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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
WHOLE NO. 1Ol.
TIL: Plug HAT.


The Hatters G"zette says: An exchange
paper says that the plug hat is virtually u
,,rl of guarantee for the preservation Of
leace and order. He who puts one on has
gwen hostage to the community for his
good behavior. The wearer of q plug hat
must move with certain sedateness and
proprie'y. He cannot run, or jump or
r"mp, or get Into fight except at the peril
Of hi, head gear. All the hidden influences
of lie beaver tend toward responsibility.
lie who wears one is obliged to keep the
rest of his body in decent trim, that there
may he no incongruity between head aud
body. He is apt to become thoughtful
through the necessity of watching the sky
thu he will buy an umbrella, which is an
other guarantee for good behavior, and the
care OF hat and umbrella perpetual and
exacting rs it must ever be-adds to the
sweetness of his character. The man who
wears a plug hat naturally takes to the So
ciety of women, with all its elevated ten
denotes. He cannot 60 hunting or fishing
without abandoning his beloved hat, but N
the moderate enjoyment of croquet aud
lawn tennis he may sport his beaver with
impunily. In other words, the constant
Use Of plug hat makes u man composed
in manner, quiet and gentlemanly in con-
duct, aud companion of the ladies. The
newt be re ull is prosperity, marriage and
church membership.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
TENNESSEE.

John s. Wightman, of Pennsyl-
vania says of our State: That Ten
nessee is rapidly advancing to the
foremost ranks of the excelsior
States of the Union can now hardly
be disputed. The time is not far
hence when it will stand unequaled
among the other States. And why
not? Its mineral and agricultural
products are not surpassed by any
other State, except, perhaps, those
States which are specially noted for
some certain production. That Ten
nessee has rich farming lands, ex-
tenSlve timber tracts of the very
choicest kinds of timber, large guam
titles of coal, an inexhaustible sup
ply of iron ores, and the best of
facilities for the transportation of
the same, is an undeniable fact. The
best evidence of the sterling qualities
of the State is, that every soldier
who has been there speaks in glow
ing terms of the pure air and water,
the variety of elevation, lovely val
leys, the beautiful table-lands, and
the healtliness of the State of Ten
nessee.
Another strong argument in favor
Of this vast State of rich resoul ces
is. that before the war the city Of
Chattanooga contained but 5000 in
habitants. After the close of the
war soldiers from many different
States hocked back to this new gar
den of the South, and such numbers
that within short time Chattanooga
alone was swelled to and boosted of
a population of $4,000 people. Al
the present time hundreds of Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana farmers
mechanics, and capitalists are emf.
grating to the State Of tennessee
and it is patent to every man, be hi
farmer or what he is, that now i.
the time to purchase lands there
while they are to be had at reason.
able figures, within the reach of all
There is no better place on earth t,
make a home. The people are ex
tremely hospitable, and the best o
schools and churches are abundant
LID.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
MURDER IN SCOTT COUNTY.

William Chitwood, Deputy Sheriff
OF Scott county, was murdered on
Thursday night or Friday morning
of last week, near Chitwood, the
first station on the G. S. r. r. south
of the Kentucky line. His body
was placed on the railroad track to
word off suspicion, but the train
that ran over it did not mangle it
sufficiently to prevent the discovery
of the fact that he had been shot.
The murder is still a mystery. Some
OF the roughs are supposed to have
killed him. Chitwood was a quiet,
peaceable man, but was frst-class
officer and a terror to evil-doers.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

A horrible tale of balooning ex-
perience comes from France. On
Friday, last week, M. Gratien, an
aeronaut, was carried nearly four
miles, at a height of six metres above
the earth, suspended by a cord which
caught in a sort of running knot
around two of his fingers when a
balloon which was about to ascend
froke loose. When it descended he
was dragged for nearly half a mile
through some thorny shrubbery,
which not only stripped him of his
clothes, uutliterally tore his skin in
strips from his body. Some peas
managed to liberate him by cutting
the cord, and the balloon again as
cended crrrying of Mile. Albertine,
who was in tue car at the time, but
it soon landed in a marsh. Mile.
Albertine receihed no injury; and
Gratien, although his condition is
critical, will probably recover, hav-
ing received no internal injury.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
OLD ENGLISH ALE.

