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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-02
Sea Tram

When a person DESTROYS OF reaching a
foreign land is unable to scrape together
sufficient money to defray the expenses
of the voyage, he is apt to look around
for some mean to reach the desired
point without charge. Application for
free passage is promptly refused by the
persons who have it in their power to
grant such a request. All the outgoing
vessels have every berth filed and have
no place tor a g%reenlIoIn to work his
passage. A promise to pay for trans
portation rs soon as he is comfortably
settled in the new land is of no avail,
and as he cannot earn, beg or borrow
his passage he regards 1t no sin to steal
it. There Is no law to punish a stow
away for even the successful larceny of
a voyage across the ocean, no matter
how clearly the case may be proven.
Determined to secure a free passage
across the water, the stowaway secre-
ties himself on some steamer or sailing
vessel which is shortly to leave port,
keeps securely out of sight until the
craft is so far at sea that the officers
cannot put him off and make him walk
when he emerges from his hiding-place
and requests to be introduced to the
captain. He informs the latter of the
circumstances under which he was
driven to steel a free ride, expresses re-
greet at having committed the larceny,
as the captain Is SURE to term it, offers
his labor, skilled or unskilled, as it may
be, and pleads for mercy. Should the
captain be a "jolly sea-dog,,' the stow
away usually fares excellently, does but
it'll work, and reaches his destination
healthier aud happier than if he had
Paid for his steerage fare.
A sea captain, however, is usually
disposed to look upon the stowaway, or
''sea-tramp," as he is sometimes called,
much as a lonely farmer looks upon the
average tramp, and as a rule the ''sea-
tramp" leads a dogs life from the mo-
ment be discovers his presence on board.
Poor food and little of it is offered him
and the hardest and most disagreeable
work about the decks generally falls to
his lot. The stowaway is regarded
by the officers and crew as a natural
enemy, and kicks and cuffs and often
harsher treatment are administered to
him OF the slightest p%royocation. The
only unpleasant duty which he escapes
is deing sent aloft, and weIeit not that
the officer who sends a stowaway aloft
is liable for manslaughter should the
latter fall overheard and lose his life; it
Is probable that the ''sea tramp" would
spend his days and nights perched like
a bird on the lofty spars of the vessel.
The stowaway usually travels alone as
the chances for being discovered before
the vessel reaches a safe distance from
and are much less than when several
men start on board the same craft. Fe
male stowaways are scarce, probably
because they cannot endure the priva-
tons and hardships to which they
would be exposed.
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THE RIVER.

The lights Of the city glimmer
In the swift, black a below;
Like ghosts that fit In the glolming,
The white ships come and 90.
White and dim and stately,
The good ships seward go,
Luck TO you, captains and sailors,
However the winds may blow
White and dim and stately,
The good ships homeward Thong;
Welcome, captains and sailors,
Your voyage has been longl
And sweethearts' eyes shall glisten,
And wives shall joyful be,
As the little children listen
To your tales of the stormy sea.
But what are the wrecks you tell Of
To the wreck of a love / Ike mine
The river murmurs and glitters;
Above The cold stars shine.
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To prevent children losing their NIT
tens or gloves, sew on each M a long
ribbon and fasten the ribbon 10 the in.
side Of the coat sleeve.
Doom panels a re prettily orna.
mented with pictures aud decalcoma-
MES and then vanished. The pictures
should be fastened with hour paste.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-02

-Philadelphia's new Postoniee,
which is o o to be occupied, cost about
SS,O00,000 Its dimensions are-175
feet 8 inches on Chestnut street, 175
feet l inch ON Market street, and Asa
feet on Ninth street; height of the dome
above the curb, 10 feet.
A BUNCH of peacock feathers tied
with a ribbon make a pretty ornament
to hide Q bad spot on the parlor wall,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-02

The true way to advance another's
virtue is to follow it, and the best way
to CRY down anothsr's vice is to decline
N
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-10-01
KING IND PETTLRONE-

