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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-17

From this you would infer that we
are happy; but just take me by the
arm and let me conduct you little
ways behiud the curtains, and judge
for yourself,
A town is like an individual; it
has a nice appearance to wear before
strangers, and an everyday surface
for home folks. Now draw long
breath and we will enter the arena.
Do you see that object? That is
not q real, live porcupine, but our
afable merchant. He imagines that
to kill out the home manufac-
tories and local industries will be to
his best interest. Again, that par
rot Why, my friend, that is our
good artisan, over the way. He
thinks to quit his old tone-do cheap.
inferior work, in order to compete
with the spurious articles on our
marts. That animal you see dis
tended, little short of bursting. is
our doctor. He is not fat, but is in
fiated with gas. just touch him,
and he pours forth an unendirg tide
Of incomprehensihle seSquipeddtiae
Uerbae. How attenuated seems our
legal brother! He once possessed
proportions even greater than our
Aeseulapian friend, but the question
of the justice of the Returning
Boards has completely exhausted
him. The cold snow now drifts up
on his weather-beaten bones and icy
rigors like the hands of a frozen
ghost--bnt can't afford TO become
eloquent here. Come with me lit
tie farther, until I show you a col
lection of rare birds. Notice that
queen Of the perch; she is arbiter
elegantiarHm. To-day you see her
as the ortolan tomorrow, by some
strange metamorphosis, she will have
become the bobolink; the next, the
red-bird: the next, the rice-bird, and
so forth indefinitely. These others
have all spoiled themselves trying to
initiate her. Sometimes Queen Or
tolan comes out in ridiculous atti-
tude, in order 10 witness the whole
collection, wiring and oggling, halt
ing and laundering. trying to keep
up with the style. Had you en-
ployed glasses you would have no.
ticed everything you have seen stud
ded with parasites. These vile,
blood-sucking creatures are our town
loafers. Oh! for some rank ONT
ment, mixed up with the Vagrant
Act!
You begin to grow dizzy. I will
take you out of this labyrinth. Don't
let Mr.. Huxley see this paper, or he
will think We were Matched at an un-
fortunate stage of evolution. Good
bye l will receive the of my te-
merity when 1 get to "where waits
my sulky, sullen dame"
r. Z. BAKER.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-17
THE SUN.
1877. NEW YORK. 1877


The different editions of THE SUN during the
next year viii be the same during the year that
has just passed. The daily edition viii on week
days be J sheet of four pages, and on Sundays
sheet of eight pages, or Sc broad columns; while
the weekly edition VIII be sheet of eight pages of
the same dimensions and character that are al
ready familiar to our friends.
THE Sun viii continue to be the strenuous adj
vocate of reform and retrenchment, and of the
substitution of statesmanship, wisdom and integ-
rity for hollow pretence, imbecility and fraud in
the administration of public affairs. It will
tend for the government Of the people by the pe0-
ule and for the people, as opposed to government
by frauds the bailot-box and in the counting of
votes, enforced by military violence It viii en-
deayor to supply its readers-a body now not far
complete, and Trustworthy accounts OF current
events and viii employ for this purpose numer-
Gus and carefully selected st e Of reporters and
correspondents. Its reports from Washington,
especially viii be fun, accurate, and fearless and
it viii doubtless continue to deserve and enjoy the
hatred Of those who thrive by pundering the
Treasury or by usurping what the law does not
give them, while it viii endeavor to merit the
fdence of the public by defending the rights Of the
people against the encroachnents rf unjustifed
The price of the daily Sun win be IS cents
month or Sc so year, post paid, OF with the Sun
day edition 81 10 year
The SUNDAY edition alone, eight pages, 81 20
The WEEKLY sun, eight pages of IS broad
columns, win be furnished during ls77 at the rate
of 81 year, post paid
The benefit Of this large reduction from the pre-.
vious rate for THE WEEKLY can be enjoyed by in
dividual subscribers without the necessity Of maxi
ing up clubs. At the time, if any Of our
friends choose to aid in extending circulation,
shall be grateful to them, and every such per-
son who sends us ten more subscribers from one
place viii be entitled TO copy Of the paper for
himself without charge. At one dollar year,
postage paid. the expenses Of paper aud printing
barely repaid and, considering the size Of the
sheet and the quality OF its contents, c0ni-
dent the people will consider THE WEEKLY SuE
the cheapest newspaper published in the world,
and we trust also one Of the very best.
Address, THE SUN, New York City, N. X.
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A Card to the Public,