About 1920, some doctors and surgeons,
during their attendance OH an Englishman
who was ill, at Paris, dscoursed on wine
and other beverages and one physician
who had been to England, SAID, 1.-The
English had drink which they called ale
ana which he thought the wholesomest
liquor which could be drank, for whereas
the body Of man is supported by heat and
radical moisture, there is no drink con-
ducelh more to the preservation Of the one
and tie increase of the other than ale, for,
while The Englshmen drink only ale, they
were strong, brawny, able men, and could
draw an arrow I'M ell long, but when they
fell to wine and beer, they are found to he
much impaired in their strength and age"
and SO the ale bore away the bell among the
doctors
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

q The engine and tender Of a north
bound passenger train on the Mobile
and Montgomery division Of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
went through an open draw-bridge
eleven miles from Mobile Saturday
afternoon. The fireman saved him
self by. jumping, and the engineer,
Edward Brown, could have escaped,
but he stuck to his post, and succeed
ed in preventing the train from fol-
lowing the engine through the draw
The latter was a resident of Mont
gomery.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
A SHAMEFUL RECORD,

The history of King Alcohol is a
history of shame and corruption, of
cruelty, rage and ruin.
He has taken the glory of health
from the cheek, and placed there the
hue of the wine cup.
He has taken the luster from the
eye, and made it dim and blood
shot.
He has taken vitality from the
blood, and filled it with poison and
seeds of disease and death.
He has entered the brain, the tenn
pie of thought, dethroned reason, and
made it reel with folly.
He has taken the beam of intelli-
gence from the eye and exchanged
it for the stupid stare of idiocy and
dullness.
He has taken the impress of en-
nobled manhood from the face, AND
left the mark of sensuality and
brutishness.
He has taken the beauty and come
illness from the face, and has left il
ill shaped and bloated.
He has taken firmness and elias.
ITCHY from the steps, and made then
faltering and treacherous.
He has taken vigor from the arm
and left fabbiness and weakness.
He has bribed the tongue to uttel
madness and cursing.
He has taken cunning from thu
hands, and turned them from tn,
deeds of usefulness to become instu
ments of brutality and murder.
He has broken the ties of friend
ship and planted seeds of enmity.
He has made a kind, indulgen
father brute, tyrant and muir.
derer.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
VERY GOOD!

We are pleased to hear that the
starting of a school in the town of
Glen Mary shuts up the saloons, and
we hope there will be no more start
ing occurrences to record from that
place, caused by the drink curse.
Sedgemoor, the station for Rugby, is
only two miles distant, therefore
the four mile law affects that place,
and the saloon was closed last week.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
Trouble Borrowers

There's many trouble
Would break like bubble
And into the waters Of Lethe depart,
Die we not rehearse it,
And tenderly nurse it,
And give it permanent place in our heart.
There's many sorrow
Would vanish to morrow,
Were we but willing to furnish the wings;
So sadly intruding.
And quietly brooding.
1t matches out all sorts Of horrible things.
How welcome the seeming
Oflooks that are beemng,
Whether ones wealthy or whether ones poor
Eyes bright as berry,
Cheeks red as cherry,
The groan and the curse and the heartache cal
Resolving to be merry,
All worry to ferry
Across the famed waters that bid us forget,
And no longer fearful,
But lie happy and cheerful,
We feel Life has much that's worth living fol
yet.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

A petition has been circulated
among the members of the jackson
bar in the interest Of Judge Garden
hire, Of Carthage, to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation of Jgdge
Garner.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

A car, containing twenty thousand
paunds of gunpowder exploded at
Winchester, KY, on the 18th, caused
by a collision. Property was extern
sively damaged and quite number
of persons were killed and wounded
by the debris.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

A cyclone in Minnesota, Wednes-
day, destroyed a great deal of pro-
perty and and a large number Of
lives in the Rochester, the whole Of
the north part of the city being
completely demolished, Several
other towns were swept by the storm
and the loss is enormous.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
ALLARDT l.!
A New Anglo German Settlement ~
Fentrsss County. Eds, Tennessee,
just opening.