Candidates for Congress in this
district, addressed a packed Opera
House of their constituents in Nor
ristown on Tuesday, September %.
The discussion was opened by Col.
King; who congratulated.the large
audience that now, for the first time
in the campaign, they had the pri-
vilege of hearing the great questions
before the country jointly discussed;
and that though a new stump-poli-
tician, unacquainted with the acts
and ways of the old politician, dem
agogue and trickster, he would, ne
vertheleSs, endeavor 10 show some
facts and tell some truths and let
the people judge for themselves.
Some had thought that, as this was
the first time that the two gladia-
tors had locked shields and crossed
lances in the campaign, that they
would recOnn tier and nibble round
considerably before delving deep;
but the Colonel, after referring to
the frequency to which the people
had been and would yet be called
upon during this campaign to listen
to discussions, that it had fallen to
his lot to open the discussion. He
proceeded TO take up the tariff and
other leading questions of the day
and handled them in a way to make
votes for himself in the ensuing
election. His argument was aggres-
sive. He charged Maj. Pettibone
with having Dais-represented this
district in Congress during his whole
term OF service @ there-or rather
that he bad performed 90 service
for his district and constituents at
all, and called upon the Major to
show to this people wherein he had
performed a SINGLE act or thing ex-
eept to loll around the capitol and
occasionally answer roll call, and
always, most regularly, drawing his
salary But having in late issues
of The GAZETTE given pretty full
synopscs of the Colonel's speech of
n week or so previous, we will not
attempt to amphfy them now for
fear of doing the speaker injustice.
Major POttibone, replying, said
that, Judging by what Col. King
had said OF him direct and by inu-
endo, he was the worst millionaire
on the face of tie earth; that no
wished to discuss matters dispas-
sionately, but that when he reeeiv-
ed blows be would return them; and
here the Major scared off on the ia
riff and other questions, making an
ingenious speech, by far the best |
from bis stand point We ever heard |
from him, but he failed to answer
Col. King.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE LADIES
-a DEPARTMENT

Tt the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
The ladies of Morristown and
Hamblen county met at the Opera
House in Morristown on Thursday
September 25th, 1884, at 3 O'Clock
p. M, for the purpose Of organizing
a Ladies Department in making an
exhibit of their handiwork at the
Worlds Exposition to be held in
New Orleans, La, beginning Decem-
Der 1st, 1884.
The object of the meeting was
fully explained by Maj. T. S. News
comb, President of the Morristown
and Cumberland Gap Mineral, Tins
be- and Agricultural Belt of East
Tennessee Association.
On motion of Miss Matte Carmi-
chael, Mrs. J. C. Hodges was uhan-
imously elected President of the
Ladies Department for Hamblen
county, and Miss Ida Andes was
elected Secretary.
The following ladies were then
appointed as a special committee
for work in their respected localities,
viz:
Mrs. Saml. Jack, Whitesburg !;
Miss Cassie Rogan, RussellvilIe /;
Mrs. c. T. Carol, Marshal's Ferry
Mrs. Henry McChster, Springvale ,
Mrs. e. S. McCrary, Morrstown I;
Miss Jodie Arnott, Morristown; Miss
S. V. Helms, Morristorn; Mrs. 7. S.
Newcomb, Morristown; Miss Matte
Carmichael, Marristown; Miss Ida
Andes; Morristown; Mrs. r. A.
Lowry, Morristown, and all other
ladies who feel an interest in the
matter and will cooperate with us
are requested to do so.
The enthusiasm exhibited at this
meeting was such that success will
crown their efforts and the display
they will collect together will be
one that every citizen of East Ten
nessee will be proud of.
On motion of Mrs. McCrary the
meeting adjourned to meet at the
Library Hall in Morristown on
Thursday, October I'd, 1884, at 2
o'clock p. m.
It's vsry important that the ladies
of Morristown and this county be
present at this meeting as it is a
matter in which every lady of Ham
blen county should feel personel
interest in.
Mrs. ]. C. HODGES,
EF ~ President.
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TIE M. AND G. g. BELT !
hI. ,TEgf T. ALTON.


