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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
The HunlOr Of Smallpox.

Generally speaking, there is nothing
overwhelmingly funny about smallpox ];
but the doctors who are called to pre-
scribe for patients occasionally run onto
something that ticlIles them. Not many
years ago doctor here was called to see
q man at one of the hotels, who lived out
in Iowa. The man was sick as horse,
and the doctor had his suspicious about
what allied him, but couldn't tell exactly,
SO he gave him something to quiet him,
and told the friend who was with him
that he would call in the morning. The
friend said he thought as much of the
sick man as he could of q brother, and
he would see him through. The next
morning the doctor called and the sick
man was alone. He examined him and
found that he had smallpox. While he
was dealing out some medicine the
friend came laundering in. Said he,
Doc, that medicine amt worth con-
tinental This man is very sick. The
doctor said he had come to that conclu-
sion himself "Why," said the friend,
CT rubbed him all night. think he
would have died If I had not rubbed his
head. When a man is my friend he can
draw on me for all that is out, and don't
you forget it. The doctor said he was
RIaQ 10 u6tAI IL. 1S Sdlu buCI6 WIS
nothing more touching to him than pure
friendship between men, and he was
glad the sick man had friend that
would stick to him. "You bet your
life, " says the friend. And then he al
most intimated that the doctor did not
understand his business, and said some
thing had got to be done, if there was
any doctors in Milwaukee that could
handle the case. The doctor was getting
little hot, and when the friend asked,
Do you know what ails him " the
doctor said he thought he did. Then he
pulled down the bed-clothes and pointed
TO little swelling near the little toe, and
asked the friend if he could see it. "See
it ! OF course l can It's only q little
pimple." The doctor said there was
only one disease that showed that kind
of pimples. "What is that?" asked the
friend, impatiently " Sn9aUpoG!" said
the doctor, in the most aggravating way.
"Suffering Moses let me out of that
door " shouted the friend, and the doc
tor said you could have played marbles
on his coat tail. The doctor fixed up the
patient, and when he went out in the
hall the friend was leaning against a
trunk, white as a sheet and weak as
cat. "Doc.," says he, in q quivering
voice, 4" that man in there is nothing to
me- 1 wouldn't go in that room for a
thousand dollars Is there no way to
fumigate me? Say, Doc, [ want to be
vaccinated Put pint of virus into me.
Shoot it in with a gun. Damned if [
ever go near a sick man again" The
doctor says q" such is life. ''-Peck'S SIN.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
ALWAYS Idle.

The girls, who, owing to their worldly
prosperity, have nothing to do, are to be
sincerely pitied. Safety lies in constant
occupation even "busy idleness is
better than nothing; for while at work
on worsted dog or cat, Amanda has no
time to think of her woes or nerves
Young men are forced to get their living
whether they like it or not, but a large
number of young ladies in a family have
absolutely nothing to do. They are
above the necessity of following any oc-
cupation they are often too many in q
family to assist in domestic duties they
have returned home from school with
some very poor accomplishments their
knowledge of French and German is not
sufficient to allow them to converse in
those languages and just enough music
to indulge in dOlefnl song, or play badly
on the piano. They dwaddle through
the day in hfeless way, and fall victims
to thousand little ailments which tho
doctor is supposed to put right by physic.
And the most curious thing is that should
the instincts of the girl force her to put
some of her energy into use, she is al
likely as not to be thwarted by the
mother, who insists upon it that her
darling is everlasting herself
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
The Ouack Outwltted.

DIR. x. is an eminent physician of
Philadelphia, and as is often the case
with eminent physicians, is brsque and
Overbearing In manner. Among his
Office patients one morning was a gentle
man who, after occupying exactly five
minutes of the great mans time, took a
$40 note from his pocket, and inquired
the amount of the fee FIFTY dollars, +"
said the impatient medical man. THE
patient demurred little, wherepon the
physician rudely remarked: well, what
do you expect to pay2 Give me what
you have got, and on receiving the $40
bill, turned scornfully to his negro SER
want, and handing the money, remarked:
''That is for you, jim, " but lost his tenn
per still more when his patient coolly
said: 81 did not know before that you
had partner. Good morning, Doctor. :"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

