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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
LONELINESS OF FARM LIFE.

Much has Deen said and written
about the loneliness of farming life in
America, and while we concede that
it is not always the most charming
phase of enjoyable society, still it has
its bright as we'll as dark side. In nc
other country do farmers hold so high
position in society as in the United
States, and his opportunities for ad-
vancement, financially and intellectu-
ally, are unsurpassed; still we are in
clined to believe that the attractions
of farm life are far below what they
might be if farmers would use then
brains more and hands less. Our
young married people when they start
out in life upon a farm are usually very
ambitious, and their whole aim isthC
accumulation of property, and while
this in degree is commendable, still
if carried too far, it incapacitates the
possessor for enjoyment in any of the
higher walks of life. Early to bed
and early to rise, with no time for
pleasure, will make fool Of any man
or woman, and we find many among
our farmers, who have practised this
until they are now little more than
walking machines, and is it any won
der that their sons and daughters leave
home the first opportunity Is it any
wonder that such people become stoics
or religious fanatics, denying their
children even reasonable social pleas
ures? There is no good reason why
farm life in America should be lone
some one, even in isolation, becauae
cheap newspapers and cheap postage
should bring the world without into
every household.
Man has a natural love for mother
earth, and the boy who is driven from
the farm into the city, is very likely
TO go back TO the old homestead, or
upon some rural spot in the country
as the gray hairs begin to appear, and
we notice that such men become bet
ter farmers than their fathers, and
their city experience seems to help
them to conduct their business with
more intelligence, perhaps owing to
the course of study pursued, relating
TO scientific farming. We know it is
quite the fashion TO hurl slurs at city
farmers, who sometimes talk on the
subject, which they have perfect
right TO do, inasmuch as they are hon
orablc graduates from that high call
ing
There are but two things needed to
make American farm life attractive to
young people. and these are, knowl-
edge, scientific and practical of all
that pertains to the farm and its sur
roundings such as botany, entomology,
geology, physiology, especially that
branch relating to the breeding Of
domestic animals, and other kindred
sciences to which any member of the
family may have a natural taste. In
addition TO these, give the children an
interest IN the annual receipts, Every
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
Coop ApvIcE.--Pay your debts n

Coop ApvIcE.--Pay your debts as
soon as you get the money in your
pocket. Do without what you don't
need. speak your mind when neces-
sary. Hold your tongue when 4ru-
dent. Speak to friend in seedy
coat. If you cant lend friend mon
ey, tell him why. If you don't want
to, do the Same. Cut acquaintances
who lack principle. Bcdr With mfr
mites, but not vices. Respect hon
esty, .despise duplicity. Wear your
old clothes till you can pay for new
ones. Aim at comfort and propriety,
not fashion, Acknowledge your ig-
norance, and don't pretend knowledge
you haven't got. Entertain your
friends, but never beyond your means
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
A lawyer riding through the town of

A lawyer riding through the town OF
Worcester stopped at cottage to in.
quire his way. The lady of the house
told him he must keep on straight for
some time, then turn to the right; but
said that she was going to pass the
road that he must take. and ifhe could
wait few moments till she got her
horse ready she would show him the
way. Well" said he, bad company
is better than none make haste. -
After jogging on five or six miles the
gentleman asked if he had not come
to the road he must take. Oh, yes,
she said, we have passed it two OF
three miles back; but [ thought bad
company was better than. none, SO
kept you along with me-
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
EpGEFIELp. Nov. II. 1879

Messrs. Horton, Rhea, Cooke and others.
GENTs-Y3 our favor of this date is
received, and Twill grant your request
and will lecture at Masonic Hall,
Nashville, on Wednesday night, 18th
inst.
j am firmly pursuadcd that there are
no well accredited phenomena, either
physical or mental. attributed to dis
embodied spirits, that may be account
cd for and explained in accordance
with the principles of natural law.
deny the agency of disembodied
spirits, and will ondeavorto show how
the so-called marvels" are perform
cd. Rapping, table tipping, spirit
photographs, headless trunks, arms
without bodies, slate writing without
pencils, spirit communications, read
ing of secrets, and many other " man
ifestations of the spirits" will be
explained, and thorough test of the
whole theory Of " spiritualsm " given
in the lecture which you request me
to deliver, on Wednesday night
Yoyrs, very truly,
w. p. HARRISON.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
"SfOp MY Paper"

The Memphis Avalanche says
About once a month we are angrily
ordered by some one to stop my pa.
per, which has given offense by print.
ing something dispeasing to the sub,
scriber aforesaid. The man who fat
ters himself that a newspaper is print
cd for the benefit and entertainment OF
only Ills class is doomed TO constant
disappointment, lie is fool beyond
the reach of all known treatment for
the simples, and we advise him to turn
from the press as though every sentence
in il bred pestilenee.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
The Coming PORK Crop.

