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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01


New York Herald: fhs Rev. DR..
Thayer and the late Rev. Charles It.
Brooks. of Newport, were very friend
ly. DIR. Thaysr, while relating bis
goods friends qualities to n lady, re-
marked that he had seen shocked one
NOR ming by Mr.. Brooks profanity
while they were out fishing together.
"WhaL Mr.. Brooks profanef" queri-
cd the lady inoredulously. DR.. Fhayer
explained: "You see it happened thus'
We were at anchor with our liaes out
Brother Brooks, the skipper and +
when, after sone tedious waiting the
skipper cried out, 7 had a d-R good
bite then'-whereupon my Brother
Brooks quickly res bonded, so did ] ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01
THINKING ALOUD IN OHDR0H.

THINKING ALOUD IN OHURCH.
From n Newport Letter
One of our churches has q somewhat
eccentric parishioner, who often affords
the csngregatien mach amusement. he
has habit of expressing his thoughts
aloud when very much in earnest. never
mind where he may be. His entire I'M
consciousness of having thought aloud
is irresistibly funny. Last Sunday a
late comor at church-a young lady
with voluninous skirt-sought to pass
him to get seat. AS she did so, she
carried the gentlsman's hat, which was
on the floor, sone distance. It happen
ed during pause in the service, when
there came, slowly and distinctly, and
with IN earnestncss worthy of the
preacher, that unconscious ejaculation
"Now-where-in-the : name = Of =
Observation-Disclosures taking-my
hat 80
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01
The New Patent
DUST PROOF
StgTl Winding Open Face Case,
: ! MANUFAcTURED By THE
American Watch Co
81 I WALTHAM, MASS.

This case is formed in one solid piece without
joint or seam, opening in front only, thus avoid
ing the usual Gap, and securing greater strength
and durability.
These Watches all open face. The bezsl.
into which an extra strong crystal is fitted with
an especially prepared waterproof cemsnt, ts at
tached to the case by sc-ewing it thereon, and
thus forms an air-tight junction with the body Of
the case, which is proof against dust and mois-
ture. Hf sef
To railroad men, travellers, mixers, lumber
men and others who are almost constantly ex-
posed and who have to make frequent reference
to the watch, these qualities are of the utmost
Importance.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01

MEssRs. y. M YoaREE u Co.:
Gentlemen-I have used your Hog
Cholera medicine at nay distillery when
my hogs were dying from 30 to 40 per
day. II stopped il in every instance.
Very respectfully, .,s
CHAS. NELSON,
Pro. GreeRbrier Distillery. s
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01
The most reliable, carefully
prepared and best purgative OF
the present age is
BRAND RETH'S PILLS,

They are compounded of Roots, Herbs
and Gums of the most healing and benei-
fetal kind. ~d -a's'i' 8. So
As Family Medicine they are un-
rivalIed, curing Headache, Constips-
tion, Liver Complaint, Rheumatism,
DyspepsIa-clearing the blood of I'M
purities-acting on the Liver, Kidneys
and other Important organs, removing
the waste tissue, aud adding years 10
the lives of all who use them.
For fifty years they have been used
by the American public, and their con-
stantly increasing sales show how they
are appreciated.
A Perfect Remedy in 90 Diseases.
.AsHFIELD, MASS.
lam verging on eighty years, and
deem it my duty to suffering humanity
to say that my long life is due to Brand
reth's Pills which have been my sole
medicine for half century. l know
the last tsr;y-three years of my life is
owing solely to their use. Your Pills
saved me many times after the best
medical skill in several States had Civ
en- me up as hopeless. have had many
converts to purgation with BrandFeth's
Pills, and have seen them perform al
NEST miracles Of cure. For children, q
few doses have cured measles, scarlet
fever, and whosping cough. In all fe-
male troubles and weakness | have new
or known them TO fail. In adult msls'
l have knswn them to cure the wersi
cases of dyspepsia, rheumatism, cid
ney diseases, dysentery and diarrh'Hai
even dropsy, paralysis, and aPoplexy
have yielded to a persistent course o!
Brardreth's Pills. In fact have found
them the true Life Elixir. They act al
continual Preventives against the effects
of time, disease, and labor.
JOHN III. MANN.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01
A Warm Endorsement

