The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-08-14

acre. His wife is fond OF the beau.
tiful, and provides herself with flow
ers and shrubbery.
Thursday morning started for Rut-
ledge, and though I had a fright
smart chance" of start of him, Mr..
Groves overlook me and my wooden
horse on his 16 hands high gray
horse. Arrived in the quaint, quiet,
contented old town Of Rutledge, /
looked about me for the novelties
and things worthy of note and COM
ment. The very first thing MOTTO
ed was the elegant sugar trees along
the main street on Attorney Gener-
al Allen S. Tate's premises. l hope
that, next February, other OF his
neighbors will follow his example,
and plant out trees-if not the beau
tiful sugar maple, some other kind
or kinds. Trees do add so much to
the beauty of town. They are q
thousand times better than French
colors on a beautiful woman's hand
some face, foc beauty unadorned
is adorned the most you know.
Called on the tactotsGna of the village,
G. 9. Smith, Esq, and lad an agree
able conversation with him on mat
tiers and things in general, and some
things in particular.
I found that great interest was
felt in the result of the late election.
The farther away from the telegraph
and mail facilities one gets, he finds
that what has ceased to interest him
is a matter Of inquiry with the " in
lander" Soon new interest will
take the place of the late election
indeed, is already taking its place
/ mean, of course, the November
election. 1 met Hon. Alfred Cald-
well, of Knoxville. who, I was told,
was prospecting" not for gold, but
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor. He looks every inch a
Governor, now. And then. the, fact
that the Republicans are going TO
"trot OUT a candidate adds interest
TO the contest. Allow me to say,
right here that if the name of their
candidate is Kercheval, the Demo.
GRAFT will have to renea0 himself to pull
through. Now, don't laugh. for if
you do your mouth may stand at an
angle Of northeast and southwest.
have found out who is to be
nominated at Jonesborough next
Thursday. I will not stop to detail
the modns operandt by which the re-
suit will be brought about, but con-
tent myself with giving the name of
the successful one-Randolph. p.
S.-Only an If stands in the waygof
this announcement becoming fact.
The peach trees, everywhere, are
literally falling to pieces-not so
much from being overloaded with
fruit, for while their name is legion,
they are very small in size, but be-
cause of the heavy freeze Of winter
before last. The trees are dozed,
and must, most Of them, die the
coming fall. But am gratified to
see that much fruit is being dried
and preserved. People tell me
t. bring anything. l know
the price will be very low, but let
our people remember that they are
in debt, and a low price will relieve
them from a part of the principal
and stop the interest on the part
liuuidated. Then again. oar dried
fruit is finding its way into the mark
cts of the world, is becoming more
and more sought for, and low prices
will increase its demand till it will
become a necessity in ether lands;
then, years hence, it will command !
a higher price and at the same time
be more sought for. So, friends.
dry your fruit-all Of it, and watch
and wait for the good time coming.
| would also say that the general !
destruction of the present bearing
trees creates a demand on your part
for more trees from the nurseries.
Buy the early kinds, with a sprink-
ling Of those which come in later
and latest. The Indian peach is a
good sort. To farmers generally, L
would say, and young farmers es-
pecially, plant more fruit trees;
plant some every year, so that your
orchards may, or some part OF them,
at any rate, bear continually. You
cannot produce too much fruit.
Well, Rutledge contains one prod
ICY, and that is in the person Of
Sam. Jones. He is one of those
persons spoken of.in the Bible and
known as Nimrods. Sam. is moth
ing-except he is something on kill
ing snaixs-without his rifle. With
that, he is "cock-of-the-walk," for
no champion in America dare chal-
lenge him. When a man can stick
spindle in post and insert on il
six or more bullets in Succession, he
can't be beaten. And Sam. can do
that very thing. He has killed four
copperhead snakes this season. One
bit him in the finger sometime ago,
and he has sworn eternal vengeance
against the whole tribe of Venomous