The st. Louis Democrat says. "SC
far as the returns for the several prom!
inent hog growing States of the West
have been obtained, they reveal large
increase in the crop of. 1879 over the
crop of 1871, and packers who hav.
taken most pains to be informed, feel
sure that that the crop Of hogs suta
Die for cutting the coming season will
exceed by % or 30 per cent the mum
Der found suitable last season"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
Valuable Lands.

An army ofiiecr Of some note writes
concerning what he terms Vanderbilt
struggle with God Almighty"
81 do not want to ssy anything dis!
respectful to the Northern Pacific
Railroad. | want to see it built, but
having seen much of that fertile land
that the company offer for their bonds,
| can certify that their land is worth
at least one mill per thousand square
miles, provided it is never taxed. II
is a very good country for prairie dogs
and gophers."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
Resignation OF REV. Mr.. vardyLe.

A letter was received here yesterday
from Rev. Mr.. Vandyke, who is now
in New York, iii which he resigns the
pastorate of the First Presbyterian
Church, on account of the Continued
illness of his wife. II was with the
hope Of restoring her health that he
visited Europe during the fore par. OF
the past summer. lie says that il
seems not possible for her to recover
within year, during which time he
desires to remain with her, His rcsig-
nation has been presented to the Ses
sion, which, we understand, will re-
commend TO the congregation that il
should not be accepted, and that Rev,
Mr.. Rice be temporarily called to the
pastorate for the next year.-Nash.
BaRner l2th.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
DR.. Harrison Consents 10 Lecture ~
Masonic Hall Tomorrow Night.
n ASHVILLE, NO

Rev. w. p. Harrison, ID. ID.
DEAR SIR-Believing that good may
be accomplished, we, the undersigned
respectfully request you to lecture or
Modern Spiritualism at such time ant
place in this city as may suit your con
venience.
r. s. Rhea, 10. w. Horton. Johr
w. Hunter, Thos, ID. Fite, VIM. NJ
Mccarthy, VIM. Porter, Hu. Doug
las, L. Anderson, j. =. White. w
White, w. NJ. Cooke, w. ii. Pohl
man, II. A. Young, b. G. Kelly.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23

II pegged boots are occasionally
dressed with petroleum between the
soles and the upper leather they will
not rip. If the soles of boots aud
shoes are dressed with petroleum they
will resist wet and wear we'll. The
pegs, it is said, arc not affected by dry
ness after being saturated with the
liauid.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23

IT is proposed by the Faust Club, o.
Brooklyn, to bring the remains OF
John Howard Payne, tile author o.
Home Sweet Home" from Tunis
where he was United States Consul, to
this country, or, in care of failure "a
accomplish this, at least to erect n me-
mortal of him at his old homestead on
Long Islard
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23

The Working Church, Baptist or
gan, declares that the immersion of q
believer by a minister not in com
munion with the Baptist Church, even
il the officiating clergyman has been
baptized by immersion, is invalid.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23

TEXAS papers boast that the oysters
of their coast are, without exception
the finest in the whole world, and pre-
dict that the trade in Texan bivalves
will soon become one Of the most i'm
portaut in the State.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23

The Edgofeld and Kentucky road
will hereafter be known as the Nash
willie, Chicago aud st. Louis Railroad.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
FROM THE eEnMMAN OF RENE
ny JOHN II. THOMPSON.

Where shall yet the wanderer jaded
In the grave at last recliner
In the South, by palm-trecs shaded:
Under lindens by the Rhines
Shall l In some desert sterile
BE entombed by foreign handsf
Shall sleep, beyond life's peril,
BY some scacost IN the sands?
Well Gods heaven will shine as bright,
There as here. around my bed,
And the stnrs for death lamps nightly
Shall be hung above my head.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

no. SQUARES. lno ano sno emo IL NO
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-11-23
O.. ~. BYERS

Always keeps on hand a COM
pletc stock Of Drugs, Patent
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Toilet
.Abticles, Perfumery, Brushes
etc. Call and examine before
purchasing elsewhere.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10

