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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
Drilling Wheat,
Spirit of the Farm.

OplTIJ OF inc dTu.
In conversation not long since
with a Minnesota wheat-grower, he
said that the farmers of his state in
drilling their grain-and they seed
this way entirely-had found it
great advantage to run the rows
east and west, and gave as his rea-
son that the ridges thus formed by
the drill was a protection to the
wheat against ''Winter-freezing" to
a much greater extent than if the
rows were run north and south. He
said that the most killing cold to
wheat, and in fact to every thing in
his section, was the bitter, freezing
winds that blew from the north and
northeast, and that they had OBJ
served that wheat drilled at right
angles with the course of these
winds stood the winter much better
than If drilled so Jhe winds would
have a clear and unobstructed sweep
over the ground from the base TO
the top Of the ridge.
We notice that an exchange ad-
vocates drilling as advantageous
from another stand point that prob
ably affects us more than the first.
He says:
Leaving the ground ridged is no
mean aid to the crops. The only
protection which the wheat has dur
ing the winter is the snow. 1t would
be an ample protection were it a
one. But snow does
not lie throughout the winter, and
we must make the most of what we
have. The point then is to make
these ridges as effective as possible.
The way to accomplish this is to
have the ground fine and solid; and
it is in just such q seedbed as this
that wheat delights. Everything is
gained and nothing lost by plowing
the ground early, and then keeping
the harrow and roller at work until
every clod is reduced to a powder,
and the fine particles are forced
closely together. The more oppo-
sition the ground offers to the hoes
the higher will they throw in into
ridges, if fine; and the finer it is the
more uniform the ridges will be,and
the sooner will they become solid.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
bled thousands. thew smiled seraph-

bled thousands, they smiled seraph-
ically and slobbered; young men
were there in the pride of their
strength--besides what they had on.
AT 2 o'c'ock the pole, hickory
1928 feet long, began to hoist, and
the en- husiasm grew uncomfortable,
wild cheers split the blue vault
above until great chunks of it fell
cut. Men who had not bought
their wife a new bonnet in thirteen
years, fell on each others necks and
wept. When the pole was socked
int its proper position, the excite =
nent became so great that several
men were knocked down and
robbed. At one time it was thought
the town even would be pulled out
by the roots. When the pole came
10 be decorated, additional police
were appointed and the city park
was chained to jackson street. The
pole was draped in one of Mrs.
LOckwOod's favorite costumes. The
first installments were run up and
adjusted amid a deathly silence,
and it seemed at one time that the
liberties of the people would be pre-
served without the sacrifice of pre-
cious lives, but when the Du Foy
hustle was hitched on, and one Of
the whatyoucallit thing-um- -bObs
that women strap themselves up
with, attached to the pole, you
could have heard a gum-drop. But
that was only for an instant. The
next. delicate women beat down
merchants four cents on fall calico
and strong men were seen to borrow
a chew of tobacco and in their ex-
citement put the plug in their
pocket.
But the climax was reached when
pink Mother Hubbard sailed up
through the lambient atmosphere
and by a self-adjusting movement
got where it belonged. The scene
beggared all who had anything to,do
with it. Real estate fell 60 per cent.
in fifteen minutes, and debts were
paid which had been running since
before the war.
The committee on arrangements
deserve credit for the success of the
occasion and the low rate of NOR
tality. OREID BOLUs, ESQ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
Rows. Let IL Alone,

What had a young man better do
about the drink question? He had
better never taste nor touch it so
long as the world stands. He had
better talk against it, vote against
it, and cause his example and infu
ence to be all against it. He had
better not be wavering but settled,
have his mind made up and be rea-
dy to resist every temptation, and
SO not get into the mire on that
subject. A few glasses seals a mans
life on that question, a few bouts
with drinking companions changes
ones whole influence from positive
to negative, without his intending
it. 1t is better to be fixed on solid
foundations from the beginning.
Why? What are the strong reasons?
Because it is an expensive habit. 1t
eats up time and clothes and good
books. 1t swallows farms and fac
tories and whole business houses.
Saying the least, it puts a great
deal of money to the lowest and
poorest use, and robs one of better
things.
It is a destroyer of health, as well
as a master of time. 1t takes away
the elastic step and fine manhood,
and brings a man down as a viper
fastening on an eagle takes him out
of the sky, and at last he falls
wounded and dead. 1t leads into
bad company. 1t will never fail to
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
The Railroad Commission.

