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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
Twin Brides.

The Cincinnati Enquirer Of Satur-
urday relates: We had the pleasure
to see :he newly.made twin brides at
the Gibson House, last night, and
must confess a more perfect exem-
plification of the French story of
Girofle Girofa could hardly exist.
They were at supper with their hus-
bands last night when we saw them,
and nice little tea-party the four
made. The bridegrooms are broth
ers. bnt not twins. 1t is not often
in lifetime that one is permitted TO
see two brothers married to twin sis.
ters. The husbands are easily dis
tingnished the one from the other.
The older one wears full whiskers.
while the younger has simply mus
tache. The trouble to be appre-
hended is in the sameness of the
wives, and very pretty sameness it
is. To use homely but trite phrase,
they are as like as two peas. TO de-
scribe the one would be TO describe
both. They are of medium size.
perfect brunettes, dress exactly alike,
and seem to be about twenty years
old Beauty has richly endowed
these fair brides and placed its dim
pied seal in the cheeks of each.
How, in the order of human passion,
it came TO pass that either OF the
husbands could fall in love with his
wife without falling in love at the
same time with her sister passes our
understanding. &c has been sug-
gested that each of the Morgan
brothers fell 10 love with both the
Stuart sisters, and to settle the mat
ter, put their sweethearts in q bag.
shook 'em up. and drew cuts for the
one that came out first. We sup
pose they know. but we don't see
how either Of them knows to which
one Of the twins he is married. They
came in to supper, and by judicious
assortment were seated each at the
right hand of her husband. When
they went out of the dining-room
one couple was allowed to get some
distance before the other started, 60
prevent confusion
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
The Worth of Life.

Life is no commonplace matter; it
rsSy feel SO when we are disappoint-
ed. when we are wearied with labor,
or are disgusted with meanness. aud
then we may say with the Jewish
preacher, "Vanity of vanities. all is
vanity!" But myself, how often in
my more cheerful moments, and at
those more thoughtful seasons, when
my awakened faculties have made
me the most truly man, have I been
awe-stsuck and breathless, whilst the
great mystery of life has occurred to
my mind in sudden vividness In
such moments what miracle have 1
felt myself! Excepting God him
self, what is there more wondrous
than the existence OF the infinite !;
than this birth Of feeling. thinking
and active life, in our bosoms, which
short time since were inanimate,
insensate dust What thought is
there more wondrous than this. that
we are living souls, abroad and ac-
tive on the face Of world which was
once without form and void Well
might the sons Of God shout for joy,
when the first man of our race stood
up erect amid the trees of Eden. It
was the birth Of mortal spirit; and
that paradisaI wonder is repeated in
the growth of every infant and
throughout the life of every man.
WounfJorth.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
~ A New York corresponds

~ A New York correspondent
assures the public that the towering
surprises of the Beecher trial are yet
70 come. They win consist chiefly
of the statements OF Mrs. Tilton and
her daughter, the latter having late
ly shown strong symptoms OF sym.
pathy for her father and a willing
ness to help him out, even at the ex-
pense of her mothers charater, We
hope not. We should Judge the wo-
man who will brand her mother, or
consent to the branding of her moth
er with infaIny, is infinitely worse
than the man who wilfully brands
his wife. and, per consequence, not
fit to live. Elizabeth and the human
race at large ought to be spared
that pang.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
Rules of the Road.

