The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-10-26
TOWN Talk.
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-.Overcoats are now com ortable.
THE comet ceases to attract spectators,
The family OF M w. X. Root will alriv
in Marietta, Nov. Isl
Mrs. Julia Owens OF Houston, Texas Jet
last Monday for her home aEer visit 10 Mrs
Grant,
NJ W. L. Boiler ofiCiocionali and Mr.
K. a Cumming OF Louisville are in he Guy.
The NJ and n. Ga. X Il. is the boss io'
free excursions.
The girls of Pickeus are JUS as pretty as
represented.
Grassy Knob lea Jasper is 2126 it. above
the sea level
Several of Jaspers representative young
mea came as far as Csuiou with the excursion.
The excuse was sufficient for taem 10 have
come all the way.
List Monday ni.ht bslf dozen young
ladies' with as maDv escol.s weol on a 'possum
hunt. Two possums ana = ee was the re
suit Of ZOE tramp. The excite nen' was intense
as tue game fell o tire groudd amid the deaf
enug cheers Of he ciowu Cincinnati and
LOUSY lie EACH had a epresen.aliVe.
Some weeks s nee the good people of
Pickens county cane down by Invitation from
our chireus and re sci we'd wi bountiiul
dinner which had reen prepai ed for them
Having met aud exchanged views aud greet
ings with each other ,bey recipi coated their
apprecia, on by similar iIvi dt on which was
accened, Ogeihec w'tb The k'od oder OF the
NJ. and N Ga. r. for dse of ,heir iraiI. Last
Friday was the long looked 10 DAY. aud both
old aud youpg men wee anxious Tor the mo
ment Of depa tive. On Thursday the question
with the abroad oflic ais was how the crowd
was to be accommodated. and up 10 certain
hour on Thu sday $50 iehes hau been issued,
but lbe rain came aud ne no ror OF disappoint-
ment keeo'y pie ced tie heart Of many al ex-
peetaut soul Tue ain was bOarutd however
by small oar VINO deded he weather with
the eyen gloomy pr specl OF beadilGIl scenery
bedimmed bv clouds. Tue smooth track,
sharp Gu yes and sep AIDES blve been here
Iofore described but the er'ivepiug effect of
two iron rails laid side nv side was never be-
fore so strongly brou h. IN compa ison. The
beautiful little sIat,o3s that are sprngng up
along the ne, which will Only require the fn-
ger of me TO point in few veacs 10 prosper
Gus summer leso'ls sm lar 10 nose OF east
Tennessee a1d V rgiuia. The town of Jasper
was achtd at II uoon aud here again The
frowp IF disanDonIment was pecui1iy notica
BILE as The number on board me la'n was made
kno Vn There was LACE crowd to meet us
al The deoot nowese, and Just such a welcome
as we received Twas one lO1g TO be remembered.
Beog esco ed 10 tue courL house we were
handsomely welcomed by Mr. w, b. Tate,
one Of Picileus' rising youag, who paid an elo-
gu -nt tribute to Women and their guests.
He was answered by Gen. VIM. Philips in his
own fluent and agreeable style, who dwelt
pointedly upo1 the 'insp alton OF the mount
aims" aud the rosy cheeks of Picken-' fair
daughters The splendid dinner cannot be
here described bot we all did our extreme duty
and after a stroll around the town with Hon,
L. j. Alfred, the old door keeper of he sen
ate (who by he way should be reelected) we
were summoned by The sound of The whistle,
that we only had zen nina 40 n which 70 ex'
tend or hanks TO our hospitable friends whom
we can azsure that our crowd although small
was a. sincerely apprecialive a. if we had been
represented by thousand souls prominent
ci Ecu of Jasper remarked that the most use
less piece OF property owned by tue county was
he iait which speaks volumes for the morals
of our Pickeus friends. We arrived home all
safe and on time never having spent more de
lighttul day. ONCE WEEK.