American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-10-30
SS}(istelIaneous,
JCUEThLZSM,
THE TRIPOD IN TENNESSEE.

| was told by the physician that a
Southern climate would improve my
health, and SO | went down to Ten
nessee and got a berth on The Morn
ing Glory and Johnson County War
NhOop as associate editor. When |
went on duty | found the chief edit
or sitting tilted back in il three leg
ged chair with his feet Oh pine ta-
bic. There was another pine table
in the room, and another afflicted
chair, and both were half hnried un-
der newspapers and scraps and
sheets of manuscript. There was a
wooden box OF sand. sprinkIed with
cigar stubs and s!old soldiers" and
stove with the door hanging by its
upper hinge. The chief editor had a
lung-tailed black cloth frocli coat on,
and white linen pants. His boots
were small and neatly hiacked. He
wore a rui1lcd shirt, Il large seal ring,
standing collar of obsolete pattern
and a checked handkerchief with the
ends hanging down. Date of cos
tune about 1913. He was smoking
Il cigar and trying to think of Il word
d And i'll trying t" think of word
land in paving his hair for it, lie had
;lrumpled his locks good deal. He
was scowlIug feariully, and | judget
he was eOncocting a particularly
knotty editorial. lie told me to taxi
the exchanges and skim through
them and write up the esprit of tlN
Tennessee Press" c0ndensing int,
7 the article all of their contents tina
seemed of interest.
| wrote as follows:
esprit OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
G THE editor of the Semi Week.
. Earthquake evidently labOrs under
{ misapprehensinn with regard to TIL
Ballyhack railroad. 1t is not tn
: object of the company to leave Buz
tzardville off to one side. On til
contrary they consider it one of th
:, most important points along the line
\. Pd consequently can have no desir
y slight it. The gentlemen of th
On, 'TthqHGhe will OF course take plea.
or oT- u in making the correction.
ate at; }hn w. Blossom, Esq, the abb
.es, e04r Of the Higgiissvile THunde
sRs iRs Oo'ad Battle Cry Of F,c"doW, Al
tes- rlVtin the city yesterday. lie
,r.. stopng at the Van Buren, House.
dis Wehserve that our cOtcmpOrar
Rs, OF thHud Springs Morning H0d
has fan into the error of supposin
hat delection ofVan Vert is II,
an estaished fact, but he will ha,
discOvel his mistake before til
N reminde reartes him. no doub
III He was vbtless msled by incou
plete eleton returns
* 1t is pls mt to noe thar the eli
80 of Blath2ville is eideavorinm
Fi''d contract VIII some New York pe
~. tlemcn to I'VE it's well,ish imnass
ality BILE streets It'll the Nicholson nav
: : i,as ac, ment. Buttis difficult to acco,
mt to pIish desil like this ince Ne,
and phis got snHsNpw Yorkrs to do
!. per per like service foher and then declin,
and to pay for it. However he Dq
yillr,s thd@ HWrdh still unes the mpaNre VI
'oscns ability. ahd seeaS confident of IL
thrive mate success.
We are paineoto learn tht
err In Bascom, chief cGtor of the DG
\ Sh lex for Liberty,iell i'll the shet
"A few evenings since md broke hS
53 He has lately been suffering with
- biity, caused by over work and
- iety on account of sickness i'm
.r,,,n family, and it is supposed tina
ia nted from the eXertion of wal
Or 81. too much in the sun"
IpasSed my man Iscript ovt
the chief editor for acceptance,
POT, alton or destruction. He CLAN,
, Ed. it and his face clouded. He IA
if'SSn' eye down the pages. ANA his
tenance grew portentous.
z, easy to see that something
L Co. wrong. Presently he sprang |
ID Gas said:
Thunder and Lightning