Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-06-18
SIDE-WALK LETTER.
On THE S1DE-W
June 18th, 1878.


Receding now the dying numbers ring,
Fainter and fainter down the rugged dell
Ard now tn mountain breezes scarcely bring
A wandering witch note Of the distant
spell
And now tits silent all gay students fare
thee we'll
Plucked rose bushes and empty halls
tell the story. Our colleges look
mournful. Whip-poor-wills d
screech owls heat at their windows,
and with sophOmnric limitations sit on
the shadowy bows about them and call
the roll Of memory afresh. Emory
next ard then the silent summer will
take its perch, like the angel of : care.
about the evening shades that bless
our homes with peace and rest. This
has been a hard year on colleges. and
some of them have not had a success
full run. B'acksburg to the east. and
still further east a free University. and
to the west the f. Tenn. University
and beyond that Vanderbilt These
tell the story. These free scholarships
and heavily endowed institutions call
for quick and cunning work by u
mountain colleges. We are flAnked
and heaten with pnblic money. Here
in Go9ds0n District the School Board
has met and resolved to have no more
Free Schools until January. or such
further time when the teachers shall
have received pay for services already
rendered. The bondhOlder must have
his dnes before the State has hers
from the taxpayer. Such is the Fund
ing Bill! and - the Funding Bill.
| will tell you a secret. You already
know hatstrawberries are zone, and
that raspberries and dewherries are
here-that sugar is down to 10 cents
and hutter TO 10 and u; hut you did
not know that Red Astrachan apples
and rOaSting-ears are ripe in Bristol. !
True. Henry Brown has ripe roasting
ears. and ! could tell you where the
APPLES are, hut-nO matter the rose
bugs are eating them, and very rap
idly.
The wife of Mr.. Chas. Gookin died
last Friday. not unexpectedly. but at
quite a good age,-67 years, / mo. and
16davs.
Mrs. Seneker and Mrs. C~hanceaulme
are much improved.
No trouble now To get up n class i'm
whOOping-cOugh. Every little one on
the street barks while passing on the
sidewalk.
Cholera has its rumOrs again from
G~reeneville. It is said there have
heen two cases there. hut / cannot
vouch for its truth. There are some
tendencies of the season in that direc-
ton and there is prudence in the idea
of restricted diet.
I see MI. d. 3. Short has again be-
come our telegraphic operator. Can't
he, like Edison, so arrange his battle
ries as to kill the tTamps OF the day. A
book agent or two might do to expert
ment on. / advise my friends all TO
allow the use of their names just as
decoys on their lists to enable them to
gull others into genuine subscriptions.
1t is said 10 have been tried with fine
success, and "all SIGH" are said to have
learned a lesson. 4 signature good
for a dpcny is said to he good proof
that il was in "y~earnest." 1t works
well, the parties never needing a sec
oud experiment.
Poor old sister Price is here again
just from Chattanooga, and says this
is he hastedP,t town she ever saw
can't get . nickel nor a ten cents in it.
Rev. Is. G. Manard tells me he il off
on a furlGligh for n few weeks and
Rev. & 3. Yarhruugh will supply his
pulpit till he comes back with renew.
ed health.
Rev. DR.. Brown will preach next
at II a. m. at Mr.. Burson's
church.
Mrssrs. J"e Caldwell and Conway
returned last Wednesday from Scott
with Wm. May and Geo. Wood. the
latter colored, arrested i'm Many Sinks
for handling crooked wbiskey. Jug
ged at Abingdon.
Mr.. j. r Hill has had his house on
4th street repaired. and the job does
credit to Mr.. l.. NJ. Kesner. who exc
cuted the work. 936.