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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
Fall Flowing.

Fall blowing is popular method
for treating stubble fields yet we have
known old farmers to object to it
arguing that so much exposure of
the soil to the sun and drying winds
causes therefrom. The saturated
and dry condition of the soil being
alternated from too much exposure
to the heat of .he sun and dying
winds hastens the decomposition of
the organic matter, or manures in
the ssoil, and converts the yege-
table molds into gases the only form
of nourishment fit for plant food, so
rapidly and in such abundance that
the soil is unable to contain it all.
This surplus fertility passes in the
atmosphere to remain until carried
down by rains to enrich other farms.
However true this argument may
be, there are other claims in favor of
fall blowing sufficiently valid to more
than overbalance all the objections
to it if the work be properly done.
There is much to be gained by early
blowing, before the weed seeds have
time to mature their germs Of per-
petual annoyance to the vigilant
farmer. In this way both the Pc
rennIal and annual varieties may be
effectually eradicated. Fall plow-
ing destroyes the hiding places of
noxious insects which feed upon the
growing crops and puts the rubbish
in shape to be converted into man
! ure, which upon spring plowing re-
mains in q raw state, to fire" the
crops, and causes no little damage
during very dry seasons.
The ground also becomes thor
oughly disintergrated and settled
by the freezing process of winter,
which puts it in a better condi-
tion to receive and promote the
growth of spring crops than freshly
plowed land. 1t especially admits
of early sowing of small grain, with
out which good yield is seldom
produced. And to have the iinpor-
tant work Of plowing already done
when tile rush of work comes in a
backward spring is no small desider-
atum. The drier and lumpier the
ground is when plowea the less liza
BILE is it to become run together and
baked from heavy rains in the
fall and winter. Speaking of this
puts us in mind to call attention to
the Importance of laying off the land
for plowing in such manner that the
surface drainage will be relieved as
far as possible Of the surface water.
Only he who observes all these rules
can claim the title Of "lnodel far.
mer.''
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
WOman's Virtue.

It is prevailing vice among men
of doubling the virtue of women.
To as it looks like not only an out
rage to good taste, but also betokens
a want of intellect. Besides this it
betokens besotted nature. and pas
sions that would disgrace beast.
The idea of dragging women down
TO mans level in point of virtue, is
SO repugnant to the feelings, so ut
terly at variance with the truth, that
the utterer ought not to have place
in civil society.
We would wish to impress upon
those who cast this slur upon the
character of the women of cur land
that il what they charge were true,
this fair world of ours would be a
perfect hell. The. women Of our
land are as far above those who
make these assertions IS the heav-
ems are above the earth. Our wo-
men are the highest type of purity
and virtue, aud any craven who
would drive them from this high es-
tate deserves the execrations of all
good men.-E1.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
Some old Cities.

Nineveh was fourteen miles long,
eight miles wide. and forty miles
round, with wall one hundred feet
high and thick enough for three char
riots abreast. Babylon was fifty miles
within the walls, which were seventy
FIVE feet thick, one hundred feet high,
with one hundred brazen gates. The
temple of Diana, at Ephcsus, was
four hundred and twenty feet to the
support of roof-it was one hundred
years in building. The largest of the
pyramids was four hundred and
eighty-one feet in length. and eight
hundred and fifty-three feet on the
sides. The base covered eleven acres.
The stones are about sixty feet in
length and the layers are two and
eight. It took three hundred years
to build it. The labyrintIl of Egypt
contains FIVE hundred chambers and
twelve halls. Thebes, in Egypt.
presents ruins seventy miles around.
and contained three hundred and
fifty thousand and FIVE hundred citi-
zens and four thousand slaves. Tenn
Pile of Delphos was so rich in dona-
tions that it was plundered of $780,
100000, and the Emperor Nero car
ried from it two statues. The. walls
of Rome were thirty miles around.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
YoItaire on Marriage.

