Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-12-06
The Weather.

Fran the Danbury News Mans Almanac.
shall not say anything here about
the importance of this subject.
We know how unbearable- society
would be Without. it-how tame and
commonplace would. become Sheasen
and earth in his absence.
merely wish TO call the attention
of the reader to the care that has been
takOn in selecting the weather for this
book. ,.-
Being warned by last season, | have
put in plenty of rain, which will be
found to arrive just in the nick of
time. 80 -
have dealt lightly in thunder storms
i find they are not popular ahd-1
have such an antipathy to lightning
rod men that | lose no opportunity to
iniure them, Fl.
[ have been rather liberal with snow,
for the sake of the young and livery
stables. and have put In some extraOr-
binary hail, for the encouragement of
the oldest inhabitant, and little frost,
to stir up the amateur in tobacco and
other varieties of cabbage.
But accuracy is the strong point Of
the volume. When it says, Look out
for rain, then is the time for you TO
hump yourself for the house. And
when it says. frost, any delay in get
ting your wife's fathers coat over the
tomatoes and dahlias will prove emf.
nently disastrous to those articles.
Yes, [ have aimed to be aceurate, look:
ing more to the personal comfort and
general information of my patrons than
to the plaudits of a wicked world and
gold, which perish IN day, am told.
| have not lost sight Of the fact that
| have formidable and INSCRIPTIONS
opposition at Washington. But trust
ing to al. honest purpose, a discrimi-
mating public, and eighty years OF pro-.
miscuouss trusting as the; editor Of a
country newspaper, I shalt press stead
lily on and hurt that Washington chap.
AN OBJECT IN VIEw.-The cele-
brated Doctor Sydenham had patient
whom he had long prescribed for. At
last Sydenham acknowledged that his
skill was exhausted-that he could not
pretend to advise him any father.
But" said he. there is Doctor
Robinson who lives at Inverness, Gin
the north of Scotland;) 1who'-is much
more skilled in complaints of this kind
that | am; youhad better consult him.
| / will provide you with letter of in
PRODUCTION, and | hope you will re
turn much better. The patient was a
man offortune, and soon took the road;
but travelling was very different I'm
dertaking then to what it is now, and
| a Journey from London to Inverness
was not a trifiing one He arrived.
however, at the place of destination;
but no Doctor Robinson was to be
found, nor had any one of that name
ever been in the town. This, of course.
enraged the gentleman very much, and
he took the road back to London, rag
ing, and vowing vengeance on the doc
tor. On his arrival, he vented all his
rage on the latter and abused him for
sending him journey of so many
miles for nothing When his fury was
little abated, well. now" said Sy-
denham, after all, is your health any
better2'' q Betterml said he, yes sir.
it is better! | am. sir, as well as |
ever was in my life hut no thanks to
you for that. Well" said: Syden-
ham, you have still reason to thank
( Doctor Robinson. | wanted to send
you a journey with an object in view.
| knew it would do you good; in going
you had Doctor Robinson in contem-
plation, and in returning you were
equally busy in thinking of scolding
me. ..r..... q. .-.-..