The great leading rule is that no
one has the right to be in the mid
die of the road, except when NO
other person is present to claim his
right to the use of one-half the high
way, which claim he has precisely
the same direction that he has when
he meets another. This is the law
of every State in the Union, and, so
far as we are Informed, Of every
civilized country; and all persons
violating 1t are liable for damages
resulting from their conduct.
When teams meet. the American
law is that each, turning to the right
shall give half the road. The custom
and the law of England require
teams to turn out to the left as ex.
preston in an old doggerel:
The rule of the road is a paradox quite;
In riding or driving along
LII you keep the lelt, you are sure to go
right,
If you keep to the right, you go wrong.
In passing, the the person in front
is required to turn to the left, so as
to allow the person in the rear. who
Is travelling at more rapid pace, to
pass by on his right.
Where teams approach at right
angles, or intersectipg road, it is
the duty of the person who, by turn.
ing to the right, would pass to the
rear ofthe other team, to pull up, and
allow the other topass.
In wide streets in towns and cities
these general principals should
always be observed, though, from
the necessities of the case, persons
are less strict in keeping on the
proper side of the street, being fre-
quently obliged. with proper care for
the rights of others, to pass to the
other side, to avoid a crowd or other
obstruction.
A person with a light vehicle
meeting or desiring to pass a heavi-
ly-laden team, especially if the latter
is going up hill, will generally
turn out without requiring the man
with the loaded wagon to give half
the road, but the law imposes no
such obligation in any case, and un-
der all circumstances requires each
to give half the road, unless by acci.
dent or some obstruction it is found
impossible to do so.
If a person happens to be in the
wrong place on the road or street, a
person coming in collision with him
is not entitled to damages if, by the
use of ordinary and reasonable dili-
gence, he could have avoided it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
The Mammoth Cave ofNEexico.

- ~ 20 @@A~~AA~Os
1t is said that the cave of Cacahuam-
ilpa is the largest cave in the world.
Several persons who have visited the
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and
that of Cacahuamilpa in Mexico pro-
nounce the latter the larger. A
volcanic mountain with an extinct
crater covers this cave. It In not
described in guide-books or books Of
travel. 1t has. in fact, never been
adequately described. Mr.. Porter
C. Bliss has twice examined and ex.
plored it, the last time in February of
the past year. Six hundred persons
constituted the last exploring party (;
they were provided with Bengal
lights and scientific appliance. After
reaching a level at perhaps fifty feet
depth, they proceeded three and
three-quarter miles into the interior.
The roof was 80 hieh---a succession
of halls-that rockets often expIod-
ed before striking it. Labyrinthine
passages leave the main hall in every
direction. Stalagmites and staladtites
are abundant. Below this cave at a
great depth, are two other immense
caves, from each Of which issues a
branch of great river, uniting here.
These two rivers enter some five
miles distant at the other side of the
mountain, flow parallel and issue
at last together. Vast quantities. Of
bats are the most numerous inhab-
itants of these caverns.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
Warming to the Girls.

A Canadian newspaper records the
recent sudden death of young wom-
an at Tilsonburg which conveys n
warning against a very pernicious
habit. One evening the girl retired
to bed. apparently in perfect health.
Tia the middle Of the night the family
were awakened by n noise in her
room and when they entered found
her insensible, stiff and cold. The
doctor was sent for and he applied
such remedies as partly restored an-
imation, but Notwithstanding all her
friends efforts, the girl died at p.
m, the following day. The cause OF
her death could not be correctly as
certained, but it is supposed to have
been an apoplectic fit, induced by
sleeping with a tight-Iaced corset.
Her father acknowledged that sAa.
was IN the habit Of wearing a corset
In bed, and that he had warned her
Of the danger OF the pratice.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
1t Will Bring Them.
Chattanooga Commercial.

In the early part of this month
Mr.. Henry M. Wiltse, attorney, put
four-line advertisement, set in our
smallest type, in the least conspicu-
GUS style, in the columns of the Com
nercid. The advertisement request
ed information in regard to a man
who was not known to have been in
Chattanooga since the war. 1t was
published only three days. Time
wore on, and Mr.. Wiltse had almost
concluded that he would be unable
to find or hear Of the man, when, one
morning, after a walk of thirty.six
miles, the advertised party himself
entered Mr.. WIS law Office. The
desired information was obtained,
and few days afterward the man
returned to place in the hands Of
Mr.. Wiltse a case of his own. The
man is not subscriber to our paper I;
only one copy goes to his rather iso-
lated neighborhood, to a man who
does not know him, yet by some
means he obtained a copy of the adj
vertisement and answered it. Yet
no one reads advertisements, oh, no !!
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
THE SKIES FRIGHTENING
THE WESTERN NORTH CARO-
LIMA RAILROAD TO
BE BUILT.
Four Hundred COuvicts to be
Placed ON the Road.
rom the Western N. O. ExpositOr.

