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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
LETTERS or A VoYAGER.
LETTER l.
WHICH IS PREFA TORY AND d.
GRESSTVE.
CAIN House, MoRRIsTowN, Tenn,
Nav IA 1881

CAIN HOUSE, MoRRIsTowN, Tenn,
May IA, 1881.
To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette:
My DEAR HELMS Long admir-
ing your sturdy paper, l have often
thought / would be pleased to F'illus-
trate" my views through its gener-
Gus columns. AS you will observe
from my chirography even if l
furnished you not my name-I am
a KnoXvillian of somewhat ancient
date. By the way, like Byron, we
may all become aggressive, at times,
without impairing the general tone
of thought Did you ever consider
what Don Juan would have been
worth without the " digressions ?"
Well, all this is neither here nor
there. If you will give me audience
l will talk a little, as our old
friend, Ham Scott, was wont to say
in the olden time.
Knoxville, of course, is a q great
place. 1t has been charged with
claiming that it had smarter men
and prettier women than any place
in the world TOwhat extent these
pretensions were just, | leave the
"smart men" and pretty women"
of other localities to decide.
But to get back to our mutton.
Seated here, by a table in Tom Cain s
excellent hotel-the best in East
Tennessee am thinking of my,
our first enree into Knoxville. A
mere " eallaW youth, " strQuing along
the stage routes, one of the first
men | encountered in that goodly
town was the present editor Of THE
MORRIsTOWN GAZETTE, who was con-
Quoting an institution, under the
corner of the Lamar (then Coleman)
House, for the benefit of " Uncle
Sam" on the one hand and the read
ing public on the other Do you re-
member, old fellow? Do you recol-
lect with what a suspicious curiosity
you looked at me ? We'll, John,
times have gone by. 1t was not to
talk of personal matters that | took
up my pencil. | am here at Tom
Cain I almost forgot the fact in
the idea that his hotel ought to be
at Knoxville.
Do you realize the fact that Nor
ristown-" inland though she be-
has q prospect" that should not be
despised? The world moves and we
move with it. Destiny fixes results
and, in spite of ourselves, we per-
farce realize them. Let me say to
you, my dear sir,-as an honest,
thoughtful friend-that in view of
what must happen within the next
two years, Morristown must become
the most important " upper town"
in East TeRnesssg.
must go up the road. My train
has Just come. You shall hear from
me again when l will endeavor to
further unfold my views.
AOYAGFR
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
WHAT WE MUST HAVE


If there is any available or sur
plus capital in MOrristOwn it would
be highly judicious and remunera-
tive to invest it in a WOODEN, cotton
or any other factory pertaining to the
trades. We know of nothing that
would pay better and tend more
certainly and rapidly to building up
our country and make the business OF
our town and section generally live
" and permanent, If MOrristown
is ever to become what its friends
predict for it-a city-it is to man
ufactaring enterprises and ventures
it must look to accomplish the end
Our people should be more concern
ed about this than they are. What
our town wants is development, and
that can only come by population,
by capital, by industries, and by
habits of thrift such as have char
acterized our Yankee brethren. The
cotton mills of New England
long distance from where the cotton
is prOduced-hAve all made and are
making fortunes for their owners.
The same Of wooden factories, wood
works and every other maDutactur-
ing industry. We have right here
a great vantage ground in that we
have the raw material for almost
any manufacturing industry We may
chose to embark in, as it were, at
our very doors. Then let US use it
for our prosperity, personally and
collectively. 1t will benefit all class
es. 1t will give employment to hun
dreds of men, women and children.
1t will put our carpenters and me-
chanics to work, and bring others
to our town 1t viii cover vacant |
lots with new business houses and |
beautiful dwellings. However ne
cessary may be our projected rail
road enterprises, they are not more
essential to our growth and pE0sper-
ity as a city than are industrial en-
terprises that bring permant popu
Iation and wealth. Therefore we
are for manufacturing enterprises of
all or any character, rs the great
means of making our town and sec
ton prosperous, populous and more
famous and desirable. In our opin-
ion as practical way as any other
to start an enterprise Of tho kind is
for our business men and capitalists
to get together, selectthe nature of ,
the enterprise, form stock company
say of from $4,000 to S25, 900 CAPT
go to work at once in put
ting it through to success. The cap
tai invested will soon double, then !
it to any amount you de- i
tire. We hope the business men of s
our community will take more earn !
,st interest in the building up of :
,ur manufacturing interests. As in K
Enterprises, let the start be h
made for home industries by homo v
itizens. :
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
sOU7HERN AEANVEA eTUREs.


