Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-04-28
A Lost Boy Finds Himself at Chncky CITY
Tennessee.

A Lost Boy Finds Himself at Chncky CT,
Tennessee.
CHUcKY CITY, TENN, April IS, 1897.
EDITOR HERALD AND TRIBUNE:
My DEAR SIR-Some do write for
fame, others Tor gain, and others still
that the truth may be known, l am a
pre- eminent and successful member OF
the last class, and for this reason | am
writing you. feel it my duty to in
form you flor the world is then sure
to know it, as you we're never known
to keep an important secrect) of the
direct connection that this beautiful
city, in which l base taken up nv
abode, bears to the wealth, enterprise
and industrial development of this
great State, and what will likely be its
share in the properties that are max.
ing such proud and high advance
under the banner of McKinleyism.
At the beginning Of the late civil
war, of which l am 90 unfortunate az
to have no distinct recollection, this
place contained, or rather consisted of,
two stores, two blacksmith shops, and
one depot. 1t now consists of three
stores, three blacksmith shops, a depot
and a n horse liverv stable.
Now, all this growth, il phenomenal
has. also, been entirely normal. There
has been no boom and consequently
no disastrous reaction The original
name of this place was Fullens, but
a few years ago some poetic genius.
whose beauty of diction vas surpassed
only by his imaginative powers, sug.
gested the romantic nomen of Chucky
City.
1t is supposed that the first part of it
was suggested by the fact that the
place is about a half mile distant from
a river of that name, but where the
city part came from no one here, not
even the rashest and "oldest iuhabi.
tant"-can be induced to make even a
suggestion, bu. all seemwining to leave
it to that day when all mysteries shall
be revealed aud 1.-THE secrets Of all
hearts be made known"
The city has a cosmopolitan popula.
ton, but q matchless variety Of best
Anglo'Saxon blood pre~dSminates, con.
trolling the city government aud dis.
tributing the patronage. The colored
element predominates at train time
and Saturday evenings.
Among the most notable types Of
character here is pugilistically in.
clined Methodist parson, whose hero is
Peter Cartwright and whose patron
saint is John Wesley.
We also have one doctor, one flying
machine crank who fain would soar
upward, one in6del with a son, named
Robert Ingersoll," and about fifteen
loafers who have an indefinite lease on
all the platforms, crossties, etc,
There is also in this city. a mar who
swears by tie 2O0 pounds of unana.
lyzable mind and matter, known in
Tennessee pad Washington, D. c., as
Congressman Walter Preston Brown.
low" OF course, this person was IAN
original Brownlow ~Gnr, snd in his
modest way is expecting ia city post
office. M,.S
To her gtat credit c Is,.a.si.y was
intensely loyal during "th.y late un.
pleasantness," and John Morgan is
said TO be the only rebel soldier who
ever dared to pass through it's gates.
However, he came not in the pomp
and glorious circumstance of war, but
was on a purely scientific excursion,
surveying and locating the most direct
route to the "moonshine Headquarters"
10 the First District Of Washington
County.
Previous engagements require that
l close for the present. For further
and more reliable information apply
to the Chucky City Board of Trade.
With highest regards and best wishes
am yours truly, W. E. BAYLEss.
P. s. Words underscored are Latin.
W. E. B.
P. P. s. In this epistle l waive all
rules of photography, etymology, syn.
tax and prosodY. w, E. B.