The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-23

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New pupils continue to arrive At orr
4 schools.
Fresh pork was rctaled on our stroots
= last Monday at 81 cents per pound
= Another new advertisement from
Wiley s. Embrey & Son. Read it.
We are receiving new subscribers ev
cry day, and are glad to be so kindly
remembered.
Dr. }. B. Davis will bring his fine
horse' "Fleet," back here in few
weeks.
Mr. b, 5. Henderson will 90 to Tex.
Us on a visit when the Spring time
comes.
Many of our citizens failed
to pay corporation taxes before the town
charter died
What has become of 'Charon,' of Max.
wellY Did he exhaust the vocabulary
in his last letter?
We think that our farmers would find
1t profitable TO cultivate more of their
lands in grasses.
Sixty cents per bushel is the ruling
price for meal in this market. Flour,
So per hundred pounds.
Even "X," at Decherd, Is becoming
slow to write. Can it be that he has
gone into his little sepulchre2
All sorts of talk about "blind tiger"
being in town. We haven't seen the
"animal," but have seen his tracks.
a number Of our citizens receievd |
certificates of membership in the Chau-
tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
last week.
There is plenty of fine marble within
Il few miles Of Winchester, and some of
these times somebody will make money
by quarrying it on large scale.
Some of the "boys" cur.tailcd an oys-
ter'can one day last week. Their "san-
gulne expectations" were fully realized.
but it was IL dog-gone mean trick.
Editor Home Journal: | received
your sample copy, l likec, and will
takcc Send it on. Will give you the
money next first Monday. TACK.
Mr.. Ell. Jones, Of the Tracy CITY
Mountain Eagle, accompanied by his
wife, spent last Sunday in our town,
and left Monday for Fayetteville.
We are panied to learn that some
young folks msbehaved during services
ut the Methodist Church last Sunday
night. Hope they will not do so again.
Those people who "march right to
the front" in Supplying long-fclt
wants" hardly ever find their way back
to the rear without the use of "specks
1t is the belief of some that we will
have an oil well within few miles of
Winchester next Spring. The machi-
merry for boring has been ordered More
anon.
Warner Henderson has been enjoy.
ing the emoluments of n desk in the
County Registers Office. There now
We always predicted brilliant future
for "that boy"
Our Estill Springs list is increasing
rapidly, and will soon be second TO none
in the county. For this increase VIC
are indebted to our clever friend, Esqr.
w. b. Gossage.
AS has been the case every winter
within our recollection, those who are SO
lmprovident as to not lay in wood and
coal before cold weather promise to
"never be caught in this fix again"
Willie Simmons still ranks as the
the most polite young man that navi-
gates High street. He caught the
complaint" from his "boss," Johnnie
llutchns, who is "dyed.in-t he-woo"
Chesterfield.
For the convenience of the public
Mr.. Matt Petty has moved his stock of
leather and leather goods, also his re-
pair shop, from the lanyard to Baugh's
old stand OF the Public Square. This
is great convenience. Sec advertise
ment.
AS ar Styx," of Estill Springs, did
not comply with our request, We sup
pose the wild waves in that section are
not saying anything just now But if
he persists in remaining silent much
longer we'll make our editor give hun
Gifts" again next summer.
W. W. Gordon, salesman at Major
Baugh's is becoming quite popular with