The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-04-28
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PER Mills, ONCE PRO8PERO Us
/ BUT NOW Il WRECR-DR. MI
TON SHIELDS-A BRIEF HIS
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ITS Early REC0LLECTTONS-
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BLUFF TWO HUNDRED FEET
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FIRST ATTEMPT At MAKING
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DREAM, ABOUT PRLNCELY OR
ANGE GROVES AND WALKING
"BY THE SAD SEA VA VES"-
cor SCARED At Il WILDCAT
AN AkARN IN CAMP-TT WAS
NOTHING BUT TWO EGGS-THB
MORNING BITTER -G9ED-GfTE
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RIVER BOTT0lE@H OSPTTALTTP
AT CALEB CROSBY, ESQ.,-HZS
INTEREST REOK0NER-OHEER.
ING WORDS FOR TIE GAZETTE
"A FINAL STREKF FOR NORRIS
TOWN, COLD AND HUNGRY-
WITH "FZSHERMAE'S LUCK"
Tothe Editor Of the HTorristown Gazette:
On the morning of the 18th of this
month a small party of AS were busy
| making preparations for a fishing excur4
sion. The light of morning had sue
ceeded to night and there was already in
the sky the golden beams of the coming
| sun. In few minutes we store away
our fishing tackle, baskets of eatables,
| etc, under the buggy seat, and now
! H cries, Jump in boys, for Lucy is
! eager to be of The sun, so transcen-
dent IN It's beauty, was beginning TO rise
as we rapidly left Morristown and en-
tered the open country beyond. The
| air struck somewhat chill upon US, at
| first, but this was soon forgotten by the
| grand and magnificent views that met
our. eyes on. all sides. Nature seemed. to
80 -, II T., lor a, OF o1,orv,aipor collars.
/ ten thousand Juvenile songsters warbled
their soft notes upon the air and said
| ''gay and happy are we;" the wild-fow-
ers, with ''downy cheeks in bloom"
waited their sweet perfume out upon the
winds-not fruit tree but what was
covered with blooms, and those with
white blossoms bore a marked resem-
blance TO "beautiful snow" In all our
| life we remember not to have seen so
! f1attering prospect for fruit of any kind
! as was displayed to our eyes that morn
| ing. But alas! man appoints and God
disappoints Within four aud twenty
hours from that time the very leaves on
the trees were .parched, withered and
blackened by the severe cold of the pre-
ceding night, and instead of snowy white
| blossoms, there hung suspended hard,
giittering icicles What a change over
all nature in few hOurs-from green
and W hite to black and sere! 1t made
us think of the voyage of life-bright,
gay and prosperous to day, cold, stark
and buried tomorrow. But pardon us
| for DEPRESSING. After a ride of four
miles we found ourselves approaching
what seemed to have once been thriv
ing, busy town, but upon enquiry as
| ccrtained that few years ago, where
now stands a dilapidated wooden build
ing over a swift-running stream Of
/ water, then resounding through the
beautiful valley the rumbIing of an en-
| CINE, and the roar and splash of water
! wheels Here stood the large, prosper
/ Gus Paper Mills of the late DIR. Milton
| Shields. He gave employment to
| number of men and women, and manu-
| factnred several kinds of paper After
! DR.. Shields death. in 1866 the machin-
| cry was removed and sold The de
/ ceased was universally recognized as a
| man of strong mind and extended lib
| erality. We were shown at some little
/ UlSIinCc ITOUl lHIS plitCe very nig0
| point called Cannon Hill. During DR.
| Shields life, when he employed so many
/ hands, it was his custom to give a free
/ barbecue to all who wished to attend on
| the Fourth of July, at which time a
| large cannon would be loaded by the
| men and fired off in token of their high
appreciation for his liberality. His es-
Unable widow, who now resides in your
| town, still owns this mill-site, together
/ -,
/ The fall is nearly 100 feet on a bold,
| clear stream and has every advantage
almost that nature can give. There are
only two paper mills we believe in the
| State, and should some enterprising cap
] italist once see the advantageous posi-
| tions occupied by these sites, we shall
no donbt again hear the noise of the gil
! gantic water wheels. We were now
| just one mile from the Holston where
we proposed to enjoy the fun of trout
| line fishing. Had lost only a few mo-
ments inspecting the ruined paper-mill
| and obtaining Information concerning
the country around. After a brisk and
pleasant drive through a valley faced by
| productive farms, we arrived ut our
place of destination. Here we went to
work zealously in preparing our lines
for extension across the river; and, final
/ ", the boat, lines and all were ready to
put IN Ine SJream. "A SILL hOF WeSIer
springing up about this time it required
the combined strength of the entire party
to run the lines properly, however, oBaHsa
rilcit labor, and we soon had the salts
faction of seeing the anchor dropped
near the hanks on the opposite side
Had we been experienced in the art of
angling we would then have discovered
our error in placing the lines where the
water appeared TO be the swiftest, but
sueh was the case and we decided to let
IL remain, considering the exertion we
had undergone We now proceeded to
make an inspection of the camp quar-
tiers. Imagine towering rocky cliff
some two hundred feet high with its
ton yawnino and extending ont from the