The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-08-22
Personal.

Dir. Louis Lane, an emplOye OF Rowe
& Butt, has returned to his post, after a
few weeks absence in Virginia.
Mr.. Josh Tye, of Atlanta, Ga, is in
the city. the guest of Maj. John NJ.
Dickinson's family, his relatives
Mr.. Chas. NJ. Brown, of this city, left
last week for Rogersville to embark in
the carriage business with Mr.. Morgan
Edmonds of that place. We wish Char
lie success in his new field, and doubt
not he will achieve it, as he is an ener-
getic and competent workman.
Mrs. Singleton, of Kentucky, who has
been in our community several weeks
visiting parents, Mr.. John Browns fam
lily, departed last week for her home
Rev. Jas. A. Lyons, junior editor of
the H0lStOR Methodist Knoxville, was
present during the quarterly meeting of
the NJ. E. Church, South. Mr.. L. is
making the Methodist an able and spicy
paper.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Morristown,
preached at the Presbyterian Church
last Wednesday night, Sth instant His
sermon is well spoken of.-Rogerscille
Spectator.
We neglected to mention last week
the departure for his home at Baton
Rouge, La, of Mr.. Charles II. Mass IN .
Mr.. Mason is a printer of the ancient
regime-one of the old school, rarely
met with nowadays. He was with us
three months and we hope the recollec-
lions of his sojourn in Morristown W i'll
be as pleasant to his memory as it graft
flying to us to endorse him one of the
best printers we ever met-and we have
not been without experience.
Rev John Boring, wife and daughter.
of Austin's Springs, Washington coun-
tY, were in attendance at the Quarterly
Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, that convened here week
before last. Mr.. Boring is a representa-
tive Methodist of the McKendree-A xley
school. AS pulpit orator he deserved
ly ranks with the Sullins', Munsey and
Bays, of the Holston Conference. Like
the primitive fathers of Methodism in
Tennessee, he is in utterance bold, point
ed and often witheringly sarcastic
never letting an opportunity pass where
by he can rebuke unscrIptural indul-
gencies, or inject word of Metholistic
warning. A recent incident that oc-
CURED at Tate Spring illustrates this
predominant trait in Boring. 1t hap
pened that during his sojourn there a
distinguished representative of the Bap-
fist church was also the guest of Capt
Tomlinson. Boring was the first to leave,
and trotting around on his short, duck
legs, saying goodbye" to friends, he
came across - --, of this place,
costly ensconsed behind a parlor table,
playing euchre with the distinguished
Baptist clergyman aforementioned Bor-
ing, it may be correctly imagined, was
to be mild-astonished! But he didn't
faint, nor raise his hands in holy horror,
nor threaten Indictment, nor anything
of that sort. He warmly caught -
by the hand, and fixing his pen
etratiug eyes sternly upon the hand
some little Baptist brother who sat at
the foot of the table. with his cards In
his hand, said in his own peculiar style:
q Brother --, am about to he off.
Sorry can't stay longer in this delight
fnl place but before | start I want to
say to you that if we both get to Heaven,
and the playing of cards is practised
there, win get you to learn me the
game ~ Said to us 4'jOln.
if there had been million dollars at
stake would have lost that game. as /
did" "But what became of your part
ner, -?" we asked. = God only
knows; probably he went to another asso-
citation"