What Southern communities may
do in the way of manufacturing is
shown by the following EXTRACTS
fram an Augusta, Geo, letter in
the Baltimore Sun:
"From its cotton manufacturing
industries, Augusta, Go, has been
styled, "The lowell Of the South -
1t may serve to inform those who do
not know Augusta to borrow a title
for it; but its judiciQus friends would
rather have it styled, on its own in
dividuality, "the Spindle City of the
South" which it is. It should have
no secondary place it Is fairly en-
titled t, pire--omilepce in its line, as
Lowell is for prints or Baltimore fol,
cotton duck. Augusta mills fabrics
are as distinctive in the markets as
any manufactures Of cotton, and its
nama 9n Il pIeea 9f g84ds ie IF a
value which should not be surren-
dered
ain and around Augusta are some
of the largest cotton factories in the
United States Among ths chief IF
them are the Augusta, the Enter
prise, the Langley Graniteville and
Vapcluse factories, all large estab-
in full operation. TIE these
may be added also the Summerville
g.. c. mills, which have plaids,
check goods and cottonades from
4, 900 epindlea and $50 looms, Of new
and improved machinery. Fhere is
also the Sibley mills, a cotton fac
tory with $4,000 spindles, which is
lRarly finished, and when put in
operation will add over 5000 souls
10 the population Of Augusta. This
attest enterprise is due to Dir. VIM
9. Sibley, president of the company,
| Northern man, whose c4iljtal aid
mercy have been invested in other
manufacturing enterprises Of Au-
,usta, and who in the Sibley mills, |
$ backed by stocl: subscriptions in
he North,
Such items arereally encouraging,
nd lead us to look for a bright !
uturer for the South. When she
earns TO spin gs well as te grow hels
elton and to melt her minerals she
yill then indeed be on the highway
) power and prosperity unparallel-
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LETTER FROM MONTANA,
(" CLLNCH" TALKS OF THE oOUN-
TRY AND GIVES ADVICE.


TRY AND GIVES ADVICE.
To the Editor 70 the Merlistown Gazette:
Either you have forgotten me, or
there is something wrong with the
mails, as I've only received one copy
of the GAZETTE since l struck this
God forgetting country, and that
was dated April 9th.
am not favorably situated, just
now, to write you much information
about Montana. I've discovered
this much, however, without using a
magnifying glass-Montana is not
what it is represented by the rose
tinted railroad circulars scattered
ever the country.
The mining interests are yet I'M
developed, to great extent, and
most of the quartz mining being
done is mere prospecting.
OF course, there are few mines
being worked, which are paying
over expenses, but they are precious
scattering.
Wages for working men range
frome $50 to $50 per month, with
board every body furnishes his own
bedding in Montana. There is some
farming done in the valleys; wheat,
oats, barley, potatoes, turnips and
cabbage are raised, by irrigating the
land but | don't think l would
fancy farming in this country,
whore it SHOWS every month in the
year. They tell me it is common to
have snow storms here while har-
vesting wheat.
There was ice here this MORNING
three quarters of an inch thick, this
lst day Of May.
[ believe this to be & good cattle
raising country, if stock men would
provide hay to carry the cattle
through the severest storms of win
ter, as the grazing land is extensive
and is good, even now. My self and
friend T. J. Cope are still together
and we are at present cutting timber
at $50 90 per month, near this place,
We took the first job We met with,
in order to be getting acquainted
with the country and also be making
something at the same time, We
have only been at work few days,
and you bet we've got some sore
! hands. Women can do better here
than men, comparatively a good
cook can get from $40 to $50 per
month, and hired girls who work in
families get from $25 to $40, and
are in demand at that besides, there
are so many more men here than
women, that even a plain girl with
red hair could marry almost any
time.
| can't conscientiOusly advise any
one to come out here until | see
further, but if any wing sse this in
tend to come, l advise them to call on
or write to w. R. Kerr, Of Knoxville,
before buying tickets; he is all right,
and will put you Though as cheap
as it can be did, and over best routes.
Now, Uncle John, ShO,c up here
after ola the GAZETTE. I'm lone
some without it, Gpd must have it.
If any friend who reads this wishes
to write TO me my address is Jefer-
son City, Jefferson CO., Montana
Territory.
Respectfully CLENcH.
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
q Women Never Think. ;,

