The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-08

enough. Ten cents judiciously ex'
pended now will buy you more reaI
fun than ten hundred dollars will
forty years hence.
THE OLD AND THE NEW YEAR.
! On Tuesday night, the 31st of De-
cember, at 10 minutes before IL
o'clock, all the church bells were toll
ed. The old year, 1878, Was dying.
He had been q giant among the
years Of recorded Time. Mighty
events had taken place upon the
face of the earth since he was born.
Great sorrow, too, had fallen upon
the human family. In Asia millions
had died of famine. In Earope
fierce war had desolated the fairest
fields of the Orient, and stained the
land with blood of many thousands
of the young men. In America the
Angel of Death had breathed his
! ilential breath upon the people
r. The Mississippi Valley and fifteen
thoeTand victims had gone to their
grave. But now his time was out
and The memorable old year must
die and take his place in the Book
of History. Very solemnly the
church bells tolIed as he died. Ex-
actly as the clock struck twelve, the
sounds of the mourning bells died
away on the frozen air. The old
year was dead and buried. A new
year was born. And then a merry
peal rang forth from those same
bells, Eighteen hundred and seventy
nine han come, and the new conner
was greeted with JOY. Let US all
hope he has fully as many blessings
and fewer scourges in store for
Gods children than had his imme-
OlalS plCOCSOSSOts
MAI, HARRY AIKEN.
On New Years night, at the Hol-
ston House in Rogersville. supper |
was given 10 honor of Maj. H. NJ. !
Aiken, and the thanks of the entire
extended to him, because
he had secured our railroad from
ruin and had repaired, equipped and
put it in running order. A large
number Of gentlemen assembled who,
together with their guests enjoyed
themselves finely. Several speeches
we're made on the occasion-among
he speakers were such men as Col.
James White, Hon. Henry G.. Smith,
4. G. Kyle, Esq, aud many others.
Maj, Aiken also, of course, had to
peak and although be does not pre-
end to be an Orator, as Brutus was, a
evertheless, on tins occasion he did
rst rate, aud elected the applause 4
f the assembled company. As q !
usiness man the Major is a success t
5 railroad nan he is a success, q,
nd as speaker at an oyster-supper n
e is not by any means failure. The ?
nth is, this gentleman is entitled to F
Il the honor Rogersville can bestow Fl
pon him, He deserves all the
ranks our people can render him.
t the time he purchased the ROg-
'sviIle and Jeffeason Railroad gloom s
I'D disappointment was hanging RI
yer the village like pail. Our fl
'ad had gone down; those We had D
lied upon as powerful friends had ri
eceived US; the Supreme Court had
ecided against us; we had made
pr last appeal for help and had fail n
| +; We had been told that the whistle ]
another locomotive would never b
: heard at the Depot in Rogersville
I'D our people were about making of
. their minn6 that that was so, when GGi
lis quiet, unobtrusive gentleman NJ N
lme among US, paid his money for D
le road, PIT 2 large number Of a.
Ands to work on the bridge aud the
ack, purchased new cars and en- re
lgines, pushed things through until p
DIV the train makes daily trips to p
lie Junction and back to our Depot. of
ye have a railroad, and one that is fu
ping to stay aud grow, get better :,
I'D better as the years pass on, and 70
q are indebted to Maj. Harry M. h
iken for it. we are glad the PEG.
e of Rogersville gave him this en- "
.rtainmeGt. 1t was right. lie de- A
,rVed 1t.
ANOTHER RAILROAD PARTY. Sc
Some Of the ladies of the town ga
earring in the afternoon that noLe h'
1T gentlemen were expected at the Ii
olston House, determined to get A
Iem up another Railroad Party at =
lie Rogersville House and not per
it any gentlemen to attend. The I'll
ca spread rapidly, and by the 0'
me dark came the citizens of Rog- NJ
.sviIle. of the feminine persuasion, ~ a;
ere pretty universally stirred up, al
ley moved around briskly, stepped y
mly and looked straight in front la
them, as much as to say ''atand x