Voltaire said 1.-THE more mar.
ried men You have. the fewer crimes
there will be. Marriage renders a
man more virtuous and wise. An
unmarried man is but half a perfect
being, and it requires the other half
to make things right, and it cannot
be expected that in this imperfect
state he can keep the straight path
of rectitude any more than a boat
without an oar, or bird with one
wing can keep q straight course. In
nine cases out of ten where married
men become drunkards or commit
crimes against the peace of the COM
munity, the foundation of these acts
were laid while in a single state, or
where the wife is. as is sometimes
the case, an unsuitable match. Mar
riage changes the current of a mans
feelings. and gives him a centre for
his thonghts, his affections and his
acts, Here is home for the entire
man. and the counsel, the affection,
the example and the interest of his
better half keep him from his err
ratio courses, and from falling into
a thousand temptations to which he
would otherwise be exposed. There
fore. the friend to marriage is the
friend to society and to his country"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
Life.


The mere lapse of years is not
life. To eat, drink aud sleep; to be
exposed to the darkness and light
to pace around the mill of habit and
turn the wheel of welth; to make
reason our book-keepers, and turn
through into an implement of trade
this is not life. In all this but a
poor fraction of the consciousness Of
humanity is awakened and the
sanctions still slumber which make
it most worth while to be. Knowl-
edge. truth, love, beauty, goodness,
faith, alone give vitality to the
mechanism of existence. The length
of mirth, which vibrates through the
heart; the tears which freshen the
dry waste within; the music which
brings childhood back; the prayer
that calls the future near the doubt
that makes us hesitate; the death
which startles us with its mystery
the hardships which force US to strug-
gle; the anxiety that ends in truth
these are the true nouTishment of
the natural being.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
The Morristown Gazette.

Tie Wilmington Star gives the
following account of remarkable
escape of some boys from the attacks
of snake:
"a number of white boys were out
in the woods just beyond the Wood
en- place, formerly the Schenck place,
gathering chinquepins on Sunday af-
ternoon. when the party having sep
nrated one of the little fellows was
suddenly heard 20 cry out as If in
great alarm, shouting murder,
s.help," and other such exciting and
startling CALCULATIONS. The other
bows who were not far off, fastened
in the direction Of the sound and
soon found one of the smaller boys
perched upon fence, trembling and
crying with fright, while coiled upon
the ground by the fence was huge
snake. An elder brother of the lit
tie bov. who had outstripped the
others, was standing close by with a
stick, and upon receiving the rein
forcement a simultaneous attack was
made upon the serpent by himself
and the largest of the other boys
and he was soon dispatched. 1t ap-
pears that the little boy while look
ing for chipquepins, was suddenly
attacked by the reptile. which ran
up his body aud wound itself round
his leg. He shouted and kicked
with all his might aad finally sue
ceeded in freeing himself from the
snakes embrace when he hastily
sprang upon the fence. The snake
was subsequently measured, car
penter's rule being used for the pur-
pose, and found to be exactly four
feet and nine inches in length. while
its circumference could not have
been less than four inches. The
serpent was pronounced by some to
be q horned snake and by others
''stinger." The boys say that be-
fore life was entirely extinct they
pressed upon his tail with 4 stick
when a sharp slender object, some
thing in the shape of a needle, pro-
truded about three or four inches.
The escape Of the little boy, un-
der the circumstances is almost mi
raculous, and the incident should
serve rs & warning to boys generally
and cause them if they will go in the
the woods, to be careful and watch
full lest they get in a similar scrape
andHnot get out of it in such
healthy condition"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
The Clerkship Of the Next House.