If the old bachelor who uttered
this sentiment could but witness the
intense thought, deep study and
thorough investigation Of women in
determining tho best, medicines to
keep their families well, and would
note their segao'ty and wisdom in
selecting Hop Bitters as the best, and
demonstrating it by keeping their
families in perpetual health, at 3
mere nominal expenga he would be
forced to acknowledge that such ser
timents are baseless and falce,-Pieas
gHae,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
PUNCTURING d FRAUD.


We invite the especial attention OF
our readers to the article in another
column headed, /" Wiling to ,cOand,
and get lacking the courage to strike
the Mow," from the pen of one of the
most gifted and experienced writers
in the State, holding up to the scOrn
and contempt of all honest people
the erstwhiIe Governor Of Tonnes
see, A. s. Marks. The burly, brutal
bravo who stabs his unsuspecting
victim Ia the back is DO more Grim
inal than the subtle schemeF from
whose brain emApates the plot, and
who expects to reap the benefit OF
the bloody deed. And so, Savage,
Beasley, Snodgrass and other of the
political bandits, who are open
mouthed in their purpose to destroy
their party and wreck the prospect
ty of their State, should stand no
higher on the roll Of infamy than
the Winchester pl0tter, who seeks
to achieve his greatness by his eoun-
trv's ruin" Albert 8. Marks may
vet find it his lot to be
His eountrys curse, his chIdrens shame
Outeast to virtue, peace and fame"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

Mrs. President Garfield was at
last accounts from Washington re-
ported seriously i'll with typhoid
fever. The asphalt carriage way
leading to the White House has
been barricaded against carriages,
and strict orders given by the
ushers and messengers to preserve
quiet about the house. Five physi-
clans are in attendance, including
DIR. Boynton, the Mentor family
physician. At one hour after mid
night, Friday, her condition was
regarded as quite serious.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

The execution of the assassins of
Alexander II. has not produced the
effect hoped ior, Ola Russia, says
a correspondent q the PARIS FOL
taire, "where a species of dreamy
mysticism forms, so to speak, the
flower and fruit of the national tenn
permanent, criminals who are con-
stantly sent ID THO galloWs arc east
ly transformed by the popular
Imagination into heroes and martyrs,
and their lives are surrounded with
a hal4 Of lagqRd which works on the
mind of the masses" IN this way,
he adds, each capital execution has
become a means of propogating
Nihilism and instead of decreasing
its supporters only makes fresh c9n-
verts. For example, Sophia Perows-
ka has been elevated into a sort of
ST. Agnes, Her life has been writ
ten in the form Of q ERliginHs 70
nance, in which the most extraOr-
binary virtues are attributed to her
She Is m0p2hipped as a martyr, and
the Nihilist faithfully Eag#fd the
clothes she wore apd the ringlets
which were cut from her head as SO
many precious relics. These OBJ
jects have been distributed as tails
mans am4pg the leaders of the par
ty. The Sunday preceding her ex
ecutiOn Alexander III. received q
letter, which concluded as follows :
IF she is executed, thou wilt perish
thyself gad thy death will be far
more frightful than that Of thy ia |
Their. That death will overtake !
.hee far more speedily than thy
Wallets imagine"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

