Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-02
LIMESTONE

On last Saturday and Sunday, De.
cember % and 29, the first quarterly
meeting of the M. E. Church was held
at this place. The services were CON
Quoted by Rev. s.. G. Ketron, P. E.,
who did some fine preaching, and were
attended by the off cial members and
good congregations of the good people
OF this community. On Monday night
the Southern Methodists held an enter
tainment in their church, consisting Of
a Christmas tree and other exercises,
which was well attended and very in
teresting; and on Tuesday evening
came off their annual festival for the
benefit of the old reliable NJ. E. Sunday
School in their commodious church,
and notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather a large audience was on
hand and enjoyed the highly enter
tanning exercises which consisted of a
beautiful arranged Christmas tree or
arch, loaded with valuable presents for
scholars and teachers and especially
for the poorer members of the school
and children of the surrounding COM
munity. The exercises were inter
spersed with appropriate music led by
Mrs. G. A. Jones, the ~organist, and
Miss Maggie Garrison. At the closing
the Superintendent, D. w. Remine,
vas presented with q magnificent cake,
prepared by Mrs. H. A. Green, and in
turn the Superintendent presented val
liable prizes to the following persons
for punctuallty during the past year:
Joe Carper, Wilbur Green, Jack Yea
ger, Fred Remine, Miss May Carper,
Birdie Swaney, Birdie Remine and one
OF two others, most of whom had at
tended neal fifty Sundays during the
year; most of them coming one and
two miles. Miss Irene Archer received
a beautiful silk umbrella for her faith
fulness as a teacher during the year.
The Sunday School work seems to have
a perpetual boom in this vicinity. The
Limestone butter and cheese factory
will soon be completed and ready for
work. We hope the farmers in every
direction for tenor twelve miles at least
will be prepared to furnish milk, and
thus convert their farm products into
ready cash and improve their farms at
the same time. l will let someone else
send the gossiping newsfrom this place
of which we have plenty. SOLITUDE.
In your last weeks paper we noticed
an account of Mr.. Barron killing q hog
that weighed 292 net and asked who
could beat him. Joseph Miller, of our
town, killed a hog that was eight and
one half months old and weighed net
315. Who can beat himp Miss Maud
Hodge, of Chucky City, is visiting the
family of D. w. Remine. S. D. Kelsy
of Bristol, is in Limestone working on
the creamery. Will Hawn spent O
few hours Saturday in Chucky City,
Joe Huff, of Mohawk, is in Limestone.
Witt & Lingentfelter has a roller mill
now in progress and grinds at the rate
of thirty bushels per hour. The com
pany has got the creamery pretty vel
along; they have got the house wealth
erboarded, ceiled and rooted. j. s,
Biddle met with a very serious acct
dent, he fell from his store poarch,
six feet high, and injured his hip very
badly. j. L. Shepherd had the mis-
fortune of getting his hand badly cut
by dropping a Ratchet on it. The
"feathermen" all came in to spend
Christmas in Limestone. Theresidencel
of NJ. A. Morelock and Joe Keeblel
are nearing completion. The widow Of
j. Greenaway, of Tusculum College, il
visiting her brother in law, c. A
Keezel. NJ. A. Nelson is improving
L. E. Fisher is still on the sick list anC
is not expected to live. c. Z. Walker
came home Sunday to spend Christ
mas. E. j. Walker and S. j. Kelsy arr
visiting relatives ut Washington Col
lege. Miss Lora Upton. of Washing
ton College, is visiting the family of s
A. Gillespie. Miss Kate Cicle, is Wis
ing friends in Limestone.
ONE OF THE GIRLS