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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
To lie Front.

The contest in 1910 was between
the office holders and the people.
1t will be, if the voice of the press
of the country be potent for any
great result, the same contest, with
the same forces injected into it, in
1872 "Tax payers to the front,
otice-holders 10 the rear" Such,
it seems just now, will be the slo
gan of the victorious party-the
resisuess people-in 1872. In any
event. t,.such is the only possible in-
ference from the signs of the times.
So says an exchange, supposed to
be we'll posted.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
lie did not Marty.

This auecdote OF John Ran iolph
IS related by writer IN a Virginia
paper :-'.An old man told me that
he iFed near the residence of Miss.
----, to whom it was said that
Mr. Randolph was engaged to be
married. On cue occasion he had
been at her residence a short time
and left; and as il was said that
the marriage would take place
shortly, he thought he would go
and inquire OF the Old lady. She
said Dir. Randolph had left . great
haste, and told him to go and see
where, in his hurry. he had cut the
reins OF bis bride instead Of unity
ing them. 1t appears that it was
proposed that he shouId make a
marriage settlement whereupon
he said ''It is not my purpose to
purchase. When | desire to pur.
chase | shall 90 to the cheapest
market-I shall 20 to Africa"
With this remurk he teft the house,
went to where his horse was tied,
cut the reins and Immediately de-
parted. -.rs. .tt.asa
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Never Takes Papers.

He was in toEn last week -the
old teilew who never did take the
doggoped papers; he kums down
about two times in a coou's age.
and brings the old woman and the
flax heads in a squeakihg OK wag
on. He boilers for Andy Jackson,
He sits at the corner Of the court
yard, aud eats his second h. nd
Johnny cake and drinks water.
The brats cry for more, but his
corn's all turned to nubbins, and
meal in his parts is mighty scarce.
He darns all the railroads because
they don't make bis patch rai-e
bigger corn. His "a look at ali
the Ens in town, then they help
the old man pat on hi husk cot
lars and hitch the old br.tcnin'.
and away they go tor the rural
home.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Two DOLLARS A YEAR.
PafronIze Home Iadustry.

a E
/ We take the following ell-timed
and sensible article from a late
Knoxville Chronicle:
1t seems, hard for Southern peo-
| pie TO realize that better, or even as
good, articles may be manufactured
at home as at the North or in Eu-
rope. With our - rolling mills,
foundries, boot and shoe manufacto-
riess &c, at home, We, nevertheless,
go abroad to purchase our supplies
Of these articles, to great extent.
Take Eastern Tennessee for. exam
pie. With our mountains full of
iron and coal, we are using North
ern stoves, Northern plows, North
ern wagons, Northern farming i'm
plements of every description.
Most of these articles are now or
have been manufactured among us,
but what encouragement have we
given them How many .mer-
chants in East Tennessee bay their
shoes and boots. their broom !. fhefl
saddles and brides, their nails,
their iron, their stoves or their
plOws from home manufacturers
We are aware that a great many of
them do, but not all by any means
Thousands of dollars are sent out
from here every month of the year
to pay for goods which we ought |
TO manufacture at home. No won
der that men complain Of hard /
times. Who suPposcs that we will |
ever have plenty Of money SO long /
as We send every surplus dollar /
that we can gather, to New England |
or to Earope? The only wonder
IL, that we have not bankrupted /
ourselves long ago. Oar policy |
forces a continual drain upon the /
country. We appeal to capitalists !
to come and assist Us in developing
our natural resources, while We are
fooIishly throwing away what ca pi- .
tai we have. Never Will we pros
per a we might, until We assist /
each other, by bnilding up the diff
ferent classes Of Industry at home,
and Improve our condition, ty
using what capital We have instead /
Of THROWING it into the hands OF /
others less needy than ourselves.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Drinking Water.

