The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-29
METROPOLITAN LETTER.

THE GOLD sCOLD' BACK FROM THE
COUNTRY-HE DISCUSSES THE LAST
sCANDAL-EsQ. GOOBER PEA DAVIS
tom OLDHAM-HE DECLINES AL
DERMANIC HONORs, NOT DESIRING
TO BE PRESIDENT TIE CITY AU-
THORTTIEs AND SOME FIRE CoMPA.
MES, ETC.
KNOXVILLE, July 27, IA.
DEAR GAzETTE-Your cold scold"
is just in from the rural districts, and
is not posted as to the events of the
past three weeks in the Metropolis.
An occasional Daily, OF an unex-
.pected meeting with a Knoxville tour
iSt, furnished me with now and
then "nothing of interest" or "noth-
ing worth your attention, Col. Down,
Chow is that for high p 'cepting it be
the Beecher-Tilton difficulty, which
is now exciting the soima1 folks pow
erful." Knowing how difficult it is to
excite the gentler sex, l at first
thought first-class fight was imi-
nent, betwixt two old friends of the
Plymouth School, but after getting
home and interviewing "Slick," /
learned that twas merely a little
family quarrel over q game of " Nest
Hiding" in which Henry transcend
ed the bounds of ministerial propri-
ETY.. Now I never heard the game
called "Nest Hiding" before, but as
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has
seen proper thus to christen it, let
US henceforth accept the unique ap-
pellation, and forever discard the
old name of Glide and go SEEK"
" Pussy wants her corner" and
and-and. Well, I forget-but any,
way the Beecherism will sound just
as good, when a Teller gets used to it.
Beecher has his adherents, many of
whom are of the Woodruff stripe, who
will cling to their beloved pastor in his
passage through the deep tcGters, and, if
6 needs be, he must give up old Ply
mouth, their purse strings are in his
hands,, and--a cathedral of the Milan or
der, with harem attachment, if de- |
is at his command. Poor Broth |
Carhart had no such hold on his peo-
pie.
have not seen the GAZETTE since the |
1eath of Michael Davis, Esq, though l |
nope if you have not, you will yet notice |
t. He was one of the "Old deck, "a
gentleman Ofthe first water, was "gOOber
lea" Davis, and hope your correspon-
lent Fes Markin, F" who knew him long
nd well' will favor us with a "slight
ribute" to his memory.
AT the last meeting of our city fathers,
ur mutual friend, Tom Oldham, was
hOseD as Alderman of - Ward, to fill
vacancy occasioned by the removal of
Jncle Ned Williams, alias Ned Church
7ell, alias Edward Livingston, ESQ, but
ON says he can't see it-would prefer
ne g shades of private life" to playing
econd fiddler to a n86Ded institution, or
robbing poor old niger of political
OnOrs fairly won in heated contest.
by the way, our city government is a {
tile embarrassed, (nOt financially. They ,
ave an elephant on their hands, and ;
ould like to swap him for a hose cart,
rovided the niger fire companies viii
ldorse 1t, and not fret; in other words,
le n!gger ire companies propose to run {
ne city, and at the next meeting of the :
ty council, the veixed questions. SSWho
lali run the city2 Pleas. jackson and 8
Is followers, or Mayor Staub and his e
lDlnetY VIII be settled, or postponed !
Ii after the August elections. for pru-
sntlal reasons, or some other such finn 9
pretext.
Another very attractive feature in the Il
astern Divisions list, gotten up solely f
the interest of Agriculture and Horti- =
allure, is Wheel6d1T0ao race. / have not
en- the list, but understand premium.
with its Importance. is
tached. 1t is expected that Grangers d
full uniform, viii be the principal
,ntestants.
The Northern lakes are still open, but
is expected by the Changers, that
ey will freeze O0eg, as was predicted by e
10 OF their members. in the Wheat Con- d
nj on here on the 4th inst, in which
ent the price of wheat win be fixed
Yours truly,
u. 3 Down