The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-16
HOME JOURNAL.


Chancery Court next Monday week.
Mr.. John NJ. Hutchins has been sick
for several days.
See change in Louisiana Lottery ad'
vertsement.
There are two or three vacant dwell.
ling houses in town.
The Ways and Means Committee, il
soems, have not been put to their wits
ends.
Mr.. Dewitt S,amper has moved tc
Dr Murrells house on the street leading
to John Vaughn's.
DIR. Z. c. Marks, of Tracy City,
snent two or three days here last week.
We we're glad to meet him.
Our saloon men seem to accept the
situation with good grace. At least we
have heard no complaint
Messrs. Wiley S. Embrey d Son have
new advertisement in this issue. Read
It. and govern yourself accordingly.
Some of our people are becoming par.
tial to Decherd. We judge from the
frequency of their visits to that town Of
late
Old 2OO-pounder is cranky" on re-
lgious matters We hope he will see
the error of his ways before he is called
cover yonder."
If it is so that cold winters are sue.
ccedcd by good crops, our farmers will
strike it rich" this year, prorided they
do good work.
There is less going to town before
breakfast with some of our people than
there FUSED tn was" and thereby much
shoe leather is saved
Rumor says we will have lots of can
dda,es for Sheriff, Trustee and the Leg
stature. Fee in this paper, s5--no
more, no less, and no "tick
Jimmie Tanner is reputed to be the
most bashful young man in town ex-
cent Matt Whitaker, who will blush
all over even at the mention of young
hdys name.
Madame Rumor is plying her voca-
ton in matrimonial way again. This
time the compass is managed by one Of
our most popular young men and points
toward Kentucky.
A goodly number of improvised
slcighs were running on our streets last
week. The mechanical genius displayed
in getting some of them would have
made even Digger Indian laugh him
self all to pieces.
One ofour citizens has concluded that
water is the best drink after all. lie
says he had no idea it was so good, as
+ he had drank but little of it for several
4 years previous to the adjustment of
our charter.
After this date we will not print com.
+ munications for or against Prohibition.
The subject has been "run in the
ground" Besides, we think we can
devote our space TO- something that
would be more acceptable to our read.
H ers.
The late cold weather did not affect t
The attendance at our schools, but it
brought the roses out on the cheeks of
our hundreds of handsome school girls
and young ladies to n wonderful degree.
We almost wished that we were school
girl O. ourself.
We have received n copy of the mi
'nl number of "rhc Peoples Paper" {
awcekly recently started at Chattanoo,
"a by Messrs, Grscom, Baskettc n Co.
1t is handsome SPACE sheet, brimful
Of good matter to suit all classes, and
We predict for i, Il brilliant future.
We observe that the Postmaster at
Fayetteville receives salary of 81 800,
and the one at Tullahoma gets 81 100,
and each one is allowed one or two
clerks. Our Postmaster at Winchester
gets only 81 ,000and is allowed no clerk.
And yet there is more business done
in this office than in either the Fayette-
vile or Tullahoma Office.
DR.. c. p. Baird writes us from
gainesville, Fla, that the late cold
snap reached that section and did con. /
siderable damage to vegetation. The
Doctor will engage in the practice Of
his profession there until Spring As
a dentist and heightened gentleman he
h" no superior, and we feel that his
lalronage in the Land of Flowers vii
egreat and remuncrative.