The Scientific American says
IF we would establish the habit OF
drinking water freely in the morn
ing, soon after rising, commencing
with small quantities, increasing
gradually as we learn to relish it,
until the chief portion taken du-
ring the day is before breakfast,
it will promote the health to much
greater extent than it ordinarily
does, eradicate disease from the
system. and become a most decided
luxury in time.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Butter without Chnrnfng.

The Union and American of 18Th
inst, says; Specimens OF rich and
most excellent butter made by Mrs.
Jeff Hyde, of Davidson county,
without the tedious and laborious
process of churning, were yester-
day to be seen at the offices of Jus
tioes CassetIy and Everett. We
have no idea what is the process
for making butter without the aid
Of churns, but learn that Mrs.
Hyde will take pleasure in instr uct-
ing any persons desiring iDf)rma,
ton on the subject. In view of
the superior quality of the bntter
made by this new process, we hope
that Mrs. Hyde will apply for a
patent, and that the new mode of
making the article may soon come
into general use
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Advantages of Being a Woman.

A woman says what she chooses
without being Knocked down for
1t. She can take q snoaze after din
ner while her husband goes out TO
work She can 70 out in The street
without being asked to stand tire t
at the saloon. She can stay at
home in time Of war, and get mar
ricd again if her husband gets kill.
ed. She can wear a corset if too
thick, and other fxings if too thin.
She can get divorced from her has
band, if she sees one She likes bet
ter. She can get her husband in
debt all over until he warns the
pGbiic not to trust her on his ac-
count. But all these advantages
are balanced by the great fact that
she cannot sing bass, go sparkling,
or climb tree with any degree Of
propriety.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Love Best Of All blessings.

A woman may be surrounded BY
all the Iuxurics that money can buy,
and have the fawning friendship Of
people whose smiles only 1.-Two in
prosperity; bnt if she feels herself
unloved and aIore to her heart, the
crown jewel in her diadem of hap
piness is lost, things lose their val
Ne, and life becomes insufferably
monotonous. The honest, tender
love of two brave hearts who have
started out, and are struggling to
get a home for their little ones,
and money enough to feed cIothe
and educate them, make life thous-
and times more attractive and in
spiring.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
She Wouldn't Marry a Mechanic.

a young man commenced visit
ing young woman, and appeared
to be well pleased One evening
he called when it was quite late,
which led the young lady to IN
qLire where he had been.
Il had to work tonight"
"What, do you work for liv-
ing?' she inquired in astonish
ment.
Certainly" replied the young
man, Il am a mechanic"
Il dislike the name of a me-
chanic,' and she turned up her
pretty nose
That was the last time the yonng
man visited that young lady. Heis
now a w ealtby man, and has one OF
the best women in the country for
wife. s..
The lady who disliked the name
Of a mechanic is now the wife of a
miserable fool, a regular vagrant
about erog shops and the miserable
girl is Obliged to take in washing
in order TO support herself and
children. l.- $50. a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Masonry, Meth0dIsts ana Chickens.

Bishop M' 4yeire in his Arkansas
correspondenceswfth the Western
Methodist altadlng Incidentally to
Masonry, says. a7
Masonryis is noteworthy feature
of Arkansas It is a power. The
best class OF men are attacbed to
it. think the "aneient order"
more prevalent here than l have
seen it anywhere else. Our preach
ers, all, seem to belong to it. And
hereby hangs a tale, A few years
ago, going into Sequatcbie Valley,
or. the Tennessee river, to hold q
District Conference, on entering
the Valley, beautiful in it's geogra-
ply as in its name, noticed that
the fowls tarried till late in the
morning on their roosts, and here
and there .ane could be seen lying
dead On a stable or out house.
1he cnolera or some other disease
vas aRang tbeta Wheren1ona n
my mind, took two resolutions
l. To eat no chicken that trip, 2.
To keep the reason to myself A
friend happened to ask if l was q
Mason. | was not. Why" in
quired he, "don't like them p He
was informed that l liked them
much, and bad no objections to the
order. but l was a Methodist, and
that took all my time, and gave an
opportunity for all the good [ could
do. By and by we set down to
dinner, and my host offered stewed
aud baked chicken, which l steadi-
~ declined. We /" beexclaimed,
knife and fork, and bold
ing up his hands, L see what (
oover expected in this worlds
Methodist preacher that amt q
Mason and d0n't eat chicken"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Rising in the worid.

