The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-03
DABs FRe4 DIeK.
DOTNGs IN HAN00QK COUNTS.
BLAcKwATER, Tenn, Dec 81, 81

WRsNG CALCULATION.
To the Editor Of The Morristown Gazette:
F 4 made uniye AZ favorablc mistake in
nv lass week g letter in speaking of tire
logs to be marketed from this couaty.
said they would amount to three humid
red and fifty millionso of dollars meant
three hundred and fifty Thousand. doll
ars. A mistake sften makes bad thing
out of good thing; however. I.wi h
this one-could be-a fact
- - RARE SPORT - ~
The snow has pepperet down and.
whitened The "yeafh," AMI the boys are
out rabbit hunting; trying 20 ''catch. a
rabbit skin to wrap IN Baby Bunting
WHERE IT COMES IN. 1880
There are one thousand five hundred
and seventy-three post offices in tlis
State, and two-thirds of the people are
Democrats, yet three-fourths of the post
masters are Republicans. Nearly all the
paying ones are held by Republicans;
but that's the way the money gees,
crack goes the weasel"
THE NJ KINNEY HIGH SCHOOL
is an incorporated institution, .and the
Supreme Court has decided that it is
against the law 10 sell whisky inside the
lncorpora ion during the vacati ion. There
is grocery at Snee vile In full blast.
1t would be nice thing if the gnod
people would watch and wrap the Ehis-
XIV sellers up in about fifty indictments
=" Say, friend, will you leia poor, drunk
fellow stay all night wiIEyou and give
him some col victuals ~ is getting to
be wee too common.
sNEEDvILLE
has many drawbacks. There are, men
there whose chief business it Is TO pitch
quates, drink whisky and play, cards.
When this work is done away with and
these men engage in profitable employ
ment, and turn their minds to things
more noble, then better times will hang
ripening for the future; but SO long as
we endure it, we hang out a quarantine
to morals, religion and general improve
ment. Let US work for the good of our
county, cooper atiyely. so as to fsntas-
tically burst the persuasive influence oil
whisky and its evil effects into a con-
spicuous nothineness.
PAST FINDING OUT.
1t is quite mystery how letters ge'
misplaced just in crossing from one
county to another; especially wher
there is not enough passing through II
thp run of year to fill shot pouch
We don't censure any one, but merely
hint that there is something rotten il
Denmark"
A PLEASANT TRIP.
I 1t was our pleasure to visit Tazewei
and the people along the line last week
J We found that little town booming
with business They have a flourishinI
school in progre s, and Cotrell has pien
ty of sausage, coffee and biscuit for
, quarter a meal. l passed off the even
ing pleasantly, and Bee. was most glo
; riously con ented in the presence o
, "Chattanoogs." They are preparing
a Christmas tree a. Tazeweli, which
to groan under about five hundred dol
! ars of presents-and sociables till 20
can't rest. TazeVell is blessed with Ia
dies whose superlative beauty woul
leave Mrs. Lfngtry three hundr an
ten degrees in homeli aess. Mrs. L
would have to paint, starch, put on ali
and artificials before she could be Rum
. bered with the intermediate of the fai
> sex of Tazewell We noticed the fenC
ing i'm Claiborne. and it all seemed
: be pig tight, steer proof and sheep hig
!. The people down there are buoyed wit
0 tue spirit Of educating their sons an
Q daughters, am taking every thing int
t consideration Claiborne county stand
n head apd shoulders above HancocK
L edn alton, reiQemeVt and general ii
n tellig9nce. We FSgrel to spout this wa
but when we place them both on til
sc.les, Claiborne kicks Hancock SIX
Y high However, we have 6 It some yer
Y shrewd men, but it is not a gener,
Il thing all over the county.
}. HURRY Up THE COMPLETION.
n am anxious to hear of the COZ pie
ton of hat Morristown, CunsberlaiI
Gap and Ohio railroad, for have detel
e mined to take my wife, her ten sister
nine brothers and my mother in-la
. over the railroad to Yaller Creek, Ker
= lucky, on a visit. Look out for us NJ
! Mealer on the first train when >ou. hea
:, the whistle or bell a.
q MARRIED.
nMr. VIM Livi gston WAS marri' d
T Miss Susan A. dsivesay last night. III
l.. was only forty-two. Go it gals an
follow the fashion and We'll help "sil
# 'em up to YOU" DICK.
TEE UAVVAR O. IN lie: