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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21
Josh Billings on the Alligator.

The alligator is an original kritter of
the old block, and az ugly to kontem-
plate az a cango darkey. They are resa-
dents of Florada, and grow twelve feet,
nine inches and then halt. Their teeth
are all tushes, and their mouth IL az full
of them az a buzz saw iz. There eyes
are sot up and down in their he'd like
Chinaman's, and they have an appytight
equal to eighteen districk school mas
ters. They ale the krokodiles uf Amer
lea, and lay eggs az easy az a hen, but
don't kackle when they cum Oph from
the nest. They are great towards, but
amt afrade Of young pork or little tur-
keys, and kan eat all the time or go with
out eatiu' az long az gold fish kan. The
alligator was made for some useful pur-
pose, but like the musketeer, the bed
bug, cOckrOach, their usefulness has bin
karefully hid from US. You kan shoot a
hundred alligators day on the st.
Johns river, but you kant bang one,
and there amt emmy more game in them
than there iz in a rotten log. They are
long lived, and liv, if memory serves me
right, four thousand years, and their
gTate strength lies in their tales. They
hiss when they are angry like tea kettle
and want az much room to turn round
in az a fore and aft schooner.
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Striped stockings on the Wane.

For ladies, striped stockings are on
the wane, those of solid color only being
considered in good taste Scarlet stock
ings are especially admired, particularly
for wear with slack dresses. New en-
broidered stockings have masses of
flowers worked in silk upon the portion
of the foot left exposed by the slipper,
and running we'll up the front and sides
of the ankle. New absurdity in hosiery
is black silk stocking embroidered in
gold. Besides being very expensive
(they cost from $40 to $50 a pair) they
of course, will not wash, and, as the
gold threads tarnish with wear, they
are not a 10y forever" though very
beautiful. Ladies who value their health
are advised to wear beneath these bright
hughed stockings pair of thin smooth
fitting white ones, as the dyes are in
furious, many contrary opinions not
withstanding -Neao York Letter.
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VOL. 11.---NO. 2.

Yes, Mrs. Revere, young people, thrown
together in that way, have little thought
about their parents approval "
Susie glanced at her husbands grave face,
and said to herself, What can Saul mean ?"
Mrs. Revere was sure she knew his mean
ing, and answered promptly:
. trust my Edward thinks of his mother,
and will heed her advice"
Yes, said Saul, +" lie appears to be a
good son. Have you said anything to him,
in regard to our Amelia? 2"
: Oh, no, sir. L could not speak to him
without consulting you and Mrs Macy first.
But, if you think it best, we will take Ed
ward home, for the remainder of his fur
l0ugh. -
The reduced lady's voice faltered little,
as she thought Of a narrow Boston street,
and of the third story they lived IN.
That would be unnecessary travel, it
seems to me, Mrs. Revere" responded Saul,
meeting Celia's misty eyes; Think over
1t. First, you would be depriving Susie of
a shopping companion yourself; and
next, You might throw your convalescent son
back INTO a surgeons hands; finally, l
think our Amelia IS over head and ears in
love with that sOldier-boy of yours, and it
might hurt her feelings to part from him"
Mrs. Revere's gaze dropped at the appar-
entity hippant mention of her utility in
shopping; and as she heard the next
sentence about her sons health, she started
but when those last words dropped from her
host, accompanied by his clear laugh, which
Susie echoed, the Boston lady gazed be-
wildered, from one to the other, and quay
cred out
. Oh,-sir,-yOu are
8. Barkis is wiling" quoth Saul -"
g How do yoW feel, Susie?''
" Peggotty is agreed" responded his
merry little wife
Celia Revere was too 81 lady-like'' to in
dulge in emotion before Mr. Macy, further
than to wipe hereyes ii a lady-ille manner.
Bnt, if evera woman enjoyed " good cry,''
as she hugged an eleyen-year-old daughter
to her bosom, a few minutes afterwards,
that woman was the " "reduced lady" who
had worn widows Weeds for fifteen years,
without regretting for a moment the fash
ionable world she had graCed as wife and
mother.
And when Susie Macy held her daughter
in close hug" shortly afterwards, and
told Amelia what had passed, there was
such another good cry,'' in a bedroom,
as left on the young lady's cheeks traces
which were quickly noticed by an alarmed
soldier on the watch for his corporal.
. Has anything happened? 20 inquired
Edward Revere, anxiOusly.
" Yes" replied Amelia Macy, " Every
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21
An Act of Criminal Careless
ness.

