The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-01-25
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From the Columbian Esho.l

II a TRIP To HHEA1U wy.
1 From the Columbian Echo.l
/ IleA Messy Creek on the morn
4 ing of the gath of December, il
company with one of Carson Col
Iege's best @boys," had a slow rid,
on a aafreightn which gave US a gooo
lopportunity of viewing our beauti
| ful country. s,sar 7x
l. The place that was most interest
ling tome was Greeneville / hac
foften heard it spoken of as a very
beautiful place; but it was even more
than I expected, and we could also
see the monument of our, loved ex-
| President, Andrew Johnson's grave
II could not but feel sad as / looked
upon the tomb of one of Americas
greatest men; bearing aloft its-sum-
NIT about 1s feet, npon the top OF
which is perehed the American eagle
| With its wings spread as though it
would fly and all is executed so
nicely that one can not but wonder
at the ingenuity of man. The whole
is situated upon the summit of a
hill overlooking the town of Green
vile, while away toward the South
the grand old Allegheny Noun
tains raise aloft their towering peaks
in silent grandness. The scene
itself was so grand and the thought
that I was just few yards from the
place where the ashes of a great
and good man lay, made strange
feelings come over me. | thought
how feeting are the hours of this
world, for here was man who was
at one time honored by a nation,
now'reposing insthe silent bosom of
mother earth. At Fullens Station,
we were met by conveyance and
after a. cold ride of about two miles,
we came to- Rheatown,l there I was
met by my friend, Mr. j. w. Rob
ertson, W ife and sister, who were
'ahxiouslJ awaiting my arrival with
a good f e, &c, The weather was
very disa reeable the while 1 was
there, bu: I enjoyed myself very
much. Rheatown is beautiful
little town, clustering among the
lovely hills of East Tennessee, my
own dear native land. I had the
pleasure of attending the quarterly
meeting at that place. The Sunday
school had a mass meeting on Xmas
evening, which was also very inter-
esting and instructive On Wednesday
evening while Twas there the young
folks gave Miss Annie Robertson
and myself a 'isoeiaP party and. I
found a great many pleasant ,ac-
quaintances, and by the way I came
very near leaving my heart with a
pair of the loVeliest "brown eyes
you ever saw, and if / go back soon
you all may just as well say F:good
by Ammie.D Well, / must say that
1 never have spent Xmas holidays
more pleasantly than did the last,
but you k low every aswcet has its
bitter" ard so the parting hour
came and with many adieus and
promises to come back again,
again took my seat in the train and
The iron horse started with me to
Messy Creek, l was alone part of
the way, and | was thinking of the
many changes that had occurred in !
the past, when / looked around and
what was my delight to find one of
Rheatown's incest "gents," had fol-
lowed me, but he just came TO Mid
way and there / left him and con
tinued my journey to Messy Greek |
where the train stopped at Messy
Creek. I found dear friends there
% meet me, and SO with many |
thanks to the good people of Greene |
county for their kindness to me
while ! was there, and also for
,leeting me teacher ofmusic in their
College at Reeatown I will close, but
IS I expect to leave Messy Creek II,
! month or 50, I want to thank you,
Mr.. EDITOR, for recent faYors, and
rs we are now entering upon the,
,ares and realities ola new year, ] II
nope the E0Ho will still continue tost
grow and prosper, Long may it
i've and its noble Editors. paf
Messy Greek, Jan 4th, 1882. pof
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