The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-03-01
Our THORN HILL LETTER.



LARS - CANNES - GOLD AID
LEAD ORE DEVELOPMENTS
Observation-Disclosures.
THoRH HILL, TENN, Feb. 20, 1876
TO the Editor o. the HorristoHn Gazette:
4 little nonsense now and then
Is rellshed by the wisest men,
said one-and now goes your Thorn
Hill seribbIcr- You say you want some
thing short, sweet and TO the point.
Brevity being the spice of compost
tion you can have it By using an eraser.
The sweetness can be obtained from
John, the honey man. Well. as to mat
ter. to the point--ayel there's the rub.
The Good Ternplars, ''mirabiIe dictn"
have organized lodge over here on
ClinclI Capt T. H. johnson being
Worthy Chief. with full corps of work
ing officers. They have now about fif-
~ members, including some who have
imbibed the scritfer' fTeelyf0 lot tb csc
many years. Some of the whisky sell
lers are about to close, thinking that
their business will not prove rempnera-
tive, unless the Tenplars take n few
ssdraps" behind the door for the stona-
aches sake. g
AS your readers have heard but little
about the poor mans guaTd-ztlie much
dreaded sheep killers, Won can tell them,
that Mai q. wv. Nash, OF our district.
special exccutioneer has dispatched over
thirty of them without regard 10 color
or previous condition TO that bourne
whence no dog gets back alive; and all
this, too, at the earnest solicitation of
their owners, to liquidate some small
bills the Tax Collector had against them
for common school purposes. Col My
ers did mol succeed so WELL AS twenty
i've was al he shot-ammuniiiou being
scarce There are n few more left yet
which could be spared.
Right here, let me ask why you city
gents don't use strychnine, broken glass
or other destructibles with your caniness
A countryman cant sleep in town for
the incessant bowling, barking, growl-
ing. fighting dogs.
c. w. Latllim, ESQ, whilst out on
the mountain sometime ago getting out
building rocks. discovered something in
The rocks very much resembling gold
The pieces sent to Rutlcdge. il rs said
created some excitement with some Of
her influential citizens. The Squire has
not ms YET become. euthused upon the
gold question,
Sometime during The late unpleasant
Southern soldier whilst looking for wa
Ser. found a deposit of lead ore on the
north side of the mountain, opposite
Easley's farm, sufficiently rich 10 war-
rant the assertion that il w0um pay to
work il. provided the place can be foukfiss
The soldier gave ESQ. Easiey several
specimens. and told him just where TO
find it. But as his whereabouts is I'M
known and Esq. i. dead, 1t would re-
quire some mineralogist with patience.
to find it: or probably with the Informal
tion ne left, by burning off the leaves in
ury weather and searching diligently
the place might be found. Good coal
can be found on the surface IN the
ncighborhood. IF we had railroad
this country might be worth something
after all.
Capt j. w. Parrot has been over
prospecting for minerals and s'sieh like, -
getting. specimens of ore and marble. for
the State Ge,logist. or somebody else.
Our corpulent friend, attorney at law
and postmaster at Rutledgc, paid us
hurried visit few days ago. In fact
the large portion of the citizens of that
once flourishing burg have been rusti-
eating amang the hardy mountainecrs.
The genial Ben. Peck, Esq. the lnqua
cious Col. Moore, the polite Sheriff, the
tall, handsome Lawyer, and several OF
the rising young men were guests at the
Easley House. ! dare say that john has
not az much honey 10 sell rs he had be-
fore their arrival.
Our mutual friend. W L. H., has not
graced our streets with his lively step
ami pleasant face Of late lie evidently
has gone into winter quarters or cut our
acquaintance.
When sweet Teens returns home you
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