The Troy Times on Monday gives the
following case Of criminal carelessness
on the part Of Il woman: At masquerade
party which was given at the residence
Of a family named Stantield, in Port
Schuyler, a youug lady from South Troy
was among the maskers. The time com
ing for the participants to unmask, the
young lady in questions made some OBJ
jections to so doing but rs complied
with the order was insisted upon, she re-
moved the mask from her face, when it
was seen that she was just recovering
from an attack of the small pox. Since
the ball the smallpox has been widely
scattered over West Troy and Port
Schuyler, and no less than forty per-
sons are now suffering from this most
loathsOme disease. The residents of the
locality are greatly agitated over the
matter, and much indignation is felt to-
ward the person who cauld thus know
ingly carry a contagious disease into a
public assembly.
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The MOrTiStOWl Gazette.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1877.
A Letter From Snider.
HEAD OF RICHLAND, Granger co,
Feb 9Th 1877

HEAD OF HIGHLAND, Granger co, 7
Feb. 8th, 1877.
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
send you a small epistle, not know
ing whittier you will give it a place in
your valuable paper or consign TO the
waste basket.
We'll. Cousin John, we have a gooddeal
Of excitement III this neck Of the woods.
Not from the fact of Hayes being
President, Oh, no! not at ALL But
from the fact of the xmas festivities, and
now everybody is Just run mad to find
Snider out. Oh, didn't / tell you that
if they found me out it would be fare
well Snider And, Cousin John, you
just lie low, and don't say word. I'll
just tell you if this thing isn't stopped,
some body is going to lose crop. Why,
Cousin John, they stop the little boys
on their way to mill with, ''IIa, bud!
You know who this feller Snider is?"
and preachers and doctors are so much
bothered that they can hardly make THEN
appointments on time. Well now, the
truth is, they run nae 50 close L have
had to 60 in a hole and pull the hole in
after me. But thinks | to myself, that
won't do.
Better dwell in the midst of alarm
ttaIt reign j1 this horrible PtIce. So to stop
all further trouble, l thought [ would
Just uFOp LuGlu q IcW lines ann lulOIul
them who l am. But that is not all we
have to contend with. We have a lot
of young ladies appointed as missionary
agents, and you bet when they get after
a fcllcr he had just better hand over
the chink, for they viii get off on no
other terms. The way that they made
me shell out n five cent piece that L had
laid up for the life Of John Watson, the
opossum hunter, wasn't very slow.
/ hope the young ladies may have
success in this undertaking, but l tell
you they have hard road to travel.
The hound purps seem mole at ease,
since the repeal Of the dog law. Well,
as for my part, l am strongly in favor OF
dog tax or no dog tax, and don't care
a cent which, but l am in favor Of the
Legislature granting to John Watson
Just AS many OpOssum dogs as he wants,
for John is a good hunter, and does him
so much good 10 tell his hunting tales.
We have been having Il fine rain this
evening. Now, Cousin John, if Bill
Tunes and the rebels run Pryor EOe for
President L want to nominate J ohm
Watson as his opponent. As promised
to give him my name in this letter, l
viii just say that my name is really and
truly, SNIDEB.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21
An Editor Who Loves Babies.

We love babies, and also anybody
else who loves babies. No man has
music in his soul who doesn't love ba-
bies. Babies were made to be loved,
especially girl babies when they grow
up. A man isn't worth "shuck" who
doesn't love a baby, and the same rule
applies to woman. a baby is spring
day in winter, hot house in summer,
a ray of sunshine in frigid winter, and
if it's healthy, good, ,natured baby, and
it's yours, it's Il bushel of sunshine, no
matter how cold the weather 4 man
cannot be a hopeless case so long as he
loves babies one ut a time. We love
babies all over, no matter how dirty they
are. Babies were born to be dirty. Our
love for babies is only bounded by the
number of babies in the world We
also have sorrowful feelings for mothers
who have no babies. Women always
look downhearted who have no babies;
and men who have none always grumble
and drink and stay out nights, trying to
get music in tteir souls; but they can't
come it. Babies are babies and nothing
can take their place.-AtchiS0n Pttr5Ot.
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Fourteen Little Things.

