The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-12-13
NEIGHBoRHooD NOTES.
FROM MOSSY CREEK.
To the Editor of The MOrristown Gazette:
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The autumn days
AThe sweetest and the saddest Of the year."
favorable alike to NIL classes-the laborer
and the traveller, the invalid and the
healthy. The farming fra. ernity are up
with the season; corn gathered, wheat
in the ground, wood cut, and porkers
slain. 1t is hopeful indication to
note the Improvement in farming in
East Tennessee 1t is the exception to
see the rut and the sedge field, the red
bank and the foul fence corner These
are disappearing. 1t is also the excep-
ton to see the new log or pole cabin or
house. The frame cottage is the rule.
With these the ox-cart hal me;-sni ably
disappeared.
IMPROVEMENTS
are going on here. Several new houses
are ia process of erection VIM. Harris,
of cambridge, is having q dwelling
erected near Prof. Russell. A. n. Lee
is building a store house in Carsonville.
He will engage in the grocery business.
Mr.. Elles has about completed his resi-
dence. Mrs. John Branner has moved
back to her old homestead. Judge
Jarnigan occupies the uew. Mechanics
are busy erecting mill near the site of
the cid Branner mills. 1t is much need
ed in this community.
EXTRAvAGANT.
Pork and beef sell here like in Con
federate times" Men want as much as
twelve cents fer pork, by retail, and for
beef, seven and eight Licely, 10 those
who are not among the favored. But
ter and fruits are correspondingly high.
AT WORK
The pastors of the churches are at
work among these people, doing what
they can to neutrslize the forces of evil
in the community. Rev. DR.. Baker is
conducting series of interesting meet
lngs at his church. He is doing a good
wsrk ReY. Mr. Willard is full in the
harness among his people, and much
loved by them. Rev. j. A. Brooks,
late of the Tazewell circuit, is station
ed here and takes well with the people.
MIR. Brooks is an example TO many WHO
are his senior in the ministry. He has
the christian charity TO concede to all
the privilege to think for themselves.
If they think as he does, all right, if
not, he does not scalp them. There is
class of ministers, common to all de-
nominations, who do not think that
they are orthodox unless they clay a
few of those who differ from them. Mr..
Brooks has promise of usefulness and
popularity in this locality. He is high
ly esteemed by all denominations.
POLITICAL UNITY.
The swallowing of the Rule party by
the Houk is happily illustrated by the
story of the frog and snake. II seems
thai these met in the same place, when
the snake proposed to the frog that to
settle all difficulties between them, as
to which should occupy the country,
that he would swallow him, and accord
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of his frogship, for he little dreamed
that this would be the sequel of his
croaking. So with Rule. He little
thought that the Houk party would so
swallow him, yet in the purchase of the
Chronicle he has literally done so and is
master of the situation. Poor Demo-
cratsl This is brother Rules return to
you for supporting and not supporting
him in his late bout with Judge Houk.
CHRISTMAS.
Citizens and students are probe, ting
pleasures for the near holidays. Many
of the latter will remain in the COM
munity and help the people enjoy these
annual festive gatherings.
COMING IN
Students continue to come INTO the
schools here. From what hear, the
professo; have been agreeably disap-
pointed in the attendance. 1t is much
larger than expected, with the prospect
OF larger additions. ZENo.
Det. z, 1882.