The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-20
River. side.

Tuesday. The gentle rain is falling
to day, making glad the heart Of farm
ers and gardeners. Farmers having to
plant-over their crops of corn as some
are having to do, would perhaps rath-
er have sunshine just now. God has
given us rain and sunshine long
enough to learn that some are seldom
ready for either, and sends these bles-
sings when it suits him, on the just and
unjust, the prepared and unprepared
alike. What blessed thing for short
sighted mortals that there an allwise
being to control these matters. If left
to weak erring mortals, there would be
strike on hand all the time, either to
bring rain, or postpone until some 9TH
er time.
Your compositor made me make
several blunders in my last article,
which the proof reader did not detect.
| am ready to, and do look over these
things when / reflect that you have
several establishments in your town
engaged in the sale of articles that
some times make a man double-sight-
ed and at Others perfectly oblivious to
all surrounding objects. Now don't
60 and charge me with insinuating
that any of you imbibe occasionally
for | do not, but the blundels appear
ed all the same.
Col. Geo. r. Mcclellan and wife are
on short visit to VIM. Mcclellan, ST.,
on Horse Greek. Was you ever Mr.
Editor, in this garden spot of Sullivan
If not, you should by all means al
some time visit the hospitable citizens
of this region. They are able to enter,
tain and they do it in a royal style.
On the ESQ Of this month Holston
Institute closes its first term. But 9
short time since the ground on which
Holston Institute now stands was in
cultivation, The well-to-do citizens O.
this community resolved to build 6
house in which their children should
have the advantages of graded school
A neat brick building large enough tt
{ accommodate one hundred or more
/ pupils is the outgrowth of their resolu
ton. To carry out their plans they
have secured the services of Prof
: Watts as principal and several assist
r ants, thus equipped the school which
closes, as above stated; opened som,
o months ago and has been so far a
this deponent isaware progressing en-
: tirely satisfactory to all concerned, ant
this the first public examination anC
1 other exercises will come off as stated
This school is destined to do for thi
O community, what Kingsley Higl
4 School has, and is still doing, for tn
community surrounding it, q. e) pee
pie the neighborhood with intelligent
l. moral, high toned men, women. Is
n not strange that some men who ough
n to do better either fail or refuse to SEN
3 their children to these schools after a
: the provision that is made for them.
1t is said that w. S. Anderson, TIL
= newly married Circuit Court ClerI
A. went to Union the first of this weel
# Could it be that Will had conclude
y that whilehe was counting and marry
ing Geo. L. Clay was worming himse
a into the good graces OF the voters an
n might possible, loom up as a candidat
for the Clerkship and that this Wis
was to learn the facts in the case?
=. There is some little talk OF CONVEX
;, ton, or primary in this county, to d.
- termin who of the four candidates f
- County Court Clerk, shall make til
- race. My informant says three uot
n four candidates, are opposed to eith'
a. a convention or primary, but pref,
I0 to make the race as it is, and let IL
~ longest poll knock the simmon.
~ Il. .....