The Boston Herald prints thc follow
ing strmgo story from correspondent
as Dover, n H., and Il A. given for
what It is worth. The writer vouchcs
for its trutlfulness: Ten years ago two
persons we're united In marriage by q
Congregational clergyman Of this State.
The ceremony was performed In a small
town not many miles from this city.
They lived together as husband and wife
for moro than nine years, having resided
IN several different places. a part oi the
time In this place A Tow months ago
the wife petitioned for divorce on the
ground that her husband waa q woman.
On examination il was found b. bo aa she
had said. That she dressed Ia female
apparel when shofrat became acquainted
with her, but told her aho was a man.
IL was proved that she was the divorced
wife Of merchant Of New York, aud
had one child.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
EKnense Of Fuel.

One of the discomforts OF q winter Ia
Continental Europe Is the lack Of such
fires for heating as we think essential in
American tl,,-aAs, II one has long
purse, and does not mind the expense,
they can be had there as here, but were
one in Paris OF Rome TO indulge IN such
roaring fires as We keep constantly going
in furnaces and CRATES, IL would be Te-
garded even by the wealthy as an en-,
travagance Surprising that OF the Roman
Emperors. To be sure, the houses are
so built as not to be as susceptible Of
changes of temperature as those IN which
the majority of our people live. The
walls Rnd partitions are thicker, the
windows and doors closet fitted, and they
retain the heat longer. Then the stoves
In use there for heating are constructed
so that comparatively small part Of the
heat is wasted. But even with all these
precautions an American, accustomed 10
generous and blazing coal and wood
fires, finds the apartments warmed sui
fcient for the comfort OF the native, cold
and uncomfortable, and shivers as he re-
calls the fires blazing on his native
hearth. 20.
He learns with surprise in Paris that
the wood with which his dinner Is cooked
or his shins warmed is sold by the pound,
and is weighed out to the purchaser az
carefully as butter, sugar, or coffee. A
handful of twigs, such as in America
would be allowed to rot, costs five cents,
and better wood at proporhOnate prices.
So fires on the continent are luxury,
and In many houses, except for cooking,
no fires are seen the yeag round.
But If fires are expensive and tuel
scarce and high in Continental Europe,
what shall we say Of Japan, where char
coal, split wood, brush and dried grass
are used for cooking and heating booths,
and is hardly ever used outside the nltiea,
for purely heating purposes The char
coal is made in wooded regions, and car
ried to the settlements in straw sacks ON
the backs Of men and horses. IL cost
from twenty-five to fifty cents the 100
pounds. Cut wood Is sold in small bum
dies of six,stioks, each stick being about
eighteen inches in length by two inches
in diameter, and Is sold at about one
cent a bundle. A good comfortable fire,
such as our people must have 10 keep
them warm, would cost several dollars
day. ..|
But our e1travakance IN fuel dimin-
ishes with the years and the increasing
cost Of fuel. We will travel a good ways,
and have then 10 seek communities re-
mote from railroads, to find such wood
fires as kept the log cabins and thin
frame houses Of tie pioneers warm. The
great e-places, with their wide fronts
and immense clhmneys, their great
apdirons, back-logs, fore-logs, and sec
tons Of seasoned split wood four on hye
feet long, piled high, are hardly known
save in remote settlements. But ne
make almost as extravagant use Of coal
as our fathers did Of wood, and viii
probably cohtinne. TO do so tili the cost
of it compels study OF economy in the
methods of heating houses, and servants
are instructed how to manage fires 50 rs
to secure the. most heat with the least
amount Of fuel Cincinnati CONNER
cidL Z
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
How an Intense Desire Was Gratified