Our Plat No. |, containing some ID, 900
acres subdivded into lots OF 100 acres, is now
offered tor sale at figures that will bring an
hundred acre farm within the reach Of almost
every home-seeker @
town site reservation convenient to the
terminus Of the projected Fentress Co. R.R.
will shortly be plated and lots offered at low
prices.
These lands are on the Cumberland Plateau
proper. are abundautly supplied with the best
Of water and many varieties OF valuable
timber. they are well adapted +or general
farming, Though stock and dairy farming. the
cultivation OF rot crops. fruits. silk. etc., will
he NOR largely remunerative.
For further particulars apply to
STEPHENS & GERNT,
PORT HURON. MICHIGAN.
Successors To ALLARDT L Co.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

It is certain that trains will run
through from Cincincinati to New
Orleans by the first Of November.
The Erlanyer Syndicate's new roads
will be finished by October LIST.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

Farmers and others desiring a genteel,
lucrative agency business, by which s.
to $40 a day can be earned, send address
at once, on postal, to H. G. WILKINSON
Il Co., 1876 and 1911 Fulton Street, New
York.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
AT RUGBY, TENNESSEE.
Attractions for Visitors.

cool. bracing, healthful mountain air.
Woods Astounding in game, VIZ, deer, tur-
keys phrasalits, quail, squirrels. etc.
Fishing and bathing in the clear river near
the hotel. F4
ADJUSTMENTS Of all kinds, VIZ lawn tennis
croquet, ball games, swings, etc.
The elegant Hughes Public l.ibrary-free.
Fresh fruits AID vegetables in abundance
from the English Gardens, adjoining hotel
grounds. lti
Charming walks and views along the river
The hotel is beautifully located in its owl
enclosure OF five acres OF grassy lawn. flower
beds, play grounds, pet deer park and native
forest trees, having wide double verandahs OF
three sides.
Pleasant, light. airy rooms. completely fur'
nished and excellent, wholesome, home-lik'
board at very reasonable prices.
Round trip tickets from Cincinnati or Chat
tanooga over the Gin. Sou. Railway at low
rates.
For illustrated guide books, maps and furthe
information please address
ABNER L. ROSS, Jr., Proprietor
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

The Commissioner of Agriculture
has recently decided to suspend the
sale of the tea farm at Summerville,
s. c., and repurchase such articles
as have been parted with, as it is his
purpose to continue the operation of
the farm out of the proceeds of his
contingent fund and try and secure
an appropriation from Congress at
the next session.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

Two more murder conspirators
have been arrested in London, Eng
land with damaging documents in
their possession.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

The number of deaths in Egypt
from cholera is decreasing. Only
l3l deaths occurred on Tuesday.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

Mt. Vesuvius is in a state Of re-
markable activity. The continuous
trembling of the soil has resulted in
considerable injury to buildings and
to the railway running up the noun
tain.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

The British Government has ac-
quired the territory of Kitim, adj
joining Sherbro, in West Africa.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

The conpition of Count de Cham
bord continues very critical, and his
death his expected daily.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
OVER THE STATE.


