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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16

the fault of the reporters always or
chiefly. They rush from the place
of meeting to the Office and, writing
out their report, deliver it to the
managing editor, perhaps at mid
night; he cuts it up and down /;
slashes out what little sense and
connection it had. and serves the
miserable remainder to the pubic, to
the infinite disgust of the speaker,
and with no sort of edification of the
reader. I personally know able and
learned men who will not look at the
reports of their own speeches. SO
mortifying is the picture made of
them. Some men will not speak
when they are exposed to this fear
ful penalty. And very few men now
think it worth while to follow up an
incorrect report with any attempt to
get the wrong righted. Let it go,
they say, it will be sooner forgotten
if left alone.
It is impossible to give a satisfac-
tory condensed report of a sermon
or lecture. A speaker may do the
work himself, but any one else will
omit what ought to be said, and say
the thing that might be left unsaid.
And that is the reason why sketches
Of sermons are so imperfect and
often positively bad. They do not
give the pith and gist Of the preach
er's work. They bestow more abun-
dant honor on the parts that lack
They are a failure.
You must not believe all you reads
In the newspapers, for, with the best
intentions and the greatest pains
taking, mistakes will happen. Es-
pecially is this true with regard to
reports of public speakers. You
may be entertained, and perhaps in
structed by the report, but the SER
mon may never have been heard in
a pulpit, and the unhappy preacher
would not know it was supposed to
be his, if it were not attributed to
him in print. IRENEUs.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
Dying of Starvation.
N. Y. Herald.

A case of destitution in thickly
populated portion Of this city came
to the knowledge of the police yes
terday, which, in the distressing
character of its details, almost sur
passes belief. In honse in Twen-
ty-fourth street, family have. for
four days, fingered between life and
death, without bite of food, and
this has been only the termination
of long period of wret etchedness and
privation. Their story is a common
one. Seven months ago, John
Brown came to this country from
England, with his wife and two chill
dren. He was in quest of employ
ment, and he located in No. 318
East Pwenty-fourth street, under
the belief that in this city man of
robust health and good adaptability
for business would not fail to pros
per. Months passed, however, and
no opportunity for an engagement
presented itself His little means
gradually dwindled away, and then
when lie had become weary of seek
ing for work in vain and was driven
to despair at the thought of his wife
and little ones waiting for the
change in his prospects which never
appeared, he shut himself up with
then and awaited with resignation
the fate that seemed inevitable. The
family had no friends to appeal to,
and like many, they shrank from
begging with a horror that even
the pangs of hunger could not over
come. For the last four days not q
morsel has entered the mouth ofany
Of the family, and it was only when
the lutte child, two years old, was
found dead in its bed yesterday that
the story of these peoples distress
became known. The police were
notified and came 10 their apart
meDts-poor ones they were-and
there they found a haggard man
watching over a starving wo-
man, who could not move, out who
looked with mothers instincts
tillupon the poor pallet where Tie
little famished child, and one that
fingered still between life and death,
were lying.
The woman and the living child
had to be removed to Bellevue Hos
pital, where they lie now in a eriti.
cal condition, aud the husbaadfs S
wants were attended to.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
Two Stories.

A Massachusetts gentleman, just
returning from over the Canadian
bordor, tells US these stories: He
was in the hotel general accommoda-
tion room, when the two veterans Of
the (hotel) bar, laying schemes for
drunk began to tell stories to each
other for his benefit. These are aw-
full hard times said one. ST never
saw such times before, except when
| was in Ohio, an then / was hard
put to t to get along. Nothin' to
do. l had a yoke of fsteers, but they
want earriin' nothin'. But I lived
right on the road the western emil
grants went over every day. So I
dug a hole in the road at the foot of
the hill, near my house, turned a
livin' spring o water into t, and
made good mudhole. Well, when
the emigrants came along, every
day there would be one or more
teams stuck in my mud-hole. an they
would see my steers ,standin' out
doin' nothin' an they would send
up an git me to come an help 'em
out an / alwuz charged as much
as So lift. Well, / kept that mud
hole right up in good repair till I
made $25, 900 out on t and then /
sold out for $4,000, an moved up
here" Story number two was the
other Munchausen's companion piece
for the yoke of steers. "When
was chopin could chop some,
you know-an' folks used to ask me
how much could do in day. Have
you ever tried it? say they. No,
never says I never but once, an
that wasn't really try. You see,
just to show 'em what [ could do, [
got up one winter mornin' afore light
an ground up my ak sharp, oh. jest
as sharp. and went in the woods.
An l chopped like sixty till about
three o'clock in the afternoon, when
l thought it was as much as | could
pile afore sundown, an l went to
pilin'. Well, when | had it all piled
up it measured twenty-seven cord.
An then knew somethin' was wrong
for knew at the rate | had been
chopin it ought to be moro. So /
went back an begun loookin' round
to see what the trouble was. An
there, right at the first tree cut ia
the mornin' was my aX-head. You
see, the thing was loose an slipped
Off, an had been chopin all day
with the bare heive.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
How the Chinese are Treated.