MoRR1sTowN, TENN, July 7th, 1888.
This is to certify that have carefully, and with
much interest, examined the series Of books pub
lishsd by E. n. 1BUTLER & CO., consisting OF (;
4 New American Readers,
New American Spoilers,
New American Arithmetic,
Mitchell's Biographies.
Buffers History,
and find them fully up to the times, and so wei
suited to school purposes that have decided to
use than in the Morristown Female Academy
say with pleasure that this is the best series OF
books have examined.
J. g. McFERRIN.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
w. C. T. u.
.eFoR Cop AND HOME AND NATIVE
LAND"

National Woman's Christian Temper
0ace Union.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21

sci nodded by some Cyprersian pot
ter has echoed to the sound of your
hand on its broad side.
1t is the same old story of the
race-the want of the tangible to
reallze the intangible, and the
double assurance with which we
trust the senses of sight and touch.
A lesson we might well learn is
to let authentic history take a
more positive character SO that one
would feel more as if it were a
time in ones own experience, and
that the events were as of yester-
day.
From this realization of the his
tory of the past, the mind turns to
the time to come when in onr Fa-
theirs house we shall stand face to
lace with the wonderful glories of
that bl:ssful place, where we shall
he amazed that we have thought of
it so little; that the reality of it
did not take fuller possession of us !;
why every day we did not think
of heaven as though we had been
in it, and marked its streets and
towers and gardens; why its mu-
sic did not lull us to sleep at night
and its songs of praise did not
awaken usin the morning.
The Book makes effort to i'm
press upon Us the reality of Hea-
vents gates of pearl, its walls of
sparkling gems, its streets Of gold,
its river, trees, thrones, mansions,
and, best of all, the real presence
of our Father, of Christ, his mes
sengers, and the men, women and
children Of earth who have come
up through their love and trust
in the Son Of God
O. w. PREMIER.
New York, Dec. "a, 1882.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21

the medicine; and now he was
asleep-"sleeping for sorrow" for
there was tender kindly heart in
his big form. :
suppose l knew must have
known-that washerwomen. too.
had little cooling, babbling babies
that their babies sometimes cot
sick; that sometimes they did not not
get well, but had to be bathed and
dressed in white, and laid in their
little cribs, with Strengthened limbs
and folded hands. and flowers upon
their breasts. l suppose l must
have known this, but somehow it
seemed to me then as if never had
known it before. 1t came upon me
with a shock that ''my washerwo-
man, was not merely personifed
wash board and smoothing.iron
and when | sat down by Christine
and she told me all about it while
the tears ran quietly over her brown
cheeks, NINE flowed in company
with hers. u never thought was
gw1ne to raise her; she was snch
KNOWN, lovin' child. She want
but eight months Ole, but she was as
KNOWN and good as if she'd been
twice as old. She amt never been
very strong but she never give me
no trouble till the last three DAYS.
when she seemed to have a misery
and hurtin' all over her; and 7
couldn't hold her no way that was
easy to her. She didn't cry much,
but just KEEP, moanin' all the time
that 1t was fit to break my heart
to hear her"
She told all this,anG more. as if
she were afraid of walking up the
little sleeper; and l think the
telling of her tale, and the tears
that flowed so quickly with it,
did her sore heart good. / hope
they did.
And now, why do ] tell this lit
tie tale, which has nothing in it?
really don't know why it seemed
to me worth telling; perhaps be-
cause it moved me to SO much gem
tier and tenderer thoughts, l felt as
if it might dc good to some one else
| who may be fretting on Friday next
because the wash has not come
ome.-Chrfst1dn Union.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21

Guilty and supply change, thestreet-
car company kindly comes to the
aid of the Federal Government, and
issues small disks of vulcanized
understanding one side the le-
gend; Good for one fare; . on the
other, the name Of the company.
This is cash everywhere-good for
every purchasable material, from
a faro-check to a family Bible
providing you have enough of
them. One place alone it cannot
pass-the post-office window. When
one reflects what an immense pro-
fit must accrue to the car company
from this substitution of their
tickets for the coin of the realm,
one need not wonder at the indif-
ference of the company to the COM
fort of their car passengers.-Mew
York Observer.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
CuriOsities in Hot Springs, Arkan-
SaS.