misery, raised in want, Ignorance, hard
knocks and rough usage; caring for each
other as would good, kind sisters and
brothers, in this great, crowded, NOV
ing, fascinating metropolis-New1 York.
Like bright angel came Tony Her
ring to the little weeping outcast. In
all his poverty, rough exterior, shabby
attire and unkempt hair, Tony had
kind, warm-hearted, loving words for
the little one, and no doubt the rough,
brow-beating, cruel, harsh, drunken
father allowed his little one, without
beating and abusing, her supper and
bed.
And all this through the influence of
a little ragged, warm-hearted, manly
newsboy.
And while these scenes daily attract
the attention of the multitudes hurrying
along the busy, crowded thorOughfares,
how many children in the land, who
should be bright, cheerful, happy and
light-hearted-neve knowing q care or
a want, are cross, surly, ungrateful, un-
kind and dissatisfied simply because
something has happened that does not
exactly suit them. Yet such have low
ing fathers and mothers, and sisters, a
comfortable home and generous, warm-
hearted friends interested in them; let
them not murmur, nor be cross, surly
or discontented-but let them think of
the many wandering, homeless, tattered,
starving orphan Outcasts, struggling
hard these cold wintry days and nights
for bread and life in the large and
crowded cities of the land.
Let them think while they sit at home
enjoying all the comforts of this world
and surrounded by kind parents, how
many hundred tOothpick girls, boot
blacks and newsboys, are battling with
starvation, yet are doing good and noble
deeds of kindness TO one another.
And may He who notes the fall e'en Of
the sparrows, love and protect the toll
ing little outeasts and unfortunate waits
of our landi-POmerOys Democrat.
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OUR PREMIUM LIST.

As an inducement for our friends TO make
eNertiOnS to secure large clubs for the NEW
NORTHWEST, We offer the following list OF val
liable premiums:
FOR iweny subscribers, at SO 90 each, accom-
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SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE, without la
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Will ho eIatitled to receive twenty-five per cent
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OUR NEW PREMIUM LIST.

As TuE NEW NoRTHwIasr has already proved
a a popular success, we are decided that Il shall
also prove a TRIUMPH.
To enable our friends who may decide 10 cam
vass for our paper to benefit both themselves
and us by increasing our Subscription Lists we
propose to give the following additional Pre-
Any subscriber who is In arrears for the NEw
NoRrIIwEsT, who Will send Us his or her own
eompanied by the cslsh--s6 OO-we Will give:
a pair PariaR Marble Vases;
or n Bohemian Glass Vase;
or a bohemian Glass Card Receiver:
or = dozen Plated Tea spoons:
or pair Alexandres Kid Gloves.
OR lady's Fan, sllangled, feathered edge;
Or a Bird Cage;
Or an Album for holding 100 pictures.
OR AN Album fextra) for holding . pictnres.
OR a Fancy Letter Case.
or box Toilet Articles, including soap.
Or a britannia Tea Pot:
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Or large Glass Fruit Dish;
Or Work Basket;
or Fine Embroidered Handkerchief;
Or = dozen Linen Handkerchief;
or Woolen Table Cover;
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send: -
A set OF Rogers Table Forks. triple plated. on
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Or = dozen Rogers & Russell's Table Knives
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OR "A handsome Bird Cage.
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4 handsome Marsailles Quilt;
OTa handsome Woolen Quilt, red and white
or blue and white;
or pair OF Table Cloths;
Or two pairs OF Nottingham Lace Curtains;
Or three pairs Alexandre's Kid Gloves, any
color or size:
or a Japanese Inlaid Work Box;
or Is yards best yd. wide Sheeting.
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ing 10 S2l %, we will send:
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valued at 50 %;
Ora I.ady's Writing Desk, OF equal value:
Or aCablnet, Japanese Inlaid;
OF an Extra japanese Inlaid Work Box.
These articles are all valuable, and are war /
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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10
Powerful Tonic.

Promoting the Appetite and Invigorating the
whole Digestive Apparatus, thus building up
and strengthening the SYSTEM while al the
same time the volatile principle being ab-
sorbed in the blood, acts specifically on the
Rheumatic Poison, removing IL nom The cIreIl-
latiOn and system.
There are few remedies known 10 the Medical
Profession which Will remove tire Rheumaiic
Poison from the blood, but whose action is so
powerful in depressing the system OF the al
ready eufeeblcd Rheumatic patient, That their
use has 10 be abandoned before specific effects
are obtainable, and hence the want OF success
in treating this prevalent and consequently
heretofore incurable disease. Unlike these
medicines, already known, the UNK WEED
REMEDY, although producing rs active and as
powerful effects ON the blood and system in re-
moving the Rheumatic Poison, also possesses a
strong Tonic and RecupeTating Element which
admits of It's continued use even bythe most
delicate and deblitated. Thus we have the
combination fOr the first time Of these two
necessary elements in one remedy, which ac-
counts for its superior and never-failing curative
effects in rheumatism, Rheumatic CiOut and
Rheumatic Pains Of all kinds.
n. r. The UNK WEED REMEDY Is partic-
ularly APPLICABLE To LADIES, in rnnSe-
quence OF its Tonic Qualities.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10
A PluokY Girl.
. EIDs HERSELF or UNwELCoME MIDNIG
VISTrORS.