Life is mainly upon trifes A pin
hole will in time sink a ship. A small
saving per day or week will speedily
amount to a large sum. An extra pro
ducticn of small things, as an extra egg
per day or week, a good hill of corn in
each row, a hushel Of wheat, or corn, or
potatoes extra will, in the course of
years, make one comfortably rich, or
what may be better, will buy many con-
venient or useful things as one goes
along, and such extra production is ca
silly secured by trihing thought, care, or
labor To illustrate what the aoeeEzy
saving, or the extra production will
amount in a single gear, we select a fol-
lowing common items
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21

How many take wrong view of life
and waste their energies and destroy
their nervous system in endeavoring to
accumulate wealth without thinking of
the present happiness they are throwing
away. 1t is not wealth or high position
which makes man happy Many of the
most wretched beings on earth have
both; but is a radiant, seunny spirit,
which knows how to bear their little
trials and enjoy their little comforts, and
thus extract happiness from every Incl
dent in life.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21

We have taken wood, potatoes, corn,
eggs butter, onions, cabbages, chickens,
stone, lumber, labor, sand, calico,
sourkraut, secondhand clothing, coon
skins, fodder, shueks and bug juice on
subscriptions. in our time, and now
a man writes US to know if We
would send him the paper six months
for large owl. There are few things
an editor would refuse on subscription,
and if we come across any fellow who is
out of owls, and is in need of one we'll do
it.-EX
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21

of an act, which, though violent, hadse-
cured its object, and had set Saul Macy's
dislocated bone, with less pain, probably,
than he must have suffered under further
delay, or more scientific appliances. Saul
felt a sickness, and sank back on the pill
lows; no longer fainting, but with thrill
in arm and shoulder like an electric shock.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21
PaternaI Love.

The bud may wither on the stem,
The flower will fade away,
But pure and true parental love
Shall never know decay.
With tender feeble infancy
Its crystal springs are born
And all thrO'. life mid storm or calm,
1t knows no waning morn.
Of earth you may find other friends
To bless and comfort you,
But never can find one beside
So faithful or se true.
Then should you cherish we'll this gilt,
Purest that heaven has given,
Protect it with sacred pride
Down unto life'S last even.
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Cabinet-Maker and Undortaker.

9 hereby inform my old customer and the pub
lie generally, that have moved in my NEW SHOP
IL the east end of Morristown. opposite J. Brown
x Sons Carriage shop, where Will keep on hand
and make to order, all kinds Of FURNITURE.
Special attention given to Picture Framing. ] al
keep on hand and make and trim to order all
kinds Of WOODEN COFFINS, with without
glass over the face. All kinds Of repairing done in
the Furniture line. Having had p years expert
ence in the FURNITURE and COFFIN trade, /
feel that guarantee satisfaction in either line
OF business All kinds Of PRODUCE taken in
change for work. Prices to suit the hard times
Prompt attention given to all orders for CoFFnSs,
and liberal reduction in former prizes all work.
Spring-seat Sofas and Chairs repaired in good
order. N. A. WHIT.
March %, 1s76-tf
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Two politicians were discussing the
merits of a third, when one of them
wound up the conversation by saying:
eyes, that man had rather lie on ninety
days time than tell the truth for cash.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21

Brigham Young, Jr., is organizing
in Salt Lake City a company of 500
Mormon families, which will colonize
in Sonora, Mexico. The Mexican
authorities have promised perfect
Religious tolerations, and large
grants of land. A rendezvous of
the colonists will be established at
st. George, Utah, and the march to
the new land Will be taken up on
the 10th OF April.
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Put away his little poem;
Us to publish do not ask it;
Fame thro' us shall never know him
He has climbed the golden basket.
Gone to meet the communication writ
ten on both sides of the paper.
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We've got to ecomomize, or this
country is ruined,' was the affecting
soliloquy of a Detroit husband as he
kindled the fire with his wife's hustle.
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politician and keep clear of me. Pm
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When the occupant of business
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II don't know about that. I've heard
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Detroit, and I'm not going to run the
risk of offending some of my best Gus
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al. MARSH, Supt. Adams Eek. Stables, N Y.
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MONTGOMERY, ALA, Aug II, 1874.
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