The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-06-19

Il
crack-came the mass. The though
occurred to me, "beH is a failure, an
the de0a running for County Cour
Clerk The typheon struck ''com
take dinner with us r' "How ar,
! you. Colonel? "Dog gone you
hide, where are you going, you OLE
/ churn?" "How are you, Colonel 2
again. (What a pleasant title tina
of Colonel). "Who the thunder i,
that fellow?'' whoa, aoav, go long
Then a cross-grained, pumpkin sor
rel squared herself across the road
and began the rocking chair move
ment; terminated by a raw-bonec
buggy propeller of horse. coming
at full speed, and knocking rocking
chair" and her olue ribbon and bo
quet decorated rider into the fence
corner. But why need l dwell or
these heart-rendlng incidents.
turned my "Andalusian." with the
rotary valve shoulder, and precious
ears, to the right about. and went to
dinner with Mr.. Richmond. Think
have established beyond doubt, in a
former communication. that I under
stand getting outside of good din.
ner, so L will not tear up old sores.
Enclosed please find printed pro-
gramme. Where the type indicates
Wednesday, p. M, your cores.
pondent eventuated. If you have
time, "count up the Gibsons."
have heard of piling Pelion upon
Ossa, but. may the devil admire me.
if this Gibson business isn't little
too much.
We will say forty feet of space.
occupied by "the rostrum'' don't
say "stage," that's abominabIe).
Divide that rostrum into three parts
equally; make the right and left
sections with blue dimity; grasp an
open space 16 feet in width. 10 feet
in depth, against the wall in the
rear Of this open space, just aneath
the ceiling; place an exaggerated
parallelogram; the ground, blue !;
upon which read in letters, white,
edged with Dutch metal, "Mountain
View Then right and left, en-
closing the stamping ground Of ora
tory. beauty, and white pine bench
es, suspended white curtains be-
decked with scarlet streamers /;
amidship the floor of the stage let
there rise to the height of 18 inches
the tops of submerged pulpit and
two lamp columns you know this
thing came off in church,; at the
front verge of the stage put chess
nut fence rail, planed to four sides,
with nine holes bored in the top side
to support nine adamantine candles.
Then, when you get that thing into
your noddles, seat at the rear of the
stage half dozen bald-headed in
tellectuals, interspersed with bak.
ers' dozen of students, sitting on
their hands; and then, if you can't
get an idea of the surroundings of
Mountain View, Railways Ready
Relief won't cure toothache.
Well, sir, they put me on a com
mittee. 1 always get on a commit
tee. You get chair. (the ushers
take care of you.) the pretty girls all
look at you; we'll, everything comes a
booming. But don't be fool, and
decide. Leave that to the ether
fellows. I got front seat. Il tell
this merely to show how a man may
get fooled,) borrowed the longest
lead pencil 1 could freeze on to-; a
pictorial Webster unabridged; a
quire of legal~cap, and then laid
back and rubbed my nose with the
rubber tip of my pencil. Twenty
men came up. Every fellow had a
stick tied up in ribbons, and wore a
gold star on the lapel of his coat.
You are a member of the commit.
tee?" i placed my hand on my
breast, made a bow and said ''oh,
yes !" whistle out the "s.'0 "Is
there anything we can do for you?'
"Nothing, rest assured, my young
friend" Well, sir, | wish / may die
if what / say isn't so. Well. sir,
when the fifteenth man came along,
sir, he said, sir, is there anything /
can do for you, sir :; and, sir, he up.
set goblet of water. sir. into your
correspondents hat, sir, which hat,
sir, was reposing peacefully upon
the floor, sir, wishing no harm to
human being, sir. Now, sir. that's
Gods truth, sir. ss
The opening scene at p. m. was
termed the Mission of the Spirits %
The curtain rose disclosing few
ladies. The toilettes were superb.
They, were intended to convey the
idea Of air, horticulture, autumn,
spring. and one thing | could not
make out, represented By two gold
stars. The hair was done up "a Ia
Gree. As you have ladies asnong
your readers. tis my duty to devote
a little space to this matter. Two,