The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-14
Messy Creek Dots.

Messy CREEK, Tenn, March 9, N.
To the Editor of the AIorristown Gazette
We write you short letter, which, il
not acceptable, you can consign to the
waste basket. Everything is quiet in
our village since the Inauguration of his
| Fraudulency, r. b. Hayes. We can't
| imagine what portion of our enter
| terprising ~ citizens will do to pass of
the time, since politics have lost SO
much of their former interest. We at
! tended a public discussion at the College
! Chapel last Friday evening, given by
| the Phiiomathean Society. The ques,
| ton was as follows: "Is the World
Growing Morally Better?!" The AFTER
native was represented by Prof. Huff,
Mr.. Roller and Mr.. Key. The negative
by Mr.. Burnett. Mr. Fox and Mr. Long.
The house was crowded, and everything
passed off very pleasantly. The young
gentlemen deserve great credit for the
able manner in which they conducted
the discussion.
We have been informed that the Bap-
tist intend to establish paper at Messy
Greek, or somewhere else in East Tenn.
This is to take the place of the Reflector,
which has been removed to Nashville.
We think this Iaudable enterprise, and
wish our Baptist friends success. From
the best information we can obtain the
schools are ali in flourishing condition.
The Baptist College has larger attend
ance than it has ever had before
Prof. I. J. Huff has purchased a por-
ton of Mr. McCanneb's farm, and
is making preparations to erect dwell
ling We are glad to have such men
permanently located in our midst
Doubtless the readers of the GAZETTE
were very much astonishod, as well az
disappointed ~ not to see a communion
ton from Sam Slick in the last issue
We were ourselves until we learned the
particulars.
We have often wondered where Mr.
Slick got his 'aag'm jaw-breakers, but
were never able to fathom the mystery
until recently. Now it is all plain. |
Mr.. Slick, at considerable expense, pur-
chased Patent Right Dictionary, (of |
course that's not what he calls it, con-
tanning thousands Of patent ''jaw-break-
ers," never before published not even |
in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary He
selects such words from this as he de-
sires. and mixing a little English with |
them, soon has them ready for our en-
~
Bill Tunes furnished last week an ac-
rount of Mr. Slick falling out of his
boat, and the strenuous efforts that were
made to save the corporation the ex-
1ense of a funeral n ow it turns out
while our hero was struggling to escape
| watery grave, he lost his Patent Right
What-you-may- call-it from his pocket.
a reward has been of
erred, the lost property has not been re-
covered. We assure Mr.. Slick that he
las our sympathy, and hope that the lost
property will be restored soon. AS a
oxen of our sympathy, We request the
eaders of the GAZETTE, if they have
my claw breakers" at hand, they will
,e so kind as to let Mr.. Slick have the
,enefit of them-the better We sug-
,est one, and could give its meaning if
necessary, "Phototermicoarmilla If
Ir. Slick were not so confined to his
tudies, % we would suggest that he
orm a co-partnership with Mr. Simmer,
he poet of the argus, spoken of in last
weeks GAZETTE. Respectfully,
Juan. J.