The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-23

OOhheuh WY lOr several uays.
Mrs. Bette Burts has our thanks for
a basket of fine peaches sent to
The COMET Office last week. They
were raised on her place and she has
had great deal of trouble keeping
the boys CD from carrying them off as
fast as they ripen. We can hardly
blame the BOYS the peaches were so
tempting.
Bob Taylor received notice from
Washington, just after he was install
ed as Pension agent, that the Govern
ment had placed half a million dollars
to his credit in one of the New York
banks from which to draw to pay pen
sions. Bob was a little dazed and but
for his experience in managing THE
COMETS finances, would have been
shocked at the amount.
DO not waste your money and risk
injuring your hair by purchasing use
less washes or oils, but buy something
that has Il record-a remedy that
everybody knows is reliable. Halls
Hair Remover will invigorate, beauti-
fy and strengthen the hair, restore
its color ii faded or turned gray, and
render it soft, silken, and lustrous.
THE COMET has II number of out
standing accounts for subscription
that ought to be collected. We pre-
sumo no one desires to receive the pa
per without paying for it. We have
sent out a number of statements of
account and while some have respond
ed, others have paid no attention.
We hope they will not longer delay
the matter These little amounts
would aggregate considerable sum to
us.
Prof. ]. B. Mcmillan, the violin vir-
tuoso OF East Tennessee, left last Tues
day for Knoxville, where he goes to
take charge of, and play first violin in
new orchestra lately organized
there. Jim is not only a remarkable
musician, but he is also a young man
of quiet, sober and industrious habits
and we are sorry to lose him from our
midst, but congratulate Knoxville on
securing his invaluable services and
wish for him the success he so well
deserves in his virtuosoship.
The hard feeling that has prevailed
among some of our young people over
an imaginary slight came near re-
sulting in serious difficulty CD be-
tween two of our leading society
young men Tuesday, A COMET RE-
PORTER overheard one say to the 9TH
er; "If you thinker" around me OF
mime" / will "clothe" you with uni
form black eyes and a coat of dust,
We trust this silly rencounter will
have the effect of putting a quietus
on such nonsense.
THE COMET, always ready to do
good, has agreed to allow the Sons
of Temperance one of its columns,
which will be conducted by Rey. ]. B.
Jones, of the City Drug Store. Mr..
Jones, is an experienced writer, and
he now has our permission to open a
broadside upon bar-rooms, bar-keep-
ers, bar-loungers, doggeries, drunk
ards, dram drinkers, and the whole
retinue of ills and evils that follow in
the wake of the victims of whiskey
the devils best friend and Gods
worst enemy. May he be veritable
Sam Jones in this work.
Fine Wheat Sheriff S. II. Pou,
der threshed sixteen acres of wheat
the other day that averaged "a bush,
els per acre. He also raised Sc bushels
from two bushels OF Landreth's white
wheat. This is a remarkable yield
when we consider the fact that there
was not hardly half crop in other
portions of the county. Who car
beat it?
The Gruber Frmily.-Prof. Grubel
and family, his wife and five children
gave entertainments at Jobe's Opers
House, Friday, Saturday and Monday
nights. Prof. Gruber gave some re
markable performances with a violir
said to be 369 years old. He also play
ed on nine different instruments a.
the same time. His baby boy, a,littlt
over two years old sang "Only a Pan
sy Blossom" very sweetly, The little
girls have very fine voices and show
excellent musical training. They are
not regular show people, but are trav
cling for health and pleasure, and oc
casionally give performances. W.
understand they will visit Bristol mex
week.
Lam Paty.-The usual quiet anC
: monotony that has prevailed in GU
J social circle was broken, and on
society young folks were at las
; aroused from the lethargical state il
which they have been for the pas