The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-07-28
LETTER FROM KNOXVILLE.
THE HEATED TERM WATERING
PLACES SWTTHEN'S DAY
GLOOMY FINANCIAL CONDITION.
VIEW MARKET HOUSE-PRES-
TOMS MISTAKE

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term has at length set in. We hope
it will not continue to an unusually
great length, however. For the past
few days the mercury has been ca
reering among the Hineties. It is
not yet 50 hot here as was once re-
ported of some Southern town, where
the mercury climbed out Of the top
Of the tube of the thermometer, ran
across the street and ran up q lamp
post. That was q sCGrDa place and
time. A great many of our citizens
have already gone to the watering
places, and more are preparing to go.
to Montvale, Tate's and Lea's. All
these places would be thronged, SO
that more capacions buildings would
be necessary. if they were only situ-
ated directly on some railway line.
Persons would rather travel two or
three hundred miles on the cars than
from ten to twenty miles over such
rough roads as we have all through
this hilly country Of ours. especially
when they are seeking rest and re-
cuperation. Were either of these
watering places mentioned able to
construct even narrow guage rail-
way, the company owning the Springs
would find it the best paying insti-
tuition anywhere extant in our part
of the country. l hope the day is
not far distant when our fine mineral
Springs will be rendered "come- at
able'' by such an enterprise.
The continuous rains we have had
for eight or ten days are said to have
injured the wheat in some localities
OF our country. and to have been
damaging to the oats crop. In the
city much twaddIe was indulged in
about st. Swithin's day-which. /
believe, is the 18th July-about
which some foolish one has written !:
est Swithin's day gif We do rain,
For forty days it will remain;
St Swithin's day and We be fair,
For forty days twill rain no mair."
Which. you will have observed, doubt
less, ere this. is all a lie. This is
just such stuff as ignorant and super
stitious heads are always added
with. The February ground hog
yarn is on a keeping with this. and
it is matter of astonishment how
many reputedly well-informed peo-
pie give ear to This kind of foolish
ness, and again and again are caught
noticing the time to ascertain If there
be any truth in these signs. When
will we learn, to an abiding realiza-
tion. that all such things are vanity?
Our State Treasurer, DR.. Morrow,
gives Us quite a gloomy statement
of our States financial condition,
and severely raps over the knuckles
the late Legislature of the State.-
"peace to its ashes" for their
trifing with this grave matter. 1t
has always seemed TO me to be a
great misfortune that the State. or
even the smaller governments of our
counties and cities, have been una
BILE TO secure the services Of men
who would run the financial branch
of the government as smoothly and
as successfully for the people as they
appear to manage their own affairs.
I do not know, however, of n single
instance Co cite where this has been
done. Lamentable, isn't it? It is
not uncommon, however, when we
have several candidates for Mayor
in our cities that the richer one of
the aspirants is held up as being the
better fitted for the position, on ac-
count of the fact of his demonstrated
ability to manage we'll his own affairs,
and invariably. almost, when such
men are elected, it is found out that
they never lose sight of the good
management of their 0soR affairs,
even if it now and then happens that
the peoples interests in the multi
plicity of their other duties are over
looked to their hurt.
The citizens Of the old portion of
our town are making a move in the
right direction just now, in their eff
forts to have a new Market House
erected somewhere near the southern
terminus Of Gay street. This will.
if successful, give quite a check to
the emigration of the business of our
city in the direction OF Anderson
county, and will afford ample oppor-
tunity for South America and loyal
old Blount to dispose of the ''gartlen
sass and sich," without trudgipg so
far, while it will certainly have quite
a sanitary effect on the business of
that part OF Gay street, which. for
three squares. is deridingIy called BY
Market Square folks and other up
towners. "yamacraw." There is no
doubt of the success of this enter
prise, and by January, '76. we will
have Market House, No. 2. and the
old corners OF Gay and Main win.
Phoenix like. spring from their ashes
and be covered with good business
houses.