In New York, one day last week,
George Lyons, grocery clerk,
went to a stable to feed bis horse,
taking with him q little girl, While
he was putting feed in the crib the
horse kicked the child fatally apd
senseloss. Lyons went to pick her
up and the horse kicked him and
broke his leg. Henry Argue went
to their assistance and the horse
kicked him, nearly fracturing his
hip. Help soon arrived and they
were PeIneVed without fartheg in-
jury,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
TIE MORRISTOWN GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, MAY IS, 1881.

The appropriations for the i'm
provement of East Tennessee rivers,
allowed by the last Congress, have
become available, and preparations
are makingin Chattanooga for theim-
mediate commencement Of the work
on the Hiwassee and the Tennessee
above Knoxville.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

modes by which the State can de-
feat the settlement if it chooses to do
So" 1t is the basely cunning sug-
gestion of chicken-hearted dema-
gogue, for whom even Savage, Viii
son & Co, must entertain a sovereign
contempt. It's humiliating that a
man WHO had so recently been honor
ed with the highest office in the
State, should make so disgraceful a
presentation Of himself to the pub
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

Mai. VIM. ]. Sykes thus closes a
letter to the Memphis appeal FThe
only thing that can nov be done is
to devise ways and means to reduce
the debt and to make it less burden
some to the people. The improve
ment of the country, the erection of
furnaces and factories, the opening
Of coal mines and ore banks, making
nayigable our rivers, the proper reg
ulatiop of railFo&ds, the wise man
agement of our peRitentt4Ty, the
making of good public roads, the re-
form in QUA Judiciary system-these
will do more for the State than the
constant agitation of the State debt
question, which has absorbed every.
thing else and prevented such wise
and wholesome Legislation as would
have saved the State far more than
the whole amount of the debt tax
Let there hereafter be no divisions
among gs Jet the words high tax
and low tax State credit and re
pudiation be obliterated from the
of Tennessee politics let
us unite upon practical, live meas
uras and put our State upon the on
ward and upward march ofprogress
and Improvement"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

The East Tennessee Farmers
Convention met at Knoxville on
Tuesday of last week and continued
in session three days. Col J A.
TurIey, President, OF McMinn coun-
ty, presided. Delegates were pre-
sent from the counties of Anderson,
BIount, Bradley, Campbell, Cooke,
Carter, Greene, Granger, Hamblen,
Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon,
Monroe, McMinn, Pok, Sewer, Uni
on, Washington. A finer looking
body of men, in their physical and
intellectual appearance, never before
assembled in that capacity in Knox
vile, and the impression they made
was most favorable to the great OBJ
iects of the Convention. Hereafter
we will publish the more important
proceedings. Col, J. B. Stokely, of
Cooke county, than whom better
man for the place could not have
been selected, was chosen President
for the ensuing year, and Col. G. w.
Charlton and ]. N. Meek, Secreta-
rios
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

A Cincinnati sWindIe Wss 4 Uni
ted States Home and Dover Asso-
citation which took in members on
an annual assessment of S22, and
promised in return 81 900 at the
end of twenty-one years. Dupes
caHld net be obtained Ry that de-
vice, and the operators offered
loan of $500 at low interest to every
person who should pay the dues for
three years in advance. This proved
attractive and many persons paid
500, only To DO put aft as long as
possible about the loan, and finally
to lese the money paid,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

Judge Thayer, of Philadelphia, has
Just rendered decision which may
serve as gentle reminder to shop
keepers dealing with married
women. A suit was brought by q
merchant against a gentleman for
$500 worth of silks, jewelry, &C.,
sold his wife. Judge Thayer non
suited ths plaintiff. The husband
could not be made to pay, because
the goods We're not shown to be
"necessaries," and they were not
proved TO have been furnished with
the knowledge QP eGRseHt Of the
husband. The wife could moi be
held responsible, because a married
woman cannot bind her separate
estate except for neeessarjes, and no
proof had been given to show that
these were necessaries.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18
A Washington correspondent

