Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-05-16
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The farmers are about all done plant.
ing corn and are awaiting the refresh
ing showers to bring it forth. Wheat
seems to be coming out to some extent
better than was expected. The many
people VINO during the balmy days of
March anticipated such an abundant
lruit crop have had their hopes blighted,
but remark with a sigh that Demo.
Gratis days are numbered and believe
the year of '96 will be a a year of iubi-
lee and thanksgiving. Mrs. Nose Bal
ley is very low at this writing with
heart trouble, but we trust that she
may soon recover. G. E. May has been
confined to his room of late from an
injury received by falling, but is slowly
convalesciDg. Cal and Cramp Hoss
spent a few hours with your scribe
last Sunday come again boys and
bring some n with you. Miss
May Kilby came up from Washington
College last Friday accompanied by
Miss Clara CloYd, a charming young
lady of that place. There is a revival
being conducted at New Victory under
the auspecies of Revs. Clarks and
Simpson, we trust there may be much
good done as it seems it has been
greatly needed in that part of the
moral vinyard for some time. We
notice that among the many Presidents
who have so successfully filled the
Presidential chair since we became q
nation, that there are three which at
tract our attention more or less. The
first is the father OF our country, Geo.
Washington, who in the year ITO
freed us from the yoke of tyrany that
bound US to our mother country. The
next was Old honest ABE" who like
wise in the year 1865 broke the bonds
OF slavery and set the colored a at
liberty. The third and last is Grover
Cleveland, who did more than all he
loosed the letters which bound the
laboring and set them free that they
might rest for a little season. G.. B.
CARRIER passed through our little burg
Saturday on his way home from Tel
lord" here he is staying with Mr.. Dead.
erlck OF that place. Herbert Waddell,
an excellent young man of Bon Air,
spent Thrsday with Bruce Wilson near
here. Miss Emma Eggers, who has
been staying with her sister, Mrs. Nor.
rls, OF this place, has gone to johnson
Clty TO speiid atew weeks don't wor-
ry Bob she will return soon. Jake
Hill, who has been cut West for some
time, has returned and is spending a
few days with friends and relatives
mere There has been a prayer meet
ing and Sunday School organized at
Bethesda we trust that each one will
avail himself of the opportunity and
come out and make them interesting
as well as profitable. Your cores
pondent wishes to return his many
thanks to Mrs. G.. W. May for the
reading matter which she sem him.
DR.. and Mrs. Miller, of Leesburg, were
visiting Mrs. w. e. Kilby the past week.
we learn that some people are not
very well satisfied with the nominees
of our district officers and some of the
defeated parties are running independ
ent, There is q goodly number of our
people preparing to take in the COM
mencement exercises at Washington
College, providing the rainy reason
don t set in about that time. Uncle
sam Meverlck a often be seer wend
ing his way toward johnson City in
search OF a fair damsel 10 light up his
home in his declining years and to
prepare the frugal meal for his special
tooth. We imagine that we hear him
humming these familiar lines There
is a married land, not far away, when
he al have some one to cook his three
meals Il day oh how ne will eat fish
andfowl, bread and meat, and say there
is nothing that ear beat three meals a
day. SAILOR.