What should democrats who are
opposed to the railroad commission
do? There is but one course for
them to pursue, and that is to re-
fuse to vote for railroad commits
sioners. There are no offices TO fill,
and the election of Savage, Turley
and Gordon would merely be an en-
dorsement of their course, and of
the. sayings and doings of John
II. Savage. 1t might be considered
a declaration on the part of the peo
pie that their salaries should be
paid. Remember that John II. Saw
age and others were paid for fight
ing the new issue case, which they
lost, and which never did the state
any good. We suppose Wilson
and Vertrees, employed by the
railroad commissioners, will have to
be paid by the state and that will be
so much money thrown away.
The democracy of the state are op-
posed to the present railroad com
mission aud opposed to the present
railroad commissioners. If a new
law is to be enacted they wish new
men. How, then, can they show
this?
Let democratic tickets he placed
in every county emitting the names
of the railroad commissioners. Let
all who wish to vote for Savage,
Turley and Gordon write their
names. 1 have heard 1t estimated
that these men will run $4,000 votes
behind Gov. Bate. l do not know
whether that is so, but l am salts
fed that there are more demo
Gratis than even that who do not wish
them elected. In voting for Gov.
Bate we are not bound to endorse
his appointments nor to approve OF
everything he says and does.
A DEMOCRATIC VOTER.
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Five Rules fer the Farmer.

L am not a newspaper scribbler,
but after forty years experience as
a farmer, l claim the right to teach
what 1 know about it to those want
ing information. A few rules cover
the whole case.
1. Cultivate less ground and cult
vate it better.
2. To make crops a wet or dry
year it is necessary to break land as
deep with turning plow and sub
soil plow every year. The benefits
derived from this practice are two
fold. a. Your land will yield bet
ter; b. and will never wash.
3. Cultivate the land as near lev
ell as possible.
4. Never break the root of any
crop in cultivating it. Many far
mers annually rob themselves in
the last plowing of corn by cutting
the roots.
5. Select good help at a good
price, rather than a trifing, careless
fellow for his board.
j. A. CHAPMAN,
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Will be Showed Under.

The Savage organs set up to be
the simon pure democrats. The
leading tenet in true democracy is
free discussion of public matters.
There are tens.sof thoussn of peo-
pie in Tennessee who believe that
the railroad commission is a curse
to the state, and they say so. They
believe that the democratic party
made big blunder in arraying it
self against railroad construction.
The courts have set aside the pres
ent law as unconstitutional And
yet these sweet papers have no end
for their abuse of all who don't be-
lieve in their absurd, illegal com
mission. And they don't intend to
allow the railroads to open their
mouths to show our people their
side of the question, while their
great interests are assailed, and
Savage and his ignorant assistants
are trying to get hold of them and
manage them, when they know no
more about running a railroad than
three sucking pigs. Roads must
shut up, say nothing, print nothing,
but quietly submit. With them it
is all right to do all this, but no
free paper shall be allowed tc appeal
to the people-to the voters-to in
terfere with their sovereign power,
and put an end to this violation of
all rights which they, by their rep
resentatives, granted them. Thank
God, this is year that the press of
Tennessee will show the politicians
their power when addressing the
reason of the people. King Caucus
has heretofore done many great
things, and the people have submit
ted, but it has gone too far once,
and the commission will be showed
under so deep that it will be heard
of for the last time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

