The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-28

dreary- A sort OF raining sleet, Oh
sleeting rain is falling. such as only
Kentucky is favored, with. There
may be close limitations elsewhere,
but the genuine article is never
seen outside the limits of Daniel
Boone's State. It keeps you in
continual suspense if you conclude
that it is raining, forthwith little
balls of hail are seen pouncing about
in the iyeliest manner, changing
your mind you declare that we are
going to have q hail storm, when 10 ]
the rain comes down in torrents.
/ 90 Half an hour SINCE. three shiver
ing females might have been observ-
ed in hopeless captivity to a hack
driver, who brought us to this hotel.
and from the face which see reflect
ed in the mirror before me one would
be tempted to declare that my brav-
cry Of yesterday had left me a cow
ard today. b-d r.i1tss
It is terribly lonely feeling that
creeps over me, and if were once
| again at home----but what am I
saying?r Faint-hearted already
when journey of three thousand
miles lies before met | must look
around me bit, and chase away my
loneliness. s1sl 1sH .1hG
M and F., my sconapagao'1S- de
Voyage'' have betaken themselves to
,, their chambers, where left them
with tears in their eyes, and the
Edeclaration upon their lips that they
would never again start from home
without a man to take care Of them.
q They are handsome people, these
Kentuckians-the meu tall, aud fine
ly formed, with a bearing that the
prince of a realm might envy while
the women possess ripened lowell
ness that I have rarely seen else.
where. There is about them q look
!
of pride and self-content, as if Ken
lucky were the most fortunate State,
and they the most fortunate people
in the Union. M odu ssodT
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI DEPOT, 5 P.
M.-Here is dilemma and who shall
help me out of it? Some persons
tell me that our train leaves in half
an hour, others affirm that it goes
not until seven this evening.
Before. leaving the hotel I ques-
toned, somewhat Grossly l fear, the
very gentlemanly clerk, who had
very pink face, and very sleek
head-a very soft voice, and very
bland smile, but he seemed to be
thrown. into such state of mental
confusion by my inquiries, and look
ed around in such despairing way,
as who should say, '"What do I
know of Railroads? l am clerk, l
am - that changed my query by
mildly saying, "my bill. if you
please Whereupon the very gen.
tlemanly clerk with the very bland
smile. smiled yet more blandly, and
frightened so yisibly that l handed
him the requisite number of 'sprom-
ises to pay" and left him in state
of beatitude that is rarely seen upon
this sin-smitten earth.
After leaving the beatifed clerk
our party repaired to the depot, as
current report led US to believe that
our train would leave in a few mo-
ments. But now that I am here the
din and confusion well nigh craze
me, and forgetting all my tremors
at addressing strangers, march |
boldly up to pleasant-fac gen.
tleman who looks rather married,
and beseeeh him to tell me when the /
train does start, and to assist me in
procuring checks for a number of
small-sized dwelling houses in which
we carry our goods and chattels. He
smiles and bows With such grace
that have notion that he may not
be married after all. At any rate /
am glad to find that he is going our
way for time.
Now we are comfortably seated in
the cars.
My new-made friend proves not
to be married, but is bachelor, sat
your service, Miss Stranger
though he be, / feel a sense of rest
in knowing that he will see that all
goes well with US SO long as we trav-
ell together. A pretty little Italian
girl comes along with oranges, and
she and my good Samaritan" have
. merry quarrel over the tempting
fruit. She vows, with her pretty
accent and roguish look in her
beautiful eyes, that she has none
better than those she offers, but
lpon our pretending to be angry she
shows some luscious oranges which
she has been hiding behind her, and
declares with the most serious of
aces that we are mistaken, that she
lever, no never said she had no
more. She is charmingiy pretty
'reature, bold and piquant as she is {
,retty, We buy her oranges, and
re rewarded by a tenderqlook of
arewell from the great soft eyes, rs