Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-04-14
FREE HILL.

Miss Flora Crouch is sick of fever
Spurgin g Ford, which has AWAY,
been considered dangerous to cross, ha,
hlled up by recent tides and become
safe. There is complaint because the
road authorities so much neglect the
road going into the ford from our side,
Old man Evans ia improving. Among
the strange results of the recent rains
Is the sinking of earth in the form OF
a well on W. q. Hodges farm near
where he is fixing to build his new
house; it is about 10 feet deep and
is partly walled up with solid rock and
reveals a quantity of clear water. John
Snider is suffering from swallowing a
hsh bone. 1t is feared our fruit was
hurt by frost last night-the 9th.
Chariey Dove left today for Knoxville
70 hunt a job. Jas. Gray and brother
Gene returned from Ohio, reporting no
chance there for a laborer at any price
say they saw men with their hats
labeled 40 hours work for three
meals" They thought they might do
better in Tennessee and back thev
came minus 1927 each and considerable
wiser, and joined Loafer's Glory. Our
young men need not leave Tennessee
to better their condition financially,
we heal of gold in Knox County and
zinc at Buffalo Ridge in quantity more
vaua6le. 1t was Gen. Wilder who said
East Tennesseans walked over wealth
u~ndeveloped enough to justify a rail
road every twenty miles. What do we
need most to bring a "wave of pros
perlty!" Good roads. Let US agitate
the road question until our people are
educated to know how to make and
keep good roads, to our market places,
gonesooro, johnson City and Spurgin's
Depot. There are many people-many
hon-paying taxpayers who are con.
stantly complaing about having TO
WORK hve days in the year on our roads.
some think we should work our roads
ny taxation. Now we certainly think
the negative is the right side and we
cnallenge any road tax advocate To
discuss the question occupying not
more than a column in the Herald and
Tribune every week at the option of
tne management of that paper. Who
VIII defend the propositionp Our roads
SHOULD be worked by a tax. The vary
ing lays of the knocking bird is heard
IN all the land. The dove is cooling.
the blue bird is seeking his mate. We
nope IL any more western billiards are
thinking OF coming our way they NAV
excuse us for not wishing to ha We them
call they are unpleasant visitors.
Plant early corn for the table in June.
since Corbett was downed by Fitz the
nus doctors need not advertise to stop
nus, especially when a woman manges
we have a Union Sabbath School with
s~ectarian literature. l tell YOU Mr..
Editor the Twelfth District has more
curiosities, natural, unnatural and
artihcial than all the balance of the
county. Loafer's Glory in executive
session resolved that if hard times Der.
sisted in hanging around when nearly
was busy, WI would hang
and Their cremate him. But our in
committee reports that this
ominous threat don't scare him. fer
his agent stole Nelse Browns meat the
other night. Several persons at Loafer's
dlory have been chewing on Browns
and might have needed some of
ms bacon to season it with. Who
knowsE z. .. Cox acknowledges getting
some OF Browns mule, but won't own
up on the bacon. The inquisitorial
committee are investigating and will
Don Jim-No. my de n, | shall
lot stop smoking until l die. Wife
Are you sure YOU will then? And he
out his mouth for a kiss. which
vas more desirable than his pipe.
DHALE.