From the western IN. c. Exposition.
| We learn from gentlemen direci
from Greensboro that the suit in re
| gard to this Road has been adjusted
upon the basis of the bill recently
published in the Egpositor, known q:
Col. Tate's bill.
As we understand the case, two
suits were pending in the United
States Circuit Court, one on behalf
Of the holders of the mortgage bonds,
seeking a foreclosure Of the same,
and of also suit at the instance OF
stockholders, the North Carolina
Road seeking to enjoin the proposed
consolidation Of the same with the
Western North Carolina Road.
The Court made the injunction
perpetual. and thereby disposed OF
the great consolidation scheme.
Thereupon the bond creditors Of the
Road known as the mortgage cred
itors, including the Sibly claims, the
McAden claims, Mathew claims, &C..
transferred their interest to the Com
missioners appointed by the Legis-
lature, and have accepted the pro-
visions of the bill and agreed to ac-
cept in payment bonds on the Road.
with the interest paid by the State
promptly. And we understand all
the writings have been drawn, and
signed by the parties. The Road.
however, will be sold under the de-
cree of foreclosure in order that our
Commissioners may purchase the
same and thereby have clear and
unmistakable title.
The State is now In a condition to
buy the Road perhaps without oppo-
sition, at least she is in a position to
compel the purchaser to pay full
value for the same.
As we understand the provisions
of the bill it is now the duty (after
the title is obtained) of the Cover
nor to appoint certain number of
suitable persons to proceed with the
building Of the Rna I !; and power is
given to employ the Penitentiary
convicts to complete the Road, both
to Paint Rock and to Duck Town.
We therefore express the belief
that work will soon begin, and that
within few years at most, the Old
North State will become a United
State"-that the mountains and the
sea-board will be united by links of
steel, and that bright era of CON-
mercial prosperity will dawn upon
our State. Long indeed have the
people of the west looked i'm vain for
the completion of this grand enter
prise.
The eyes OF thousands are now
turned to the healthy regions of
Western North Carolina. and only
await the completion of the roads, to
link their destiny with US. Let the
romantic regions of Buncombe and
Madison. and the beautiful and fer
tile fields of Haywood Henderson,
Transylvania, jackson, Macon and
Cherokee be opened up to the world,
and an era of prosperity will exist
never known before in North Caro-
lima.
We will keep our readers fully
posted on this grand and absorbing
question. The Erpositor will con-
tinue to advocate this enterprise with
the same zeal as in the past; and
will hail the day of its completion as
a proud day for Western North Car
olina.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
Searching for Civil Rights.

The Cincinnati Enquirer of the
27th nit. says: Two chocolate-com.
plexioned citizens of the American
republic strobe into the United States
District Attorneys Office yesterday
with heads erect and prancing hoofs
like unto war steeds which smell the
battle from afar off. They proudly
explained that they were citizens of
the United States by adoption, and
oyster-openers by profession that.
Notwithstanding their artistic call
ing. they had been denied the privi-
lege of parallelopiped meal in a
Vine street restaurant, contrary to
the provisions of the Roman Table,
Magma Charta, the Bill of Rights,
the Declaration of American Inde-
pendence, the Constitution as it is,
was and will be, the Civil Rights
Bill and the Cincinnati Gazette. IL
there was any justice for them in the
broad and fatherly bosom of the
United States Court, they would like
to have it right off, if not before.
After having worked off considera-
BILE rhetoric and wrath, and Pranc-
ing all over the room for emphasis,
they were informed that there was
no redress for such horrible wrongs
this side the day of judgment. With
the air of injured innocence the JUS
tice hunters took the back trail in
the search of more scalps and an
other hashery.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05

The change of the Great Western
railway of Canada from "broad
gauge" to the width of track com.
monty in use in this country. over
two hundred miles of track. is one
answer. The method is described
by a correspondent:
"For this purpose they have had
nearly 1000 men at work almost
night and day, and for the time be.
ing nearly all the traffic has been
suspendeded. 1t was quite an in.
teresting sight to see these men like
busy bees. hard at work on some
portions OF the line. During the
alterations the men are prohibited
from having any beer, although some
of them worked night and day. and
others seventeen or eighteen hours
per day. yet they declared they were
better without the beer. Though
the company puts this restriction up
on the men. yet they were not indif-
ferent to their wants in this particu.
lar; they provided an abundance OF
oatmeal, sugar, and pure water. and
for every gang of twenty men or so.
one man was set apart to prepare
this oatmeal beverage, ETC.. which
the men enjoyed. many Of them tes.
tilted that they preferred it to beer.
and the company we're satisfied that
the work was done much better and
sooner than it would have been II
the usual allowance Of beer had been
given"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
ADVERTISING RATES,

