 80 bad don't know
what to do, but PM scared to-" cause lie
said the fellow that did would wish he'd
died when he was little. He has not yet
opened campaign on the plains Of Venus, |
but is closely watching tor an opportunity
to capture some OF the "outposts."
In conclusion, hope that bright eyes
viii beam upon those to whom l have al
luded, ;hat sweet smIles shall reward their
abors, and may their beaFls be long in
turning gray, and may they win, not emily
the heart, but the hsnd Of the fair dis
turber of their peace. JOSH.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
PERSONAL.

Esquire Thomas Polk and lady of
New Castle were in town this week.
John Hardin, Esq, of SomerviIle,. is
attending Circuit Court.
Mr. John r. Goodwin, one of the
leading and most influential merchants
of Memphis, was IN town this week,
visiting his daughter Mrs. John Polk
He is deservedly one Of the solid men
of the Bluff City.
The venerable and respected Capt.
J. L. Bo5son, of Pocahontas, attended
court.
Judge Flippin is holding term Of
the Circuit Court. He is one OF the
most efficient and popular Judges in
the State.
II NJ. Hii, Esq, and family of
Memphis, are sojourning at Dnulaps
Springs.
DR.. r, NJ. Bostwick, Of Salisbury,
is attending Cou-t. Glad to see him.
Mr.. Sam Kahn, of the Junction Mt
tended the Cantata.
Rev. Or. Lee is off or a trip in the
interest of St. James Hall.
Prof. G. p Hudson has accepted
the Principulship Of the Toms Acade-
my. Mr.. Hudson is Il capable and
conscientious teacher and successfully
conducted the Bolivar school last
session. lie is most faithful and per-
sistent in his school work.
Miss Tillio Frank, Jewcss belle, Of
Memphis, Is visiting the f;tnGily OF MF.
Jake Kahn.
Miss McLeary, Of Texas, is on a
visit to relatives IN town.
Miss Fannie Norment, of Dancey-
Vile, is visiting the family Of AIR. Jesse
Norment.
Mrs. Starke and her interesting
daughter Alice, of Memphis, are sum
mering i'll Bolivar.
Mrs. James H. Garrett and her mo-
ther Mrs. Fannie Smith, OF Pocahon-
tas are on a visit to Bolivar relatives.
Miss Mary Smith has returned
home for the summer. She has had
large SUCCESS rs q teacher near Den
mark.
w. NJ. Oakley, a popular young
merchant of Pocahontas, Is in tIwn.
Mrs. DR.. Hammer, of Jackson, is in
town.
Miss Fannie Caldwell, of Jackson,
has returned.
Misses Lula and Lee Normeut, of.
Whiteyillc, are visiting relatives in
town.
Prof Price, of the Junction, was ID
town this week.
7. r. Boyle, Esq, prominent
young member of the Memphis bar, is
visiting the Polk place. near New
Castle.
We are glad to learn that Mrs. j.
\. Lee, who has been absent for sew
eral months, is improving in health
and is soon to be home.
Mrs. Ruth S. Baldwin, the lady
principal at St. James Hall, left last
Friday for a visit to her daughter,
Mrs F. K. Brooke, Piqua, Ohio, the
small John Lee, son Of the Doctor,
accompanying her. She will return
by September.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-21
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