Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-04-13
nt5g- quite an excitement was created a few days


B3~ Quite an excitement was created, afew days
since, among some Of the lovers ofar, in good
" little city. An enterprising young gentleman,
hailing from "North Of Mason and Dixon, arrived
at the National Hotel, and soon after exhibited a
most elegant collection of limitations OF differ
ent kinds Of fruits enclosed in handsome gilt case
covered with glass 1t was the most elegant speci-
men Of this kind of work we ever saw, and excited
the elimination Of every one. The young man, who
had it in charge said 1t was executed by Miss
Younge, of Robertson County in this State, and so
said neat card attached to il. The young man
said, moreover, that Miss Young was lady, deeply
afflicted with paralysis, and that she had spent
several months Of close labor upon the beautiful
work. which she had designed to exhibit at our fall
fair but, being compelled to leave the State, she
wished to sell it to raise money, and he had under
taken to dispose of Il at $780, A rattle being pro-
posed twenty five-dolar chances were at once sub
scribcd for, by our gallant rt-amateurs-mostly
young men, and after dinner, the party proceeded
to the depot to 60 out to the State line to conduct
the raIle in Kentucky. Unfortunately for the art
proprietor, an inqusitive gentleman, whose public
Office Is to look after things contrahand generally
got to looking around In the depot and discovered
apple Of works of art in wax, exactly similar to the
one made by the afflicted Miss Young but bearing
the trademark of Eggers ) Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Upon making this discovery, some two or three de-
manded aud received, their money back, just as the
train started The others went on, and the rattle
was had the proprietor telling them it was all
right and reducing the chances by the two or three
refunded, and saying he would give the winner S75
for the prize il he should wish to sell it, All being
over--the dice cast, and the "trck" wen, the party
returned to town. At the depot though, they were
met by an angry crowd who had heard ofthe de-
ception practiced by the man, many OF whom had
chances in the rattle which had been thrown by a
proxy. They seized upon the alarmed vendor of
preserved Ohio fruits and, once treated him to
fine specimen of Tennessee cus'.n There were about
dozeR Of them--all good cussers some had been
in the church) and
They cUssEp Ike brave men, LOUD and ceAr
Such opportunity for display in that polite ac-
eomplishment bad not been presented here since
the circus curtain fell down, and it eagerly
braced. "For him (cussl cue man, (c,iSs) by him
SELF (euss) mean (cu'' low life (cussl vhcp from
Cincinnati (very iouScuss to come (ci1ss) and come
It over (cuss) u.s. in that way several minutes cuss-
my. 1t was a terriabe scene The poor fellow
trembled, and begged hard but said he done no
wrong ''that dead woman did make the pctsr but
moved to Cincinnati That all them, in the depot
were made by her too aud were sold " They told
him to "hush up" and, dragging him out ofthe car
tunbed him into bus, aud proceeded up town.
Ga the way, over-awed by such cussin rs he had
never heard before, the poor fellow cared He was
melted He acknowledged the e,rl Said he had
done wrong would never do 80 any more if they
would let him off. Would refund all the money
and Miramon-ke, retire from before the uproused
and indignant city that he had so grossly ipsulted
For time his custodans seemed inexorable, and
bent upon proceeding that should throw Governor
Wise aud John Brown in the shade but, finally,
their wrath subsidized, and mercy rose to plead for
art in the person of the devoted proprietor of the
wax wurx lie noticed, with inexpressble joy the
subsistence of his captors wrath, aud, on their de-
mand shccd out the money he had received, got
an order for his numerous works of art, that had
been seized upon early in the action, and, being
turned loose broke for the Fisher, which steamer
was OPPORTUNITY at our wharf; and, boarding her,
he turned his face 10 mn horizon Of occidental blue
and gold, whittier, no doubt he will pursue his way
til he can lave his tired feet in the calm waters Of
the Pacific