The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-02-01
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.

A VERMONT railroad company has paid
passenger who lost an ear in an acci
dent 81 500. "a
OVER twenty-five thousand tourists
have visited the Yosemite Valley since
FRENCH railroads do only one third
the passenger business that is done by
English lines. ssiffr eeF eguE5efg asf
The man who comes about solely to
kill time should coufne himself strictly
to his own time. =.
| ST.. Lou1s girls object to rubbers,
''they draw the feet SO" 1t must be an
awful load, even for India rubber alo
ADJEcTrvEs are the millinery of litera-
ture, and like the trimmings of dress,
they should not be allowed to obscure
the original fabric. stssarn,7' -sEa.
IF Americans would sit longer at din
ner-table and be happy while they eat,
they would have less dyspepsia and a
more cheerful religion. 74i -.
IT is great pity that some people
grow bitter as they grow old. It seems
as though the more teeth they lose, the
more they want to bite. ds.a57 z5l
JOAQUIN MILER thus describes remi-
niscence of an old California friend:
Dear Dave Cotton, hear he is dead
We first got acquainted one night in
Yreka while shooting at each other"
A MIIwAUKEE clergyman, asking cor
rection in published report of one of
his sermons, remarks: 81 do not mind
SO much being taken for a hereto, but
seriously object to anything which viii
condemn me as a lunatic. sgFl
A BRIDGEPoRT carpenter, while in a fit
of anger, threw a hammer at fellow
workman, and swallowed screw he had
in his mouth. 1t was an unfortunate af-
fair. but it WAS better than throwing the
screw and swallowing the hammer
EYES" remarked musical critic re-
Gently from Kansas. ,ttthe fiddlin' was
bully, bnt / tell You, when the fat chap
with the big nnstache laid hold of that
bass fiddle and went for them low notes
in the violiu-cellar. just felt as if buzz
saw was playin' Yankee Doodle ON my
back bone. s- -sri.r'.7rre5 --f
i Texas girl wouldn't cross a river to
reach the only minister who could marry
her and her lover, aud the minister on
arriving at the brink Of swollen stream
refused to cross to them. They there
upon joined hands and they shouted the
service across the river to one another.
That's the kind of "high-toned" we'd
dipGs they have in Texas. ...
A TRAVELLER ont West stopped at
farmers well to get 8 drink of. water.
The water was warm and brackiBh, and
the wayfarer remarked to the farmer
that the well was not very good one.
its well enough for me, " replied the
granger, somewhat grufly. ''Then I |
guess L will let well enough alone here
after, was the travellers rejoinder.
Mr.. BEEcHER says that one-half the |
human family are eaters, not producers.
Speaking of immigration, he says that |
there is no fear SO long as our institutions |
have the assimilating power, and when |
the lion eats the kid he does not turn |
into kid, but the latter turns into lion.
When the children of immigrants get
through the public school they are all |
Americans. The greatest needed revival |
is not of religion, of temperance, or of
commerce, but of common schools.
THREE cotton mills near Augusta. Ga.
have during the past four years, with |
capital of 81 800, 900, paid their opera
hves in cash 81, $50, 900, and their stock
holders $40, 900 in dividends, besides
So, ,673, 900 for the purchase of
cotton and other material for manufac-
turing purposes. Such substantial figures
as these ought to attract not only capital
but intelligent laborers from points
where work is scarce. -. b.. .-