'1i ,TG9 e ALTON. TO
To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette: ..ls 3
Advices from each of the counties
comprising this Mineral Belt, up to
this date, are of the most encourag-
ing character. In fact the camp fires
are now blazing on every mountain
top, from the Cumberland on eur
North to the cold Smoky" on the
South. The people of this Belt
have united in one solid phalanx
and are determined to make tho
finest exhibition of the wonderful
resources of this Morristown Belt of
East Tennessee. Not only is this
matter receiving the personnel at
teation of the gentlemen of this
Belt, but the ladies have come to
the front, and are organizing a
ladies department in each one of the
counties. The ladies of Hamblen
have completed their organization
and are now at work. The ladies
of other counties will organize to-
day.
Thus you see the noble work is
going forward with regular boom
and.the citiz ems now see the way
in which this mineral district can
and will be developed.
Every one can do his part in this
noble work, and | most earnestly
request that you get up your speci-
mems of ores, stones, marbles, tim /
bers and all kinds of agricultural
products as well as the Thousand
aud one things that the ladies will
contribute-in. this way we will
make an exhibit at the Worlds Elk
position that will be of untold value
to the Morristown Mineral Belt of
East Tennessee. -. IS. sa
S The citizens of Hamblea county
win please hand their specimens 70
Major S, J.. Campbell, Secretary,
WHO will properly receive each ar
ticle and where it will be properly
cared for prior to sending to New
Orleans. The counties of Claiborne
Granger, Hancock, Hawkins and
Cooke viii please deposit their ex-
hibits with the Vice President of
their respective counties.-
Yours truly, II. S. NEwcoMB,
W President.
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on Friday night last. Tho discus
sion was oponed by Judge Harrison,
who began by saying that the great
and only issue of this campaign is
the tariff, and the Democrats are
trying to dodge the question. Their
only stock in trade, be said, is char
ges of corruption against the Re
publican party and abuse of Hon.
James G.. Blaine. He said tho great
panic Of 1887 was caused by low
tariff; that prosperity followed the
high tariff law of 1912. The Judge
admitted that for the next five or
six years under a low tariffthe coun-
try was more prosperous than ever
before in it's history; yet that pros
perity was due TO the acquisition OF
new territory, the discovery of gold
in California and to a famine in Eu-
rope.
Mr.. Wilson's reply was complete
and excoriating. After briefly stat
ing the causes andreasens for his APPS
pearing before the audience, he said
be was not a candidate for any of
fee, but here at his own expense, in
obedience to his country's call. He
called upon Judge Harrison to point
to a single public measure which J.
G. Blaine had originated during all
his twenty years of public life. He
could not do it. You say Mr.. Blaine
is honest. viii you please tell these
people that Blaine did not admit
under oath that he obtained those
letters from Mulhgan under n SOL
emn promise to return them, and
that he violated his promise? On
the subject of the tariff MIR. Wilson
said that Republican Congress cre~
ated a tariff commission which trav-
eled all over the country, returned
TO Washington and recommended
reduction of twenty per cent. on
import duties, yet the Republicans
defeated the Morrison bill which
proposed to make this reduction.
The Republicans admit that there
is q surplus revenue of S100,000,00
a year, yet Judge Harrison does not
tell you what they propose to DO
with it. Will you tell what they
want with it? Do they want to
steal it? A Republican United
States Supreme Court has already
said that a revenue for any other
than the expenses Of the Govern
ment is legalized robbery of the
people The panic of 1887 was not
caused by low tariff, but by the
struggle of the Democratic party to
throttle the corrupt banks and bank
ing system OF that time. During
the low tariff period from 1S50to
1860 manufacturing enterprises in
creased SO per cent. in the United
States. There has never been such
an incl ease under a high protective
tariff The great panic of 1873
came when the Republican high
protective policy had full sway.
Frequently during its delivery, and
especially at its close, Mr.. Wilson
was heartily applauded. On every
point discussed he completely floor
ed the smooth>tongued Judge.
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1t will be seen from the above
that the undersigned have become
proprietOrs of THE GAZETTE. In
assuming control of the paper we
do so cautiously and with a degree
of modesty, fully approaching the
responsibility of our position. But,
as we timidly reach for the lever,
we congratulate ourselves that we
are not entirely without experience
necessary to pull it. 1t will be our
aim to keep the paper up to the
high standard It has already attain
ell rs n news dissemination and
moral instructor, and if we can but
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continue TO be an acceptable and
welcome visitor to its hundreds OF
old friends. rs well as To hundreds
of new ones. To this end we shall
unite every effort. In the future,
however, unlike in the past, The
GAZETTE will be published more
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Of agreement in the lease contract.
In the future the business will be
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The GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY,
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zETTE.
We respectfully ask a continu-
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ARTHUR G.. HELMS.
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ELECT PETTYBONE To CONGRESS
AND YOU CONTINUE IN POWER
THE FOUL AND CORRUPT RING,
HEADED BIZ WALT BROwNLOw-
TIE BEEIZEBUB OF MORAL AND
POLITICAL PERFIDY AND ROTTEN
NESS. AND TOM REEVES, THE
CHAMPION RENEGADE, TURN-COAT
AND TRAITOR OF TIE AGE WITH
ALL THE VARIATIONS OF THE
DIRTIEST NASTINESS SUPPLIED BY
BILL MULLENIX. AND DR. HAMMER
AND BILL GUIENwATERS. LATE OF
TIE REBEL ARMY Morristown Pilot
Republican,, Aug. Is.
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Europeans Use American Vino.

