Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
PENCILErTES.

Governor Porter has recognized the
Changers by appointing G. w. Charl
ton, OF the Grange Outlook, and Dr.
Maxwell, Master of the State Grange,
as commissioners.
A gentleman from Morgan county
informs that from what he can learn
the entire fruit crop of that county was
killed by the late frost. The wheat
crop is also injured to some extent.
In reply To a young writer who
wished To know which magazine will
give the highest position quickest p
contemporary advises "a powder
magazine, if you contribute fiery ar
ticle.n
The Chicago 1dvdnce says in spell
ing words where and come together,
as perceive, relief, etc, the little word
lice" carries the key always fol
lows and q follows c. When we have
leisure we will think this over.
A Penusy lvania printer is the limo
cent father -of twenty-SiX children
ranging all the way from antique
daughters ard full-face bourgeois boys,
20 nUnparei babies, in small caps. He
talks of starting family paper.
The Chattanooga Commercial is in
formed by "a gentleman from Trion
Factory that in addition to the $780,
600 owned by the former fem. Marsh
d Allgood, a stock company have sub
scribed another 500 900, aud that the
work of rebuilding tas already been
commenced.
A rustic couple, newly married,
marched into drug store and called
for soda water. The obliging clerk in
Quired what syrup they would have in
II, when the swain, deliberately lean
ing over the counter, replied
Stranger, money is 10 otiect To me !;
put sugar in it," ..
A country youth, who desired to
know how 10 become rich. sent Il quar-
ter in answer to AN dverlisenIent,
aud received the following valuable
recipe Increase your receipts and
decrease your expenditures. Work
eighteen hours day, and live on hash
and oatmeal cruel
Bristol Ne,Us All of our advices
from the country are unfavorable as to
the wheat. All of the earliest fields
are down, and even the later ones are
believed to be very materially injured.
Itis safe IN say there will nos be half
SiO III LUIS S0Cl'bls my ntlAlS " III
not be worth the cutting.
The Chattanooga Commercial suys
Mr.. J. f. Bowyer purchased on last
Saturday, an old lounge al auction,
and taking it To his shop. tore il up Tor
repairs. lie found 50 80 gold piece,
copper cent, two pairs of siSsors aud
case knife" What an argnmriI for
patTonizing auction sales Of old furni-
ture.
A good deacon Masking AN official
visit to dying neighbur, who was a
very churlish and universally unpop-
ular man, put the usual question
" Are you willing to go, my friend? p
Oh, yes" said the sick man, " | am
Wei, ~ said the simple minded dra-
con, - ! am glad lou are, for all the
neigh'""~ are willing "
The Camp Creek reporter of the
Greenevilie american says: Wheat
looks very well on the creek. Our
fruit was injured greatly by the last
"squallh Peaches were all killed
however, we have few apples left,
which We will appreciate the more.
Farmer are uneasy about their oats.
Some tnIuk oats are injured to great
eXten
New Market NeiUs: The child of
ii. w. Holstuil, mentioned in our col
umus last week AS sW allowing glass.
has, We learn, vOmited one hundred
and four pieces of glass, one of which
wasa piece of the bottom of the jar,
an inch and half long by an inch
and a half wide and nearly quarter
of an inch thicF. Six pieces have also
passed through its bowels.
The widower's grief has been pro-
nnuuced by competent authority to be
lovely while it lasts, but it is not con-
structed to endure the rude assaults of
time. A Connecticut man who only
last spring threw himself upon the
cold turf that wrapped his beloved's
clay and wept until his eyelashes fell
out, has since had three women fol-
lowing him around for alimony-
Brooklyn Argus.
The following assistants have been
appointed by Mr.. johnson, the County
Tax .Nssessor Mr.. r. p. Clayton in
the 1871 district; ]. Z. Ford aud j. l..
King in the l4th district VIM. Will
hite in the 18th, and Jacob Tarwater
for assessment in the 18th district on
nv wi " Nh"9 ~ ~ it'i WI hAt
nth of May, and in the 18th on the
9TH of May. The day for assessing the
2lst district has not been appointed as
yet.
The postmaster of Monticello, Geor-
gia, recently performed the feat of
reading letter without hearin its
contents. An old woman who had
never been TO school got letter one
day, and asked the postmaster to read
it for her. She did not want him to
hear it, so she took wad of cotton
out of her pocket and stuffed. his ears
with it. She then had him reid the
letter in low voice, and was perfectly
satisfied that the reader could not hear
a word of it, This is reported as late
actual occurrence.
Greeneville american. Mr. j. r.
Brown showed us a bunch of ), heat,
this morning, which bore the uumis-
taxable mark of the late snap" He
tells us that all wheat that was jointed
was frozen. Tile Gfeeneville boys
are growing over the defeat of the Tus-
culum Base Ball Club by them, and
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