The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-23
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Now we are having new sweet pc
tat0es.
Hog cholera still fingers in our wn
and vicinity
The schoolbook trade will open up
lively soon.
Give that chap little more butter
milk to sober up on,
A total eclipse Of the m BON lo.mor~
row, (23d) partly visible here.
Thanks to our clever Postmaster,
Mr. G, g. Phillips, for favors,
What has become of the serenaders 7
These are lovely nights for music.
Oar Square is full Of fruit wagons
daily. Now's the time to buy chils.
A great many Of our farmers are
holding their wheat for higher prices.
Everybody and their family were at
Goshen last Sunday. Happiness reigned
supreme
Those who go it blind before mar
riagc, will have Their eyes opened al
forwards,
We'll bet there is less improvement
going en- in Winchester than any town
in the State.
Don't spend so much money "put-
ting on airs" Iou'll need it to buy
coal with this winter,
Dry your tomatoes like your peach
es and apples. This is better and
cheaper than canning.
Mary Sharp College will resume OK.
cryises two weeks from to-day. y
large attendance is anticipated.
Acklins Spring, 4 miles west of
Winchester, has been the iavorte re-
sort for many of our citizens lately.
Say, young man, what will you take
for your interest in the gale-post you
were hanging on to last Sunday nigh; 7
The enforcement Of the vagrant law
would Uc Il gOd- to iuchestcr.
How can we expect prosperity with 50
many drones!
II you feel bad. get quart Of good
whiskey and go out to the Sulphur
Spring and drink il (thc whIskey.
There's nothing like ii.
Who is it AZ She!hyyilc that draws
our Circuit Clerk over there OCCASION
ally. We'd like to know just for Gu
riosity-uothing more.
We can boast OF several incn in our
midst who may die wealthy, but we'll
bet q postal card that they'll never die
lal-thcy are too lazy 10 get fat.
Our merchants predict good bust
ness this fall. Our farmers, they say,
have more money than they have had
for several years, and they are less in
debt
The champion lalller Of the world
is--well he lives in our town, and
knows more than all the world amt the
balance of mankind, in his own opin.
ion.
A little squirt says he don't want
his name printed in the Home journal.
We w0n't--we have TOO much respect
for our columns to degrade them in
any such manner.
Suppose we have a reformation in
dress in our good town. Let the girls
all dress alkr---plain, neat and cleanl y !;
no jewelry, filters, frizzes, and other
fashionable toolishness
Weddings are not fashionable these
times. The young gentlemen are very
attentive to tue ladies, however, and
we are awaiting the natural conse-
quence in GREATNESS anticipation
One of our young ladies sings
her nose sometimes. She nose
Aow to sing, and would make good mu
sic if she could get "I'l! put-the fine as
low as possible boys" to sing accom-
paniment.
Ii you want to get up at three
o clock in the morning, and haven't an
alarm clock, eat few apples and
peaches, u slice or two Of watermelon,
and take big drink of ice water and
go to bed early. You'll be sure to
hear from it.
We have in our town, rs we have Of.
ten said in these columns, tie most
beautiful, lovely and charming young
ladies that can be found anywhere.
And some of them are mighty mar
RAG cable" too, and it i, time our
young men were governing themselves
accordingly.
A subscriber requests Us to say
something about oul town and lis pop
ulation. Vel, here goes: Our town
excels in everything--in clever men, in
pretty women, in sweet babies. and in
sweet music. We are unique, and an
tique, unitarian and antiquarian" use.
full and ornamental. Satisfied z
1t was feared. last week, that the
street gang would strike and burn the
Mayors Office. But good counsel was
needed, and the affair WAS nipped in the
bud. Mayor Forbes would have given
the strikers a warm receptions, for his |
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