The reopening of Congress with a
Democratic majority, for the FIRST
time in ID years. will. of course. af-
ford to the old fellows who have not
had Office for many years, and who
remember pleasantly the flesh pots
of old times. an occasion to be on
hand with their long list of services
to the party. and there is every pros
pect now that the scramble for po-
sition will be very lively one. In
the distribution of Clerkships, we
are glad to see that Tennessee will
present a gentleman who is not q
broken down politician nor an old
Office holder, and who, at the same
time, is a man thoroughly compe.
tent to discharge the duties of Prin-
cipal Clerk of the House. Neil S.
Brown, Jr., has been Clerk of tne
Tennessee House Of Representatives
since 1869, and besides being a af-
fable gentleman, he has in voice,
manner, quickness of perception, &C.
curacy and ready dispatch of busi-
ness. every qualification for Clerk.
vi one thlng we are SaGlsned. III Cney
search the whole country over. they
cannot find man better fitted to
discharge the duties of Clerk of the
House.
Tennessee may we'll ask for this
place, for she is in policy. and prin-
ciple, and influence in politics, the
foremost of all the Southern States.
OF all the States south of the Ohio,
the utterances of her state conven-
tions are held of most national i'm.
portance, and her elections looked
to with more interest, hence she may
look with some degree of assurance
to being remembered in the distri-
button of offices. Mr.. Brown will be
presented unanimously and heartily
by the Tennessee delegation, as q
young, live Democrat, of this State.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
Old Age.

When the summer OF youth is
slowly wasting away on the night
fall of age. and the shadow of the
past becomes deeper aud deeper,
and life wears to its close. it is q
pleasure to look through the vista or
time upon the sorrows and felicities
of our earlier years. It We have a
home to shelter and hearts to rejoice
with US. and friends have been gath.
cred around our fre-sides, and the
rough places of wayfaring will have
been worn and smoothed away in the
twilight Of life. the many dark spots
we have passed through will grow
brighter and more beautiful. Hap
py. indeed, are those whose inter
course with the world has not chang
ed the tone OF their holier feelings
or broken the musical cords OF the.
heart, SO touching in the evening Of
their life.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
The Ohio Goose and the New
York Gander.
Nashville American

Nashville American.
It is stated that Gov. Tilden has
sent the following letter to every
District Attorney III the State OF
New York:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY
n. Y, Oct. 20. l875.-Sir: The i'm.
proper and illegal use of money at
elections is, in some portions of the
State. a serious and growing evil.
sometimes thwarting the unbiased
will Of the people, and always de-
bauching the public virtue of both
officers and electors. You are IA
miliar with the stringent statutes and
the conditional provisions adopted
last year relating to the subject, and
are aware that if they are vigorously
enforced this evil will soon be eraG.
icated. l expect that you will be
vigilant in detecting and dilligent III
prosecuting persons guilty Of the
crime referred to within your coun.
ty. and shall regard any dereIiCtiOn
of duty in this respect as sufficient
cause for removal from Office.
Il am. yours truly.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.''
When we consider that Gov. Til
den is the head and front of the
party that sent thousands of dollars
to Ohio to defeat the Democracy
the foregoing official document is
particularly and especially refresh
ing for its cool assumption and ap
parent or rather transparent, regard
for law.
Let the New York World issue its
edicts; let the Tribune and Jay
Gould philosophise and indulge in
platitudinous homilies on financia
morals; let Gov. Tilden and the
Swallow-tail Democracy of New
York assume the ROLE of reformers
on s'the raging canawl.'' but the De
mocracy of the South and West viii
hereafter look only to the people fol
the support and maintenance of the
people against the ''Ocracies," mo
nopolies and power Of the great non
producing. money-!ending individu
ais and institutions of New England
and New York.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03

Children are often spoiled because
they get no credit Cor what they do
we'll. OF censure they get their due
but of praise. never. They do some
things which they feel to be praise
worthy, but it is never noticed
When child tries to do we'll it feels
Itself paid for every endeavor by
praise, and the most unsophisticat.
ed child knows when praise is due
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03

As very Egenteel-appearing young
man, wearihgsSid gloves and carry
ing 1.-THE an3 flexible walking stick,
thought he would have a joke with a
rusty and venerable farmer on the
fair grounds, last Tuesday afternoon.
Haiioo, ,f said The dandy, " are you
one of the judges on hogs?" "Waal.
yaas. walk right mp and let me look
at you" said the old farmer. That
youth was soon lost amid the crowd.
aDdino other Judges on swine saw
him, Woonsocket Patriot.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03