The chief amusement here, says a
San Francisco paper, consists in
damnjng the Chinese but while the
hcodlnm curses, the Mongollaa
smiles, the hoodIum loafss begs or
stea s, the Chinaman works and
saves his earnings-and does not put
them in Consolidated Virginia or
other stock. They thus demoralfze
the people here. 1t is also claimed
that the Chinaman does not take to
the Institutions and to the religion
here. In answer hereto, an intelli-
gent Chinaman informed me he had
more religion than the San Francis
can, because the San Franciscan has
none at all, aud as for their institu-
tions, it is fact that the Chinaman
does not like San Quertin the peni-
tentiary or the stock exchange, and
these are about all the prominent IN
stitutions here. / have seen China
men use twelve and one-half cents u
day for their support, send home
$3.50 at the end of month, and
they do so regularly. With their
fruSaIity, their perseverance and ln-
dustry, they accumulate an immense
amount Of money, and but for their
peuchant for gambling could soon
raise the deposit account ofthe saw
ipgs banks here to an incredible
amount. The treatment accorded
to the Chinese by the hoodlums
shame the slave masters of yore.
have seen in-offensive Cinnamon
Kicked, cuffed and thrown in the
gutter, and all Of many spectators
laughed at the Chinamah's consor-
tions. While promenading Kearney
street | was unintentionally jostled
by a Chinaman. The incident was
remarked by some one laboring men
who asked me why L didn't break
the Chinaman's head.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
How the French DO.

The French butchers separates the
bone from his steaks, and places
them where they will do the most
good. The housewife orders just
enough for each person and no more
even to the coffee. If'a chance Wis
itor drops in, somebody quietly re-
tires and the extra cup is provided,
but nothing extra by carelessness
of intention, when the little range
is extinguished, and waits for anoth-
er time. Noroaring cook stoves and
fedhot covers all day long for the
purpose but waste. The egg laid to-
day costs little more than one laid
last week. Values are nicely esti-
mated, and the smallest surplus is
carefully saved. A thousand little
economies are practiced, and it is
respectable to practice them. Cook
ing is an economical as we'll as sani-
tary and gustatory science. A
French cook will make franc 60 as
far as an American housewife will
make three, and how much further
than the American Bridget nobody
knows we should probably be greatly
astonished, could the computation be
made, how much Of the financial, re-
cuperative powers of France is ow-
ing to her soups and cheap foods /;
better living. after all, than the
heavy bread and grass failures of
our culinary ignorance--H0nle and
Farm.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16

1t was too late for any thing but
to let Dan have his own way. Such
a willful fellow he was, too. And
when at last the widow insisted on
going homeward. their arrival at the
gate was signalized by just another
theft as he had perpetrated twenty
times already. for Barbara's ex-
clamation had been simply, Kissed
herm
Never was lamp lit so quickly in
all the world before; but, between
the finding aud the scratching of the
match, Bill Emmons managed to say
for he was a fellow of excellent
mind" Perhaps. Barbara, that may
remove some of our difficulties
And Barbara made no reply; but
when Dan and the widow came into
the parlor, it was not easy to say
which of the two women was blush
ing the most violently.
It's all right. Bill. remarked
Dan. 'I don't know that any ex-
plantations are required. You have
our entire CONSENT
The visions of the newly painted
house had faded from the mind of
Barbara Hawkins, but it was Dams
remark that called her attentlon TO
the manner in which she was cling
ing to the arms Of Bill Emmons.-
The latter was equal to the occasion,
however, for he replied,
Well, SO long as I've got Bar
bara's, | don't mind having yours ;"
and then he added quickly, * I say,
Dan, you and [ are two fellows Of
remarkably good sense"
So Barbara's difficulty about her
step-mother's future as well as her
own was removed for her entirely,
and, curiously enough, Dan Grover
spent the remainder of his natural
life in the unbroken assurance that
neither he nor his admirable wife
had ever known but one love-
Hmper'S Bazar.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
6sNEaybas's

Eyes, sir, it makes me awful mad"
man was saying. on q Michigan
avenue car yesterday. II ordered
that meat at eight o'clock this morn
ing and it never came up at all. My
dinner was spoiled, my wife vexed,
and I'll give that butcher a bless
ing"
'It is great annoyance" remark
ed his friend.
eyes, it is, and I'm mad enough
to fight. [ gave the butcher the or
der myself. so that he has no excuse.
Oh, I'll go for him -
Maybe you forgot to put down
the cash." said man with very long
legs who sat opposite. Il used to
beat them that way during the war,
but can't do it now.''
Maybe you are an impudent
scoundrel!" !" roared the first, growing
very red in the face.
"Yes-maybe," sighed long legs,
and he sank back and said he mere
" threw ont his remark as O sugges-
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
Nearly Killed by a Druggists
Blunder.

