The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-26

| John Allison was OF Johnson City,
wednesday, on legal business. Mr. AL
lisOn is very successful lawyer. Be
fore leaving the city he made the
COMET Office q pleasant visit.
Spun brass kettles only "a cents
per ID. HUNT & LIDE.
Will Anderson, the live agent of the
Doe River Wooden Mills, passed
through our city Mounday with full
line of jeans, blankets and yarn for his
many customers. He was bound for
Boon'e Creek country.
Syrups at 40 and 30 cents at
! HUNT d LIDE's.
Will G. Carroll, who lives near Buf-
falo creek, had his house entered, and
robbed, by sneak thief on last Satur-
day. Will was in Johnson City, and
his wife had gone to see neighbor,
when the thief come and stole his
coat and vest, and some of his wife's
clothing. No clue to the light-finger-
ed visitor.
Col. Thos. E, Matson, superintend
ent of the E. T. & w. N. G. r. R., paid
us a substantial visit last Monday
His open face was beaming with kind
ness, his open hand was beaming with
coin-THE COMET beamed with pleas
ure-we had no mote in our eye-we
pulled the beam out Of our brothers
hand. Wish our subscribers would
beam that away.
Best and cheapest Tobacco.
HUNT & LIDE.
| Miss Blanch st. John, of Blountville,
and Miss Lena st. John, of Carter
Depot, two sweet saints, close kin to
THE COMET, tarried a day in this
beautiful burg on the banks of Brush
creek, and then "teared' themselves
away. This occurred last Tuesday.
Lord put it into their hearts to come
back again.
! The ladies of Bristol have painting
| epidemic. 1t is new process OF
painting on glass. Their praise of
the professor who revealed to them
the secret of the new art is transcend
emily sublime. We hope they will
exhibit some of their pictures made
under this wonderfully marvellous new
art, at the Fair this fall
Fred H. Austin is running the Ban
ner Hotel, at Elk Park, beautiful
little summer resort, on the E. 7. & W
N. c. r. r. If Fred is as clever a
landlord as he is in every other capaci-
ty, his guests are surely happy. Go
lup among the mountains where the
Icold fountains gush, where the heat Of
southern summer never goes and
where the weary can find rest,
+ A full line OF Hardware.
| HUNT & LIDE.
r The report of our worthy depot
agent, Jno. w. Eakin, for the yeal
g ending June 80, 1884, shows that the
: shipments made from johnson City
n on the e. r. v. "a G. r. r. foot W
thirty-nine millions two hundred ant
Thirteen thousand, one hundred an(
ninety-seyen pounds. Johnson City
stands fourth on the list of important
J, shipping points OH this magnificent
! railroad line, counting Chattanooga
Knoxville and Bristol rs the othe
three. And yet our depot is an ey'
sore to the railroad, to johnson Cit,
@ and to the people. 1t is hoped tn,
:, company will give US depot worth.
II OF the last years record, and that W,
8 may yet see John Eakin seated in
decent and comfortable office, de
I lspatching business in hisusual correc
) and rapid way.
is Wonder If every bodys babies ar
h bad. Wonder if they all watch thei
IT mother and try to initiate her. d,
they see the maternal ancestor eli
her bangs, and slip out in the bacl
lporch, and there alone in their glor
cut out whole patches Of yellow hail
:, Our oldest young COMET did. Hav
= they all got a perpetual yelling ma
. chine. Young COMET. No. 2 has. |
is toes burnt on the stove; a tumbl
=, into the rainwater barrel fall on tn
u back OF the head out of chair;
le IsPell OF collie or a tooth won't com
Is through it is always squall to ca
at the first table--specially if mothe
/, has company. If it isn't this it
a. that; if itisn't bawl it's fall; if
m isn't sick it's choked on dried apple
ID or thimbie; it jumps up and dow
r and turns purple in the face an
screams like scald,d hound pup t
20 down town with pappy-when he
in great hurry to meet man VIII
promised to pay his subscription
~ meat and bread at issue. But what