In a recent issue Of your paper, a
correspondent has given the world
an inkling of the place, and things
pertaining thereto. l freely en-
dorse all that he said. Worse side
walks, at the time that letter was
printed, never existed. You dou bt-
less have read of the nutrition
trials" instituted by the Russian
Government: where one prisoner
was fed wholly on rice and the 9TH
er on nothing, and the man who
received no rice lived a week lon
ger than the other. So it was with
the sidewalks of Hot Springs. Had
no sidewalks ever been built, the
pedestrian would have experienced
more comfort and less danger in
his journey through the city. I
have seen places where the side
walks were bad, where the ups and
downs, the patchings and holes,
were beyond belief; but the Hot
Springs is the only city that / have
ever visited in which an individ-
ual had sufficient fertility of mind
to use broken cigar-bores to repair a
hole before his place of business.
Men of ordinary grasp of mind had
before him used the wrapping
boards of the different materials
used for ladies' dresses, but the Gig
ar-box man knew more about re-
pairing sidewalks than the most
enterprising contractor even in the
days of Tweed. thought your
correspondents estimate of the
breadth of the street was somewhat
finely drawn, but, pacing across
from the rock to the creek, | found
he was almost correct in his esti-
mate. Along portions of the street,
notably from the Opera-house to
the avenue, no buggy would ven
ture to pass the street-car. The
street-car here is an institution.
The road is so narrow that room for
few switches can be found; SO if the
driver of the up-coming train sees
afar off the down-coming car, ne
steps off into a store and waits I'M
til the other has passed him. Ii a
person has to gofrom the post-office
to the Avenue Hotel, he can GER
tainly calculate upon arriving earl
Ter if he walks. This company,
however, has one perquisite, that |
have not observed In any other
CITY. Hot Springs, though poor,
is proud; it turns up a disdainful
nose at any denomination Of money
less than five cents. Nothing can
be bought or sold for less than that
amount but, then the strange tea-
ture presents itself: it has no five
cent pieces 10 remove the diff
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
A Home made Telephone.

The AmerScan Farmer gives the
following directions for making a
cheap homemade telephone:
To make good and serviceable
telephone, good from one farm
house to another, only requires
enough wire and two cigar boxes.
First select your boxes, and make
a hole about aIhalf an inch in diam
eter in the center of the bottom of
each, and then place one in each
Of the houses you wish to connect !;
then get five pounds of common
iron stove pipe wire, make loop
in one end and put it through the
hole in your cigar box and fasten
it with a nail then draw it tight
to the other box, supporting it
when necessary with a stout cord.
You can easily run your line into
the house by boring hole through
the glass. Support your boxes
with Stats nailed across the window,
and your telephone is complete.
The writer has one that is 200
yards long and cost forty-five cents,
that will carry music when the or
gan is played thirty feet away in
another room.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Why the Wash Did Not Come.

The clean clothes had not come
in, yet it was Friday; and l must
have them, that all might be men
ded, folded, and laid away before
Sunday. "How provoking These
careless, idle colored women! do
they think because time has no
value to them that everybody else
regards it the same way ?" Twelve
o'clock; one o'clock two o'clock
Well, l must find out where that
woman lives, and go and give her
a piece of my mind if the clothes
are not done yet, l will see that she
gets no more washing from this
house"
So without more ado / put on nay
bonnet and gloves, ard inquired of
the cook where Christine lives. AS
go | put into shape the "piece Of
my mind" with which I intend to
greet her; nothing rude or harsh,
but straightforward, sensible
speech about doing what one I'M
dertakes to do, and doing it at the
right time.
| find the little house; it is like
most of the houses of the colored
citizens of the town-a little shell,
one room large, weather boardedon
the outside, and unceiled and I'M
plastered within.
when l enter, Christine is sitting
idly by the Preside; her little girls
are sitting by her, their kinky
locks unusually straight, and with
a general Sunday air about them.
l am so much heated by my walk
and my annoyance that l do not
take in the scene just at first, I'M
til IN answer to my question about
the delayed clothes, Christine says
very quietly and meekly, Ppm
sorry, Misses, I'm mighty sorry ;
but my baby died last night. and
I've been so busy until now getting
ready for her :buryin', l couldn't
nohow get the time to do 'em."
And as she turns her eyes toward
the back Of the dusky room, l turn,
too, and there, with a sudden throb
of the heart and a tightness in my
throat, l see why the wash didn't
come. There, in its little implanted
crib, dressed very neatly and clean
ly in its white embroidered robe, lay
the little brown baby. Its little
hands were clasped on its breast,
and underneath them was a little
bunch Of garden-violets and white
hyacinth, whose fragrance came to
me as l looked. Big black Andy
sat by the crib-side, leaning his
head against it, fast asleep. His
dray would have to rest to day, un-
til at sunset it would carry the
little coffin to the "colored buryln,
ground" Andy had been up all
night, so Christine said, helping
her, and going for the doctor and
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Petersburg W. c. T. U.

