The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-06
Local Notes and Other Me,cs.
Sweet potatoes sell at IS cents a

elsewhere TWO weeks next MONDAY
Eggs are now retailing in this
market at Is cents per dozen.
- Turnips are coming into town slow
ly and retail at so cents a busheI.
= Early to bed, late to rise, pay the
printer and advertise
= The streets are muddy and good
sidewalks are in requisition.
- With blue cold nose and wrinkled
brow, traveller whence contest thou?
= Skating viii soon be in order, so
get your skates sharpened and in readi
ness. -a.a m 4s
"A number of penitents have gone
forward to mourn and pray, still there
are scores lingering. @
= Mr.. D.. c. NJ. Lyle has erected a
very substantial residence on Crook
street and is nearly ready for occupation.
= Local trade is on the decline, in all
save good, warm apparel for the severe
weather we are now having foretaste
Of
The time has come when a long
nose man will not venture out, for fear
that his booster will turn to an iceberg
The electoral vote will be counted
on st. Valentines day, February 18th.
1t will also be Ash Wednesday on the
same day.
= Our stores did not accept the prop
osition of one of our city pastors and
close for a couple of hours on Thanks
giving day.
%. @. King is about laying pave
ment from his residence to Cumberland
street. The corporation is now grading
preparatory to its construction.
- One of our business men lost note
for over $500 one day last week Tt was
found, however, and restored to its right
full owner.
= 1t is a sad spectacle to see some of
our farmers from the country coming to
town to purchase half bushe1 of sweet
potatoes What commentary on our
| Changers.
During the freezing spell, many
persons involuntary fell ker-fiap and
brought up on mother earth. We have
not heard of any broken limbs as yet.
: Thanksgiving day has come and
gone, the only thing of moment occur
ring on that eventful day being the inn
mensc consumption of fat turkeys and
other good eadibles.
= Attention is directed to the adver-
tisements in this issue of Scribner's
Magazine, st. Nicholas, Appleton's
Journal, and Saturday Night. These
are all valuable publications, and we
commend them to the public.
= One thousand hogs were slaughter
ed and sailed by Folsom & Magee, of
our town, during the last week. We nm
derstand it is their intention to cure
about two thousand altogether. Their
hams and bacon will probably be ship
ped to Southern markets.
= Those of our subscribers in the
country who are owing us for subscrip-
tions and who have pine, or cord wood
they want to dispose of, could bring in
load or two and liquidate their debt.
Good fires are an essential necessity this
inclement weather, and we are nearly
out of wood.
- new schedule went into effect on
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia road last Sunday, by which the night
or Rat passenger trains arc Withdrawn.
The change brings the passenger train
going east to this place at 6:20 p. m, in
stead of $50 p. m, as heretofore. The
passenger train going west arrives and
departs as under the old schedule.
- The Athens Neses comes to us en-
larged to a seven-column sheet. The
Nesos is creditably conducted county
paper, owned and published by our en-
ergetic and handsome young friend,
Thomas T. McWhirter, and edited by
Felix T. MeWhirter, NJ A and John
w. F. Foster, LID. If for nothing else
Tom merits success for not attaching NJ.
oh D., or other cabalistic letters, to his
name. But Tom is impersonal as to ac-
ademic honors, and we wish him luck
- The attention of the GAZETTE read
ers in Morristown and vicinity is direct
ed to the new and wen displayed adver-
tisement of Hill & Haynie, new firm
just established, who win deal exclu-
sively in Family and Fancy Groceries.
They have received and are now open
ing fine assortment of Christmas tricks,
Confectioneries, &c. Both of these
young men are well known to the people
of Morristown. They are as accommo-
dating as energetic, and will doubtless
make a success of the new business into
which they have entered.
= A turkey is always m acceptable
gift to us, and at the holidays immeasur-
ably more so. We were the recipients
of fine one from our friend Theo. A.
Salvo, for our Thanksgiving dinner |
We felt warlike and declared war on
Turkey in a vigorous manner-we did
full justice to the subject and by the
time we got through, Turkey was a pile |
of ruins-a wreck of its former self and |
in utter desolation. Salvo is an expert |
at his business of adjusting timepieces
and other jewelry, and the way he made
us keep time when we were in the enc
my's front, showed him not only to be
a regulator of chronometers but good
Judge as to what constitutes good living.
He has our thanks for so seas enable a
present.
sin consequences of taking off the
night passenger trains, the Tribune will
be forwarded by mail to subscribers
along the line of the East Tennessee,
and Georgia road. Tribune.
to each Of the morning pa