How an Intense Desire was Gratlnea
When we drove down into Loveland,
we saw our train standing at the station.
I yelled and the Professor shouted, and
the astonished horse jumped away as
though he was going to Gallipois him
self. 10
'Let him goP" I howled. <sFn :
''Pun out p yelled the Professor
''Whoop! whoopI" we walled in chorus
First thing you know, we came to a
long iron bridge, with placard painted
on it. Something, L suppose, about
walking your horses" and give dollars
fine " but I didn't read it, because I
knew that walk across the bridge would
lose me the train.
'fGet out O. this - I shrieked to the
horse, and then said to the Professor,
"What was the sign on the bridge?"
Don't know" he said; "can't read,
pull ont get upl"
whoa Hi long! Jump it, ST. Ju-
liam !" the chorus howled and away we
went laundering across the bridge, and
the watching conductor just waited for
us and we were saved. Not q second to
spare.
CHOW, I said as the train started, eff
any body says anything about driving
over that bridge"
''You Drove" said the Professor.
81 did, I did, >" L assented. 81 confess
Judgment and will beat the Supervisors
on execution. Good-by."
i have always had an intense desire to
gallop across one of these s'walking"
bridges, and am glad got my work in
on Loveland But they didn't care. 1t
was the first time, so it didn't count, and
I know the Lovelmders didn't want me
TO miss the train. If they will call it
even, I viii send the Mayor a copy of
the HdI0keye. -BardEtt's Letter to
Burlington HatOkeye.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
The LIlr.

with the Chinese, tho lily is the ma.
iOnal flower, and many supcratit.uns %.
tach 10 IL. Should Il blossom upuu New
Years day il Is regarded NJ ~ lnnst happy
omen, prcsnging the best of iuck h. tho
fortunate owner Of tho plant For this
reason good deal Of car. a krsi.fol
upon the lily BY tho Chinamcn, 10 tao
hope shat II may put forth d. houeT
upon tho morning VI tho anniversary.
The Chinese lily Il different from any
other variety. 10 il grown by placing
the bulb on bits Of window glass, stone
and China, and giving Il liberal sup
ply Of water. The flower ia white. with
gold-colorod center, something boz
tween a daisy aud q narciasuh. Ia fra.
GRANGE il delightful.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
A Great River In Alaska.

The San Francisco NelUS- Letter says:
When the late Mr.. Seward purchased
Alaska from the Gar, he was not aware
of the fact that he was getting with his
countless fur-seals, fisheries, mines. and
ice-bergs, one of the greatest rivers in
the world, and now almost demonstrated
to be of greater volume than the Missis-
sippi. Such a stream is the Yucon.
The vast region it waters remains as
much a terra incOQ1litG as the Congo
In fact, while the latter has been once
explored-by Stanley-from the point
where Livingstone turned back down to
the Atlantic Ocean, and by Livingstone
from its extreme sources to where Stan
ley's explorations began, no traveller has
ever yet seen the upper water of the Yu-
con or has been able to enlighten the
world as to its length or its source, or
the region it drains.
Here, then, is an opening for enter
prise and ambition, more fruitful of
promise than anything as yet unrevealed
in Africa or the Arctic Sea, and probably
less dangerous. That the country con-
tains mines of gold and silver, we may
readily conjecture from the fact that such
mines exist on all sides of it. The river
Is navtgable for hundreds of miles. It
Is free of ice from June to September.
Its banks are fanked below with Indian
villages. It's waters are filed with fish
for the support of human life, and its
woods with game. The mountains In
which it rises are unknown to white men,
but, as they are generally believed to be
stored with that sort of treasure which
led to the rapid settlement of California
and to the expansion of commerce on the
South and Central Pacific, there is the
strongest sort of temptation on the part
of thousands to see them, test them, and
dig them up, if the treasure can be found.
The Government has many vessels
lying idle and uselessly rotting for the
want Of action. Why not fit one of them
up for two or three years cruise on
this great unexplored river of the North i?
The discovery of gold mines there would
lead instantly to large migration from
all parts of the world, and in few years
contribute millions to the commerce of
the Southern Pacific States and Terrific
ries. ,..--.--,. r,t....
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
Ale

Great Britain never goes bars u
its ale, although these States in f.a
single year the English firm col .B rI
paid 10 railways, cmiAl cJa4i,al.i. %. 81. a
other carriers, the sum Of Els'. lU. q y
carriage merely. IN malt iaR 4lt iat 81
duty the same houso pays lElfU'O %
year. The yearly revenue 81 L4H ll,g
dom derived from duty on a.cohul.c
drinks a-Ouuts 20 $3.50, 900 sterling
To this sum tho house Of Bas contrib.
utos 40 the rate If 1850 % duy tlaf
SO, $50 casks in stock. Tho bol'l,t. no
i separate; ~. 0QQQ)g mEll frr l..
Ties are issued ia a yclF
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

