Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-06
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"silver-tongued" (wba gag y orstos, dos,
abide. II Is the hub Of ,be universe and
the dwelling place of the big organ. Boston
thinks she Is the largest place In this world
or the nsxt. Boston is a very ccmpiAcent
burg--near by is the homs of Boston's pet,
the silver-wars stealing Ben. We rather
like Boston, for there Ia no vileags like unto
It from the fdling Of Nero 70 the revelation
of st. John, N. Bi
Half way between Providence and Boston:
for Boston ID long ways from Rovidsnee,
as we were riding in car, q stilI small
voice like the whistle Of an engiue, broke
upon the air. A gentleman in the seat with
us uncovered his bald head ard with smile
bade us listcnl---" What's that said we.
1.-THE big organ ia Boston!" said he, with
q funeralic wave Of his head.
"The devil" said we.
"Thou shalt not profanei" said the
spokesman from the hubl f4.0a.
Hast been to Boston ?' asked he Of ths
silver-tongue.
ave hast notist" replied we then and there
to him. ar
He looked" poor beathen r. He said
We must visit the Cradle of Liberty. W.
asked him II Fred Douglass and Anna Dichin-
son had engaged that cradle yet He didn't
see IL. He said we must visit Faneuil Hall.
We asked him what niggcr troupe was per.
forming there now? lie looked bewildered.
Then he said We must see where Warren
fell. We asked him II Warren ever got ovet
1.-THE place where he FILL. He appeared
demoralizcd. He said we must hear the big
organ before we left Boston.
We went to hear tie big organ. II Is
held in several buildings. II is one size
larger than Boston. dH
Boston Is the hub around which the organ
revolves.
The organ Is revolver.
Like the organ, this is a big play ON
words.
People in New York and Buffalo hear tho
moan Of the sea. The moan is the organ.
II Is used 10 Massi
II has sort Of long island sound
Boston people 60 to Heaven thru tho big
organ.
That is when the niger is out so they
cannot 60 through him.
There are but few gambling houses In
Boston. No such felloes are around that
hub. -
They don't play Straits in Boston. Not
Ia the streets.
Harvard college is just beyond reach OF
the big organ. ,rs
Cambridge University is alwaysin session.
II Is law school. The pleading is done at
the bar Of the Parker House. s'-
The studies at Csmridge are said 10 be
very dry. The studies affect the pupils
Pleading at the bar affects them lkswise---or
more like than wise.
No one ever gets lost in Boston. The city
is 20 well orysa zed. Like the big organ
Boston has numerous stops Soms Of tho
streets are nearly as long asa 6sh- pole. Butnot
90 long rs Polk . message. Ifa man don't like
one street in Boston, II 10 easy to get on
another one.
Aftsr four days trial we could 20 from tho
Parker House to the City Hall without get.
ting lost! This isn fact And Ia Eve days
We learned the route from Scollay's Building
to Engine Housc No.4 si..
1 The business blocks in Boston are in shaps
like Norwegian shoesi
The streets OF Boston are liko hop poles
struck by lightning. Some Of them are 20
wide that cow could be milked in them BY
turning her on her back aud sitting astride
her brisket.
Small horses are driven abreast--.large
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was exhibited there once--in the big organ.
Boston streets are not 80 crooked as they
might be. The sun has warped them
st raigbt Very clean In Boston, II lady
drops pin from her clothes policemen make
her pick II up If man shoots an apple
seed out Of grocery he is fined. Boston is
very neat--especially near the big organ,
and cradle Of Liberty. lfa man drops re-
mark, be Is made to pick Il Up. And Bos-
ton people are 30 modest. They under rate
themselves terribly.
1 The streets of Boston must have been thrown
in at the time Of some big FIRE. They are so
regular. f you would find any place,
start In an opposite direction. lfyou see
policeman coming towards you, he is going
the other way. II he runs from You he'll bs
where you are In no time. Up hill 10 down,
and "over there" is back here"
One day we started from the ofi,ce of the
Boston Post to the Boston post-office, seventy
feet distant. We walked straight ahead
went around seven blocks, saw a policeman
standing In doorway on each block--asksd
each one the route to the post-oiiice. Saw
the eigth policeman--asked him politely
Said he: "Look here--this Is the eigth time
you've asked me that question--move on or
up you gop
Thought the policemen must but be broth.
ers--they looked 20 much alikei Rather
than 20 around the block again We went
toiher way, began 10 unwind, 90 gut into
the post-ofice by mistake. The hont OF the
building is inside--in the cuiirts.
Except the big organ and TIE ssadie
Ben. Butter spoke while Ne ewdrs there Oh
the restoration policy.
Went to his meeting, expecting to see him
giving back silver ware and other vsiuahlcs.
Was mistaken. That kind Of restoration
wasn't policy
House rents are cheap III Boston. Moving
Is cheaper than house rent: It's all owing
To the hub--the big organ aed the cradle.
There Is no drinking IL Boston. No
peculiar female characters What is common
Is not peculiar.
New Bedford is to be moved into Boston
soon. BY legislative enactment THE mumps
are to be confined ID Dsmocrats--the cholera
Is to trouble gnefs--t.iiickon pox Is to bc
confined to Old hens--niggers are 10 have
straight hdit 10 disgrace them, and the whites
are TO have curly wool On their craniums 10
to make them popular In Boston. Not for
getting the big organ and the cradle Of lib
erty,
New York Is in the watch fob, the South
iu the beeeches pocket, aud the West buttons
ON the tail Of the coat Of Boston.
The sun rises In Boston--the final confa-
, grafton Of mundane things viii begin 10 Bos-
J ton, on account OF the big organ and the
] cradle. Boston would have been laid out more
Z regularly IL the dogs OF oldeu times had
been pointers or the cows bad walked In
more direct paths. Therefore we see many
calves in Boston. 30 much for tiliing