Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-22

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The HERALD and TRIBUNE. office i
doing large amount Of Job work that
will compare favorably with that Of any
Office in the State. rl&
According to the general construction
Of the State Revenue Law, the time Of
adding the penalty of ten per cent. to tn,
unpaid taxes does not arrive until the Isl
Of February. 41A% W. .
Mr.. 0. P. Childress met the misfortune
to get his Thomas cat drowned at John.
son City, a short time since. But he i.
still lucky in the feline business, hi
Johnnie cat still ligeth. 80. e.f,.g
John E. Grisham, Esq, the County
Court Clerk, issued l74i marriage Ii,
censas from the time he went into Office,
May, 1865, up to the LIST of January,
averaging about lS a month. af
Mr.. Sam. Oakley depot agent shipped
from this place n day last week, Seven,
ty thousand pounds Of freight, and anoth,
err day fifty thousand pounds. Thi,
shows that business is getting lively
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DIT go 'e ,'I.r So -ia04z Gl guIas
Farmers will remember that tho Wash.
ington county Agricultural and Mechani,
cal Society Offers apremium of $1,000
in gold to the. person raising the largest
amour: Of corn on one acre of upland
and also the same for the largest amount
raised on an acre Of bottom land.
The Stockholders of Clark's Spring,
had a meeting on Saturday the 10th inst
Those who hare not as yet put up houses
on the property will do SO between now
and next summer. Several committees
were appointed on different improvements
That the rccommendatory letters in
favor Of Judge Gillenwaters are manufac'
tured in Jonesbsro' is an assertion Of i'm
measurable falsity and is a marvel Of
triumph in the art and science Of delibe.
rate lying. .r ar s.,.
Last Sabbath was a day of golden sun
shineand ~cloudlsss serenity. The zephyr,
sighed low, soft melodies through the
barren trees and dead foliage. The birds
poured forth their happiest, sweetest
carols. II only needed the green fields
bright flowers aud loafy bowers to CON-
plete q delightful picture Of full bloom
spring time. aes.-u ,ra
"Old Prob" must still hare been OF
his holiday 'bendors," snd forgetting the
time Of the year, was manufacturing
weather for the Fourth of July. .l3
We are mad-fur;ously So. Hay'nt
slept any O. nights lately, and been too
busy during the day to make up for lost
time. Oh! that some inventive genius
would get up a 6rst-class, lightning dog
cholera that would defy all chloral spe-
ci6os. We have always had a warm,
kind side for q sensible, polite, woll>man.
nered dog that INDUCES in nc pastimes
obnoxious to decent and respectable folks,
but We have been annoyed and provoked
out Of all respect and humane feeling for
the ill.bred, worthless, and boisterous Ca
mines that make night hideous from even
ing's shade to mornings dawn with an
incessant uproar Of yellipgs and howlings.
There are from 500 to 1000 Of this latter
class in our town, and they are even Q
greater nuisance than the boys,
We are drafting an elaborate and COM
~prehensiye law for the determination Of
these pests to our citizens, to be submitted
to the next Legislature. We will see
how the thing works, anyhow. ,r
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