PreSideut-MRS. GEORGE LOOMS.
Vtec Presidents
Mrs S, T. stapleton, Mrs. ]. H Spence,
Miss Annie Taylor, Mrs. ". B. Caswell,
Mrs l.. N. Logan, Mrs. r. l.. Kendall.
Mrs. Josephine Robb.
Recording Secretdrg-Mrs. o. g. Scoheld.
Corresponding Sccretary-M G. d. Mer
rick
Jreusurer-Mrs. p. A. Jones.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Petersburg Young Ladies'. C. T. u

President-MISS CARRIE SCoFIELD.
Vice Presidents
Miss Bette Devol, Miss Eva V. Johnson.
Miss Annie Ebert, Miss Lulu Gilbert.
tSupcrintendent-Mrs. H. K. Jones,
Secretdr,y-Miss Flora Cooper.
TTedsureT-Miss Maud Kendall.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Vest Virginia ". C. T. U.

y4cstdent- MISS A. TAYLoR, Wheeling, W.
Va.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. j. B. Thomp-
son, Grafton.
Recording Secret0r3t-Mrs. S. 5. Hooten,
Grafton
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Laurel Fork l. Sand Hill Railroad.

w. Wa. transportation Co., Lessee.
VOLCANO, w. Va, May "a, 1880.
an an after this date trains viii run as
AFfollows:
No. leaves Volcano at 9;l5am, connecting
with Express mail West
No. leaves Laurel Fork function at 10 l5am
No. leaves Volcano at 8 pm, connecting
with Express mail East.
No. leaves Laurel Fork June. nj G;i5pm.
Extra.-monday mornings only. Leaves
Volcano at :40am. Leaves l.. Il. junction at
S:25am.
No. will wait30 minutes for delayed EN-
press from the East.
No. 4 will walt hour FOR deayed Express
from the West.
M. G. G.. CHURCH, Secretary.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Submission.
BY MARJORIE MOORE.

BY MARJORIE MOORE.
Willing, not glad, o Lord!
How can / ever be
Thankful for all the bitter draugiit,
Thy hand has mixed for mel
How can smile beneath
The giIttering blade zee,
THAT Stays my dearest Joy and leaves
The world blank to met
Keepest Thou for thy loved
But tears and cares and pain?
Can stripes and wounds and scars
Work out eternal gain?
Is there no easier road
To the far heights of bliss,
Less paved with thorns, more with
flowers,
Fairer to sec than this?
He knoweth well our frame,
That we are only dust;
He is more tender than our fears,
Than all our doubts more just.
He seeth all the snares
That our poor feet beset.
He is too true to spare us pain.
Too loving to forget.
Willing and glad, o Lordl
Ay, thankful let me be!
That Thou dost stoop from highest
To choose path for me,
Give faith that knows no fears
Thine are the safest ways;
Let all my heart be thrilled with love.
Ny lips be filled with praise!
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Marietta e. Cincinnati Railroad.

