Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-01-20
From Brickcr's Republic


curious and many-wooded tree on Piney
Mountain, created an unprecedented OK,
element aud interest among the staid and
sturdy citizens of tho Republic. We
have never witnessed such o tumult ant
stirring up of this people, distinguished a.
they are for calm judgement aud serene
reason. The time when the Republic
swung from its mornings and unfurled its
one-star-decked banner in defiance of the
whole world and the rest Of mankind, wa.
the nearest approach to it. Pretty soor
a few citizens, each chargined by the
thought that he was not the disc overer,
arrayed for, aud held a dark lattern"
meeting in an unfrequented, thickety
dlngle, near the mountain. Darkness
rooted and walled tho assemblage, the
midnight hour when the whereabouts Of
men supposed to be honest, are always
known to their confding wives, was its
protection, and the dim, Pickering lights
Of the "tallow-dips' wrought the faces OF
the coDclave into weird, fantastic contor,
tions. 1t might easily have been mistaken
for a meeting Of John A. Murrell bau,
dts organizing for an expedition of piun'
der. a magistrate in active service pre-
sided, an ex>'Squirc took down the pro,
ceedings. whilst a browny.lrmed blacks
smith aud o cooper, whose tall form would
have led one to have supposed that be
had just escaped from the Anak, we're the
principal speakers. An ex>membero of the
Legislature stood by and told the Grangels
present when to emphasize the telling
points of the speeches with whispered
yells, low huzzas aud lnaudible amens.
An educated hoot-owl, who is a rapid
shorthand reporter, perched en- a swinging
limb near by, carefully noted all the
proceedings and furnished your cores.
p%ondent with a copy duly sworn to. There
was much speaking and brave resolves,
but the most important and courageous Of
all was the resolution that the meeting
should call in a body on your correspon>
dent the first dark, rainy night, and
compel him to 60 and point out the spot
where the unbeard,of wonder grows. We
see the object of this, There are"millions''
in that tree if it can be gotten to the
International riot at Philadelphia. We
don't propose to be thus 70 bbed of the
honor and profits Of our discovery. The
place where we roost looks like a govern.
ment arsenal, aud when these gentlemen
call on US, we can furnish young neigh,
borhoods and new colonies with grave.
yards at short notice.
Thu Republic can boast the first peach
blooms Of the season at Mr.. John Fords.
Rev. j. A. Ruble, it is given out, vii
hold Two days meeting at Chucky Vale
the first Sabbath in March next.
Some Of our citizens are fattening
beeves for the Spring market. Hon. Jas.
A.. West has a number of fine large ones.
The election for Constable of the
Republic was . failure. Not enough of
the sovereigns we're out to officer the
polls.
A sack of corn field beans was taker
to Mathes' Mill to be ground. Bear
meal is a novel idea that lately struck
uncle Billy Hoss.
One of our citizens in boreing for oil
recently struck a deposit of crooked
whiskey.' In a half hour he was a fac
simile of the sleeping beauty" and says
he will confess rather than stand a 81,
months church trial like Beechpr.
The wedding serehade excitement ha,
blown over, and still nobody is in Jail
nobody's face is ornamented with q
butcher>shop sign, and the man who wa:
set up in the boot business has"busted'
and gone into voluntary bankruptcy.
FAX.
Brickers' Republic, Jan. 1876.