One square, (ten lines, less for first iAsertich
One Dollar, each subsequent insertion Fifty cents.
liberal discount from the above rate will be
made TO yearly advertisers.
Obituaries Of over ten dnes viii be charged ae
advertisements,
All bills due upon Arss fnsertfo oR advertise
meut, unless otherwise contractor for.
All announcements Of candidates must be paid
for in advance.
JoB WoEK must be paid for on delivery.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05

It is reported that the question OF
pfecedency between the Princess
Louis and the Duchess of Edinburgh
is very troublesome st the English
Courts. The first. Who is British
Princess, though wife of Marquis,
claims precedence over the second,
wha il daughter OF an Emperor and
wife Of prince.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05

Yesterday bootblack followed .
man around for several minutes, re-
peating the inquiry: "Have a shin
err' and finally the man exclaimed /:
Didn't tell you i've minutes ago
that didn't want my boots blaeked 2
'You did mister" !" replied the boy,
''but ! thought you might be lying
about il"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05

Seventy volumes of Yoltaire's works
went for thirty-hve cents each at a re-
cent library auction in Milwaukee.
It has been revealed to Brigham
Young that the Indians are to Join tho
Mormons and exterminate the United
States army.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
The Morristown Gazette.

THE GAZETTE is q permanently established
newspaper with paying and constantly increasing
HIST Of subscribers. It's circulation in the counties
Of Hmmblon, Hawkins, Cooke, Jefferson. Granger
per-making It the best advertising medium In
Upper East Tennessee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-02-27


% EtTEsbroN5oF TIE CHESAPEAKE
AND OHIO CANAI.-The Vice-President
laid befors the Senate preliminary re-
port of Major Wm. E. Merrill, United
States corps of engineers, submitted in
compliance with the act of June 20,
1874, directing survey and estimate
to be made for the extension OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal from Cum
berland Nd, to Pittsburg, Pa. 1t ap-
pears from this report that the line OF
the proposed canal has been definitely
located from Cumberland to a point two
miles north of Ohio. Pyle falls. The
sum allotted for the survey was INSULT
Gent to carry the work beyond this
point. The total distance surveyed
was seveuty-eigLt miles, leaving seven
teen miles yet, obe surveyed in order
to reach Connellsville, at which place it
is expected that 'ehe canal will termi-
nate, and that the remainder OF the line
to the mouth of the Youghiougheny
may be completed by slack water navi-
CATION in the river itself.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-02-27
OBITUARY..

Died, on February 18TH, near Browns
Shop, Miss BETTY OSBOURN, aged
81 years and a few days.
She was a young lady of remarkable
health and vivacity, and promised, TO
all appearances, long life. She ''came
up like flower and was cut down
Cut down in the very bloom OF life.
Why we may never know, but we are
sure "God doeth all things we'll"
She had given her heart TO Jesus, and
was numbered with his covenant peo-
pie, and when the summons came she
was ready to go. As one Of the wise
virgins, she sleeps until the cry shall
come. ''Behold the Bridegroom com
eth" but her lamp still burns, and she
shall hear the cry and arise and trim
her lamp, and go in with him to the
marriage.
Her place in the Lutheran Church at
Unionville will be vacant. Her ready
hands and heart will be missed in our
Church work, but God called and we
submit.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-02-27

