The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-10-09
NOTES AND DOTS.
MINERAL HILL SPRINGS.

H
y On Monday, the Both day of Sci
$ tember, 1878. turned my back uF
} on the locality known as Morristowr
5 and kicking her dust from off m
feet departed for-well, anywhere
chose to roam o. er the wide expans
before me.
A SUCCESSFUL TRANsPLANTER.
But before l got out of town call
ed on James A. Carriger to inquire
of him how it was that he had in
; duced so many trees in front of his
law Office to live through the dry
summers of 1877 and 1873. He told
me because he transplanted them
with much care. He set out ten trees
last and this year, and nine Of them
are alive and growing finely. "What
man has done man may do and l
hope that others, hundreds in mum
ber, will follow his example. The
most of his trees are the maple or
sugar, tue neatest, most shady and
beautiful of all our forest and orna-
mental trees. ..-.q gsf 7.4f..s
a. 54A A VETERAN BINDER. H
Soon after called on Maj. A. FL.
Tarr. He and his son James live on
large farm and quietly pursue the
!
even tenor of THEN respective ways.
James attends to the farm and the
Major reads The papers, binds what
books come to hand, and lives as
comfortable as a daughterless wild
over can be expected to live. The
Major is an old resident of the vicIn-
ity of Morristown. and is well and
favorably known. a ..s...
.#r AT MR.. SAMUEL GILL's.
Leaving Maj. Tarr, turned MY nose
towards Beams Station. and steadi.
ly followed it (my nose) till I reach
ed the Station, then turned down
the road which runs through this Gu
rious valley from north to south, till
l reached the residence of Samuel
Gill, where arrived just at dark
and didn't go any farther, till this
morning. Had often passed by Mr..
GlIrs and judged that he had very
pleasant home, but could not realize
its beauty TIL had an opportunity
TO judge of its true inwardness.. The
house is large, spacious, built of
brick, situated on a most beautiful
site, which gently declines from be
hind the house to the road in front,
and is surrounded with mulberry, as
pen and maple trees, shrubs and
bright flowers. The grounds are we'll
laid out and kept clean, which give
a charm to the whole situation. So
much for the outward appearance of
the place. Inside, everything was
quiet, and moved along smoothly,
though the family, all told, number
ed a dozen or SO. For neatness,
sweetness and cleanliness, the inside
of the house was even more than a
match for tue outward. Mr.. Gill is
the son of an Englishmau, who sat
himself down on the farm where
Samuel was born and now lives just
seventy years ago, and was gather
ed to his fathers in 1846, at the ripe
age of IA years. Samuel Gill now
owns LOO acres in compact body, |
which Is we'll titled, and supports not
only large number of people. but |
extensive herds of horses, mules,
cattle, sheep and hogs, and conducts
the various operations of farming
with intelligence and, 1 doubt not,
proat-just the way farming should !
be pursued. Mr.. and Mrs. Gill were !
married young. and have reared. ed
ucated and fitted to successfully bat.
tie with the crosses and losses of
life, twelve children, though several !
have passed away from earth. His
son James married Miss Morgan,
of Knox county. just about one
month ago. and are now spending
the ''honey moon" at his home. I
met Judge Hoyl, of Cleveland, at
Mr.. Gill's, who is spending vaca-
tion with his father-in-law' family.
He married Mr.. Gill's eIdes. daugh-
ter. who died some six years ago.
HEAcKER's sANITARIUM.
Leaving a hospitable mansion this
came over to Mineral
Hill Springs. and find it in the pro-
cess exchanging hands Some months
ago DR.. w. j. Heacker, of Illinois.
came down to these parts. and fell
in love, at first sight, with these
Springs. and seeing chat they would
serve him good purpose as a prac-
Using physician. purchased the pro-
perty OF Joseph Brown, and is now
ust coming in possession He will.
.hrough Capt. Charles H.. Thomas,
keep open doors, summer and wint-
er. in the future. He will not only |,
make them a fayorite resort for The
pleasure seekers, but as an asylum
or those suffering with all the dis
eases flesh is heir to, except yellow \,
ever and other contagious and cpl.
lemic ailments. ets,f iaao3-a L.
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