Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-04-30

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knowledge. Since I last wrote, a
great remarkable and notable event
has occurred in this country. A ters
nble calamity of great and gigantic
proportions has befallen The Ameris
can people. A calamity which I
deeply deplore and lament, has come
upon the people of this good and
great nation. And that, too, at an
hour when they least expected 1t. It
came like thief in the night, and
cut down the hopes, the designs, and
splended expectations of our glori>
ous Republic. A. calamity which
had not befallen the country for "a
years, and the patriotic American
people had grown to believe that it
would meyer again come upon us. I
mean the accession of the old
abomnable, detestable and rotten
democratic party, which has been in
the wilderness for "a long and lone>
some years, bowling, raging, weep
ing, wailing, and gnashing their
teeth bacause they were not permit
ted to enter the promised land, and
pertake of the milk and honey,
which the Republicans were all the
while enjoying. This abomnable
and sin cursed old party. whose oria
gin is identical with the Tory
party, which Aourished during the
days of our fore>fathers. This iden-
tical old Tory party, now under the
nondeplume of the Democratic
party, which has lived on down
through the history of our country
and every time it has assumed the
reigns of the government has
brought disaster to the country, has
now after quarter of century of
Republican rule unparalleled in
American history for its splendid
achievements, and the glorious pro.
gress of our country, this greedy
old monster has grasped the reigns
Of our country, only we fear to carry
it to ruin az Of old. But we have
the consolation that this old monst>
er,th@ horde Of hungry grizzlies will
in the year Of our Lord 1883 be
dethround and snowned under so
deep that Gabrilrs trump het win
scarcely awake them.
We were visited on last Friday
18th, inst. by copious. replenish-
ing and welcome rain, which
started vegetation booming forth
and sent the farmer on his way
rejOicing.-Our farmers have as
yet planted but little corn, in fact
many of them ale not vet done
plowing.-Winter outs are almost
entirely annihilated oy the freezs
ing blasts of winter.
Most of our farmers are replens
ishing their fields sown with wins
ter oats with spring oats.
Wheat is coming out some but
will scarcely make half crop.
Many fields of wheat are entirely
frozen out. Drilled and fertillzed
wheat has, however, stood the
winter better than broadcast and
unfertilized wheat.
Peach trees are in bloom and
the indications are for an abuna
dant crop this year.
Mrs. Harvey, widow Of the late
Willoughby Harvey, paid flying
visit to her friends and relas
tives recently. She was en>route
for Decatur, Alabama, where her
son resides.
Miss Lynn Green, Of Knoxville
daughter of Martin Green, for
merly a resident of Jonesboro. is
visiting Mr.. Chas. Harvey's fam
lily.
John Lancaster. engineer on the
e. T., Va. u Ga. railroad, who has
been on a furlough visiting his
family, returned to duty on last
Thursday.
John h. Oliver, ex -storekee per
and gauger, who has been visiting
his many friends and relatives in
the 9Th, and throughout the conn
try, departed for Athens, Tenn,
on last Sunday, where he contemn
plates entering the University.
REPUBLICAN,