Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-11-26
FROM UPPER EAST TENNESSEE.
Small POx in Sullivan COunty-Abundant
Crops of Every Kind-RaiIroad Projects
Political Gossip

ARCADIA, TENNESSEE,
! November %, 1872
| EDITORS CHRONICLE: The bleak days
| of November have to the people of Sulli-
van county, been unusually dark and
gloOm.y, from the fact, small poX, with all
its dreaded consequences, has haunted their
dreams at night, and chilled their pleas
ures by day. In some localities the wild
est CONSERVATION has prevailed, but we
think the storm of terrors and benumbing-
ness passed leaving an empty chair or two,
and few Scared faces to mark its pesti-
lential track. Bristol the pride of our coun-
ty, felt it's touch most severely; its very
heart was stricken, and though business
again revives, it will be long months, ere
it puts on its accustomed vigor in every
department of thorough business activity.
There has just been four reported cases in
the county, two of small poX and two of va
rioloid, that turn out to De real
ly so, as we are now informed, though a
thousand cases would not excuse Madame
Rumor's bulletin board and if people
died very easy of fright. this would ::be a
most excellent opening for a tomb stone
man. A dreary, lonely looking cabin,
guarded by a fellow armed with bludgeon,
stares every wretch in the face that COM
plains of pain in the knee, or even else
where. 1t would be dangerous for fellow
want to be quarantined.
The stagnation in the trading and traf-
ficikng business has caused people to look
more closely after their crops, and as a
consequence the beautiful snow" now
covering the ground to the depth of about
two inches, finds the farmers ready for it.
The corn is nearly all gathered, and it is
by far the most splendid yield this country
has had for many years. The past year
has been one of unparalleled, Heavenly
muniticence. With no kind or variety of
grain or crops has there been a failure
Plenty is to be seen on every
hand the barns and grrinaries are full to
overlooking stock of every kind looks
well no murrian with cattle; no epiZooty
with horses, and no cholera with hogs and
no epidemic with people, (save fright and
that the approach of Thanksgiving fast
drives away. Thanksgiving Day has come
| and gone to our people of Sullivan in for
mer times to be thought Of and talked
about by large majority with more of
! lenity than of thankfulness. We Opine
such will not be the case this time. We
expect to see our church doors thrown open
| on that day, business generally Suspended
and a thankful, happy people blessing
| Him, the giver of all our gifts, with all
| their hearts and souls.
| About eight months ago lower Sullivan
was made happy by the appearance of en-
| gineers, aXmen and rodmen of the Cum
| berland Gap Extension Railway Survey
ing Company driving stakes along through
the fields where they pleased, eating the
best the people had and having good
time generally; and they talked so
knowing and so confidential we
were going to have railroad just as soon
as Gen. Malone could get the money
hauled up from some point on his road to
Bristol, and all such stuff. Since that
time half dozen companies have travers
ed our county, driving stakes upon almost
every square mile of this part of it. Now
there is talk of narrow gauge road being
built from Cleveland, Ohio, to Augusta,
Georgia, passing through the immense
coal fields of Wise county Virginia, that
lie Immediately north of us, and we ex-
pect fully as much from the latter as from
the Cumberland Gap extension, for those
immense mountains of coal will some day
| be reached by rail, and if Gen. Mahosn
even builds the Cumberland Gap road, he
will deceive us just about as bad as he has
already once deceived us, by not building
| it. We were all at one time ready and
anxious to help hold up Gen. Mahone's
hands in any Of his undertakings, for we
believed him prudent, sound and sagaci-
Gus, but we are almost ready to doubt him.
the road or not if the small pox don't tarry
| too long, and spread too much, the people
will be gay and happy still. When as
good Democrats as Sullivan county can af-
| ford to take their defeat with such broad
good humor, there is no danger of the Re-
! public. If ever set of fellows really en-
joyed Gathering" as they term it, they
certainly did enjoy it this time. Some of
them swear there has not been any cleo
ton, that they vote next week. IOthers
think it very strange that they can hear
officially from the Governors election and
not from the rest. They say the official
returns, if handled right in Democratic
style, will elect all their candidates. A
few OF them insist that John G.. Brown
run on the Republican ticket over in Mid
die Tennessee, or he would have been beat
en- too, and they have all concluded to
join the Radicals and have new deal next
time. Baxter, when he met Harris al
Blountville suggested new deal. Some
of them talked like giving him the ID
But alas they have learned his tune.
HENRY.
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