The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
FACTs AND FANCIES.

England is located in Tolland, Conn,
and has been sold for $50.
A CONGREGATIONAL church in lllI-
nois has refused candidate for Its puI-
pit because of his use of tobacco.
A BLACK HILLS correspondent states
that he believes the development OF
the mineral resources of the Black Hills
has only begun.
The salaries of fourteen of the princl-
pal officers of London aggregate Slz4, ,OOO
The Lord Mayor, in addition, receives
S5O,O
The Erie Railway order prescribing
certain uniform fer it station employees
creates, it is said, some CONSERVATION
among its female assistants.
SNoDGRAss has the fault of abrupt
ness. He says if you doubt whether 70
kiss pretty girl, give her the beneht OF
the doubt, and go in.
A SCOTCH paper says that two gentle
men had a narrow escape from Delng
killed one night lately by the fall OF the
hour hand of the town clock of Ayr.
WHEN Madame Celeste first visited
this country, and was desirous for
"puff," she wrote to an editor requesting
| him to give her about ten dollars worth
of "humbug."
The colored brother in a Virginia
| church hit the nail on the head when he
pravgd at the close of the white brothers
| sermon: "Lord, bress the brudder to
whom we has listened to so patiently"
DIsRAELI, in his CuriOsities OF Au-
| thOrs," mentions a student who devoted
| himself so assiduously to the study OF
the Oriental languages as to entirely
forget his own.
THE annual rate of mortality in Eng
land and Wales was 1926 from 1910 to
1850; 22.24 from 1850 to 1860; 22.5l
from 1860 to 1870; 21.64 from 1870 to
1877.
The friends of Texas man were sim
ply advised that his death was caused by
| his suspenders. It wasn't mentioned
that his d" suspenders" were members OF
a vigilance committe.
A MASSACHUSETTS lady is reported to
have scolded her little boy for taking
drink of water at a hotel, "FOr," said
| she, " we pay dollar for our dinner, and
water is very filling"
"HEALTHY place herep asked visi-
tor, who was prospecting in the neigh
| borhood of Denver, Colorado.
"Stranger, yes" was the reply: len
years ago we had to kill two old men to
set the cemetery a-going."
AN exchange says there are six men in
st. Louis who have killed women. We
will venture the assertion that there are
six hundred, the only difference being,
one lot did it openly, while the other
did it with worry and bother, and un-
kindness generally.
| A POMPADOUR dance is the English
name for what would be called a calico
! ball in America. An afternoon enter
! tainment of this kind was recently given
in the Isle of Wight, and the effect
was declared to be Exceedingly
pretty"
To ascertain the year in which any
! Congress closed, double the number of
the Congress and add 1889 to the pro-
duct.-Boston Advertiser. To ascertain
the virtues of the present Congress, di-
vide 1879 by itself and subtract one
Cincinnati Commercial.
A NEW BEDFORD woman was told by
a Spiritualist medium that her mothers
! body had been stolen, but warned her,
&c for reasons best known to the spirits"
| to accept the news without investiga-
ton. But she had the grave examined,
and found that there had been no rob
berry.
DURING the deluge Mr.. Noah was
in the habit of calling his wife an ark
angel.
THE New York Graphic says that the
| moral of the average American society
novel is, MARRY rich" Yes, and that's
the reason So per week is no inducement
for the cook to get in before midnight.
THE best burglar alarm is to have a
marriageable young lady in the house.
When the burglar comes along that way
he sees a dim light in the parIOr; and
he's human. He wouldn't disturb the
sentimental symphony that's going on
within. It's bOOty-not beauty-that
he's after.
EDWARD HOWE, Bridgeport negrs,
has gone crazy over pedestriahism. He
imagines that he is Weston, and, in per-
feet keeping with the assumed charac-
ter, talks constantly and wildly. He
walks round a block for hours at a
stretch at a gait which he believes to
equal seven miles in five minutes
DIPHTHERIA is a frightful scOurge of
the rising generation. The children of
kings and lords are carried away by it,
as well as those of the poorest people.
In several countries of Europe prizes are
offered for the discovery of the best
remedy for the disease. Among the