TN effect March IL, 1889. The Quickest
j. Time and Fewest Changes, TO all points
West and Northwest.
The popular line to ST. Louis, Chicago, Om-
aha and Kansas City,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21

pyestlcnt-M1ss FRANCES e. WILLARD, of
n,,nois. with Miss ANNA GORDON, Private
secretary.
transporting Secretd'Y-Mrs. c. B. Buell., SO
Bible House, N. y.
p,cordteg !secretagy-Mrs. Mary A. Wood
bridge, Ravenna, o.
Assistant Recording iSecretdry-Mrs. l.. M. N.
stevens, Stroudwater, Me.
7,eosurer-Mrs. Esther Pugh, 1864 Walnut
street, Cincinnati,O
Southern SocretGrg4-Mrs. g. L. Mcleod, 2S7
Mosber street, Baltimore, Nd.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21

Cleveland Il Marietta Railroad
and Connections.
In effect Sunday, Nov. 10Th, 1882.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-03-12
Lincoln at Richmond.

Col. Lew Weitzel relates the follow
incident in President Lincoln's career
which he believes has never been made
public before after the fall of Rich
mond and the flight of the confederate
government, my brother Godfrey was
placed in charge of the city. His
headquarters were in the capitol, and
President Davis cabinet-room was
kept just as it was when last occupied.
President Lincoln arrived the day after
the occupation and called at the
capitol. and several officers, among the
number myself, accompanied him
through the building. When we
reached the cabinet-room my brother
said Mr.. Lincoln, this is the chair
which has been SO long occupied by
President Davis He pulled it from
the table and motioned the president to
sit down. Mr.. LincOln's face took an
extra look of care and melancholy. He
looked at it a moment and slowly APP
proached and YEARLY sat down. 1t
was an hour of exultation with us
soldiers; we felt that the war was
ended and we knew that all over the
north bells were pealing, cannon
booming, and the people were deliri-
Gus with Joy over the prospect of peace.
| expected to see the president manifest
some spirit of triumph as he so sat in
the seat so long occupied by the rebel
government; but his great head fell
into his broad hands, and a sigh that
seemed to come from the soul of Il
nation escaped his lips and saddened
every man present. His mind seemed
to be travelling back through the dark
years of the war, and he was counting
the cost in treasure, life and blood that
made it possible for him to sit there.
As he arose without a word and left the
room slowly and sadly tears involun-
tarily came to the eyes of every man
present, and we soldiers realized that
we had not done all the suffering nor
made all the sacrifices"
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-03-12
PhiladeIphia's Lady Millionairss.

PNiadelphla Record.
Philadelphia has n good list of lady
millionaires Mrs. Thomas A. Scott
leads off with at leas Sl0,0O0,0O0. Mrs.
Bloomfield II. Moore is near the top of
the ladder Her husbands personal
estate was valued at 100000, and
this, besides his other investments.
leaves the lady in possession of an inn
menSe income. Mrs. Anna W. Baird
and Mrs. Matthew Baldwin, both OF
whose husbands were in the celebrated
Baldwin locomotive works, are worth
8, 10000 each. Mrs. Adolph +. Borie
is n millionaire in her own RIGHT.
When the late George Falee died his
personal estate was over $4,000, 900,
and his wife and daughter divided this,
rs we'll as his other possessions. Two
daughters of Henry Rawle were left a
million each by their mother, which
is good start for young ladies, and is
likely to draw attention to them. One
of the lady attendants n the Church of
the Epiphany drives TO the house OF
worship in a modest carriage. Her in
come is $500 600 year. If men make
the money and women do spend it,
list of the various charities about the
city shows that the ladies know where
to put il SO that it will do some good to
other Isn't that SOP
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-03-12

people live with the utmost economy
and frugality. 1t is easy to talk of our
future greatness. but when we come to
realize what future greatness means,
and to form an exact idea of it, it is
possible that we might desire not to
grow great SO fast, and not to reach
that limit of development which is so
full of the sad possibilities from which
we have saved Europe, but from which
there is no new world to save us.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-03-12

several times year they would never
be troubled with garget.
The best cider preservative is salicy-
lie acid. 1t has been extensively used,
and the samples of cider that have been
kept for six months to year still have
the peculiar flavor of new sweet cider.
One ounce of the acid is sufficient for a
barrel of tblrty-two gallons. Put the
acid in the sweet cider and mix it well;
then bung up. 1t will not ferment.