The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-29
MORE OF T4TFS TROUBLES.
EDWARD T8LLs .ABoUT THE EH.
FEOTIS OF HUMOROUS LITER

WOLF CREEK TENN, Jan. 1879.
To the Editor of the 1Eorristown Gazette:
There are ss f.-E -t-

There are f.-8 -f-
Many men of many minds,
Many birds of many kinds"
The last lire Of the above poem has
nothing to do with the following.
am almost afraid to continue my
pieces. 1 know they are good, but
/ am afraid of "softening" Of the
brain. l would like 10 know how
your readers liked my last piece on
the dump car and dog. ! have
asked everybody have seen and
most of them seemed rather indiffsr-
ent.
was very anxious to see that pa.
per. | waited at the post-ofice 8
long time, and it came just before
leaving time, but Was determined
not to leave the town until my fami-
ly enjoyed that piece. So when the
paper came out ran off up home
reading and laughing until I got
near the house, when | put the pa
per in my pocket.
When Iran into the house I met
my wife she saw me laughing, and
said she would bet the schedule had
been changed.
But 1 said, "My dearest partner
of greatness" have only about FIVE
minutes to stop, and that l must see
all the family together before l go.
She said l was joking, seemed in
such an uncommon good humor.
But told her | was in earnest and
must see them. Then she got scared
and thought | was going to run away
or commit suicide. told her it was
marry one Of them. So she went and
walked up my brother.in-IaW and her
sister who were taking an evening
nap, and sent over to Mr.. Rowe'S
and had the children brought home,
and they all got in the room and
waited for the curtain to rise.
1 told them 1 wanted to read
something to them, and after laugh
ing awhile. / began. l had read
about one third of the piecU when
my wife said she had to make some
light bread, and got up and went to
the kitchen.
1 was so much delighted and tick.
led didn't notice what was going
on until 1 got nearly done, when l
got to coughing aud had to stop, and
| looked round and nay brother-in-
law was fast asleep; but L enjoyed
every word before 1 stopped any
more, only to laugh little after each
sentence. When l was done, my
wife's sister looked up and asked
what it was about. Said che didn't
| uUu6ESbAuus was Ltl SuSA . way
laughing l couldn't talk much, but
told her the best l could, and she
promised me if she had time the last
of the week she would read it, il the
paper wasn't destroyed. 'a
| have had more fun reading that
piece than ever 1 had in my life.
Whenever 1 look at that paper,
burst into a fit of uncomfortable
laughter.
FL was in church and you were to
come in, l would be sure to laugh
because would think about that
piece. l laugh sometimes until
can't stand up, and then l lie down
on the floor and laugh, At first
got my clothes EoiIed, but l have
learned now and before I take up
the paper 1 put down a blanket and
pillow, and put on my gloves, and
then read and laugh until the tears
come in my eyes. 1 was that way
yesterday, when We stopped at New
port and Col. D. A. Minis came in
to get the news. and when he saw
me he asked what was the matter
he thought was sick. l couldn't
speak but pointed to the piece in
the paper-and he jerked it up and
read T.: more OF TATE's TROUBLE
-ExPLAINs ABOUT THE Doc, &C., "
and then he thought had had
trouble and taken poison, or had by
drophobia. So he ran out crying,
Poisonl Poisonll A doctor !
Poison p And in less than two min
utes there were four doctors with the
latest improvements ready to work
on me.
had gotten so full OF laugh 1
couldn't stop; and when l saw the
joke on the doctors it made me worse
but 1 was getting better when one
of the doctors said they weuld try
whisky, and that made me worse
than ever. So the first thing l knew
they had planned an attack on me,
and they all came at once. Moses
Howell. of COLOR, sat down on my
feet, the postmaster and depot agent
held my hands, Col. D. A. Minis
held my head down by the hair, and
the doctors set a stomach-pump to
work and never stopped until the
last particle OF my dinner had been
extracted. The editors Of the Re-