SIZE EIDs HERSELF or UNwELCoME NIDNIGHr
YISrrORs
Miss Amelia r. Purvis, of Mount Yer
non, y. ", was awakened at u o'clock
one Saturday night by noise at her
bedroom window. Looking i'm that di-
rection she observed one man crawling
into her room, closely followed by an
other. Instead of giving the traditional
scream, Miss PurVis remained perfectly
quiet and awaited developments. The
first man crawled noiselessly under her
bed. The second man tip-toed to her
room door and began to examine it.
Miss Purvis slipped out of bed, seized q
bay rum bottle and smashed il over the
intruder's head. He dropped. She
gathered him up by the hair and drag
ged him to the window. Not word
was spoken. The fellow, under this
mode of treatment, recovered his senses
and leaped out.
The scoundrel under the bed did not
stir. He no doubt believed that his
presence there was not known. Having
disposed of the first fellow, Miss Purvis
took a small tin trumpet from her bu-
reau drawer, and STOPPING down, at the
same time turning the gas slightly on,
she presented the small endo of the trum-
pet at the crouching form of the thor
oughly terrified man under the bed, and
said:
"See here, young man, you have been
there long enough. Just scrabble out
instantly, or / will blow you into the
middle of next week"
He did not wait for the second invita-
ton. Miss Purvis kept him covered
with the trumpet, and, fearing that his
time had come, he made n lively shake
for the window and went out like an
arrow. In his hurry he lost a pair Of
false side-whiskers before he reached the
window. Having met with this misfOr-
tune, his disguise failed further to de-
ceive the young lady. In the intruder
she recognized Abraham I. Wilson, q
discarded lover.
Miss Purvis said nothing of her ad-
venture more than to satisfy inquiries
next morning about the Tumpus in her
room, explaining that she had broken a
bay rum bottle. But the first thing she
did that morning was to purchase a
cow-hide, and in the afternoon she met
the object of her search in Central Mount
Vernon, and, without a word of expla-
nation, began 10 lay the instrument
upon Abraham's back. Abraham started
to run, but Miss Purvis seized him with
her left hand and held him fast. He
screamed and swOre, and begged and de-
manded an explanation, but down came
the instrument of torture.
'DOwn on your knees, sir" said Miss
Purvis, "and ask my pardon for your
gross conduct last night"
No sooner said than done, Done went
the terrified seapegrace on his knees i'm
the mud and water, and prayed her to
be merciful. He Acknowledged the in
trusion, and promised never to trouble
her again by either his tongue or pres
ence.
A few weeks ago Wilson's name was
stricken of Miss Purvis' list Of visitors.
1t is said that he circulated stories dam
aging to her character, and upon doubt
being expressed as to the truthfulness of
his assertions, he made bet that he
could 90 into her room at night. He
took a companion with him as witness,
but the name of his partner has not
been ascertained.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10

SHOW us an intelligent family of boys
and girls, and we will show youa family
where newspapers and periodicals are
plentiful. Nobody, who has been with
out these silent private tutors, can know
their educational power for good or for
evil. Have you ever thought of the in
Vulnerable topics of discussion which
they suggest at the breakfast table, the
most important public measures with
which thus early our children become
familiarly acquainted; great philan-
thropic questions of the day to which
unconSciously their attention is awak-
ened, and the general spirit of intelli-
gence which is evoked by these quiet
visitors? Anything that makes home
pleasant, cheerful and ehatty, thins the
haunts of vice and the thousand and one
avenues of temptation, should certainly
be regarded, when we consider its infiu-
ence on the minds of the young as n great
moral and social blessing"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10


DIPTHERIA.-Dipthe in its early
stage, may be recognized by any person
of ordinary talent, by two very marked
symptoms; the sensation. of bone or
hard substance in the throat, rendering
swallowing difficult and painful, and a
marked f;etor, unpleasant smell of the
breath, the result of its putrefaetive in
fiuence. On the appearance of these
symptoms, if the patient is old enough
to do so, give piece of gum camphOr of
the size of marrowfat pea, and let it be
retained in the mouth, swallowing slow
ly the saliva charged with it until it is
all gone. In an hour or so give another,
and at the end of another third; a
fourth will not usually be required; but
II the pain and unpleasant breath are
not relieved, it may be used two or three
times more, at a little longer interval,
say two or three hours. If the child is
young, powder the camphor, which can
be easily done by adding a drop or two
OF spirits of alcohol to it, and mix it
with an equal quantity of powdered loaf
sugar or better, powdered rock candy,
and blow it through n quill or tube into
its throat, depressing the tongue with
the haft of spOOn.-E,uchdnge