Franklin County has not a foot of
turnpike.
The turnpike system in Giles Co.
is being improved.
Jackson will have waterworks at
a cost of 100000.
Wheat of the best quality is SELL
ing at 81 per bushel.
A farmers club has been organ
lied in Lawrence County.
The prospect for a good corn crop
in Henry County is fatteing.
The fruit crop around GAINESVILLE
has proved a complete failure.
There are now seven thousand
Knights of Honor in the State.
Two men at Knoxville were suffo-
Gated by foul air whilst digging a
we'll.
Sweet potatoes will be abundant
this season in many parts of the
State.
The corn crop about GAINESVILLE
will be the largest raised for many
years.
A farmer near Knoxville has net
ted $l65 from an acre of Concord
grapes.
Complaint is made in Memphis
tnat the advance in rents there is
unreasonable.
Policeman McGovern, of Nash
vile is much censured for killing a
negro last week.
There is a tree growing near
Lynchburg that bears fruit some
what similar to cotton hollis.
The Athens Mills, in Easl Ten
nessee, are busy day and night man
ufacturing and shipping -four.
One hundred and seventeen rounds
were fought between two noted pu-
gilists at Chattanooga, Saturday.
Irish potatoes are so plentiful in
some parts of the State that they
are quoted at ten cents per bushel.
A thunderbolt killed twenty-seven
hogs and two COWS on the firm Of
Mr.. Harvey Moon near Chattanooga
last week.
Decker Davis, Treasurer of the
Chicasaw Guards at Memphis, has
embezzled $4,000 of the company's
money and disappeared.
About one hundred hands are tC
be engaged on the Chattanooga
Westesn road, and the grading will
be finished to the top of the noun
tain;
An important engineering scheme
is to connect the Tennessee and Mis-.
sippi rivers by cutting ten-milt
canal from the Tennessee river to thu
upper Forked Deer.
Last Sunday night colored camp
meeting near Nashville was brough
to close by a row between tn,
whites and blacks. 1t is not know
which side was responsible for tn
riot.
There is not saloon within TIN
borders of Chester, Hardin, McNairy
| Decatur, Henderson and Perry Coun
ties, with the exception of Lexington
in Henderson County, and the &C
repeating the charter of that tow
; goes into effect the LIST of January.
Farmers and others desiring a genteel
lucrative agency business, by which s
! to $40 a day can be earned, send address
at once, on postal, to H. G. Wilkinson
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

We will never turn irs;;or 20 the country
which establishes free schools ana churcnes
aud treats all its citizens on footing u
perfect equality-the republic this ado vi
The ocean. --.Sanne Gums.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

Men are like al old fashioned country
wagon When loaded, everything works
well and smoothly, with nothing in it il rat.
Ties 40 il can be heard for miles.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

1t is reported that a battalion of
British troops have been ordered to
Zululand.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

A great deal Of preparation is
being made for the Cincinnati Expo
sition.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

The Patrirrch Of Armenia has
rendered his resignation.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
WARTBURG HOTEL,
WARTBURG, TENN.
Mrs. NJ. HI. ROBERTS, Proprietress.

!, Located on the Cumberland Plateau, near
the line Of the Cincinnati Southern Railway.
this house offers special inducem, nts to seekers
of health and pleasure.
Commercial and public patronage solicited.
t6r A regular hack line will carry travellers
to anu from the depot. - f
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

There is not a saloon within the
borders of Chester, Hardin, McNairy,
Decatur, Henderson and Perry Coun-
ties, with the exception of Lexington
in Henderson County, and the act
repeating the charter of that town
goes into effect the LIST of January.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-02
NORTHERN RAILROAD.

1881 SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. 1888
IN and after Dec. l, 1880, Passengers Train
" will run as follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at 1915
A,M.s and Accommodation Train at 1910
A.Ms for White River Junction, connection
with train for Well River, st. Johnsbnry,
Barton, Newport, Willoughby and Magoa
Lancaster, and the White and Franconia
Mountains. Also, withtrains TOR Mont
pelier, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington, St.
Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal, Ogdens-
burgh, and the West.
ACCoMMCDATIoN TRAIN leaves Concord al
$3.50 P.N.'for White River Junction & Bristol
EVENING EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Concord
at 8.45 p. NJ. for White River junction, con
Meeting with trains for Montpelier, Burling
ton, st. Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal
Ogdensburgh, and the West,and with Wood
stock r. II. for Quechee, Woodstock, etc.
SOr on arrival OF trains from Boston, Wor-
cester, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS.
MORNING EXPRESS TRAIN leaves White
RiverJunction for Concord at 2.O0A. NJ. or ON
arrival oftrains from Ogdensburgh and Mon.
treal. This train is run to Boston on Sunday.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves White X.
Junction for Concord al 600 A. NJ.
+BRIsToL TRAIN leaves Bristol for Concord
at $50 A. N. and Franklin at 9.05 A. NJ,
rMAIL TRAIN leavas White River junction
for Concord at 1900 NJ, or On arrival OF
trains over thcVermont Central Passumpsic,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN leaves White River
junction at 4.29 P NJ, or on arrival of trains
from Montreal and ogdensburgh, Brattlc-
boro, Keene, Bellows Falls, Windsor, &C.,
connecting at Concord with train for Man
chester, Nashua, Lowell and Boston.
tThese trains connect ut Concord with
trains for Manchester, Lawrence, Port
mouth, Portland Nashua, Worcester, New
York, Lowell, and Boston.
GEO. Z. TODD, Supt.
Concord, II. H., 1881.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-02
Windsor.