For many years we nave made two
medicines suited TO the ailments of a
vast class of sufferers. Thousands OF
cures have been made by them, and, in
fact, the word failure could not be coup
led with them But within the last two
years counterfeits of our medicines have
sprung up, dangerous in their close imi-
tation Of our Trade Mark. To secure
the people we have placed upon each
genuine box of Holloway's Ointment the
fac simile of the signature of our agent,
Mr.. Jos. Haydock. To counterfeit is
felony. We shall relentlessly pursue any
one who initiates this with the utmost
vigor of the law We most earnestly beg
that the great mass of the American
people will aid us in our effsrts to pro-
tect their health, and help us in our task
of bringing these most unprincipled men
to the bar of justice Uniformly refuse
to purchase Medicines purporting to be
ours unless Mr.. Jos. Haydock's signature
is attached to each box of Pills or pot of
Ointment and the end will soon be reach
ed. The public's obedient servants,
HOLLOWAY & Co.
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TRIBUTES OF RESPECT.
1LEXANDER MORRLsOE.
TATE SPRING LODGE, No. 438,
November 10, 1876.

ANOFChlDCl w. 4OtO.
WHEREAS, On the 8th day of Novem
Der, 1876, an Advise Providence was
pleased to call from the labors of our
earthly Lodge our most excellent and
worthy brother, ALEXANDER MORRISON,
and, sensible of the loss which we have
sustained, we therefore desire to make
known, in an appropriate manner, how
sacredly we cherish the memory of our
departed brother, whose moral worth
and virtues were constantly manifested
in his life and daily walks therefore,
Be 1t ResOlCed, That in the death of our
worthy brother, our brethren of the
mystic tie, and the community in which
he lived have sustained great and ire
parable loss that as Masons, devoted to
the tenets of our Order, we point with
pride to the past life of our brother, as
furnishing a complete refutation against
every charge which may be cast upon
the time-honored Order of Masonry by
its enemies, and as furnishing a bright
and shining example for US to follow in
all our relations to our brethren and to
the world. He lived the embodiment of
the true principles which alone give Ma
sonry its stability and its grandeur, and
which infuses into the heart of man the
blessed assurance of a glorious resurrec-
tion from the dead, and an eternal life
II
and worthy Mason, brother MORRISON
was consistent ana exemplary member
of the Presbyterian Church, and those
who knew him best could truly say that
he adorned the doctrines of God, our
Saviour" Strong in hope, steadfast in
faith, he entered the vale of death with
out a murmur.
Resogred, That we tender to the be-
reaved family of brother MORRISON our
most sincere coincidence in this their
hour of bereavement and sorrow, and
point them as refuge to Him who is as
the shadow of great rock in q weary
land, who has promised to be husband
to the>widow, and father to the father
less.
Res0lUed, That as a token of respect
this Lodge require its members to wear
the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days.
Resolued, That these resolutions be
spread upon the Minutes of the Lodge !;
that copy be delivered to the bereaved
widow, and that copy be furnished the
YOUNGSTOWN GAZETTE, with the request
that the same be published.
Committee. ( WM. H. MEEK,
VIM. ii. TAYLOR.
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CHARLES W. MEEK.

WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Grand
Master of the Universe in his Advise
Providence to permit death to enter our
brotherhood and take from us on the
10th day of December, 1876, our beloved
brother, CHARLES w. MEEK, as we hum
bly, hope to that purer and more perfect
brotherhood on high, ami as it is suita-
BILE and eminently proper that we should
express our sense of appreciation, and of
bereavement in the loss of one who walk
ed among US for one third of century
clothed in Masonic charity Therefore,
ResoyCed, That while we mourn his de
parture, we bow in humble submission
to the providence of God and submit
without murmur knowing that 81 he
dOeth all things we'll"
Res0sUed, That we extend to his be-
reaved family and friends our sincere
sympathy in this their great bereavc-
ment.
ResoIUed, That we wear the usual badge
Of mourning for thirty days from the
date hereof
Res0gUed, That these proceedings be
placed upon the Minutes of the Ledge
and published in the Herald and Tribune
and the Journal and that a copy be fur
nished the family of the deceased.
E. N. GRIFFITH,
FRED DEFAULT,
Committee. r.. l.. BLAIR,
w. E. HEAD.
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Whitesburg by Moonshine

To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
Excuse me. but / want to say a
word before l go. 1 am an old man
much oder than many in my town
younger than myself I am willing
to state in the premises that 1 am
behind the news--a fact in proof of
what have said,-that / belong to
a fast generation.
Mr.. Editor, when we were boys to-
gether, the place of this town was a
wilderness Wild but what now? ALL
let me tell you: Houses have grown
no, and have been weather-boarded (;
streets laid Off after the style adopt
ed by the venerated founders of New
Amsterdam, and faei of industry es-
tablished at various acnte angles.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-17
Morristown Produce Market.
PRICES

Eggs, butter and wheat, always bring
cash in the Morristown market.
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a. RI. PETITE NE.
Attorney at LasC,

G r EE NEVILLE, TENN.
VIII practice in the courts Of the First Judicial
Circuit and the Supreme Court at Knoxville. VIII
also give prompt attention to the collection Of all
kinds Of claims aud debts.
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hereby inforaa nig old efHf0lneea and the nnh~
1e generally, xhat have lal1Ned It'll rhy NEW SHOP
Che eaSt tllEf af AforMiHSfAma ntraAftA A MHAHM
N SENS Carriage Shop where Will keep ou hasil
and make 70 order, Al kinds Of EIA9fIT UIfI.
Special attention giyen e .etnre Eraniina nla
lHinda ia WOODEN c0NE %Hs ANfkaA 1r MalMntAN
glass oTen tha face. AflEit4iB 0f NanahFlAn iA1nEf M
eaes i. the uHNl.fUIkR md -o0EffN fr4&es
feel that can aAfautee isfhe in ef44an Lima
nf BUSINESS Ah kinds pf ln0nKHyAN thAhlAi AA mN
Change for Wark HtiAaa 4i HHiA CANA hAHM HlIheM
laronlst attention given w sst orders fof EoH4F,e
ana netfEts ia prizes oil I'll r4i,l
nrdeFs hka AZ. NRTH Nil
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08

There is no exaggeraticn in the statemen
that thousands of persons residing from one
years end to another in fever and asue re-
gions on this Continent and elsewhere.
b. eathe air more or less impregnated with
miasma, without mourning the disc ase, SIM
of using Hostetter's stomach Bitters as q
preventive. 1t has frequently happened,
and the fact has been amply attested by the
parties themselves, that persons surrounded
on all sides by ~neighbors suffering the tor
lures of this shivering ard burning plague,
have enjoyed absolute immunity from it,
thanks to the protection afforded by the Bit
tiers. Nor is that stand I'd a. ti-febrile cor
dial less eficacious in remedying than in
preventing chills and fever, bilious remit
tents, and disorders of a kindred type.
Taken between the paroxysms, it speedily
mi igates their violence, and eventually pre-
vents their recurrence. These facts, convinc-
inglv es ablished by evidence, appeal with
peculiar force to travellers aud sojourners in
malarious districts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08
Trying 1t On.