A Washington correspondent in a
a late Cincinnati C0mmerciai puts
on record the following remarkable
verifcation of singular prediction:
Senator Jackson, Of Tennessee, was
reminded 70. day by q friend who
was at the University of Virginia
with him, of the curious verifcation
of predictions made thirty years ago
and more. Jackson, Thomas Ma
hone and CRaFlas 7 Fanpor occu-
pied contiguous rooms in the Uni
versity Of Virginia They were fast
friends, constant companions and
the foremost men in their class. A
brother student sketched the three
in group ono day. & What shall
l put under EACH figure" he said,
when the drawing was completed.
" Put under mine" said Jackson,
" Jackson addressing the Senate of
the United States. And under
mine, said Malone, {: delivering a
lecture to the students Of the Uni
versity of Tennessee" -" And under
yours, Fennor ?" Oh, Fennor an
nouncing q decision from the Su-
preme Bench Of Louisiana" The
Inscriptions were appended. Jack
son is to-day in the Senate of the
United States, Malone is at Wander
bilt University, Tennessee, and Fen
nor is a member of the Supreme
Court of Louisiana.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

Knoxville fixes beer licenses at
$500 per annum, payable semi-an-
nually in advance; no billiard on
other business to be connected with
the beer bar, and nothing but beer
to be sold.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

Col J. b HoNsie. who ha- long
boen identified i'm some way with the
Interests Of the East Tennessee, Nn.-
ginla and Georgia railroad. more re-
Gently as master Of transportation.
has rendered his resignation and re-
tired from service. Col III. Las fiii-
ed almost every position known TO
the public in railroad management
to the satisfaction of those whom hc
has represented and the public. Tie
is an enterprising sclfmadc, reliable
gentleman,an we wish him Tres
Pellty i'm whatever may Aeredaer
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

The Judiciary Committee OF tine
Senate decided last week To ~ lhrt
favoratiy the Morgan conClrrcnt
resolution declaring tha4 DO con
sent ofthe United Stalcs is a neecs-
sary condition precedent % the COZ
struction Of q ship canal across thc
lsthmus OF Pap8ma. The general
order abolishing tho IiG,ar. yivi
ion OF the Cult aud placitg Gtht.ul
Schoiield on waiting orders wac
promulgated. Tho President ..t.
drew the nomination 5f VI t5
Gricr Of Pennsylvania, % :. 4. g. .rL;'.I
Assistant Postmaster ta,.a,..l IT,
Gricr having decli- .fi =,
hcH the OlbCc.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

The New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times says Henry
Watterson is in New York nearly all
the time nowadays, and understood
to be figuring for the editorship at
tha WaE!g,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

An improvement was made IN
the appearance of the Cain House
last week by the tearing away of
the old vcranda in front Of the old
building and the erection of new
one to correspond with that of the
new addition.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-18

I1'"t 49, woman were arrested
III y ,, ,''t''' ooga last Wednesday iof
a''"'l'" about $4,000 from man
n'''n "a Morgan, ito Union, ". q. The
oman Is MorgauA wife, tue man 81
/ hand whowas omp,oyodon Morgan
farm Morgan is q vcrv wealthy
farmer, and married Clio pIs s0uer
when sAo was but q girl lie was
misery, cruel, and her home was
very unpleasant TO her. Several
months since Morgan commenced
missing money, but lbs wife diverted
his mind from biz losses. but finally
the tclts cot SO serious, that 10
Diminished to investigate tlie.BEtter.
lie soon discovered that Hartsill. "a
farmland, q iharfied man with 3
family, had been hanging about h.s
wife and that She Supplied hu with
money Just before Che denouemert.
the couple disappeared with $500
and came % chattanooga, whcro
they lived as man md wife Tie
woman left u saczlimg babe ut home
and the man 1 large family 3IUgam
estimates hi- entire loss at $4,000
They viii Rc taken back TO North
Carolina.