The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-06-14
LETTER FROM RUTLEDGE.
A HUGE CRANE-0ANDDATEg
SAM JONES AELTF GLEKELAND
THE FRUIT CROP
To the EditoE Of the Morristown Gazette. II


| THE FRUIT CROP.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette: 81 A.
Once in a while we like to see oul
section of Granger county repre-
sented in the GAZETTE. because Il
acts somewhat like q stimulant tC
the run down energies of labor and
Well-doing. Il 6losI S1ItA :
You should have been here the
other day. What a great crowd
| gathered on one street corner and
then the other, and finally it hived
at the Grigsby House. I commenced
hunting about to see, what was up,
and found that Sam Jones hadJ kill.
ed an enormous crane and had it on
exhibition. 1t measured six feet
and eight inches from tip to tip.
The same old crane at which the
boys have been wasting so much
powder and lead for the last six
weeks. That old 100 yard center
rife never fails to bring in the game
when Sam pulls the trigger.
If an article | saw in the GAZETTE
few days ago is true. and. 1 just
guess~it is. it would seem that
that gun is bad after greenbacks. 1
wonder If any one knows about the
greenbacks it took in. just caled-
late some one knows but then would
it be fair to ask them? May be it
would not. so I'll forbear the ques-
ton, though I'd like to know.
Candidates over here a full hand
full for everything that ! is empty.
Some of them busy, some not.
Some of them of course viii be sat-
isfed, [ reckon, in August. The
race for sheriff however seems to at
tract the most attention, The lead
of conversation now is that he who
gets more votes than Jones will be
the sheriff. The people know what
they mean to do and if something
don't split they will do 1t too.
l thought l caught Sam election
eering the other day but come to
find out it wasn't that. You see
Judge Randolph had little talk
with Allen Tate up at Newport, and
Tate came home six inches taller
and rubbed his pen over a few-few
-well-cdtch 'ena!- signing himself
Clerk and Sam had them and was
trying to obey orders, Aand3they do
say ne. succeeded,in obeying, 100. /
shouldn't be at all surprised, if who
he said in the premises wouldn't
make good affirmative witnesses.
Tate is scratching in the office
just so busy he hardly gets time to
go to dinner, but not too busy to,
'howdy do sir, walk in, walk right
in, here's a chair. Anything to-day
sir?-Yes, oh yes; very busy, but
then I'll stop if L can do anything
for you, SIR
There are several out against him
for clerk. | don't know which is the
most polite, he or they.
l have heard it said that the door
Is in The same side Of room that-it
has been for years, but Nels. Roach
was there to-day with square. /
don't know how or what. he meas
ured the floor and counted up. I'm
no carpenter or l oonld know what
he meant by gaining 2 inches on the
side and 3l4 free ETC., etc.
1 saw great crowds of people on
the streets the other day. | thought
for while that there was going to
be a convention or circus show, but
when / saw Eli Cleveland sitting on
one book and looking in another /
thought again. Second thoughts
they say are the best. It was this
time anyhow. He got some taxes
reckon. If he didn't it's the first
time, and he don't make much fuss
over it either. He'd make a good
Trustee if he would agree to run.
And | think the people would like.
to have him run.
Well the people who attend the
opening Of the mail say, and smile
some, that they have not heard Ben.
Legg wanting to see Horace Smith
for some nights. The cause may be
is that Horace is chained down to
business in the Chancery Office and
Ben. has nailed himself to the cell
ing in the courthouse.
We intend to have some peaches
over here, notwithstanding the cold
weather in the first of the spring.
will be abundant. Wheat
looks fine. The rust is on the blade
but | don't hear of any on the stalk
yet. Corn looks well and if the
season holds the supply will be
largely over the demand here.
Strawberries plentiful. They come
by the pail, the basket and if horses
didn't have 20 pillow there is no tell
ing but they might have to haul
berries. Respectfully,