The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-05
A Few More Local Splinters,


the latest sIang-phrases, while the sea.
son holds out. Let 'er come anything
to l1fus- life toto the Old town.
Jack Frost came last week and claim
ed his own He nipped everything in
the bud then CAV" way to sunshine
and prospects of fair weather II the
devil should pay this section a visit
ard claim his uwn, Johnson City
would MT be even flag station,
AS to the weather, we refuse To prog
rosticate, for, i'll the midst of ourprog
nos,ications and while enjoying the
gentle zephyrs OF mil1 sprung, Us WAS
the case last week, cold wave Is liza
BILE to krock our predictions cold and
stiff ard float our representations off
on cake OF ice.
It is not the square thing to ignore
Mat Martins claims upon the Republi-
can party. He would make an admira-
ble assistant to JOHNNIE Carroll. If he
couldn't handle Clay certificate he
would make Il capital hand 10 shovei
Johnson City clay, with its accompa
uying admixtures.
A democrat" who has heretofore
had his living aud being and associa-
tloL with Democrats, and then delib
erately votes with the Republicans, is
not Democrat, While this may
sound strange to some, there are yet
Others who understand it, and their
conscienceS, if they have any, ought
to be the sore places.
1t is one thing to promise better
times, and another thing to BRING them
about. Ii remains for our immaculate
Republican friends, now that they
made that promise in the event OF
\ success on election day, to turn things
inside out and make Johnson Citys
future fairly glitter with prosperity, 1t
may hurt to do 80, yet it must be re-
\ membered, that the right road is
straight and narrow, and that you will
have to handle your past record with
a blotter, that you may tread therein
In going without the corporation
\ into the rural districts dozen miles
4 or SO to get police material, it looks as
n if the new board is about six months
ahead of the law; but we suppose the
q "big six" backed, as they are, by the
kingly, princely potentate of ineligible
I ity. the "little boss" have a right to
VI transcend any previous custom exer-
& cised by the heads of municipalities
Crack your whip, gentlemen, you have
v the reins.
n AS usual, April got here on the first
4 aud Iittle before daylight treated us
q to one of its gentle showers. After
n daylight heavy clouds appeared, and
y soon the day was dark and gloomy
y Between Z aud s O'Clock rain began tC
< descend slowly and gradually grew int
n a steady downfall, continuing until l:
M O'Clock. when il ceased. A little before
u dark it commenced again and Wa
IN raining at half-pAst eight O'clock, whpr
n the writer went TO bed aud dreamt'
RI OF his old home in the "IAnd of flow
u ers."
N Justice of-th+- Peace. Chairman-oith
vs County Court Chairman-oithe.B Board
~ of-EqualIz4uon-N otary-Public-Mayo
- Hart now sits upon his several throne
: in all the glory and magnificence @
his avidity, which he considers onl
D. partially appeased, having an eye o
d the balance OF the offices in the count
~ whereby he may continue to feast O
he the emoluments arising therefrom an
requite his love of the same. He
now clothed with unlimited authority
e and, initiative of the owl, looks wis
IT. indeed.
Coming down the street last Tue
$50 day, we saw, some distance away, wins
r. appearered to be a man with hanC
z organ on his back. He was in th
& middle of the road, and seemed to
"put to 1t" to get along with his LOAF
When we reached the object we ga
that it was Nat Simerly, the emigrar
n agent, who lives at Allentown, and b
II burden was a westward bound EN-
grant. When asked why he thu
H. transported his emigrants, Nat reptile
that he WIS "boycotting these infern
railroads" When last seen Nat W,
heading for the drug store to get
strengthening plaster for his back.
There has been very little buildin
IS going on in our city lately, the hanC
ar on Cooper's building on Market sire,
- having taken rest, and the work
y now at a stand-still. During the la
week the carpenters, plasterers, pape
hangers and painters completed repai
on the w. O. Phillips building, and
was moved into by another whisk
lu- firm, King & Co. We don't know an
4 thing about the vitalizing effects
ne qualifications of their Mountain Dew
IN and "Russian Process" but we {