Windsor.
Horace Lane died 6 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, aged about 80.
He was father-in-law to the late f. W..
Stoughton.
Della, wife of James Conlin, died
suddenly of heart disease Monday fore
noon.
R. G. Booth and family have re-
turned to Canada to reside.
An entertainment for the benefit
of Mr.. John Hull, who was stricken
blind not long since, will be given at
the Town Hall May 9TH.
A convict, in the prison named
Brown, obtained some clothes belong
ing to one of the overseer, and thus
disguised went to the big gate, rang the
bell and was let through by the guard.
His escape was soon discovered and he
was Immediately found and captured
in the carriage house of L. G. Fay and
taken back to his former quarters.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-02
Bridgewater.

5. o. Robinson has moved on to
the Hadly farm that he purchased
about two years ago. Lewis Childs
moves to the place vacated by Robin
son.
Mrs. Chase, widow of the late
Bradford Chase, has moved to Sher-
burne. A. L. Dinsmore occupies the
house vacated by Mrs. Chase.
Emerson Chase has purchased c.
II. Woods blacksmith shop at the
Center. Mr.. Wood will remain in the
shop as help during the summer and
fall.
Mr.. +. T. Townsend and wife of
Illinois, arrived at her mothers the
the 2Sth of April. Mrs. Il. is in very
feeble health.
DR.. c. O. Boydon sold last season
eighteen new buggies, and is to receive
q car load, the 18th of May, from the
same firm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-02
Sharon.

Geo. Snow, the sailor, made Il
very short visit last week. He was in
town about eight hours and returned
to Boston Tuesday, expecting to ship
Immediately for the Azores.
Rev. L. B. Steele preached his
farewell sermon last Sabbath. He
supplies the pulpit at Vershire a few
weeks.
C. A. Williamson went to Boston
Saturday to purchase new goods.
Miss Avis Keith of Pomfret is
engaged to teach her old school in
district No. 0, this summer.
DR.. A. c. Sherwin left Monday
night to attend the meeting of the
Conn. River Medical Society at Bel
lows Fall, Tuesday, May lst.
w. f. Fay and Elmer Hart
joined the Good Templars' Lodge
Friday evening.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-02

STATE OF VERMONT At Probate
DISTRICT OF HARTfoRp,ss,} Court held at
Woodstock, within and for said District
on the 18th day of April, A. ID. 1888.
Present, Hon. John Porter, Judge.
LUCINDA f. WMLMMsON's Estate, Wood
stock, Interstate.
Whereas, Isaac ID. Williamson, administra-
tor of said estate has presented to said Court
his petition IN writing, making application for
license to sell certain real estate of the said
interstate, situate in this State, and described
as follows: Being Il dweling-house and lands
situate on South street, in the village of
Woodstock, near Cross street, and known as
the residence of the said Lucinda +, William.
son in her lifetime; together with all other
real estate of the said intesatc, if any such
there be within this State; for the reason that
It is necessary said real estate should be sold
for the purpose of paying debts and expenses
of administration and for the proper distribu-
ton of the residue of said estate among the
heirs Of said deceased;
Thcrcupon the Court appoints the first
Wednesday Second day of May next as
time, and the Probate Office in Woodstock
aforesaid as place of hearing and deciding
on said application, and orders that notice OF
said application be given to all persons
interested in said estate, the reason fol-
the same, and the time and place of hearing
by publishing three weeks successfully in the
Spirit Of the Age. newspaper printed at
Woodstock, in this State. which circulatcs in
the ncighborhood of those interested Gall
which publications shall be previous to said
time of hearing) copy of the record of this
order, that they may appear before said Court
and be heard in the matter of said application
if they see cause.
A true record.
HENRY s. DANA, Register.