An eloquent young rcpor. rial Ma
catllay out West writes In the following
departed day had joined communion
with the myriad ghosts of centuries, and
four full hours fed into eternity before
tho citizens Of many parts u the town
found out that there was q froahet here
az all.P
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

A two-foot rule was given b o labour
In a Clyde boat-yard 10 measure an iron
plate. The lnborer not being well va 10
the use Of the rule, after spending oon.
siderable time returned.
Moo, Mick, saked tho platter.
''what size il the plato7"
"Well, replied Mick, with a grin u
satisfaction, at Is the length oi your
rule AID two thumbs over, with ibis
piece Of brick and the breadth Of my
hand aud my arm from here 30 there.
bar q finger. ~ london Punch
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

In the counting-room of Galveston
Irishman the following notice is stuck up
in conspicuous place "Persons hay
ing no business In this Office will get
through with it aa soon as possible and
leave"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

A RHODE ISLAND paper Of 1862 gave
the following account Of a protracted
drought: ''Our cows are drying up, our
pumps are dry, there is no water, and
the minister of the Baptist Church is
dead"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

Somewhere, in one of the old eemeter-
les, perhaps in Trinity churchyard. New
York, there lies half buried in the gray,
sodden moss and dank grass, q broad,
fiat old slab fast crumbling with age, on
which is inscribed: Here lies Cwe'll
say) John Smith, who died A. ID. lT24,
Aetas 80 years." and underneath, some
ancient wit had carved in the rudast Of
character: i.l -. .,..
- Lie long on him good mother earth, Tor he
Lied long enough, God knows, on thee"
And ON another stone may be found
this %. laM.. r .lN
9 Here lies the body Of POOR JOAN M0upd
Who wes lost At sea and never found"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

A ukN IN O Pennsylvania town has
twonty-nine children. Stmngcu pass
ing tho house ON washing days arc nj a
loss 10 determine whether Il a a school
or a laundry.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
Good Coaches, Good Road and
Z -- Quick Time!

For Maps, Timetables and al information In
regard to this route, call on Or address, 49,
A. B. WRENNE,
Travelling Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
VIM Z ROGERS,
Passenger Agert, Chattanooga, Tenn.
HHG w. l.. DANLEY,
Gspl Psss'r aud Ticket Agt., Nashville, Tenn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

AN act by which we make one friend
and ons enemy Is aloaing game, because
revenge isamuch stronger principle ulan
gratitnds,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28

: EVERY man has three characters; that
which he exhibits, that which he has,
and that which he thinks he has. "a.
Kari.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
FOR THE
North and West!
Do not Fail to see that Your
Ticket Reads by the
Nashville,
Chattanooga &
St. Louis RI.

EOR SPEED, SAFETY AND
81 comfort, you will find this line to DO unrival-
cd. For the ceIe9I pyC1 Springs and Summer Re
sorts, Round Trip flcFeiE cap be purchased at all
principal Offices, Euligrants wishing to 80 West,
either 10 locate or ar prdsPcctOrs, will find it to
their advantage to 90 by this route. Round Trip
emigrant tickets on seIe to Texas points. Through
Coaches are run ffom Chattanooga to Columbus
without change. Sleeping COACHES ca all night
trains.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

Come and examine our mammoth spring
and summer stock of goods, selected with
care by US in person, and at the lowest cash
prices, the advantage Of which We pro-
pose to give 10 our customers; therefore,
you will save time and money By calling
on us when you need anything in our line.
We are grateful to our patrons for past
favors, and will endeavor to merit a con-
tinuation Of tue same. Come and see Us.
WILLIAMS " lIETCALF.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

me for the last time. NJ sands have
almost run. ! have dragged my ex-
haus,ed frame IRON my present
home-the poor hous7-to warn
you, deacon; 70 warn you, false
teacher Of Gods wort;' and with
her arms flung high and her tall
form stretched tolls utmost, and her
voice raised to an uaearthIy pitch,
she exclaimed, 81 shall soon stand
before the judgment seat OF God.
I shall, meet YOU there, you false
guides, and be 1 witness against you
all"
The miserable woman vanished.
A dead silence perradcd the assem-
bly,. The minister, the deacon and
the physician hung their heads and
when the presidentPut the question,
shall any license be granted for the
sale otspiritous liquors !' the III ami
nous response was "No"
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
Our railway interests are not Ian

