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Letter to Editor
June 5, 1878
The Morristown Gazette
Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
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A miscellaneous column to the Morristown Gazette editor reports global economic distress including silver discount in China, a bizarre cat incident, absence of groggeries in Whitesburg, successful money orders via post office, poor wheat crop due to rust on Chucky and Holston rivers, early barley harvest, good corn and hay yields, sweet potato shipment from Chattanooga, and praise for farmer Asa A. Bayless.
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OLLAPODRIDA.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
While reading The Missionary, a monthly, published at Baltimore, Md., by the Presbyterian Church in the United States, I learn from a missionary at Hangchou, that all kinds of provisions are unusually dear, "and the silver dollar is at a discount of ten per cent." So it goes; there is distress in America, in Europe, and at the ends of earth, and silver, the coin of the orientalists, at a discount! Did you ever? I never did till now.
An old cat actually stole into a dwelling house, caught and carried away two kittens, one of which she consumed, and probably would the other, except she had been pursued and compelled to give up her unnatural prey.
A citizen of Whitesburg, in this county, assures me that there is no groggery in that town. A good place for inebriates to go.
The first money order issued from the post-office in Morristown was dated July 12, 1869. Since then, about $200,000 have passed through Postmaster Brown's hands, without the loss of a cent to those who have purchased them. This is, certainly, a safe way to transmit money.
I learn from farmers on Chucky, and also on Holston river, that the wheat crop has about "gone up." It is "weak in the knees," and falls down. The rust has affected the straw, and just above the second joint the straw is weak, and the least wind prostrates it. Thomas R. Reed, Mr. Moody and others, in Grainger county, commenced the cutting of their wheat on Friday last, May 31, though it was only in the dough.
Robert R. Lloyd who resides in this county, on the Holston river, commenced cutting barley last Friday.
Corn, so far as I learn, both east and west of us, is doing well. The hay crop is excellent. Never have I known a season better suited to the growth of grass.
A car load (about 100 barrels) of sweet potatoes passed through town on the freight train from Chattanooga for New York, at noon, on Friday last. I did not learn where they were grown. They will be scooped up, when they get to New York, in a very short space of time.
Asa A. Bayless, who lives out on Chucky river, shows in his own person that he is a good liver, and the mutton he brings to town is, a la English, fat and tender, because full fed. He drives good cattle and horses, evincing the fact that they live off of the fat of the land.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
While reading The Missionary, a monthly, published at Baltimore, Md., by the Presbyterian Church in the United States, I learn from a missionary at Hangchou, that all kinds of provisions are unusually dear, "and the silver dollar is at a discount of ten per cent." So it goes; there is distress in America, in Europe, and at the ends of earth, and silver, the coin of the orientalists, at a discount! Did you ever? I never did till now.
An old cat actually stole into a dwelling house, caught and carried away two kittens, one of which she consumed, and probably would the other, except she had been pursued and compelled to give up her unnatural prey.
A citizen of Whitesburg, in this county, assures me that there is no groggery in that town. A good place for inebriates to go.
The first money order issued from the post-office in Morristown was dated July 12, 1869. Since then, about $200,000 have passed through Postmaster Brown's hands, without the loss of a cent to those who have purchased them. This is, certainly, a safe way to transmit money.
I learn from farmers on Chucky, and also on Holston river, that the wheat crop has about "gone up." It is "weak in the knees," and falls down. The rust has affected the straw, and just above the second joint the straw is weak, and the least wind prostrates it. Thomas R. Reed, Mr. Moody and others, in Grainger county, commenced the cutting of their wheat on Friday last, May 31, though it was only in the dough.
Robert R. Lloyd who resides in this county, on the Holston river, commenced cutting barley last Friday.
Corn, so far as I learn, both east and west of us, is doing well. The hay crop is excellent. Never have I known a season better suited to the growth of grass.
A car load (about 100 barrels) of sweet potatoes passed through town on the freight train from Chattanooga for New York, at noon, on Friday last. I did not learn where they were grown. They will be scooped up, when they get to New York, in a very short space of time.
Asa A. Bayless, who lives out on Chucky river, shows in his own person that he is a good liver, and the mutton he brings to town is, a la English, fat and tender, because full fed. He drives good cattle and horses, evincing the fact that they live off of the fat of the land.
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Informative
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture
Commerce Trade
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Economic Distress
Wheat Crop Failure
Money Orders
Agricultural Reports
Sweet Potatoes Shipment
Local Farming
What entities or persons were involved?
The Editor Of The Morristown Gazette
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The Editor Of The Morristown Gazette
Notable Details
Silver Dollar At 10% Discount In Hangchou
Wheat Crop Affected By Rust On Chucky And Holston Rivers
First Money Order July 12, 1869, $200,000 Transmitted Safely
Sweet Potatoes Shipped From Chattanooga To New York