The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-02-04
49, 49, N79-7-W~77~
County Correspondence
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EIGHTH DISTRICT.

Hello Yes, I said I'd come again,
and so here am,
The weather prophets have been
and predicting for the
past two or three weeks as to what
kind Of weather we are going to have,
but it seems cold Boreas" heeds them
not, and is still freezing us in the same
old fashioned way.
Jesse Collins, one of our weather
prognosticators, caught a grounding
last fall and proposes to settle the
weather question this spring himself.
On last Tuesday morning two gorge
GUS smiles were seen prohuding from
each corner of Will Leachs mouth.
They assembled his prominent cheek
bones very abruptly, crossing his glar-
ing ears with some trouble, and then
descended his spinal column. Inquir-
ing the cause of this terrible predica-
ment, we learned it was another boy at
his house.
Mrs. Geo. McInturif, who has been
confined to her bed for nearly FIVE
months, we are sorry to say, does not
seem to improve any,
Mrs. Andy Vines is some better.
/
Mrs, Moore Strickland is convalesc-
ing.
Our young friend, Esq. Elias Vines,
returned from a business trip to Spain
recently. At present he is in winter
quarters. He informs us that his gnats
and grasshoppers are propogating and
developing nicely in their warm quar-
ters, and that he will turn them loose
about April 1st to root hog or die
II seems as if Prof S. A. Estes does
not let his largest girl students stanC
on the floor about once a week for al
hour or so they get awfully mischieyous
There is one family, if not more, il
the Eighth who has six children rang
ing from six to twelve years Of age ant
who do not send but one child to school
Whatshould be donewith such parents
The children all want to attend school
but are forbidden by their parents
Such parents are like unto the mai
that had a soul as small as a mustarO
seed who never saw a moment of genu
inc satisfaction and pleasure in his life
Mother Nature has spread her mantle
over the earth again in the form o
snow The shiyerng and discomforte,
population are complaining Of its pres
enee as a wretched evil. But let us in
quire little into the matter. What
its mission? What the plumage doe
for the bird, wool for the animal an
clothing for man snow does III the win
ter for the soil. Much in life whic
I appears good is really evil; but It'll
I also true that much appears real evil i
substantially good.
Several of our boys are attending til
4 revival meeting at Johnson City cor
= Quoted by a Mrs. Gates. e. B. Bay
less seems to be a regular attendant.
Mrs. Lizzie Dougherty and famil
n have moved to Marbleton, and Mr.. an
y Mrs. Lewis Jones have moved back I
i their old home again.
r. Mrs. j. 7. Carr is very ill with err!
sipelas at this writing.
Jasper Fine is having a porch put
his new house near Morley Huffine's.
Jesse Collins, so gossip says, is hun
ing him another wife. Jesse believ,
! in the old saying, "Where there's
. will there's way" And by the wa.
he generally finds the way, too.
Miss Mary Bell says if Dave -
d single next Christmas she knows sh
can get him then, Hurrah for Mary.
y Geo. Leach and wife have bought an
e moved to the Columbus Leach place
IS Charles Golf is erecting a new hous
e near his fathers, james Golf
+ Robt. i. Fine was visiting Dulane,
= town Sunday.
!, Kenneth Fine says going to Weem
i boro every evening from school doesn
i suit him, and if nothing prevents he
: change his visits to the all-day limit.
Y Albert Merritt says he is preparing
i cage and will capture the bird when /
@ gets ready.
johnny McMacllin killed a calf,
George johnson got the half;
Elmer Dulaney got the head,
Ring the bell, the calf is dead.
Il SUSAN
7 Former Congressman Haines, of Ne
u York saws: of Grover Cleveland WEI