Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-24

| OF BaTtlelt q 6OrTnan, while the WOrk OF
{ manufacturing Soda Water was going on.
The gentlemanly proprietOrs took great
pains 20 show and explain to us the whole
/, process, which we found quite interesting.
This much we can say to the public, that
the greatest cleanliness Is preserved through
out, and none but the pUrest and freshest
water is used. We sincerely hope that
these gentlemen may increase in prosperity.
FLoURIsHING.-Whf at Claybrook last
Saturday, we learned from Mr.. W. +.
Hinkle, Principal Of "ClaybrOok Aeade-
my that his school was in n most flourish
ing condition. The citizens Of that locality
are highly pleased with Mr. Hinkle and
thoroughly awake 10 the importance OF
maintaining n good school. Education is
the foundation OF all permanent prosperity,
and we rejoice to see our citizens generally
receiving and acting upon fact 50 import
ant.
| SPEAKING AT CLAYBROOK.-On Satur-
day last goodIy number Of the citizens Of
Clay brook and vicinity listened to a sound,
practical Railroad speech from Tho's. A.
Blair, Esq, OF this City. Wewere present,
and highly gratifed at the business-Iike
interest manifested by the solid men Of that
section. In our judgment substantial aid,
in the construction Of the Huntingdon and
Jackson road, will be given by the citizens
of Claybrook and vicinity. Mr.. Blair's
speech made good impression.
THE BIGGEST or TIE SEAsOS.-On
Sunday morning last Mr.. Il. /. Prewitt
caught, out Of the river few miles below
the City, a catfish that weighed Sint3,-fUe
| pounds-the largest fish Of the season, if
not The largest ever caught in the waters Of
the FOrked Deer. What is most remark
able, the hook upon which it was caught
had been set out the evening before, baited
with small perch; the perch was swal-
lowed by four-and-a-half pound catfish,
the whole business swallowed by the mon
ster fish and all safely landed high and dry
upon the bank.
AN INQURING TURN OF MND-One
day this week little boy, while feasting
his eyes upon the good things at Smith &
Jarnagin's, observed a bucket Of goose
berries. He examined them very critically
and then inquired what they waEs2 On
being tUtd Jhat they were 'gOose-berries,"
he meditated few moments profoundly on
physical possibilities, and then, with an air
Of metaphysical speculation inquired, "Did
one goose lay them all p That boy will be
the Local Editor Of the Lexington Report
er, yet.
COMPLIMENTARY Mr.. Il. S. Russell, OF
Little Rock, Ark, writing TO his brother in
this City, has this to say Of the WING AND
TRIBUNE. II get the Wing and Tribune |
regularly, a welcomed visitor. l regard it |
as the best paper published in Tennessee. |
The local department is gotten up in num- !
Der one style" Mr.. Russell formerly lived |
in this City, indeed, he was the first male |
chill born in Jackson, and enjoys an ex-
tensive acquaintance here. We wish him |
unbounded prosperity IN HIS new home, |
and Il safe return, crowned with wealth |
and honors, to his old one, ere the years Of |
the ''sere and yellow leaf''
AN ADVERTISEMENT INDEED.-A gen.
tleman Of this City, who is quite a success
full manufacturer Of Patent Medicines, re-
Gently sent out an Agent TO paint advertise
ments Of his "Cure ALPS" on fences, trees,
&c, in and around the City. The Agent
ignOrantly or maliciously painted them,
among other places, on certain graveyard
fence, and now, among other recommenda-
tons staring the reader in the face from
the aforesaid graveyard fence is the follow
ing, a---'s Stomach Bitters does it,
Just imagine that manufacturers sensa-
ton when he heard Of it, and, if possible,
the mysterious fate Of that miserable Agent.
THE BAPTIST sEMNARY.-We learn
from the Trustees Of this excellent institu-
tiOn OF learning, that its prospects are
good, and that it is the determination Of
those interested TO make it one of the lead
ing schools in the South. Such an idea as
it or moving it anywhere from
this City, has never been even thought of
by the Trustees. The School now has be-
tween one hundred and one hundred and
twenty students, and is not likely to have
less next Collegiate year. Prof. JohnsOn's
removal to Humboldt, while the Trustees
and our citizens generally regret TO lose his
services, will not by any means
prove fatal to the School. Two or three
applications for the place vacated by him
has already been made and that too by able |
and experienced educators. We feel conf
dent Of the future Of this institution, and |
have no apprehensions whatever that Jack
son will be robbed of her prestige as the
Athens of the Southwest"
OUR HENDERSON MAIL.-The Sub-Con-
tractor on the Mail Route from this City to
Scott's Hill, via Lexington, not content
with having effected change in the arri-
walls and departures Of his mails-to the
great inconvenience of the people of Hen
dersOn COunty-has now refused to carry
the paper mail altogether. 1t may be that
he is not sufficiently paid for the service
and if not we sincerely hope that
ths Department will increase it, but for
him TO take the law IN his own hands and
refuse to do what he has contracted to do,
and thus wrong the people dependent on
him for their mail matter and who are not
responsible for his bad contracts,
is an outrage upon the people, and should
not and will not be tolerated. For his
edification and instruction we quote the
Postoffice law on this pointer ''failinz to
take from, or deliver at, a Postofice the
mail, or any part Of it, penalty will be
exacted equal to a quarters pay" The
Department has been duly informed of the
above violation of contract, and remedy
we feel sure will be promptly provided.
CHoLERA.-This fearful epidemic Is re-
ported to have made its appearance IN
New Orleans, and other Cities are taking
precautionary steps against its spreading.
In our Judgment, every City of any size,
should at once establish and enforce strict
sanitary regulations. Cholera is cosmopol-
itan in its character, and no section is from
location per sc exempt from its visits. But
where there is thorough system of sani-
tary regulations enforced, the danger is
greatly diminished, and even IN the pres
ence of the scourge such measures check its
raVages. The heart Of West Tennessee has
always been peculiarly exempt from fatal
epidemics, and even when cases of cholera
and yellow fever have been brought here,
neither ever spread. But still it would be
well enough for our larger railroad towns
to look well to their sanitary regulations
and see that no local cause, calculated 10
invite or spread an epidemic, be permitted
to exist. A thorough cleaning up should
be the watch-word Of the Summer months.
BACHELORS AMONG THE GIRLsEs. -
The following thOrRs, accompanied with
fUe artificial boquetS, were thrown from |
the dormitory window Of SFemale Semi
nary in this City, to the "Shuck Collar
Club" composed Of the ''Bach's taken on,
on the occasion of their last serenade on
the evening of the 21st instant. May they
never-never-warble again.
Many thanks for the music, it makes nv
heart pucker
Especially when diseoursed by little Doc.
Tucker,