Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-23
GRUNDY COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our
Regular Reporter.

town, we would say they had sam
pied Mr.. Gretter's cider.
The lady here that attracts Mr.. II.
B. Cope to the mountain every sum-
mer, says that Uncle Brad needs no
body-gaurd to accompany him to
this place as suggested by the Era
last week; for the great evaporation
Of the people here over their disap-
pointment during his last visit to
Altamont, has entirely subsidized.
Come on, Uncle Brad, and fear no
danger.
j. II. Northcut returned to his
school at Viola Sunday, and will re-
main there until brought home by
some one who knows the way. Jim
got 50 badly lost the last time he
came home that he didn't know
which one of the boys he was. On
his way he passed his Uncle Law
sons house but didn't recognize the
place. He saw his Uncle and Aunt,
whom he had always known as well
as he knew his father, but they were
entire strangers to him then. Final
ly, however, he found himself in the
middle of Mr.. A. Northcut's horse
lot, which he at once recognized, and
then he soon found Altamont.
Mr.. A. McRae, after an absence Of
a few days in Chattanooga, returned
to his home in this "city" Tuesday
last.
The greatest and most absorbing
question in Altomont now is, where,
oh ! where will we get something to
feed the court "hands" onneXt week?
And echo answers, where?
The Bible clearly teaches that the
end of time will come like a thief in
the night-when we are not
expecting it; and am informed that
no amount of reasoning was sufficient
the other night to convince l. j. H..
Walker, Of Tracy City, that the criti-
cal hour had not arrived. He was
suddenly awakened from his peace
full slumber by great shaking of his
house attended by mighty noise like
unto an earthquake. He at once
aroused his family, and, although,
Isham is not accustomed to holding
family prayers, he had them all kneel
by the bedside and prayed long, loud
and nightly. Isham's loud cries
soon alarmed his nearest neighbOrs,
who at once set about to ascertain the
cause of his fright, and soon found
that it was all caused by COW that
had gotten under his house and be-
come fastened so that she could not
extricate herself. Quiet was finally
restored, and "the end is not yet"
A smile which soon grew to a full
sized grin, was seen upon Mr.. M. Il,
Nearn's face Friday when he saw his
wife returning from her visit to Tracy
City. Mr.. Nearn says it was the
longest week he ever experienced.
: J. G. and G. w. Morton, of Collins
River, went to Tracy City Thursday
, 1t is supposed that Carroll went out
,, to straighten matters up little with
Miss Nettie, and from his smiling
! appearance as he went back home
yesterday, we take it that everything
is lovely. On their return Wash
commenced to buy out the new store
here, but when he came to the "blut
box" he would not buy anything
more.
I Jesse E. Barnes, Of Tarlton, re
> quests me to say that his friend E. B
) Etter, Of Irving College, has such {
{ mania for fried chicken that he, (Et
. teri attended preaching at Smyrna
3 Sunday "a basket dinner having beer
!, announced in the prOgram), and de
voured half a dozen of these winged
bipeds, and that, although, the,
y were prepared expressly for him b.
y the hands of his sweetheart, he shal
y ed with her no further than to Civ
u her a ewing" How is this Eugene
/ r. A. Patton, who has been q
e South Pittsburg for two weeks, II
u turned to the bosom of his family il
ST this city today, and another soul
s. made happy.
:, Miss Irene Beene, of South Pitt
- burg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A
i McRae, at this place, and may n
~ main all summer. One young ma
. has already proven to us that he
70 particularly fond of beans (Beene'
70 and we know he is glad to see tn
-, new variety of bean (Beene) come u
~, upon the mountain.
IN A certain young lady in our tow
IN became nightly alarmed last nigl