The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-12-13
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FACTS AND MOI LIS.
Shut the door.

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Shut the door.
Fatlen your Christmas turkey.
Stuff your oyster with a turkey.
What about that Christmas Tree7
Bad colds are "all the rage again.
Oil maids are now called p-im roses
Hush Bustles are going to hs worn
again.
The pull back dresses are going out
with the tied.
Those who made good crops oi
pork'rs are happy.
Nnse-hlossoms are fast playing ont
in this community.
'Taio't o Gray Phillips amt go
ing to marry till he gets ready
Wouldn't old 200-nouuder create a
sensatiun in q helmet hat. thought
The wages of sim haven't heen cut
down on account If the hard times.
Well bet o whistle that old 200
FOUNDER will never die OF lock.jaw.
Our efficient Jailer, Tom. Arlelge.
tells Us that he has only one hoardrr.
The Good Templar-' Lodge ia in.
creasing it's membership at every meet
ing.
Several wagons Of movers passed
through our town las, week, all going
South.
The dreams Of school girls are no"
Allied with happy antic,pations OF holl
day vacation.
We again solicit short xEwsY letters
from any part ofthe county. Give VI
facts and figures.
There are some people in this world
Who sing like angels on Sunday and
lie like sin on Monday.
It i. shining around corners t.
avoid meeting creditors that 10 sspping
the energies of some folks
The Boston poets are discussing :
"Wha is the hest use for a woman's
mouth ?" Pshaw! Wen bet Wsllsce
Es,lll can tell EN-. Sill nee!
We don't know whether Henry
Johnson will take a bridal tour or not.
Report says that Henry Finch will.
though, ' e il he has ~ go alone.
Not even 8 welding TO chronicle
this week. Come, young gentlemen.
stir about and make yoursel'e- useful
as we'll as ornamental.
An exchange says: "Alcohol will
clean silver" Us. and il Hill clean up
all the silver sou have il you stick I"
it long enough.
Getting mos, time fnr somcl"d.y t"
for SncrIif. W. dnn's rrcog.
nize anr man Nd u candidate for office
until he announces his name.
We want old 200-poundrr 10 rise
and explain why he didn't get there i"
time. W. propose TO ''hanhle him
without gloves ali nut this matter.
Some of the druumsrs who vis'' our
town these days have trunks large
enough tn winter u email family, with
old 2OO.pnunier "thrown in"
Two months ago they swung on I"
tue gn,e>post for an hour or more.
Such nights a. these they smack, shl'-
er, nni away he goes on a dog 'r"t
A celebrated Minnesota 2h, slc'an
announces that ~ man can live fort,
days on water alone" We know OF
acme folks who wouldn't live three
days On water alone.
We understand that the Good Tenn
plals will have q grand festival FOR
their own amusement On Christmas
night. Neither 80 80. ticket or sQuib
lum" will let in any outsider.
A favorits dish about this time is
cold pigs feet, and the individual Who
can't eat three ~ four ut meal %
PASS bic plate for more 10 not hal: q
hand.
The chills these times must b. sec
ond consin to an earthquake, 10 We
heard . fellow say the other day thai
they hal "a!mrst shook him out OF his
boots" II wasn't Geo. Lefeber, cause
be don't wear boots.
We arc al~ays willing to acco.nmo'
date our friends, hut this time We have
10 decline to publish the paper real by
Prof. Clarke at Centennial Academy.
It is an able document, hut 10 entirely
too lengthy for our crowded columns.
The State debt, reputation. matters
81 ~finaure. DC. is oil the talk these
times. Hard money and sofi money
each has its advocates. For our part.
ve ssy give Us plenty money-hard or
sofe-and We don't care whether the
Russisns whip the Tu'ks Or not.
\ great many people say that there
srs "as msny snows during the winter
40 the number Of the dsv Of the mouth
that the 6rst snow falls" Such being
the cave, We are to have twenty-nine
SHOWS this winter, - the 6rst sno~ Of
the season fell on the 39th of Eovem-