Our railway interests are not Ian
gushing. The Iron Mountain COM
pany is pushing all the branches
now under construction to rapid
completion. The ST. Louis and San
Francisco company is preparing to
push on from Fayetteville to Fort
Smith, and the road from Helena to
Forest City will soor be completed.
Before another year Little Rock
will have two direct lines of COM
munication with St. Louis and the
east, and, possibly, railway cOmmu-
nication with Kansas and the great
northwest, via the Indian Territory.
L. r. Democrat.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

can war,
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
WHICH SHALL IT BE.

W lALD1A b)AA-ALNlL ~ l. ~
AT a certain town meeting in q
ncighboring state, the question came
up whether any person should be
licensed to sell rum. The clergy
man, the deacon and the physician,
strange as it may appear, all favored
it. Only one man spoke against IT,
because Of the mischief it did.
The question was about to be put,
when, all at once, there arose from
one corner Of the room o miserable
woman. She was thlnly clad, and
her appearance indicated the utmost
wrctchedness, and her mortal career
was almost closed, After q mo-
ment's silence, all eyes being fixed
upon her, she stretched her attenu-
ated body to its utmost height, and
then her long arms their length,
and raised her voice to a shrill pitch.
She called to all to look upon her.
"Yes," said she, "look upon me
and then hear me. All that the last
speaker has said relative to temper
ate drinking, as being the father of
drunkenness, is true. All practice,
all experience, declares its truth.
All drinking of alcoholic poison, as
a beverage, in health, is excess.
Look upon me. You all know that
was once the mistress of the best
home in the town; you all know, too,
l had one of the best, the most de-
voted of husbands. You all know l
had fine, noble e-hearted, industrious
boys. Where are they now? Doc
tor. where arc they now? You all
know. You all know they lie in a
row, side by side, In yonder church
yard, all, every one of them, filing
the drunkard's grave! They were
all taught to believe that temperate
drinking was safe-that excess alone
ought to be avoided, and they never
acknowledged excess. They quoted
you, and you-pointing with a shred
of a finger to tho minister, deacon
and 'doctor--as authority. They
thought themselves safe under such
teachers. But | saw the gradual
change coming over my family and
its prospects, with dismay and hor-
ror. l felt we were all to be over
whelmed IN one common ruin. I
tried to ward off the blow; | tried
to break the spell--the deluslvo
spell in which the idea ofthe benefits
Of temperate drinking had involved
my husband and sons. | begged, |
PRAYED, but the odds were against
me. The minister said the poison
that was destroying my husband
aud boys was a good creature from
God the deacon who sits under the
9; ss17d W no tUON our Iurm
to pay his rum bills, sold them the
poison; the doctor said 4 little was
good, and the excess only ought to
be avoided.
"My poor husband and my dear
boys fell into the snare, and they
could not escape, and, one after an
other, were conveyed to the sorrow
ful grave of the drnnkard. Now
look at me again. You probably see
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

When men proclaim from the
bouse-top that they have given up
their darling hopes and plans Of life
to do good unto others, you may be
sure that they are deceived or try
ing to deceive. No man Of whom
such a sacrifice is true says anything
about it, even If he realizes it him
self
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

The wife of Abraham Lincoln IS
seriously i'll at her home in Spring
field, Ill.,, and it is thought she Will
not recover. The death of her hus
band at the hands of an assassin i'm
paired her mind and health, and life
has since been a burden to her
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

General Patterson, of PhlIadel-
phia, now ninety years old, is the
only surviving general Of the Nexi-
can war.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

Violent storms swept over parts of
West Missouri last week, killing and
wounding many people, and destroy
ing much property.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

JEFF. Davis will copyright and cir
cuiate his book, "History Of the
Rebellion, IN England.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

Hannibal Hamlin is the only per-
son alive among those who ran on
the four presidential tickets of 1860.