wealth like building of manufac-
tories and railroads. The one is
the necessary outgrowth of the 9th
er. The north and east have
grown wealthy with their manufac-
turing interests, at the expense of
the south. Year after year our
merchants leave for the eastern
cities to expend the money they
have taken in trade from our people
for goods manufactured there. Our
machinists, our jewelers., our furni-
ture men, our buggy, carriage and
wagon manufacturers have also gone
east for their wares. There is no
necessity for this. We have here
in our southland the raw material
in the mines, in the forests, or can
produce it from the soil, and why
not then have our own manufac-
lures here and keep our money at
home? Every manufacturing en-
terprise in a community is bless
ing. 1t requires laborers to run it,
they must eat, and the farmer has
demand for his products, and the
increase in value between the raw
material and the manufactured ar
ticle, instead of leaving the commu-
nifty, is kept at home.
Everywhere in the south that a
cotton mill is built there grows up
about it contented laborers, whose
steady employment gives them q
competent living. Every city or
section, too, that has extensively
gone into manufacturing at the
south is building up rapidly. Chat
tanooga in our state, Birmingham
in Alabama, and Atlanta in Georgia
are examples of what they will do
to develop cities.
Close upon the manufactures
follow railroad building, for they are
needed to carry the manufactures,
and in the case of iron ,manufacto-
ries they are indispensable to the
moving of the raw material before
it is ever manufactured into the va
rious articles of common use.
We are glad to see a spirit to de-
velop manufactures in entirely new
fields and new industries springing
up at the south. Several most i'm
portant railroad lines are already
projected, connecting our southern
systems with those of the north,
and which when built will give
US advantages in time, in prices of
freight and travel Do not let US
do anything that will keep back the
prosperity that the building ofman-
ufactorles and railroads will bring
to our section of the union.-J ack-
son Dispatch.
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The profits of the dry goods
trade in New York must be enor-
nous indeed, if the report that
the house of Arnold, Constable d.
Co. has been robbed Of 100000
in the last three Iyears by three of
of it's employees, Is true. The mem
bers of the firm have refused to Ell
ther prosecute the thieves or make
a statement of the facts, as they
say their financial standing has not
been injured and they do not care
for the free and unpleasant advertls-
ing publicity would bring. The
chief thief lived at the rate Of 500
600 perannum, but. that extravaganza
does not seem to have excited the
suspicious Of his employers in the
east.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
Live Fence Posts.

If wire fences are to come into
universal use there appears to be
no good reason why all of our out
lands should be surrounded
with line of trees a proper dis
tance apart to serve as posts; this
would save the expense of posts and
at the same time secure a perma-
nent fence. Around fields that are
to be plowed, there would be an OBJ
lection on account of the shade; but
around pastures there not only
seems to be no objection, but pos
tive advantage secured by the
shade which the trees would afford.
In setting trees for this purpose
care should be taken to set durable
trees, and also trees adapted to the
soil and the climate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
Train the Bows tc Business.


There is one element in the home
instruction Of our boys To which too
little attention has been given; and
that is the cultivation Of habits OF
punetuality, system, order and re-
sponsibility.
In many households boys lives
between twelve and seventeen wears
are generally the calmest of their
existence. Up in the morning inst
in season for breakfast; nothing to
do but to- start off early enough not
to be late; looking upon an errand
as taking so much time and memo
ry away from enjoyment; little
thought of personal appearance ex-
cept when reminded by mother To
'spruce up" a little; finding his
wardrobe always where mother puts
it, in fact, having dothing to do but
enjoy himself. Thus his life goes
on until school ends. Then he is
ready for business. Vain thought
at this point he perhaps meets his
first great struggle. Many times
during our business experience
have Witnessed failures caused by
the absence of a thorough home dis
cipline. How the boy without this
great advantage fails is thus fairly
described by the Scientific Ameri-
can:
He goes into an Office where eve
rything is system, order and precis
sion. He is expected to keep things
neat and orderly, sometimes kindle
fires or do errands-in short to be-
come a part of nicely regulated
machine, where everything moves
in systematic grooves and each one
is responsible for correctness in his
department, and where in place of
ministers to his comfort, he finds
taskmasters, more or less lenient to
be sure, and everything in marked
contrast to his previous life. In
many instances the change is too
great. Errors become very numer-
Gus; blunders overlooked at first,
get to be a matter of serious mo-
ment; then patience is overtasked,
and the boy is told that his services
are no longer needed. This is the
first blow, and sometimes he never
rallies from it. Then comes the
surprise of the parents, who too oft
en- never know the real cause, nor
where they have failed in the train
ing of their children.
What is wanted, is for every boy
to have something special to do; to
have some duty at a definite hour,
and to learn to watch for that time
to come; to be answerable for a GER
tain portion of the routine of the
household; to be trained to antici-
pate the time when he may enter
the ranks of business, and be forti
fed with habits of energy, accuracy
and application, often of more i'm
portance than superficial book
learning.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
Lockwood Pole Raising.