4 EFE 81 IL
Yon should bear constantly il
mind that nine-tenths Of us are
from the very nature and necessit y
Of the world, born to earn oul
livelihood by the sweat Of our brow
What reason have we, then. 20, pre-
sume that our children are Bot
born to do the same2 If they be
-as now and then one will be en-.
dowed with extraordinary powers
ofmind, those powers may have an
opportunity, of developing them
selves; and if they never have that
opportunity the harm is not very
great to US or TO them.
Nor does it hence follow that
the descendants of laboFers are al
ways to be .aborers. The path up
ward is steep and long, to be sure.
Industry, care, skill, and excellence
in the present parents lay the
tonndatien of rise land, by and BY,
the DESCENDANTS Of the present
iaborer become gentlemen.
This is the natural progress. Il
is by attempting to reach the top
at d single leap that so much misery
Is produced in the world and the
propensity to make such attempts
has been cherished and encouraged
by the strange projects that we
have witnessed Of late years, for
making the laborer virtuous and
happy by giving him what is call
ed education. The education |
speak OF consists in bringing up
children to labor with steadiness,
and with skill, to show them how
to do as many useful things as pos
sible, to teach them how to do them
all in the best manner; to set them
an example of in dustry, FobrietY,
cleanliness and neatness to make
all these things habitual to them,
so that they shall never be liable to
fall into the contrary practices TO
let them always see good living
proceeding from labor, and thus 10
remove from them the temptation
to get at the goods Of Others by
violence or fraudulent means and
10 keep lar from their minds all
the inducements to hypocrisy and
deceit.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Very True.

How much would neigh bors rise
in value, and how much would
neighbo rise in beauty, if all
should lay aside habits of criticism
and neigherhood scandal, and petty
feuds, and ridicule +! And if men
should study the things that make
for peace, and the things that make
for happiness, every body trying
to make everybody else happy,
what revolution there would be
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Opposition 10 Grant.

The Hcrald's " ashington special
says that Senator Sumner, who is
reported as asserting to Grants re-
election in the article which put
Senator Trum bull in the same posi-
ton, takes no care to conceal his
aversion to the denomination of
the President, and avows himself
as ia favor of the Presidents de-
feat. Ameng the other RepubIi-
can Senators opposed TO the Ad-
ministration are Ferry, of Connec-
ticut; Hamilton, Logan, Spencer,
Sawyer, Sohurz, Sprague, Upton,
West and Fenton and even mon
like Anthony would not stand back
if there was fair chance for an
earthq uake. In the House the
standing of the members is more
uncertain. Farnsworth's position
Is easily understood; butt is i'm
possible to estimate at this early
day how many Representatives.
would take sides with Farnsworth
in grand movement against the
White House. .#I
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Good Move.

Senator Trumbull has submitted
to the Senate an important resoIu-
ton, raising a joint committee of
the two Houses to thoroughly over
haul the civil service of the Gov
ernment, to see where expenditures
can be reduced, what offices abol-
ished, how the use of patronage for
political purposes can be done
away with, etc. 1t appears that
the administration Senators voted
this resolution down in The caucus
held last week 1t will probably
lead to an exciting debate in the
Senate. 1t is clear that the honest
elements in public enjoyment are,
without reference to party names,
coming together. The official cor
rupuons and rascalities of the day
are to be assailed by every man
who is himself honest. This is the
riII, but it may become the great
river. ..=.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

Dg What is there man cannot
save and improve ? By curbing
appetite and restraining passion,
by observing prudence and main
tanning regularity, be may save his
health, husband his strength, and
preserve the springs of life, as con-
stant foundations of energy and
happiness, to sustain and cherish
him under every labor and hard
ship. Time-the indolent might
make wealth of it-one ofthe hours
spent on trifes, saved and devoted
to improvement, is enough to make
an ignorant man wise in ten years
to brighten up and strengthen
faculties perishing with rustic
make life fruitful field, and death
harvest of glories. .4
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

dgrea- TIE latest London announce
ment is a nose machine, by
viii hemeIy noses arc pressed
into the most fashionable shapes,
according to the taste ofthe owner.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Petroleum.

