Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-16
FREE HILL.

There is mention in the papers of the
potato beetle-why complain when a
sprinkle of the solution Of Paris green,
n time, will utterly destroy that pest,
and do no harm to the vegetation. The
poles and holes are being got ready. for
nj telephone from the city to Free
Hill-we can soon be talking to friends
at q distance. Gambell Brothers, ar.
tisls, passed the other day from Fall
Branch to Piuey Flats their home,
executing some very excellent work
in ornamental family records. In our
experience we never have seer a man
handle pen and pencil as Prof. Gamble
does. The heads of families that could
not appreciate or afford such a beau
tiful and sacred record is poor indeed.
Profs. Lu and Chas, Gamble are gen.
tlemen of the first class and reasonable
in their charges. Ben. E. Hale con.
veyed them in his hack from Free Hill.
Emory Shipley, u artist of the
Twelfth District does some clever work
for INT without training. We call his
attention to the CANDLES for an eve
opener. They will be among US soon.
Director VIM. Cornwell is enumer.
ating the scholastic population in the
Twelfth he is serving a second term
as director and SEEMS disposed to re-
spect his patrons in the best interest of
schools in the district. When some
men have a pet scheme they resort to
a petition from the people-but elect
such az director and he becomes so
self important as to ignore the wishes
OF the people. Herman Hale. of our
string band, has gone west. Charlie
Dove Is home again from Knoxville.
Two fresh Republicans have arrived at
Ebert Hale's in the Eleventh District.
Doubtless he will call one Bill McKin.
ley and the other Mckinley Bill. Noah
Hodge is dead after a long seige of
suffering. Jack Rabbit of Texas comes
again with an Eden woman story and
concludes that it would be dangerous
for pretty women to predominant. All
Brother Rabbit, that tells on you. You
must be a disappointed married man
or a sour old bachelor. You are a
smart M n, but you know so much
that is not true in regard to that allie
gorical Eden affair. Taking the story
as q literal narrative of facts and we
find that Adam was the one that fol-
lowed to get some of Ewes good ap.
ples, &C., and learn something and the
Lord only knows whatfools the human
race would have been If beautiful Eve
had not learned him something beside
tanning the beasts. Yes, sir, BY her
influence Adam fell from the cellar
into the loft-from ignorance to knowl.
edge and he has peer falling that way
ever since. Would that you, Jack,
had one of Ewes apples of wisdom,
Pretty women and good rule the des.
tiny of this nation and l am glad of it,
and when woman predominates at the
ballot box as she does in the baby box,
and the mental and moral world, then
will the millennium dawn. Then will
the last old grumbling bachelor be
made. to rejoice in a happy home.
Now, Brother R. to resume our race for
the supremacy of statehood Texas vs..
Tennessee. Let's see you excel US in
sunshine, size, cyclons and early vege.
tables; we plead superiority in location,
climate, water and corrupt Democracy,
competing very closely in variety of
produce. | don't think Texas has coal
and iron as Tennessee. In water power
we are far ahead of Texas. You can
beat us all hollow on a big drouth. We
surpass you just as far on floods and
general health. | expect your free
school system excels Tennessee's, but
we boast our native, natural talent:
your hot climate stupefies the thinking
faculties more than a cooler. Wei.
come is your proposed visit, Brother r.
S. Fl. Gray, wife and sister, and Miss
Mollie F. Hale, have returned from the
Nashville Exposition. Many of our
young people, we understand, will take
in the Exposition before it closes.
DHALE.