The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-09-10
letter from sGlinch.'
KmagroN. TENN.. sept. 5. 80

KINGSTON, Tenn, Sept. 5, 1870.
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
A VETERAN OF TEXAN INDEPENDENCE.
While on one of my recent rambIes I
met up with an old veteran of President
Sam HoustOn's army, who participated
In the war of Texan Independence, and
was with Houston at the battle of San
Jacinto, when old Santa Anna and Gen
Cos were made prisoners. His name is
Pleasant M. Alexander-his post-Office,
Webster, Roane county. Although %
wears of age, he is still hale and hearty,
has an excellent memory which he
keeps refreshed by diary of his life,
running back over fifty years. He is a
pleasant, witty, and intelligent old gen
tleman, and would be treasure to any
first-rate journalist as a living encyclo-
pedia of historic "reminiscences
A TREASURE FOR SOME MAN.
During the same trip discovered an
other uncommon kind of person, for
these modern days of E. #. ", Fashion,
foppery and vanity which would also
be treasure to any journalist who
might be bachelor. refer to Nor
gan county mountain girl who is ex-
| ceedingly handsome and intelligent,
without being proud, vain and lazy.
| She is literally educated without being
| bigoted. Her parents are in good cir
| cumstances, yet she will rise with the
| lark, get a good breakfast, milk half a
| dozen cows-some of them kicking ones
| make the whole house tidy, and then
sit down and make neat fitting dress
| or pair of pants aoitlsOut a sea0l7lg machine
and vet not seem aware of being the
smartest girl in ten miles square.
A CHANCE FOR SOME WOMAN.
In this same neighborhood, l found a
Young bachelor who / think may well
be termed eccentric. He is a finished
| scholar-a graduate of f1rst-class uni
versity, has been in charge of different
institutions of learning, both in this and
western States-and has by strict econ
omy accumulated considerable proper.
ty including a good farm. Yet he told
me that his reason for remaining single,
was, that he wasn't prepared to take
care of wife as he would wish. How
I wish I was in his circumstances If
was, the above mentioned morgan
county gall would be called on tC
"c7sO0se or refuse" certain rowing bach
eler journalist before the nights got
much cooler. I
wARTBURG-wHAT IT Is. a..
Extending my trip towards Wartburg
/ passed through some splendid valley
| country but saw very few indication:
of good farming The fencing is gen
eralIy miserably bad, and even the ffnes'
land not half cultivated. The early
completion of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad NAV stimulate Morgan county
farmers to awaken up and improve theiI
opportunities, but l see no hope O
Wartburg taking any second growth
1t is town done finished, and to use {
homely and original phrase which oc
Cured to me while contemplating th'
barn-looking, wooden Courthouse
the State of Tennessee might be com
pared to buffalo, Wartburg would bt
a buffalo chip. You need not hesitate
about publishing this item, cousin John
as Wartburgers don't read newspapers
and of course will never see it.--Clinch..
! CALLED HOME.
| Mr. Henry E. Fritz, a Quartermasteri
agent, who has been stationed at King
ston for sometime, and who, by thu
way, is a Name man and a politician
of some note, has lately been called
home, and will be allowed a fatrlOugl
until after the Maine election. This is {
'straw" which shows that the Republi
can ring-masters in Maine are hare
pressed, and are utilizing every resource
within reach.
WEAKENING.
The best posted Republicans her,
have given up Maine and California
and-aOO71t bet cent on Ohio, -
AN EMETIC FOR THE sHRIEKERs.
I've found out new emetic for StGI
aoGrts When hear one of 'em spread
ing himself on the "Ya zoo outrage"
whisper Conkling-Sp and KaIloch
/ DeY0ung in his ear and he immediate
ly pukes. CLINCH.