Bee moths can easily be killed in
large numbers by setting a pan of
grease. in which Is floating ignited
wick. near the hives after dark. The
moths will fiy into the light, and fall
into the grease.
A little pipe-clay dissolved in hot
water cleans very dirty linen with
half the soap required without it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03
IORRIsTOWN TENN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. B. 1875.

all with whom could exchange a
word. At least. made no attempt
to communicate.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03

BY common consent the Christian
missionaries in Japan nave transfer
red the New Testament Greek words
for "baptize" and "haptism . to
their versions. instead of seeking for
Japanese equivalents. This deter
mination appears to give satisfaction.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03

There is an old maid in the West
End who can boast Of two beaux,
but they are ell bows.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-03

I'D ECEIVE Deposits, Ruy ar6 sall ExrhRnRe,
NA Gold arid silver, ana make eciI9rtinias upon
the most favorable tgrnls. may t&hF
The New York herald., 1875-09-17

As the Presidential election occurs during
the Centennial year, the temptation for the
adoption Of such a policy is very great 1t
is for this reason that we speak Of the danger
now hoping that timely warning will pre-
vent any such result We look forward to
the Exhibition as an event which shall make
the American people more united in senti-
ments Of fraternity and nationality than they
have been in the last quarter of century,
and the only thing to prevent complete
unity is in this danger of political or partisan
Vaccinations.
The Centennial has only two really great
purposes TO show the world the progress of
a century of republican government, and to
lead our people still more proudly to cherish
their institutions. If these ends are accom-
plished our nationalitywill be cemented, not
only in the respect Of other nations but in
our own hearts.
The New York herald., 1875-09-17
The Demoeratie state conventIon.


The political midwiyes at Syracuse are hav-
ing so easy time with their patient that we
cannot quite understand the delay in the ex-
pected birth. There is no apparent reason
why the Convention might not have COM
pleted its business last night, as the Com
mittee on Credentials finished their investi-
cation in the afternoon and made their re-
port. There would have been no sense in
occupying the whole day yesterday in
inquiring into the claims to contested
seats, when it was foregone conclusion,
reached before the Convention organized,
that the Tammany delegates were to be re-
ceived as regular A tedious sham investi-
cation of claims which had been decisively
rejected in advance by the power which con-
trolls the Convention would have been
humbug not less useless than ridiculous.
AS everybody foresaw, the Committee ON
Credentials decided against the anti-Tam-
many claimants. 1t would have been a waste
OF 5lme to prolong an investigation whose
result was fixed before the committee was
appointed. 1t reported unanimously in favor
OF the Tammany delegates, and, as a matter
VI SOui5e, tue convention ratl1eu the report.
The way was thus smoothed for a speedy
transaction of the proper business of the
Convention in the evening session, which
might easily have been done if there had
not been some hitch in the programme.
The 'master of the poet and the song" who
stood behind the scenes to regulate the con-
cert should have had no difficulty in regaling
the spectators with the preordained harmony.
We presume the cause of the delay may be
traced to the consultations of the Committee
on Resolutions. The hard-money plank en-
countered adverse winds in that committee.
Some Of its members spread initiation sails
and threatened to make row in the Conven-
tion unless this part of the platform was
hewed and trimmed to fit the ideas of the
Ohio and Pennsylvania democrats. A de-
bate and row on this subject in open Con-
vention is what the party cannot afford, and
so the Convention was adjourned until to-
day, in the hope of harmonizing the commit
tee and preventing a scandalous scene in the
Convention. The mere formalities of organ
ization, which formed the chief business of
the day, require no comment.
The New York herald., 1875-09-17
The western Postal service.