The daily average production
of Tile Pennsylvania oil regions is
1864 barrels. The shipments Of
oil during last month amounted to
514 ,561 barrels. Four hundred
and seventy wells are now drilling,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
r If woman suffrage be p

BeA IF woman suffrage De per-
mftted it will be impossible to poll
the vote in one day. Pre- ference
will be, given. of course to the la
dies, They cannot vote without
talking with the judges and clerks,
and consuming the precious mo
ments. We are getting mad,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27
Insurance I0SseS.

The Underwater, for October,
very good authority on insurance
matters, estimates the losses Of in
surance companies by the Chicago
fire at one hundred millions of
dollars.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

sG A Louisiana engineer was
acquitted Of neglect in running
over man because "the grass grew
on the track SO high as to obscure
the person. 80 g
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

sg A contemporary, hearing
that Denver was about building a
sf6o,oO0 opera house, suggests that
italso hurry up and build city
around the house.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

U Whenever a member OF Con-
gress, in q general way, talks OF
fraud, be arouses the wrath of all
the Grant members. They seem
to feel themselves specially alluded
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

E The railway conductor is
supposed to be temperate, yet when
on the train he freely INDUCES in
the use of punch, especially the
the ticket punch = h "
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

~ A glass of whisky is manu-
factured from seventy grains of
corn, and sells for twenty cents
According to this estimate one ear
of corn. m axes five drinks-a busbel
in the liquid state, thus selling for
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

Ia A wite's love is The goldon
chain which, unites herite her hus-
band. 1t has Thousand links,
forged by sympathy, self respect
and mutual confidence sever but
one OF them and the chain is as cons
pletely broken as though a hundred
were destroyed. -4l
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

rG Senator aTrumbnlI says we
have the worst civil service in the
world. TrumbuI1 knows.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

sT The United States is said to
be indebted to the native Alaskians
for the production of a LIQUOR from
sugar of such, potency that it kills
in three weeks, s4ira.#ai st bra
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

@ An enterprising dentist in q
neighboring city advertises Get
your sweetheart a new set of teeth
as a Christmas present.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

We take the following we'll timed
and sensible article from a late
Knoxville Chronicle
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1871-12-27

PUBLISHED BY
l.. P. & G.. E. SPECK
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-30

MEssRs B. II. BENNETT q Son, sue
cessors to Bennett, Eldridge & Co., Gro
GERS, Burr's frame building, Chatham ST.,
wish to call the attention of the public to
the fact that they have on hand and are
constantly receiving large and well Sc
lected stock of Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Wooden, Stone and Earthen Ware, which
thew offer at the lowest possible living
prices.
Selling exclusively for CASH, they are
not obliged as others are, in fixing prices
to add certain per cent. for interest on
the money which must lie idle, and for
losses by bad debts, consequently they
are confident that their prices, the stock
through, will average from ten to fifteen
per cent. less than can be afforded by
those who pursue the credit system. No
pains will be spared by them to procure
the best quality of goods, and to keep on
hand at all times complete assortment.
Their Teas in quality are unsurpassed,
and are offered as low as it is possible to
sell good article.
A full line of Sugars at bottom prices.
COffces warranted to suit both in quality
and price.
In Syrups, Tobaccos, Table Cutlery,
Crockery, Glass Ware, and in short,
throughout the entire stock, they are sat
istied that they can offer special induce
ments to those who pay down for goods.
All are invited to call and examine
their stock. and to buy if suited, as they
do not wish to sell unless they can give
perfect satisfaction.
w8 Cash paid for Produce.
35.tf B. II. BENNETT & Son.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-30
California Cherries.

