The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-07-20
AL SORTS.

"A bald-headed man says his hair
reminds him of a fool and his money.
Mr.. James Booker died in Lisbon
Falls Ne, recently, in the house in
which he and his wife had lived ever
s,nce the day Of their marriage, fifty
eight years ago.
The attent'o Of borrowers OF um-
brellas is called to the fact recorded in
Truth, of London, that man has re-
Gently been sentenced in England 90
eighteen months hard labor for stealing
an umbrella.
The wood of the sweet gum tree of
the South is beautifnl when properly
finished, but it has the atal defect of
warping, and nothing has yet been dis
covered 10 prevent it C0aricr-Jour-
ndLf
-.' Vod yer ask by der week for dose
roOmsP'' he said to the Seabright hotel
keeper. We got $40 day for one
person and S25 FOR two" said the Loni-
face. SOP exclaimed the apple ant;
"vell, doand dinks der seaside agrees
NIT my families und 20 by der mount
aims anyhow. "-HoLct Mail
The wife Of a man in Blair County.
Virginia, gave him her promise that she
would endeavor to carry out the terms of
his will, and after his death gave to tho
executors paper with similar agree
ment. Being notified that by this docu-
ment she had surrendered ~, 600 of her
dover she revoked her agreement and
brought suit for her third of the estate,
which was valued at $50, 600. A lower
and upper court have decided the case
in her favor.
An Allegheny Pa.) baker was set
ting of a "Roman candle" the other
night, and by his clumsiness betrayed
his ignorance of such pastime a wag
standing near him called out: Turn it
around" The poor baker, instead Of
turning the thing around i'm the way
meant possibly by the Joker, took hold
of the wrong end of the candle and
literally shot himself in the stomach
with such force that he retired in a
frameof mind anyt hing but patriotic.
"A man attired IN sailor costume
was before the court. He was penni-
less, and the Judge appointed counsel
for his defense The attorney upon
whom the duty fell spoke Of his client
as "a child of the sad sen waves, n
nursing of the storm, whom the pitiles5
pillows had east, "A fOriorn and friend
less waif upon the shore of time. after
a life spent in fierce and heroic contests
with the raging elements" The testi-
mony showed that the q child of Tn
sad sea waves" was the cook on a
canal-boat. Six months. n Brookiyn
Eagle.
"A California editor adyertises in his
own paper: II there is young man
in the United States who don't know
more than the Deity, and yet knows
enough to spell grasshOpperi who has
politeness enough about him not TO
smoke in the parlor nor spit on the
carpet; who dosen't get drunk more
than once a week; don't play cards ior
use cuss words, and Is willing 10 work
for moderate wages. with "a chance of
something better in the future, he can
find employment at this Office" Must
be advertising for ''devil. - Chieago
NeIo8.
An interesting event marking the
National anniversary was tho dedica-
ton At Providence, X. j., Of monu-
ment to certain French soldiers who
fought in the American army during
the Revolution. and whose zones lie
/ in the North burying ground IN that
4 city. The fact that nearly hundred
Of these soldiers, who had served under
I Rochambeau. were buried there, was
asccrtained by Rev. Frederick Denison.
I a Baptist clergyman, and an enthusiastic
student OF local history. Through
1 his cxcrtions popular subscription for
7 a monument was started, and Sufficient
funds were collected 60 secure the
memorial Boston Post,