The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-12-23

W. -. 'DI'A IiSIN, I-ultoFs
.Picdged TO no Party's arbitrary sway,
We DlIow Truth wherc'er she leads The way
The suggestions made In the Home
Journal a few weeks since, in regart
10 carrying the Winchester and Ala
Railroad through TO the Tennessee,
River, seem to meet with general ia
vor from those whose favor is q certain
guarantee Of success. The Faycttc
Vile papers are greatly in favor Of i
and the Huntsville Independent. after
copying the remarks Of the Home
Journal, adds:
ave are pleased to see this step Ia
ken by The company. We, too, think
it an ~"elort in the right direction
and that Col. Francis is the proper
person to undertake the labor Of rails.
ing the necessary means; for he has
from the very first been identified with
the enterprise, and, if we mistake not,
was II leader ia the organization, and
The first President Of the company
We trustthe people OF Madison county
New Madison espccialIy--wiIl lay
10 a helping hand, and assist the Col.
an his Iabors. Success to the enter
prise"
Don't let the thing suffer from mat
t%cntion, or, silence. Press it upon the
minds Of the people until it is compile
ted. Undoubtedly, the Winchester and
Alabama Railroad is destined to be
one Of the most important Railroads,
in the South, and this effort is the very
one, if not the onl,. to make it 50.
NAsnvlLLE& CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD.
The Murireesboro Telegraph ofycs-
tcrday has the following in regard to
the recent meeting of stockholders in
that place:
Resolutions were adopted at this
meeting, providing that the President,
Directors and Superintendent shall
take no contracts on the road and that
hereafter the regular meetings Of the
stockholders shall take place one day
previous to the day Of election, and be
continued on that day if necessary;
and that the Directors make their an
nual report On the day previous TO the
election. A resolution was also adOp-
ted appointing "a Committee to i%nvcsti-
gate the management Of the Road.
The meeting was large, and much
interest manifested. There were two
tickets for Directors, and the contest
was close.
There appears to be much dissalis-
faction concerning the management Of
the road.
There is one thing, however, which
we are glad to witness, that is, that
The stockholders have become wide
awake TO their interests, and are de-
lcrmincd to see and inquire into the
management Of the Road,
Brownlow, Of Knoxville, in the last
issue ofhis paper, after alluding to the
mud and slop that followed the recent
rains in his town, lets out "A very good
suggestion to the ladies, some of whom
he witnessed on the streets after the
rains, and whose skirts, we arc left to
infer, were too low to keep cut of the
mud. He says;
fright here We wish to put in a pro-
test against n certain custom which,
The ladies', we know, will say, is none
OF our business, but we make the sug-
grt,ion, nevertheless, dear ladies'
We arc confident that our town has
not yet become so citiiicd as to require
strcctAwcepcrs, md especially at the
present time. For nothing is SO disu.
grccablc TO us, as to sec II mud bcspat-
tered and wet and dirty lot of dry
goods hanging around a pretty pair Of
ankles our Observation-Disclosures is in.
supportablc-and certainly it must be
anything but pleasant to the wcarcr
A sly hint,--would it not be better to
wear the dress higher on I. 9 neck, and
not quite so low down at tiV other end.
This false mOdesty that gets so awful.
y shocked at the sight OF Il pretty foot,
would go into ~estacics ut the disgust.
ng display of those charms, which ev-
Try sensible lady should blush and
,ringc when exposed to the gaze ofthc
lcartlcss libertine. As to us, we
would rather see the foot, than so low
down on the neck, and so would any ,
sensible, high-mindcd man. I
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