Uncle Ned is a character, gen
ius, philosopher. With all his
professed antipathy to everything
certain, he is occasionally surprised
into an acknowledgement of the mer-
its of something brought to his no
tice. 1t may be nothing more than
the cut of u garment, the speed of a
horse, the architectural beauty Of a
building, or the quality or size OF
some specimen of vegetable produc-
ton; but he Immediately qualities
his remarks with, "Oh, it does very
well for these regions-it wouldn't
be much i'll California, though"
We had some very fine large cher
ries on the table one day last sum-
mcr. After surveying them for a
moment, Uncle Ned remarked that
they beat anything he ever saw
and then there was short pause
"that is to say, around here"
"uncle Ned,' said /, "you never
saw cherry in California larger
than those"
"Well, perhaps ! didn't"
"Why," said l, show large arc
they in California, and how do they
sell thcm?"
"Wcll," he replied, with all the
gravity Of Judge, ''that depends
something, of course, upon the sea-
son Of the year. They vary in size
as well as in price. They Sell them
by the pound, and if you only want
a few pounds they generally charge
about twenty-five cents q pound; but
if you want whole cherry they'll
let you have it for about fifteen
cents 4 pound"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-30
The Laviathan Of Picklocks.

In 4 recent interesting article on
locks and keys in Chambers's Jour-
nal the writer says:
"Anothcr metropolitan mechanic,
Joseph Bramah, patented, in 1884,
lock containing a series of slides,
each of which has to be pressed
down to certain position, so as to
pass the lock-plate, before the bolt
could be moved. Although this in
vention was but the revival of an
ancient Chinese lock (referred to
above), it proved to be one of the
most successful and famous patents
in the history of the trade. The
lock attained the acme of its celebri-
ty during the great Exhibition of
1851; but it proved to be the pre-
sage of its sudden fall. Mr.. Bramah
had for many years exhibited alock
in his shop window at Piccadilly,
attached to which was the offer of
reward of two hundred guineas
for the invention of an instrument
to open it. Everybody remembers
how this boastful challenge was ac.
cepted by Hobbs, young American
mechanic, who had come over to
the Worlds Fair, and how, after
sixteen days of patient effort, he
succeeded in dispelling the fond
dream of an 'unpickable lock- This
astonishing feat was the great event
of the Exhibition, and it lifted
Hobbs into fame and established a
new and successful era in the pro-
duction of locks and keys"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-30
FRIDAY JUNE 80

this, it is certain that drinking in
business circles, if less alarming
among us than it was three years
ago, is still practiced upon scale
Of deplorable magnitude, and that
the evil calls for serious efforts to
restrain and extirpate it. 1t is a
favorite theory with many that pal
liatives are of doubtful service, and
ought not to be recommended. With
such thinkers, total abstinence is
the only proper cure. We, however,
ventured to think that the applica-
ton of more moderate treatment
may sometimes be not unproductive
of good. If, for example, business
men were to cultivate and encourage
the habit of refusing to take any
thing whatever OF an intoxicating
character. before dinner-supposing
the dinner hour be six o'clock or
later-it cannot be doubted an i'm
portant reform might be effected.
The adoption Of this suggestion, we
are persuaded, would bring benefits
which more sweeping and practical
remedies might altogether fail to
assure.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-30

escaped Cyclops from Vulcan's forge
onward and forward he goes through
heat and cold, darkness and sun
shine. Dark as the night may be,
with trcacherous waters beneath,
and bowling winds around, still he
does not stop, but drives on with
his precious charge.
Fol one, l love the railway engi-
neer-not for what he has, but for
what he is. He is not ashamed to
work, to do and to dare. When
duty calls he goes. OF wealth and
honor he dares not dream. To him
the door of promotion is almost
closed. More is due him than the
scanty wages he draws. The time
is coming when all will appreciate
the greatness ofthe railway engineer
more than now.