The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-08-29

our face: vet, alas. we do begin 10 Zee
Just Il little old when we remember event
OF twenty years agonc. And we arc i''e'
ancholy to-day as we reflect thaC twenty
years to come will place us Dcyolu tl
.middle of that bridge of life IRON
whence one can so distinctly see the ZONE
of departed youth upon the one hand ant
the darkness of approaching age upon tn
other. Twenty years ago! We'll, we wer'
scarce halfway into our ''tcenS" at tina
time, and knew not that to treasure up II
.memOry's store the scene and clrcum'
stances Of the passing period would be Il
possess II knowledge not to be found, even
If YOU should pore Il lifetime over book
and public records. Topper has said tina
.'mcmory is wisdom" True, perhaps, bu
could he say that wisdom is happiness
Alas! how many II In this strange ant
inexplicablc mode of existence woulC
gladly blot out all memory Of the past
would give Il bolny welcome to obliviouS'
ness Of all agonc-would agree TO com
mcnce life again ifomly his will were law
All! how many would, if they could, bt
content to blot out the Past! because
{" What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more ard more remote
still. still pursucs. whcrc'cr we be
The blight OF liic-thG demon IhONght.'
Twenty years ago! How much mis-,
cry and joy, grief and gladness, and
hope and despair, kindness and cruelty,
lite and death, are embraced therein
What Il horrid tale our courts could tell II
all the scenes therein for twenty years
could be known. What volumes of wrong
would appear where %juries have rendered
opposite vGrdicts, and how many have
been condemned who were fair in the
SIGHT ofGod! And OH. the crimes and no.
bic deeds unknown to law! The heart
burnings, the family fcuds, the vain IN
bitten, the lircsidc shortcomings, the mis-
dcmcanors in church and state, in families
and in trade! And then, the silent, mod
est deeds of kindncss-all unknown save
to Him who knOweth Ill things!
All. well let all this 60! We want
ed only to Introduce a paper called "Wm-
chester independents" published in our
town in 1851. by Alex. r. Wigs, with
Geo. W. White as editor. Looking over
its columns we could not rcprcss some
thoughts akin to those we have written.
And when we reviewed its advertising
columns and read the names of so many
who have gone to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns" we could not
help a feeling of sadness. Still, 9s a relic
of irrevocable time, let us see the status of
Winchester at that time, in n business
sense:
VIM. Hill, Jos NJ. Mason, Al. GOssage,
VIM. Anderson, Robinson J.. Turner, l..
W. Gonce and Albert G.. Green were can
didates for Sheriff. John p. Wcddington
and Nathan Friz2eIl were candidates for
Circuit Court Clerk. For County Court
Clerk there were VIM. l." Handy, Charles
b. Turner, William G.Hkeith, James A..
SilvertOoth, William +. Taylor and VIM.
II. Niece. j. n. McCutheon, William
d. Mcneil and Jesse 4. Wallace were OPP
posing each other for the Office of Regis
ter; and for County Trustee there was on
~ one candidate-Willia Stewart, who,
has gone to the spirit land.
Then we read the advertisements of
merchants and business men generally.
John W. Custer kept a Livery Stable, and
his location was the same now occupied
by our friend Clarence Horne. S. A. 6 T..
j. LOckhart advertised Tin, Copper, and
Shcet-Iron Ware, and proposed to do gut
tcring and roofing, just as our Mayor, j..
+. Vaughan, and his partner, Tommie
Martin, propose to do, and their locations
are Just the same to this day. Grin Hill
was II blacksmith next to Clusters Livery
Stable. Coach Making was carried on by
ThOS. S. Logan. peace to his ashesD H..
Stone & Co., were Merchant Tailors and
kept on hand line cloths, cassimCrs. vest
ings, &c. j. W. Templeton and W. B..
Wagner had large supplies of Family Gro
ccries. Two drug stores were in full
blast, managed, respectively, by q. A.
Shook and Mcssrs. lloughton & Declerd.
j.. S. Kelly advertised a New Tailor
Shop" opposite Globe Tavern, in the
building occupied by G. W. White and DR..
McCutchcon. The legal profession was
represented by n. o. Green. Ben Dcclerd,
l., II;.1,,.,, q. (',Iy,r fn.aph ~ (a r.n r !
and Ross d White. DR.. JnO. II. Decierd
offered his professional services to the cit
liens of Winchester and vicinity In the
mercantile line there wcre-lct'S ee:-D.
& A. X. Brazclton, Harris & Williams.
Horton Il birmingham, C. G. Brewer, san
derS IL Henderson. III. Leonard u Co., n.
Il. Martin, Templeton Il Stewart, and
Crutcler d Tennison-more merchants
and more life than we have now, if one
should base his judgment upon a contrast
of these facts with the columns Of the
Home Journal. and pity It's so. Robinson
~ Hall advertised their Furniture Shop;
Rev. j.. G.. Biddle his Female Academy:
Z. C.. Graves offered $40 reward for large
dark bay horse estrayed, and p. |. Curlc,
administrator of VIM ]. Curle, deed, Of |
fered a large amount OF land for sale.
And we could 20 Oh to cnlimcratc what
was going on in Winchester the 10Th day
OF December, ISL. but cui bonOi Such an
enumeration would revive too many sad
memories even while it might interest
many who are strangers to those we have
mentioned. Nevertheless, a history Of
Winchester would be of great interest.
and it ia our intention to furnish one to
our readers very soon, doting back to ISL,