The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-05-24
A DROVER'S ADVENTURES IN
KNOXVILLE.
TURKEY KNOB, Hancock, CO., Tenn,
Nav 90. 1876.

| MAY ~, 4CtO'
To the Editor of Hawkins County Department:
went from this point (which is near
the Kentucky line) to Knoxville about
the LIST of this month with some cattle.
As they were unsuitable just at that
time, laid around and read and wrote
for the newspapers there, and, if half is
true that read, 1 will never give anoth-
er Republican my vote, which is the
vote always give. The papers were
full of stories on Belknap, Marsh, Hayes,
Babcock, Grant, and others; and, from
what / could see, the Democrats were
bringing them square up to the dead
line.
l have given my preference for Con
gress in my District, and he is q Demo-
crat, but 1 do not know who would
vote for in yours. Are all your Judges
Radicals? Don't they all want to run?
But now I must tell you more about
my trip to Knoxville. l had never been
there before, nor had never been from
home much, only in my own neighbor
hood, and went in on the old Campbell
county road. I put my cattle up out of
town. had never even seen a railroad,
but l crossed what they called the track,
and there was a great crowd talking
about the train coming along directly;
so l went over next to a pond of water,
on a high bank, where l could see it. In
little while / heard it blow, louder
than Ghunder, and waited till ! saw o
Gle I'D Of smoke, like a house on fire,
when 1 broke, with hat In hand, right
up the brick floor laid along. When l
came to myself there were two men lead
ing me, one under each arm, and they
each had sticks, something like chair
posts, with strings around the end.
said nothing, but went with them to a
house they called the Station-house, and
they told me they had room for me.
1 was glad of it, for 1 wanted to rest
and blow heat anyhowi but they put
me in an empty room where there was
no beds, nor chairs, nor any fire, and, in
fact, it did not smell well; and they
wanted to lock me up and leave me
there, but told them that that did not
suit me, and wanted to know what had
done. They said l had run over and
knocked down a woman and child near
the depot 1 told them that if 1 did,
did not know it-that I was not going
to let that etdrTlGl thing run over me. /
again told them l did not want to stay
l.. 4
to another better looking room. There
was another man there, who asked what
I had done, when a fellow, they called
Pat, told about the woman and child,
and asked me if that was so. told him
didn't know, nor dGr7aed if did. But
they fined me, which, with the costs and
several other things, amounted to about
seven dollars, but l Lad the money to
pay down. Now, thinks 1 to myself, I
will steer clear of these chairpost men on
the streets. t .-.... .......s
/ then started on and come to a place
where they shave people. He had his
hair cut very close, and spoke very bro
ken, so did not understand him at first;
so he says again, "don't you want a
shaver" My beard being very long, 1
told him l did. He hauled me down in
one of the biggest, best chairs, and
throwing a white shawl over me, went
to work and give me a number one
shave, and wanted to know if l didn't
want a sltana-spoOn. told him plainly
I ,I,o
So 1 gets up and starts; but, says he,
stop, my friend; you owe me fifteen
cents" Says 1, for what? Says he,
" that shave" Says 1, did you not ask
me to take a shave? If ask you to eat
with me darned if charge you; and
just walked of. He looked at me very
hard; but paid nothing on that score.
l guess the next time they got
me. passed on a little further, and
went into place. can't spell it, but
was told could get something to eat,
and when 1 got in there it was nothing
but a fine grocery, yet Icould smell cook
ing going on somewhere in the house,
and hated to peep around like a fool,
and fellow standing in o little round
counter asked me if / would not take a
drink. told him I would, ana he set
out to me what he said was "cood, /"
and took il and started out about half
strangled, when he said, "hoId on, my
vriend, and he walked around on my
side; "you must pay for your drink, sir.
Says l, guess not; did you not ask me to
drink? Yes" says he. Well, says !, IL
Il was to ask you to drink with me,
would not think of charging you. "Yell,