The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-21
Our BeuIah Budge1-
BEULAH P. o., Greene Co., Tenn,
Nav 16. 1879.
Q the Editor of the MeFristewn Gazette:
ALAMENTABLE FAILURE.

attempted TO open SelecC schoOI Aor
white children inathese=eorners, and
was to locate it near }, l., Gains. But
1t fell through, and the white children
are without INSTRUCTION at school.
e .fi NOT so BAD. i8L- -
The other day Elizabeth Cannon, eol-
ored, COMMENCED subscription school
within half NJ, le of the store in which
Beulah Postof1ce is kept, and the chill
dren are coming here for their. books,
states, &c. But let no one make a conn
parison, for comparisons are Odious."
THE FARMERS sTa.3 ~.
hereabouts are not all done planting
''hog and hominy." In field directly
opposite the store, on Lick Greek, the
farmer was narrowing for corn, yester
day, with wagon wheels and four horses.
1 find that portion of the soil on Nola-
chucky bottom, IS heavy and damp, con-
sequently is late, and not so well adapted
lt6tIe growth f corn as Of grass Mr..
lR,qA.gIlyle has d pasture in<front of his
house on, which more than, 40 bovines
and about dozen equines nip the ten
der grass to their great satisfaction.
~ YELLOW CHESTER CORN.
James S. Nelson was in the store a
day or two ago, and Mr.. Lyle offered to
pay him for some yellow chester seed
corn he had purchased of him. Mr..
Nelson remarked that he had raised
eighty bushels and peck of the corn on
an acre and that it was the best he could
find. Mr.. Lyle was little dubious
about doing as well on his ground,
which is probably equally as good as
Mr.. Nelson's. The latter proposed to
take all over sixty-fve bushels to the
acre raised on Mr.. Lyle's land in pay
ment for the seed, out Mr.. l.. preferred
to pay down and have the advantage of
the full yield. This corn isearlier than
the white, and is therefore preferable
for early feeding to the hogs. D..
Speaking of corn, allow me to say that
Alexander Hansel has some on western
hillside just above these heavy bottoms
which is now eighteen inches high by
actual measurement. It is.the tallest |
have seen, but there may, possibly, be
much taller outside of my vision.
SOMETHING AiIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
I The geese are just beginning to shed
their quilts More than half a century
ago, few years before steel pens were
introduced, we farmer boys obtained
quite revenue by the sale of the geese
quilts we collected on the farms, and by
the road sides, for then all the writing in
christendom was done with quilts. It
was an extensive business, this gather
ing the quilts and manufacturing them
into pens for general use. 1t was part
of the duty of every teacher to make
and mend the pens used in their respec-
pen was quite an accomplishment. But
the world moves, and great changes take
place in a life time, and one of the
changes l have experienced is the driv-
ing from commerce and use, almost ut
terly, the goose quill, and the substitu-
ton of steel and other metallic pens
Not all changes are improvements, nor
do believe that the chirography of to-
day is equal, all things considered, to
that which was practiced in the good
old days of the goose quill.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Elizabeth Crane, of whom I
spoke in my preceding letter, died on
Monday afternoon last, May 10, aged So
years. She was the relic of the late
John Crane, and leaves nine grown chill
dren to deplore the loss of mother.
90 CENTS A LINE.
w. L. Rippetoe, the owner of the
store here, has lately added a general
stock of summer goods, and now his
shelves are filed and every nook and
corner stuffed with such seasonable and
staple goods as are generally kept in the
most extensive country stores. In the
"sweet by-and-by," when good times
come to the people again-and good
times are most surely coming-this store
will do large and thriving business.
A BIG FIGHT.
bob" Taylor was about in these parts
yesterday, and 'Governor" Senter hap
pening to meet him, they got into a dis
pute which soon eliminated in big
fight, in which "our Bob" was terribly
F'fiaxed out" Gov. Senter was much
the oldest and heaviest, hence the result
The latter beloHgedto r. A. Lyle, and
,"our Bob'} is Jesse NJ. Justices dog. Oh
4..,s QUERY: E
Is the above incident ominous of the
result of the next Congressional race in
this District?
IN PLEASANT PLACES.
lam reminded that my lines are fall
en- in pleasant places, since the winter is
over and bright vernal spring has come.
Indeed, the spring timeis nearly passed,
and we are almost on the ides of sum-
mer. May, in this region, is the most
beautiful month of all the year. The
grass is green and covers the pastures
and fields as with mantle of emerald.
The roses are out in all their beauty,
while the magnificent sweet williams
brighten the prospect whereYer-seen. A
more brilliant blossom does not show
itself. And, just now, we are having
overly-large, ripe, luscious strawberries
from Mr.. Lyle's garden, sweetened with |
sugar from Rippetoe's store, which is
dissolved on the berries by cream from
old Spot, one of the best cows in Greene
county. Who couldn't live on Lick |
Creek, with the beautiful landscape, the
abundant flowers and such living? |
if we had bridge across the
creek, your correspondent would not
have to ferry SO many over, and that
would be very agreeable. Come out,
Mr.. Editor, and have some big straw