Boston Herald.
A week ago last Saturday New
York druggist perpetrated blunder
which barely missed depriving q
Boston lady, Mrs. Josephine G. Lo-
gan, a well-known contralto singer.
Of her life. Mrs. Logan was on the
afternoon in question given pre-
scription by her medical attendant,
which called for half grain of opi-
um and six grains of calOmel. but the
apothecary carelessly substituted
corrosive sublimate for the latter
ingredient, making a preparation Of
sufficiently fatal power to kill half a
dozen strong men. This dose was
taken by the lady, but was promptly
rejected by her stomach. With all
possible dispatch two physicians
were called in, who remained with
the patient throughout the night,
during which she suffered terrible
agonies. Sunday morning the doc
tors were able to say that the great
est danger was past, although for
several hours they had entertained
no hope of saving their patients life.
Letters received here yesterday
show that Mrs. Logan is slowly re-
covering, and will before long return
to Boston.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
Tobacco Smoking.

The effects of tobacco smoking. as
described by the Scientific american,
are discoloring of The teeth by carbon
excitement of the salivatory glands
by the ammonia, headache and las
situde from the carbonie acid, disease
of the heart from earbonic oxide,
nausea from the bitter extract, and
tainting of the breath by the gola-
tile empyreumatic substance. The
system may become use to these
things. yet is made liable to con-
sumption, nervous exhaustion, par
alvsis and ailments. To sum mp the
evils. Effects on individual likewise
effect communities, these in turn in
fluence the nation. No person that
smokes can be in perfect health, and
an imperfect organism cannot re-
produce a perfect one.-Therefore
Il is logical to conclnde that, were
smoking the. practice of every indi.
yidual Of a nation, then that people
would degenerate into physically
inferior race.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16

"Gobang is the name of a new
English parlor game for children. In
this neighborhood the girls .'go
bang" the pianos several times a
day. 1t Is parior amusement that
every body is tired of.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16

Snow has been falling daily for
two weeks in the Black Hills coun-
try. One day and night il fell to the
depth of seventeen inches. Part of
the day being very warm, however,
il naelts. and the streams are over
flowed, causing large suspension OF
mining operations.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
MORRLSTO WV
Female High School.

REV T p SUMMERS,
IN a. LOWRY, Davidson COllege),
Associate Principals.
G. Z DILLWORTH, Principal Music Dept
The next Session commences the first Monday
in September, 1876
Board from 81 50 to 50 90 per week
Tuition from SO to $50 per term Of 20 weeks.
Address the Principals, MorristOwns Tenn
S75-tf
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
Proverbs.

"a wise son maketh glad fa-
ther,' and a prompt-paying subscri-
Der causeth an editor to laugh.
Folly is joy that is destitute Of
wisdom = but delinquent subscri-
Der causeth suffering in the house of
the newspapers maker.
.'All the ways of a man are clean
in his own eyes," except the way
the delinquent subscriber hath Of
not paying for his paper.
Better is the little with righteous
ness" than q thousand subscribers
who fail to pay what they owe.
"a just weight a nd balance are
the Lords" but that which is due
on your newspaper is the publishers
thereof.
Better is the poor man who walk
eth in integrity and payeth his sub
scription than the rich man who con.
tinually telleth the devil to ''call
again
Judgments are prepared for seor-
ners, stripes for the backs Of fools"
and everlasting punishment for him
who payeth not for his newspaper.
Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick" is a proyerb sadly realized by
the publisher who sendeth out
bills.
"a righteous ma1 hateth lying"
and hence an editor waxeth worth
against the subscriber who proposes
to cali and settle tomorrow, yet CALI
eth not to settle.
cit biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder when the
adder gets through ;ldding up the
amounts due from his subscribers.
"Teil me what you eat. and Twill
tell you what you are" Thus OBJ
served French writer more than
80 years ago; and the same rule
holds good to-day. For instance,
when we are told that man mp iD
Lehigh county the other day ate 80
raw oysters, 20 buckwheat cakes, a
pound of Lim-burger-cheese. and a
family mince-pie, and drank 10 glas.
ses Of beer at one sitting. we know
right away what that man is. And
that he is spelled with only three
letters. commencing with an ''h'' and
ending with ''g.
The body Of q suicide found hang.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16

The body of a suicide found hang
ing in an old house near Woodsville.
Lond Island. has been recognized as
John T. Daily, The missing propri-
etor of the Win dor Hotel, New
York.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-16
FRED. A. SHOTWELL,
SURGEON DENTIST
ROgersVille, Tenn

