Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-15
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

10 liitlO III WlllNIl JIlC luiiAiOA PAONNN~S
everything at home and avoids spend
ing his money abroad for articles he
could raise or do without.
Valley Heard: In order to reduce
taxation, reduce prosecution, and to
reduce prosecution, build school
houses, academies, colleges, churches,
and thereby educate and christainize
the people. eco
Athens Post: We Delinqent will
please make a note of this: Judg-
ments are prepared for scorners,
stripes for fools, and everlasting pun
ishment for him who payeth not for
his newspapers.
The Boston Herald, with a good
deal of pride, asserts it to be a fact
that: "The South is today as peaceful
and law-abiding and as loyal to the
Union as the North. The Republicans
must find more effective ISSUE"
Franklin County News: The
heated term is now far advanced and
soon we will have more pleasant
weather. With an abundant harvest,
save wheat, we confidently expect
the opening of better trade and a
more prosperous year.
Union City Advance: Steps are
being taken by some of our most
thorough-going citizens, to secure the
establishment of the West Tennessee
Insane ASYLUM at this place, Our
chances are thought to be good, and
as for location, no better one can be
found.
Nashville Union: While little OPP
position parties are springing up, con-
sisting principally of the individual
who did not get office for himself OF
his friends, the presidents party
seems to be composed of himself as
the head, and the thinking, reliable
people Of the country as the follow
ing.
GAINESVILLE Chronicle: The ChrOni
Gle would be glad to see large mum.
bers Of negroes join the Democratic
party. That would break up the
color line and is a cOnsummation de
voutly to be wished. But the Demo
cratic party cannot make promises O
social equality in order to gain negro
votes.
Greenville Bulletin: While a
JonesborO this week the Bulletin re
porter heard the biggest "fish story
of the season, by Mr.. A. S. Deaderick
He says four persons, including him
self, went to Elk River trout fishing
and were gone just one week, and il
that time they caught 1,195 trout
Who can beat this record?
Pulaski Citizen: Mr.. r. C. Rey
mold has just garnered very fin,
crop of oats. He says he has tw'
thousand bushels raised on fifty acre
of land, an average of forty bushel
per acre. His neighbor, Mr.. M. c
Fitzpatrick, made about the sam
average, as we are informed. TIL
grain is very heavy.
Shelbyville Gazette: Mr.. w. G
Davis, who lives 2! miles from Bel
Buckle, has a stalk of corn on hi
place that measures Is feet 4 inche
high, and it was feet 5 inches to tn
ears of corn on the stalk that meas
ures IS inches. He also has has
piece of corn that will make 12I bar
rels to the acre.
Sequachee Advance: At negr
wedding a few evenings since il
Sequachee Valley down in Marion
county, when the minister read tn
words, Glove, honor and obey" tn
groom interrupted him and said
"Read that agin, sab; read it one
mo, SOS de lady kin ketch the full
: solemnity Of de ,meanin. Ise bee
married befO."
GAINESVILLE Chronicle: The Vii
ginia Democrats declared themselve
to be in favor Of a repeal of the inter
nal revenue-laws. The tax Shout
certainly be taken off tobacco. W
agree with them that far-but whisk
must be made to contribute to tn
support of the government, Th
present mode of collecting the liquo
tax could be profitably amended, bu
the tax should not be abolished.
Baltimore Manufacturers Record
Everything is promising for great az
tivity in business throughout tn
South this fall and winter. Signs {
marked improvement are already bc
coming very nun1nrOuS ond ,,nlos