f; R@r SLEle1i1NG WITH \ GIRL-Of all
the joys youchsayed. to man in life's
tempestuous .wllirl, there's naught ap-
proaches heaven y = 20 bear as sleighing
with girl1-ao rosy, laughing, bu1um
girl, franksgoeai satared, honest girl,
feeling, flirting Idashing, :doting,
smiling, smacking,, jolly, joking, jaunty,
jovial, porer poking, dear little duck of
"a girl. Pile hp.yoar wealth noun
tain high, you sneering, sco8ing churl !!
III laugh as go by with my jingling
bells and girl-the brightest, dearest,
sweetest girl, the trinmest, gayest,
neatest girl, the funniest, flushiest,
frankiest, fairest, foundsst, ripest, TO-
guishest, rarest, :. spuukiest, spiciest,
squirmiest, squarest best of girls, with
dropping lashes-baf concealing, love
provoking, amorouslashes-just the girl
for chap like me to court, and love,
aud marry you see, with rosy cheeks,
and clustering carls, the sweetest and
the best of girls. =: !. - II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-02-27
rS- DEATH OF Mr.. DANIEL CAMEI

r DEATH OF MR. DANIEL GAMER
ox-On Tuesday morning last, 23d OF
February, Mr.. Daniel Cameron, who
Lad been confined to his bed by sick
ness for some weeks past, died at the
residence Of Mr.. jacob Terrell, his SON.
in.law. in this town. MIR. Cameron
was good citizen, and was the oldest
male resident of our town. Had he
lived until October next he would have
reached the age OF 81 years. lie was
born in this town, and lived heie dur
ing his entire life. He was also SOL
der of the war of 1912. His funeral
took place in the Presbyterian Church.
on Thursday AFTERNOON, amidst large
concourse OF sorrowing relatives and
friends, and solemn and impressive
sermon was preached by Rey. IL, c.
Brown. His remains~were Inferred IN
Elmwood Cemetery. Messrs, VIM.
Ripbts,ine, David Bi!l,nyer, Jno. Grow,
Abraham Harris, Henry Hagan and u.
T. Licklider,~J acted as pail bearers.
Peace to his dust q
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-02-27

@- PUBLIC AND&PRlvATE SALES
On reference to our. columns it will b.
seen that the following property is ad
vertised for sale -
John w. Neerywill sell at public sale
stock, farming utensils &c, near Hall.
town, on ednesdsy, the Sd of March
Jacob Rush will sell at public sale,
stock, farming utensils, household and
kitchen furniture, Sc, near Billmyer's
Mill, on Tuesday, the 9th of March.
Geo. W.. Chase, hate Sheriff, will sell
at public sale, at Charlestown, on Mon.
day, March 18th, stock, farming uten-
sils, and household furniture, the prop
erty of R. H, Butcher
Isaac Clymer will sell at public sale,
on Friday, the 18th of March, stock,
farming utensils, &c.
H. L.. Blackburn, e, Boyd Faulkner
and Geo. NJ. Beltzhoorer, Special Com
missioners, will sell at public sale, on
Saturday, the goth of March, part of
the desirable farm of the late DR.. V. NJ.
Butler, deceased" - go
IT. Chapline, 2 Trustee. will sell at
public sale, in Charlestown, on We'd
nesday, March "a, the Rose Hill firm,
81 of WIN. Lucas; near Halltown.
NJ. T. Ingles, Trustee, will sell at
public sale, on Saturday, the 9th of
March, the farm of VIM. w. and Thos.
J. Ullum, containing 224 acres, north
of Shepherdstewn.. -
John G. Ruekle offers at private sale,
a valuable small farm at KearneysYille.
d. S. Orpdorf;ateptivate sale his val
liable farm west of SAepherd>town.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-02-27

@.TnE BOUNDARY QUEsTIoN.-In
the West Virginia Legislature, on Fri
day last, bill passed both houses for
All immediate settlement OF the disputed
boundary line between Maryland and
West Virginia. The line is about
thirty.seven miles long, reaching from
point called Fairfax Stone directly
north to the Pennsylvania line. The
controversy involves about forty square
miles, which. is now. mostly held by
MARYLAND. Governor jacob was in
structed to proceed forthwith to resist
encroachmcnts.by tise citizens and Off
GERS Of. ,larylandiissfThe preamble to
the bill stated that its passage was
necessary for the preyestion Of strife
and bloodshed: between the citizens of
the two States The Legislature of
Maryland is requested to co operate
promptly i'll the settlement of the ques-
ton Of boundary.