The Western newspapers are discussing
the new Post Office lightning trains now in
operation between New York and the West
"'rhis trip" says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
''has demonstrated that the Post Office De-
partment has been compelled to follow the
lead of the New YORK HERALD in bringing
the great States nearer together" Very soon
we shall have a fast line to the South, by
which the morning New York mail will reach
Washington at noon, in time for the opening
of the sessions of Congress- The Postmaster
General informs us that this system of light
ming trains will not be an additional cost to
the government. Great credit is due to that
officer for his enterprise in carrying out this
plan, and we cannot fail also to note the
public spirit of Commodore Vanderbilt and
the chiefs Of the other railroads for thus aid
ing the government.
As more than one-eighth of the entire mail
matter of the country originates in New
York and more than three-sixteenths in New
England the necessity for fast trains to the
West will be apparent One problem with
us has been that of rapid transportation. In
building up this Republic we have scattered
ourselves so far apart that what appears on
its face an element of strength is really one
of weakness. We have great cities like
Chicago, St Louis, Detroit, New Orleans,
Portland, Baltimore, San Francisco. We
have great States like Massachusetts,, New
York, California Missouri, Texas, Illinois,
of themselves rich and populous, but inter-
vening and surrounding these settlements
we have unsettled regions which cannot,
even with our wonderful advance in popula-
ton, be within the range of civilization for a
century or two to come. Consequently the
problem has been to bind these populous
sections of the Union so closely together that
we shall have the unity and strength of com
pact nations like France and Germany.
Far-seeing men have feared that this
isolation of the different sections might be
source of ultimate weakness An English
writer, before our civil war, ventured the
prophecy that the end of the Republic would
be a series of considerations. The policy
which brings together the sections of the
Union, which makes business more expe-
ditious, which lessons time and space, is in
all respects commendable From this point
! of view, laying aside the other manifest
advantages we commend the action of the
! government as patriotic and wise. The way
to strengthen the Union is to bring its sec
tion closer together.
The New York herald., 1875-09-17
The italian Opera.

We publish elsewhere an interview with
Max Strakosch, the celebrated impresario
OF Italian opera The fact that no announce
ment has been made for opera performance
this season has given rise to much specula-
ton. We can scarcely be called metropo-
lis unless we have the Italian opera. New
York has had so many fine singers and well
appointed companies during the last few
years that taste for opera has been created.
This taste Graves qualification. 1t might be
that hard times and the necessity for pinch
ing expenses will interfere with the opera
But we never yet have seen people who
were SO poor that they did not wish for
music. Mr. Strakosch shows that in the
capitals of the Continental countries the
opera is subsidized by the governments
This is so in Madrid Paris, st. Pc
tersburg, Naples, Venice and Vienna
Although there is no subsidy paid by the
British government, still the aristocratic and
wealthy classes practically endow the man
agement by subscribing for a certain number
of season tickets Mr. Strakosch tells us
that these subscriptions amount to as much
as six thousand dollars night There is no
way, he argues, of competing with opera
houses thus endowed. In New York we i'm
pose an additional burden upon the manage
ment by allowing the Academy stockholders
to reserve the best seats The right to oc-
cupy these seats during any season, success
tul or unsuccessful, is implied in the owner
ship of share of stock. AS Mr. Strakosch
shows If these seats were at the disposal of
the management it would add nearly n thou
sand dollars to its nightly receipts SO far,
therefore, from endowing the opera by govern
mental aid MS is the case on the Continent
or guaranteeing its management against
failure by large subscriptions, as we see in
London, we really impose tax upon it.
Mr.. Strakosch makes clear case. The
Academy stockholders are among the people
most interested in Italian opera and who feel
its absence. 1t would, therefore, seem to be
proper matter for consideration whether it
would not be wise for them to waive their
rights, or, if not to do this altogether, to
make certain concession to the manage
ment as an inducement to further operatic
enterprises. The stockholders might pay a
certain tax on their seats so as not to forfeit
all their rights of ownership which they
should enjoy as well as other owners of prop
erty. Something must be done to revive the
opera. 1t seems like passing into the rank
of second class city for the metropolis to
have a winter season without the old familiar
opera announcement. But before we can
make the opera a success we shall have to
revise our whole system. Perhaps the best
means Of beginning the reform would be for
the stockholders to waive their rights, or
portion of their rights, as a subvention to
managers, like Mr. Strakosch, who would
only be too glad to bring us good companies
and perform good operas if they could have
a reasonable assurance of success.