The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-04-11
John, the n. Y. SUMS Fool, Visits
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John. the n. y. SUNS Fool, Visits
Knoxville.
Knoxville is the Capital Of Knox
county. Tenn. guess ii's named after
John Knox, or possibly me, for John
knocks around heap for fellow with
homely disposition. Knoxville Is
on The llolston river, at the head Of nav.
igstion, four miles below is confluence
with the French Broad river. A person
standing in the deepest part Of the Hol-
ston river for an hour with slippers on,
would be likely to get damp feet, and
one dive would put bay window in
your skull. Knoxville is l57 miles
nearer where the sun gets out of bed
than Nashville, and East Tennessee Col.
legc was born there in 1892. This sec.
tion boasts Of Nollichuky river. |
think old Nollichucky was related BY
marrigc to Woodchucky. The piety Of
. Knoxville is from fair to middling, with
9 slight discount on the middling
stiuaged by n thermometer, il would
stand at about twenty-one above zero.
GRAzISo IN TENNESSEE.
Knox county is an excellent grazing
country, and a good many people got
grazed here with miuie-balls during the
recent unplcasantness. There are no
drawbacks to Knoxville except when a
citizen draws back TO knock fellow in
the face, or knock off your hat; they
seldom knock off sanpt in a trade.
Lookout mountain - gfeat way of, but
It can be seen if you lookout sharp for
it. 1t isn't much OF place for fishing
IL Hooker did Sisit it. Mountains lie
around loose in this section. 1t
is poor place TO cut across lots with n
sheap airline railroad The lots are
shout rs smooth and a. level as a drome-
dary's back The mountains made me
think Of lot Of baseball fellows fresh
from victory. because they look like
the Appeuines.
] talked Rbost an inch Of geology to II
chap down here. little piece of geology,
about cents worth.
TuE MOUNTAINS OF TEssEssEE.
Says ]. Those are soms mountains"
Says he, Them are right smsr.
mountains, stranger.
Says !, Hush, they'll has you"
Says he. What"
SsysI. They've got ears. You We
bard Of the hardy mounsaiu-eers, hsint
your"
Says he. Get out. stranger, you
might A. well say they are Irishmen."
Says |, "Why sor"
Says he. because they are full Of
mica"
Say. I, "Or rooster., because they
have spurs"
Says he, Stranger, remember that
mountain has u foot, and if these noun
tain-eers hear you and raise that foot,
you'll be spilled"
Says |, "Orr neyor"
Says he, "Bone swore."
A | saw his manly figure vanish in
the thickening gloom l chewod a piece
Of raw licorice stick, and thought Of
home and its articles of virtue.
THE DOGS OF TENNESSEE.
Knoxville has dogs. One day two Of
'em were nervous about getting home in
time to keep some bones from bsing
made into tooth brush handles, and they
were running about as fast ss CANNES or
base ball mines can run. They had their
mouths wide open, and in attempting to
pass each other they both lodged the
same way, and went down each others
throat, and now they reside in a bottle
OF alcohol, and are used for children to
study natural history with. Their re-
spectiye names were Nero and Carlo. If
there WAS any wag left to their tails
this would be funny tale.
came to KNOXVILLE in the cars.
Close by me sat female clad in medi-
ocre store truck clothes. was spelling
for talk. | had Mt opened my mouth
for an hour except to bite peanut, and
after puckering up my lips eight times
by the watch, and putting on my most
winsome look, with voice as silyery as
the singing of baking apple
Says |, MADAME, the mountain seen
cry is lovely, unsurpassed by any that |
have ever saw in Switzerland or on the
ocean. The sunsets and the sunris-s-s-s
must be gorgeous, flashing its mellow
rays aslsnt, glowing from peak to peak,
from bright plumed birds to budding
trees until lost in the depths of the giant
gorges, grizley with time," Nc, &c.
;, j could Mt bring up any language to
surpass that if | should even bring il up
on bottle. The effect was very fine,
She arose placed her left fist on her side,
just above the belt, she raised her right
one Heavenwsrd, her eyes looked like
big marbles. and
Says she, "Dust, or III have you
cHUoKEp OUT OF THE CAR"