Offers his professional services TO the citizens OF
the village and surrounding country, aud assures
those who favor him with their patronage, that lie
will make il his pleasure to gye perfect satlsI 1c
ton Terms cash. Ladies prefering 1t VIII De
awaited upon at their homes, without extra charge
sept. q, IS76-v 10 II 30 If.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-24
POLITICAL.
TUpPER EULOGIzEs THE SOUTH

From he Charleston S. CO. News and Courier
The following Ode "to the South was writer
last evening, hY the distinguished author end
handed 10 ~ FOR publication. We take much
pleasure IN presenting il 20 our readers as the
frank testimony Of an accomplished Englishman &c
the facts OF the past and the truths OF our present
condition. Happy would il be for the South If O.
ther gifted writers Of e" England and the North y
who come among Us had the same magnsnimity
aud impartialitv as has Influenced Mr.. Upper IN
penning these lines:
TO THE sOCTH.
The world hs: misjudged mistrrsted, maliEn'd
And should be quick to make honest amends;
Let ~, then speak of YOU just as we find yOr,
Humhly and heartily, cousins and friends
Let US remember your wrongs and your trials,
Slandered and plundered and crushed to the
dust
Draining adversiiy's bitteresi rials,
Patient in courage and strong in good trust.
You fought for Libertv-rather than Slavery
Well might you wish to be qui, ofthst i'll,
But yon we're sold 10 political kravery
Mesh'd By diplomaey's spider-like skill;
And YOU rejoice TO see slavery bsnished,
While the free servant works well rs before,
Confident, though many fortunes have vanished,
Soon TO recover sll-rieh as OF yore
Doubtless there has been some hard.hips and cru
elites,
Gases exceptional, evil and rare,
But to tell the truth-and truly tie jewel It's
Kindness ruled-as a rule-evrywhere
Servsn;s-if fslsves-were yosr wealth and inher-
itanee
Born with your children and grown on your
gTOHna
And il was quite az much interest as merit hence
Still to make friends of dependents all round.
Yes, il is SANDER to .ay you oppres. d them.
DOes nan squander the prize OF his pelff
Was il not often that he who possessed them
Rather MAS owned by his servants himself7
Caring for all, as in health, so in sickness
lie was their father, their patriarch chief
Ages infrmites, infaney's weaknesses,
Leaning on him for rspose and relief
When 700 went forth In yosr pisek and Jour
bravery,
Selling for freedom both fortune. and lives,
Where was that prophesied outburst Of slavery,
Wresking revenge on your children and wive:
Nowhere You left all 10 seryile safe Keeping,
Aud this was faithful and trne to yOur tEHst;
Master and servant thus mutually reapng
Double reward Of The good and the just
Generous SOutherners who address y0u
Shared with too many belief in yonr rims
But recant is-thus-let me confess you-
Know ledge is victor aud everywhere wins;
For have seen, have heard, and am sure Of u,
You have been slandered and suffering long,
Paying all slsverys cc.s and the care it,
And the great world shall repent OF its wrong
MAETtS +. TOPPER
CHARLEsToy, Feb. &, 1877.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-24
How a Man Hunts for Clean Clothes.

Did you ever see man try 10 find clean
sbir, or handkerchief, or something In the
bureau drawer, where his wife keeps her linen ?
1t mostly happens that when he is in hurry,
when he has got his fireworks temper on, and
his wife las got the baby on her ZAP, OF she is
up to the elbows In dough.
He finds the white arrayed In such SYM
metrlcal layers as only woman after long prac-
,ice can accomplish, and he dives in good
deal az he would fish for dubs Of kindliDg in
barrel Of shsvings, pitching everything right
or lef, on the floor meanwhile, es he fails TO
get the desired article, stewing and swearing
and Offering up selected expressions Of relief
70 bis feelings 10 q suppressed tone Voice, and
vowing in a way especially designed to reach
the ears Of bis wife, 'fhat beats the Old
what's bis name Pa thing can't beput where
II can be found"
About this tine the wife yells out ffom be-
low tha, the article sought is right at the top,
when be sarcastically wants to know If she
supposes he has "got no eyes"
And then be gathers everything up in
bunch and rams them back anyhow, just as be
can grab them 10 savage handful, tearing a.
round and Jerking things all over with ner-
vous looseness. Then he sings out in a sort
Of distracted way, as If addressing no one in
particulai Chat he can always find anything
be needs a, bis place Of business in moment;
that be Keeps place for everything and every
thing in its place.
Just about this tine be has worked himself
into great worry Of boiliDg-oyer impaience,
and got the whole room 10 litter, his wife
glides in and lays her hand on the missing
article, right 10 the drawer, where be had
jerked it oot and ramtned it back again. 10
that quiet way woman has Of maddening a
choleric husband into ft state for the lanatic
~eviorn