Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
FROM POWELLS STATION.
Religious-Crops-Ma trimOny-SchO
Old Age, dc.
PowELL's STATION, 10, 1870.

TO the Editors Of the Chronicle:
The Cumberland Presbyterians are
holding prolracted meeting in the
Beaver Creek Church.
| have heard it said that six thou
sand bushels of corn will be made on
the Powell farm at this place this sea-
son.
Squire Huskins tells me of man in
Anderson county, who is ninety-nine
yea old, and walks from Clinton to
New River, a distance of more than
twenty miles frequently.
John Black, of Clinch river, has
horse that passed through thirteen
battles during the late war. He bears
the mark of a ball OF the left fOrefoot,
aud slightly limps on account of it.
Dan. Norman was married on Sat>
urday night at dark and before day
next morning, Lee Lewis arrested him
for carrying pistol. The last | hen"'
of him, he was enquiring of Do,.uuy
Sheriff James FoN, If they would al.
low mau 10 l.Ne has wife into jail with
him.
Prof Perkins has returned from "A
visit to his home IN Washington coun-
ty, and viii! open the High School here
to-day.
The county bridge across Beaver
Creek, one mile above this place, has
been completed. 1t was built of tim
Der which was taken from the wreck
of the county bridge across the river at
Knoxville.
Bells bridge, two miles below here,
is to be repaired; work commencing
to-day.
We have man in our district
named England, who has not been
able to move hand or foot nor turn
himself in bed for two years. He is
fed and moved about by friends. His
atliiction is rheumatism. | think the
county should help him, as he has
family and is poor.
This unfortunate man desires Chris
tian ministers to call on him, but /
don't hear of any calling. / presume
that but few know of the case. Too
many of our preachers have raised.
sights, they aim to shoot clear over
into Africa, and cram all their theOlo-
gy into the minds of the heathens and
let the starving penitents at their feet
go unfed.
One of those "mOrbid wretches."
who didn't have coffee enough for
break fast aud no meat in the house,
and yet left his wife and baby in
Campbell county to see the hanging in
your city, called at Uncle Wesley's to
stay all night. Uncle didn't want to
keep him; he looked so rough.
Cant keep you-out of meal"
"I'm powerful tired, sir I've walked
over all them hills tween here and the
mountains to-day"
Cant do it; if 1 could would, but
can't, certain!"
81 can't more'n go now, my feel's
skinned powerful. Can put up with
any thing"
40 tell the facts, stranger its
hanted here, and strangers can't rest
well of nights"
"Sir?"
ITS hanted
Ghosts-in the house-where? ?"
Do you see that grave yard up
there?"
Yes, sir"
/" Don't you see bunch of warnit
sprouts CROWN in thar"
Yes, sir, on stump, amt they ."
Not much stump, think CROWN
out'n Joe Caney's grave"
" How fur Is 1T the next house,"
A" Joe, he eat peck of warnits last
summer and died fore mOrniu' and
that's his grave
"Can cut across the fields any way
to get into the Island ford road?'
And them warnits ever one sprout-
ed i'm him and come up thare."
ITS gitten late, mister, and | must
go on 'devenin sir"
John Woods has hundred acres Of
wheat shocks still standing in the field,
and / judge that enough water has fall
en- on them to turn mill to grind all
of the wheat in them, and then have
enough left to mix the flour up into
dough and wash out the pan it was
mixed in.
AT a certain church in our county
recently Il sober-looking brother be-
came so worn down under the tedious
services that he began to nod percept-
IDLY. His head went down on one
side and then on the other, and finally
rested on his next mans shoulder.
| By-and-by q new recruit came into
the already crowded congregation and
took "A seat on the same seat with our
sleepy friend. This caused that bench
full TO close ranks. All was quiet a
moment except the discourse from the
pulpit, when, to the CONSERVATION of
all, our slumbering friend gave a
shrug of his shoulders and muttered A.:
Lay oyer thar, I'm scrouged."