But few persons are aware of the
great amount of foreign grapes raised
in New Jersey. Alfred Speer is the
largest wine grower of the foreign
vuriety in the country and ships hun
dreds of oases to fill orders in Europe
b is Port Grape Wine is unexcelled and
considered by ply sicians and chemists
as the best wine to be procured N. Y.
Herald. For sale by druggists.
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GROVER cLEvELAND's PLEDGE

m sIOsd D. o4i'sf 10 tie C.isf Aagis-
t,r-y Of tle nation By he Hrrrdge' Of my
,,Vo,,-eifissas t-M assume tie duties Of
fka, hiql oFlas with S0lsmH determination
70 dsfs.Iis epsry sg0rf 70 ne oOuHtTy's god
ant rritA an hrfulble rsliHos upon the IA
cor aad support Of ne Supreme Bang. rho
Tk,liers riH al,nIys Hess honest human en-
Fe1n5r in he Conscientious dis-hWge Of pub
.I~Fufy.-GRovEE CLEVELAND . LETTER
OF ACCEPrAScE
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Practical.

Cool nights and warm days ere sure
to breed more or less malaria. TO avoid
severe colds and rheumatism, keep your
bowels open with DR.. Harris Blood and
Liver Pills. They are the best in use.
Being entirely vegetable, they are harm
less, at the same time powerful. For
coughs use Symphyx. For pains, Dr..
Harris Great Relief.
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AN EDITORIAL DEPARTURE.
For a year or more 1t has been
known 10 my friends that l desired
To retire from editorial life. The
reasons for this il is not necessary
TO give, further than IL suited bet
ter the convenience of my surround
ings, and the inclination of matur-
ing age. With this issue Of The
GAZETTE my connection as its man
aging editor ceases. For a cOnsid-
Grafton, aud induced by love and af-
lection for my sons whs have stood
by me through all tho. vicisitudes
that have followed me in the publ
cation of TUE GAZETTE, | have leas-
ell to John f. Helms, Jr., and Ar
thur C.. Helms his brother, the Office
aud good will of the paper, and they
will henceiOrth control It's columns,
under the firm style OF THE GA
zErrE PRINTING COMPANY. Of
these young men who step into my
shoes, it is just that l should say
shat they are well and favorably
known to the citizens of Morris
town. John f. Helms, Jr., has been
my stay and support since / first
took control Of the paper, on the
Ist sept, 1873. He viii never get
the full credit be deserves for his
assistance TO me, not only in the
mechanical appearance Of the paper,
but in It's varied and interesting To-
cal and editorial departments. To
prefer him Is a tardy tribute to his
excellence Is 4 son and his expert
ness n a printer. He is entitled to
q much larger share of the popular
lily Tn GAZETTE has sustained
than is now accorded to him. That
he should be advanced to n proper
position upon the editorial staff is
what none of his personal acquaint-
ances will deny his qualifications
for.
IL Is hard 10 take leave of a COM
munity in which one has labOred
for more than ten years. In all the
struggles for life since 1873 when /
came to this town, have met moth
ing but kindness and good will from
the people of Morristown, and of
Iamblen county. can say. and
the files OF The MoRRIsTowN Ga
zETTE will prove, that have ever
held the interests of the town and
the county paramount to any pOlit-
zeal considerations / have tried to
be true to the interests of my i'm
mediate constituents and all others.
/ know my friends have been gen
SrOus TO my faults, and have over
looked many Of the shortcomings |
which every man must detect in
looking back over his career /
can say with an honest emphasis I
that as editor OF their county paper
] have tried to do my duty to them
and to the public. In retiring from a
stage, upon which, for more than forty
years, / have been in some way an
aetOr-and have tried we'll my parts
TO aet-however unimportant, it is
but a natural impulse to desire to
make ones bow in good humor
with the lockers on-to Danish all
heart-burnings toward every one, /,
and, when the curtain drops, to feel
that be leaves behind no bitter
to be cherished against
him. In a career like mine has
been, one is so apt to give offense in
iome way, when none was design
d. However that may be, desire
% part with all with the kindest
ceilings, as cherish malice toward
10 one.
The young meE who in the flu {
nre will conduct the management !
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CLEVELAND OR BLALN-A PRAC
TFCAL REVIEW.