For the Sunday Journal.
TULLAHoMA, Oct. 7.-Tullahoma
was the scene of wild enthusiasm
last Saturday, the day appointed to
raise the Belva Lockwood pole.
At early dawn the people began
pouring into town, and by l o'clock
Lincoln was a solid mass of hu-
manity from the Female Seminary
to its western limits The roofs OF
the building on Lincoln and Allan
tic were covered, every available
space being occupied by the en-
thused populace. Old men who
have not voted since Andrew Jack
sons day were there, and as cheer
after cheer burst from the assem-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

Senator Joe Brown was born in
the Pickens district Of South Caro-
lima. He was very poor as young
man, and when the Cherokees were
driven from a part of Georgia, he
determined to go there to settle.
The story is that he had not enough
money to buy a horse and saddle,
but that he rode into the state on a
bull with bell on its neck. When
he got to the Savannah he had no
money to pay the ferry, and he bar
gained with the boatman to take
him across for the bulls bell. Bob
Toombs used to say that he wished
the blanked fatboat had gone to
the bottom and drowned Joe Brown
and his bell and his bull. 1t did
not, however, and Brown made
money and in time became gov
prnnr
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

1 have for several years advoca-
ted the planting of rows Of trees be-
tween fields where the land was in
permanent pasture, with the de-
sign for using them for live
fence fence-posts, and either at
taching wires or using them to sup
port panels of board. -Four years
ago I planted a row Of lucusts hfty
feet long, on the south side OF
pasture lot, and this summer hnd
them plenty large for either wire or
boards. 1 have stretched barbed
wire and stapled to them, and hnq
the trees strong enough, 30 that
could put all the pressure necesss
ru-Er
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
CLARKsvILLE DISTRICT.

--, Presldlng Elder: CIarks-
vile Station, I l. Moody: New Provi-
dence and Bethel, Z j Craig: Mont
gOmery, w Witcher and r w Bellany,
supernumerary, X z Gannaway, super
numerary; Palmyra, J b Anderson ;
Ashland City, o q Halliburton: REQ
River, w A Leath: Springfield, a r
Faris: Cedar Hill, J G Rice: Port Roy
al, G L Beale: Ashbury, II L Mcbride,
one to be supplied Salem Circuit, Q 4
Heriges: Antioch, b n Stephens: Sa-
line w q HeDSleV
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

find it's own kind of railers and ac-
cusers and swearers. 1t degrades q
good name and blights a fair life,
taking away hope and courage. 1t
disfigHres and defiles the man. An
old soaker is a hideous sight, but
he was a comely and clean young
man once. A sot is a wen on the
neck of society, scab on the body
polite, but he was a beautiful young
man to start with.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

JJ Conner, Presider Elder; Center
vile Station, E X Denton; Centerville
Circuit, II o Moore; Pinewood, to be
supplied Santa Fe, B H Johnson; Lib
erty Circuit, c 5 Gabard; Waverly, j
w Hensley Standing Rock, II 5 Led
better; Dover, Ewing NJ Berry: Erin
and Cumberland City, j h Lee and J
G HinsOn, upernumerary: White Oak
and Danville, Jas NJ Oakley: Yellow
creek. w p Hickman and w I Nesbitt,
supernumerary Dixon circuit, E w
White: White Bluff Mission, TO be sup
piled McEwen, Jno. n Handin: Duck
River to be supplied: Warner Mission,
j EiCOle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

When Gov. Cleveland said
''Tell the truth" it was a noble Ro-
man virtue. When Mr.. Blaine re-
quests the republican newspapers tc
publish the Mulhgan-Fisher letters
it is brazen effrontery. Thus it is
that independent consistency is pre-
served amid the conflict of the eter-
nal verities of politics.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
Farming for Pleasure.

