Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-06
GRUNDY COUNTY NEWS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Our
Regular Reporter.

last ten day have greatly impeded
the progress Of the work on our
courthouse; but the contractors are
men Of energy, and are pushing the
work with all possible speed.
Is there such a thing as dying of
overjoy? Ifso, VIM. Stump is in
imminent danger Of passing away.
He was presented last Monday with
two fine boys-yes, boys-real boys,
twinboys, weighing II and78 pounds,
respectively. His condition has been
so critical ever since their arrival
that his friends have thought it best
to attend and sit up with him, which
they have done every night this
week. However, he is now begin
ming to show signs of returning rea-
son, and it is hoped he will finally
recover. He calls the new boys his
Grover and his Thomas.
j. X. p. Pearson, attorney, has had
a beautiful porticO added to the front
of his law Office, on Main street, and
has formed a partnership with A. r..
Lockhart of this place, who will use
it in the future for a barber shop.
All that Mr.. Pearson charges Mr..
Lockhart for the use of his office as
as a barber shop is the hair that he
cuts from the heads of his customers.
You see, Mr.. Pearson had the serious
misfortune the other day to lose all
the hair from the back of his head
(that on top having disappeared long
since), and he hoped by this means
soon to obtain enough hair to make
him wig. But he stubbornly re-
fuses, and wisely we think, to take
any hair cut from the scalp of any
colOred brother.
l am reliably informed that VIM.
McGregor, Isham Ware, Dudley
Meadows and VIM. Martin, all of
Warren county, attended the "May
Meeting" at Philadelphia, this cOun-
ty, Sunday, all Of whom became pas
sionately enamOred with a certain
young lady that was present, and all
sought her acquaintance. Finally,
through the kindness of a friend,
they obtained permission to be intro
duced to her, and were trotted around
in single file. When it came Mr..
Wares turn to be presented, the
young lady, with great emotion, said,
"Why, Mr.. Ware! 1t was your
very image that | saw in a certain
well on the first morning in this
month. You are the man," etc,
All ceremonies were brought abrupt.
ly to an end, and the young couple
at once seated themselves by each
others side when Mr.. Ware address.
ing his rivals in the language o.
Dryden, said:
"Your presence now has needless grown
Retire, and let me speak with her alone"
And they did retire, muttering a.
as they went. "SOme people seen
to have been born lucky" Anyhow
Isham was the lucky chap on thi
occasion, and thesmilehe wore HON,
was about three inches in diameter
that of each of his rivals being no
quite 50 large.
A defendant of Ham, who former
ly lived in Atlanta, Ga, was asket
here the other day how that cit,
compared with Altamont in respec
to size and population. He reptile,
that if all Altamont was tackled t
the rear end of the Kimball Hous
in Atlanta, it would not make a re
spectacle kitchen. At this rash re
ply, Mrs. f. C. WOodlee got YER
angry and would have pulled tn
"nigger's' wool, but was overpowel
ed and prevented. She told tn
"darky' that Atlanta was severa
hundred feet below Altamont in he
estimation, and that Atlanta cOul
never hope to attain the elevated pc
sitiOn that Altamont so proudly OF
cupies. Well, you know, wome
have their favorite places, as well a
men, and with some Of them, ther
is no place like home.
Mrs. Nancy Lockhart left earl
this morning for Collins River.
The infant child Of Mr.. A. McRa,
of this place, is seriously i'll at TIL
writing, but we hope it will recove
DIR. E. w. Bailey and wife,
Tracy City, came in this evenin,
The doctor is attending the sick chill
Of Mr.. McRae.
Messrs. Robt. Nunley and job
Patrick of Collins River, arrived j
our town this evening; and no
some of our young women are e,