The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-03-20
oVERLooKED Ro7Es OF A RE-
0EAET TIsAMP.
Editor Of he MorrristolTln5l Gazette.

am inclined to give you some
incidents of my travels through the
counties, where. vyours paper mostly
eireulates. which / overlooked in
former letters. as many of our mu-
atRal-friendsshaNeadone me the honor
to say that my hastily written. notes
are Interesting reading. $500.
When ia Dandridge, ! called upon
Mr.. Manard. teacher of the BOYS
school, who invited me in and re-
quested me TO make some remarks
to his scholars, which I did. He had
sixty scholars enrolled; | believe
counted .sixty-seven in their seats. I
spoke to the young men and boys
half an hour, or more, and while I
awarded praise where meri' war
ranted it, I pointed out to them the
errors they committed while I listen
ed to their recitations among the
most frequent and glarfng were those
made in the spelling class. / found
that their teacher had spoken to
them Of the same faults I discover
ed. and he seemed pleased to have
another confirm him in his criticisms.
I hope the boys will heed the adj
moniLions of their teacher, for I be-
8lieve him to be a good one, and that
he tries to give them a q1tid pro quo
for their tuition fees. And here let
me remark, that / found the school
houses-both select and public.
too far apart. Too many children.
are growing up without the adyaat-.
ages of education, everywhere. Yet,
/ am happy to say, that saw evil
dences of a good degree of interest
in the cause of eduealion. ga
stopped over night with Samuel
McSpadden, who has a good farm on
French Broad river. six miles below
Dandndge. He told me Of two eed.
ling appleshe had on his farm-one,
a larger white-deshed sweet apple
the other, small, but very sweet
annie, most excellent to preserve.
They are both excellent eating APP.
| B1es. I had him procure me a large
number of scions, which / have dis
trihnted TO such orehardists as Dam
iei Fisher aud A. T. Howery. of Rus
se.lville, T. B, Mason, Rufus 0 err
ton, Samuel Holston, near Norris
town, and many others whose names
do not now occur to me. / named
the large apple "McSpadden's Alba
Sweet" because It's flesh is, so very
clear AM white; the other, "McSpad-
denis Tom Thumb I have sent
him areqdest for more, which will
| probably be hereas soon as tile next
number Of the GAZETTE is distriou-
ted, Let others who want, call for
them. Ilesire that those who get
the sciois shall graft them carefully
and see what they will amount TO
Now is tho time to graft; indeed, Il
1t ought not to be put off much long
er, though gratis put in as late as
June sometimes do well. Budding
time is from July Is to August Is
prefer July to August budding.
g Whe.i about to cross Holston river
Il met man coming across Mayes
Ferry to the mill on this side to have
a srist OF corn ground. / qperief
why he should come right by Tur
ley's MIL and pay ferriage, 50 T ask
ell him! he sail that Turkeys nil
was full for a whole week yet - aal
he coul not wait. -- t4
| am glad to see that so thoroagl
a ~cholAr as Br;c-a-Brac has noticed
my letters, and has set me right il
a matter wherein was wrong Ii
doing so, he has contributed u nit
to the history of our section, aa'
ven valuable Information.
J. S. W.