Is there any other kind of bust
ness In which men may engage in
simply "for the fun of the thingw
Rich men do not engage in mining,
manufacturing simply for the pleas
ure. No one, perhaps, ever heard
of a man who had an abundance of
this worlds goods engaged in run
ming train of cars, ham
mering at an anvil, tending a saw
mill, laying brick or quarrying
stone for pleasure. They do not
think that they can obtain any en-
joyment in any of these occupations.
They leave them to persons who are
obliged to engage in them for the
purpose themselves and their fami-
lies. They engage in agriculture,
horticulture and stock raising with
expectation of having a good time,
and, from their own accounts, are
seldom disappointed.-Chicago
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

To BLEACH SHEETlNG.-Soak the
cloth twelve hours in soapsuds then
take for every twenty five yards of
sheeting a half pound of chloride of
lime and dissolve it in enough boil.
ing water to cover the cloth when
dipped into it. When the lime is
dissolved, strain the solution through
a cloth; then put the sheeting in
and STIR constantly for a half hour;
rinse well IN pure water; then boil
in strong suds and hang in the air
to dry. Flannel which has become
yellow, may be whitened by putting g
it for twenty-four hours in a solu-
ton Of hard soap water and ammo
mia. Use half pint of ammonia
to one pound of soap and one gal
lon of water.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

We have received from Col. Jno.
H. Savage his S5 page pamphlet in
which he attempts to show why he
"makes war on the railroads."
While advising the people not to
vote for what he calls railroad
lawyers" he has not explained how
it was that the railroad commission
of which he was a member discrim-
mated against the farmer and in
favor of Mr.. Cherry's penitentiary
products. The fact remains that
the commission in fixing a table of
rates leaned very decidedly to the
penitentlary ring. They, while pro-
Tossing great love for the people,
were prompt in drawing each $4,000
a year, and not forgetful TO bestow
great and substantial favors on Mr..
Cherry, the lessee of the penitentia-
ry and boss Of the Nashville World.
Fayetteville Observer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

1t is a curious fact that tornadoes
occur in the afternoon, A o'clock be-
ing called the tornado hour. They
move from southwest to north east
generally east about zoe north and
their lineal movement is ordinarily
from 80 to 40 miles an hour. Tor
nadoes occur on sultry days, or
when the temperature is very high
and the air is thoroughly saturated
with moisture. Tornadoes occur
when the electrical conditions are
high, or when the air highly charg-
ed with electricity.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23
SAVANNAH DISTRICT.

z A Sowell, Presiding Elder; Savan-
nah Station, LPowell; Swallow Bluff
Circuit, j 5 Carl; Savannah Mission, to
be supplied Ply burn Bluff Mission, to
be supplied; Bethel, L Meek; Waynes-
boro, to be supplied; FlatwoOds Mis-
sion, G w Mcbride; Linden, j S Cur
tbs; Lowryvile, r NJ Chennault; Way
land Springs, j G Gibson; Lawrence
burg, j c Roberts; Oakland Mission, j
w Rocker Laurell Hill Station, j w
Faires Summer Town, j r Harris, w
p Warren, supernumerary swan Mis-
sion, to he supplied; Hampshire and
Pisgah, NJ j Mabry; WilIiamsport, j G
ROltOO
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sHELBYvILLE DISTRICT.

j + Hughes, Presiding Elder; Shell
byville station, " X PEBBLES; Winches-
ter, j Curry Salem j g Myers; Elk
River, John f Beasley; Fayetteville
station, A 2 McFerrin; Fayetteville
Circuit, L II Woodward; CornersYille
and Lewisburg, j F TinnOn; Peters
burg, w Mcqueen; Lynch burg, ) j
Shasteen; Roseville, G w Cooke; Mace
donia, to be supplied; Medium and
Moore's Chapel, j b Funk Rich Valley,
) II Parks; Dryden Mission, B Gas
ton Lynchburg and Mulberry, j w
Bell; Marble Plains and Bethel, j
w Massey; Graham Springs Mis-
sion, to be supplied; Wartrace Station,
W II w likes; Mount Moriah, w i
Haggard,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

Some years ago preacher was
on his rounds in one of the Georgia
counties below here, and at the con
clusion of his sermon he called on
Brother Smith" to lead in prayer.
Imagine the surprise of the man of
God when fifteen men-all Smiths
fell on their knees and commenced
praying.-HaWkinsville News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-10-23

A hornets nest, which has been
deserted by the hornets, bound on
the throat with a piece of flannel
vii gaee the most malignant sore
thfoat.-Spirit.