Two Fifth Avenue bellies, as a practi-
caltest OF the generosity of their friends,
dressed themselves in old clothes, and
as the shades of night were falling went
out upon the avenue and solicited aims
of every gentleman they met. Ashake
of the head or a muttered remark that
they were s.busted' was all that was
vouchsafed by the greater number of
passers-by. Their lnasquerading last
ed an hour, they met nearly all their
acquaintances, they gained only ten
cents, and though fair to see ven in
their poor attire, no Cophetpa asked
these maids to share his fortune. They
then turned their attention to the houses
on the avenue, and their success furn-
ished a striking commentary on the
modern proverb that charity begins
and ends at home. a crust of bread
was all that could be spared from the
tables of Dives. These damsels had
much sport in getting beneath the crust
of conventionality, and pronounced
their experience superior even to pri-
vate Observation-Disclosures York Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08
How Nevada Indians Keep Warm.

The bowling wind and drifting snow
plays sad havoc with thecomfor: of the
Piutes, and their tepees are hardly ade-
quate to keep out winters chill blast.
An average Indian can extract as much
warmth from a rabbit-skin robe and
half a dozen sticks of firewood as a
white man can from the genial heat of
a patent stove. They say: "Ingin
build little tire-get all round 'em;
white mans fire SO big can't come near
'em." The present cold weather is too
much for their philosophy, and drives
them forth from their wigwams looking
for some more substantial shelter. A
favorite resort for them at present are
the dump-piles at the furnaces. The
slag-wheelers leave a pot of Stag to cool
before emptying it, and in consequence
there is always a kettle of molten iron
standing, which throws off considera-
BILE heat, and the Piutes congregate in
crowds around it, taking advantage of
what they undoubtedly consider a spe-
'cial d~ispensation in their favor. Last
winter they es ablished a permanent
camp on the Eureka Consolidated
dump, and remained there until the ad-
vent of warm weather.-EUrtEa (NeV.)
Sentinel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08
The Man With the Arsenic.

About II o'clock yesterday morning
a haggard-looking stranger entered a
saloon on Grand River Avenue and ask
ed for a glass of beer. When his nickel
had been raked into the till the saloon
ist took a seat and began reading a
newspaper.
"Here is my last nickel" solemnly
began the stranger. "&hen | swallow
this beer | am a beggar and an outcast.
The world does not care for newly
should [ care for the worldp will mix
poison with this, my last glass!"
He turned to the man with the paper,
but the saloonist didn't seem to care.
"Yes; 1 will poison my self and die
in my tracks," exclaimed the stranger
in a sad voice.
The man with the paper didn't look
up.
$50 here goes TO end my worthless
self" continued the stran gers s he took
out a paper and poured a white powder
into the glass.
Farewell! cold world! farewell!
Let them bury me in the sunshine or the
shadow care mott"
He drank his beer, but the saloonist
had his nose close to the paper and was
spelling out a big word. The stranger
started for the door, but, too mad to
contain himself, he returned and de-
manded:
evil you sit there and see me poi
son myself and never utter q wordPn
"Have you taken poisonP"
"I have! | just swallowed q fatal
dose of arsenic!"
"Good!" chuckled the saloon-keeper
as he rose up. 81 have a regular con
tract with the doctors, and you'll net
me $12! Come in here!"
He grabbed the stranger by the neck
and dragged him into q closet at the
back end of the room, saying, as he
locked the door:
"Glad you took arsenic, as it leaves
the body IN q moist, timber condition."
The stranger yelled and pounded,
and explained hat he had only swal-
lowed a little CHI Tx powdered up, and
after half an hour he was let out.
"You have robbed me of 1921" bit
terly exclaimed the saloonist, as he led
the mar to the door and gave him a
lift with his boot. Yes, you have
robbed me, and now -
But the stranger left without saying
good-by, and was afterwards heard
asking a boy if he knew of any mar
who wanted to hire 8. gentleman to
spade up his garden.-Detrot free
| Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08
The Natives of LaplaHd.

