The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-10-15

Mr., and Mrs. A. J. Keller, oil
Whiteville, visited their daughter,
Mrs. Dell Marsh, recently. While
here, accompanied by Mrs. Marsh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Keller visited the fam
lily of their brother, Mr.. Joe Keller.
Mr.. Frank Murdaugh, our accom-
modating school director, and his
wife visited relatives in our locality
some time since,
IT'S with a feeling of sadness
that we announce the death of Mrs.
Robert Pirtle, which occurred at her
home, some three or four miles dis
tant from Glen Hill, on the 9th of
September, of congestion. Death
is at all times sad reality, but in
this case tits unusually so. Mrs.
Pirtle's death was very sudden-she
was only taken with congestion on
Friday before she died the follow
ing Monday, Then, too, to make
this death still sadder, she was SO
young, being only about seventeen
years of age, and bride for two
brief, happy years. As for the
young husband in this, his hour of
trial, we would say we can only
point him to the One who says he
will be with US in the sixth trouble,
and in the seventh he will not for
sake us; and that elf we cast our
burden upon the Lord, he will sus-
tain u.s."
Wash Smith, of adjoining local
ity, is reported as very low with
congestion.
J. r. Black was in Bolivar re-
Gently.
Mr.. StarkeY, applicant for the
ToOne school, was in our midst last
Saturday night.
Quite a number from our commu
nifty attended the funeral of James
Cearley at Ebenezer the first Sab
bath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton spent the
day with their daughter, Mrs.
Brown, of Doris, Tenn, the 9th.
No serious sickness in our COM
munity that we know of, except
two badly-developed cases of "heart-
Sickness" for which there is alb
solutely no other cure than the
grand old tonic of reconciliation"
Mrs. Matte Marsh visited her
sister, Mrs. Rufin, recently.
Almost every night the 'possum
hunters are out in full force, and
the night air is made melodious
with gerry of hound and blare of
hunters horn" Though in view of
the fact of the continued dry wealth
er, the hunters generally return as
empty-handed as they started out.
Our farmers are making the most
of the bright weather and the ''hee
cy staple" is being rapidly gathered
in. Ere many more weeks, should
the bright weather continue, the
entire crop will have been gathered.
For the benefit of the gentleman
in the Salisbury neig hborhood, who
was SO anxious to hear from tie
Glen Hill contributor this week in
order to learn whether that world
renowned cattle buyer, Dell Marsh,
ever reached home with his cargo
of sheep or not, we will say that in
due course of time he did arrive III
the Glen Hill community, though
in a sadly dilapidated condition.
For, somewhere on the route home,
a willy old sheep played him trick
running between his feet, causing
him to lose his balance and pitch
forward on his elbows. Result, a
pair of badly barked elbows. What
ever became of the sheep We have
been unable to learn, neither has
Mr.. Marsh. Should those sheep
wander back to their 'snative land"
will some one in the community
please take care of them for their
owner until he is able to take the
bandages off his elbows, and knot
the size of dish pan off the top of
his head, caused by t'sheep kick?"
Last Saturday morning the five
year old daughter of Mrs. Umph-
reys, of our community, while sit
ting near the fire ignited her cloth
ing, and before her mother, who
was some distance from the house
doing her weekly washing, could
reach her, her clothing was entirely
burned off, and her little body
burned to crisp. Every time she
would move the charred skin would
rub off, which on falling to the
floor ratified like dry leaf. After
suffering untold agonies for about
ten hours, Der angel spirit returned
to the God who gave it. We have
seen many sad sights, but such an
other sight as the burned and black
ened body of that poor child we
hope never again to see.
Last Saturday night the Glen
Hill Literary Club was addressed
by Prof. J. r. Wyan, principal of
the Uptonville High School, on the
subject of education. The regular
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