] @N-AN~ 49, 50 ~
By the wise foresight of the foun-
ders of this government change in
the administration of its affairs on
the 4th of March next is fixed and
inevitable. The election which oc>
ours some six weeks hence will only
determine what the character of the
change shall be. The colorless but
safe and respectable administration
of Mr. Arthur ends by the statute
of Limitation at that time, and a new
president is, TO the extent entrusted
to him by the constitution, 70 shape
our political course as a people.
Except for the improbable eontin-
gency of the death of one or the
other in the mean time, it may be
safely assumed that either Gov.
Cleveland or Mr.. Blaine will direct
the changes thenceforth to be made
in the conduct of the executive Of
fee. The practical question for the
consideration of voters, who, in cast
ing their ballots, act upon reason,
judgment and conviction is, Which
of these men will be likely to make
those changes which in their infu-
ence and effect will be most condu-
sive TO the honor, welfare and pros
Pority of tho people of the United
States2 .f.,
1t is part of the recent political
history of the country that upon the
accession of Mr.. Arthur to the chief
.magistracy there was very mark
ed change in the conduct of all those
public affairs which are more espec-
tally committed to the Department
of State, which was not only initia-
ted but emphasized and accomplish
cd by the substitution as secretary
of Mr.. Frehnghuysen ofNew Jersey
fer Mr. Blaine of Maine, and this
change was as complete and radical
as any that can possibly be made
by the substitution of any appointee
of Governor Cleveland for the pres
ent incumbent. The change in this
important office is inevitable and
must come on the 4th of March.
Do tho thinking men of the Repub-
lican party desire to change back
from Arthur and Frelinguhysen to
the mingled trucking, bullying and
intrigue, that characterized the
management of our foreign relations
under Blaine, Fitzpatrick, Hurlburt |
& Co.? ut--. Ea
Nor is Mr.. Blaine less at variance
with the present Republican admin
in respect to our domestic
affairs than in the management of
our foreign relations. The official
head and leader of the Republican
party, Mr.. Arthur, in fulfilling the
duties imposed upon him by the |
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of THE GAZETTE. have been reared
in a printing Office, and are thor
oughly alive 70 the interests and de-
mands OF the public.
i do not think ] can say more
without becoming tedious. To the
large circle of the readers of THE
GAZETTE with whom l have for so
many years been on terms of init
macy, 1 wish every prosperity and
happiness. / am hOnored and proud
Of the confidence they have given
me, and / ask its continuance to my
sons and successors. They are
worthy of it. john f. HELMS.
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WILSON AND HARRISON

Hon. S. F. Wilson, representing
Hon. ]. ID. @. Atkins, who, on ac-
count of sickness is unable to make
the canvass, and Judge III. III. Har>
rison, Democratic and Republican
electors for the State~at>large, adj
dressed an assemblago of several
hundred in the Opera House here
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aWhat have you been doing with
those miserably mangg pigs of yours?
Thew look elegant" days Horse
and Cattle Powder did ili." Price snly
IS cents per package Of enc half ound,
full weight. fa.e ssrf,4. IS IS
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DISTRICT ELECTORS;
Ia ROBERT BURROW.
d. :. O.. HEISKELL'
81. q. MARCHBANkS.
4th. NJ =. ELKIN.
5th. ERNEST PILLOW.
0th. j. W. JUDD.
-lh. l. p PADGEr.
Sth. II. z. COLE.
fO.h. JHARVEY MATHES.
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Morristown Produce Market.

CORRECTED WEEKLY BY GooDseN 3
BLAIR.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOTs:
ROBERT T. TAYLOR,
I'D. G. ATKINS.