The men are physically a fine race,
and are generally honest and industri-
Gus, with an air of independence and
Observation-Disclosures. Like the poorer
Swedes elsewhere, they are greatly
given to the use of tobacco in all forms,
and, beside smoking and chewing in
the usual approved methods, they actu-
ally eat large quantities of snuff, help
ing themselves, as the Highlanders do,
with a horn spoon from q box. The
women have pleasant faces, with rather
refined expression. There is a strong
family resemblance among them, and
the type consists in large gray eyes,
brown hair, rather fair compile xion, a
free carriage, and not u~ngraceful figure,
though with full waists and large hands
and feet. The older women look worn,
but never have the haggish and almost
brutalized look which is not uncommon
in old women in other countries who
have led hard, outdoor lives. The
general expression of countenance is
somewhat pathetic, though they seem
c~ontented with their strange, solitary
and joyless life, and we could never get
any of them to confess that they would
care to change it, nor even to complain
of what, as it appeared to us, must be
the terrible monotony and hardship of
the long, dark winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08
Sh0ddy Shoes.

Some interesting secrets of the New
England shoe trade are divulged in d
recent article in the Boston Commercial
Bultetsn. 1t says: The ingenuity
which the manufacturers display, and
the success they meet in giving the best
look to a shoe at the least possible cost
is remarkable. There is made for the
Western trade a prodigious quantity of
what are termed the "women's serge
polish Shoe" A good article can
scarcely be made at 81 60 per pair, yet
orders are flied at $l.10 and $1.15,
and sometimes as low as So cents. Yet
these shoes look rs well as the higher
priced ones, and, in order to do it, they
are cheapened in every possible way
in lining, trimming, stitching, in the
bows and eyelets, and particularly in
the sole, the cost Of the sole in the in
ferior goods being reduced from % to
3 cents. These soles are known as
pancake" and the article itself as a
" shoddy shoe" The workmanship is
also inferior, being done hurrisdly.
The Bulletin admits that some of these
shoes are worth the price paid for
the N, "if worn in the house or inside
rubbers," but others are "really Lot
worth the case they arc packed in"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-08
Dried.Apple Whisky.

A correspondent, writing from Hay
ward, the metropolis of Last Chance
District, says: III meandered over to
Whipple's saloon. The proprietor was
standing in front of his shanty inspect
ing a lot of quartz, but dropped the
rocks and led the way inside, remark
ing: The boys call this the Stock Ex-
change, because every miner coming
in town brings in specimens OF some
new lead, and deposits them in that pile
there. Have suthin'?' 1 accepted his
kind invitation and imbibed a slight de-
coction that would puzzle the most ex-
pert chemist to fully analyZe. | never
tasted any thing like it before, and sim
cerely hope that / shallnever hereafter.
THAT air. said Whipple, lis the Re-
corder's Office for the Foster District
pointing to an inverted candle-box nail
ed to the log wall for a desk. While l
was inspecting this piece of furniture,
Whipple put q pan of dried apples upon
the fire to stew, and then I began pump
ing him about prospects in the district,
and succeeded beyond my expectations.
In fact, I couldn't get in q word edge
ways. He set forth the great geograph-
icaI advantages they enjoyed over the
entire world, going to the extent
of assuring me that they
soon expected to have q
Custom-house, and that the city would
be a port of entry. OF gold there was
no limit in Last Chance--they had it
all, while other districts we're barren.
The finest farming land, the biggest
timber, the purest water, the best
whisky, and the ~pluckiest of men,
abounded right in Last Chance District.
How long he would have continued 1
know not, but a stranger entered and
called for a drink. Whipple lodged
behind the counter, but in my full view,
strained the apple-juice into a pitcher,
poured in a quantity of water, squirted
in a little stuff from a small vial, pour
ed the mixture into the bottle, shook it
well, and placed it on the counter, with
the remark: Its a little warm, just
sot it by the fire to keep it from freez-
ing The stranger gulped down a good
four fingers, dropped a quarter upon
the counter, wiped off his chin, and de-
parted.
"'Fact is, pard,' said Whipple, as
he came from the bar, and backed uE
to the fireplace, that fellow don't know
good liquor from bad. If l had giver
him the kind you drink he never woulc
have appreciated it, The stranger anC
I both drank from the same bottle
Now, if | a raise my profits, and still
give entire satisfaction, amt l rightP
OF course | assented. "-Cheyenn,
! Leader.