Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-04
LETTERS TRcM ASHLAND err II

LETTERS FRCM ASHLAND CITY.
EpIToRs CnRoNlcLR:- Since orr
lastlthe only noticeable change here
abouts is that it still grows hotter and
dryer. Nearly every day cloud rises
IN the distance, We can hear the NUT
tering thunder and see the liehtnings
fash and fatter ourselves that we are
have such rain as old Bro.
Brown prayed for, "a regular clod
melter and gully washer" but alas
we are doomed 70 disappointment; a
few drops only serving to tantilize
whitening vegetation is ali We receive,
and we fully realize the truth of the
present that hope deferred maketh
the heart sick" 1t was said during
the war that after. every battle of any
importance We were sure to have rain.
The reason given was that the cannon
aiding so acted upon the elements as to
cause clouds to collect, and hence rain
followed. IF this theory be correct it
seems that we ought to have plenty
rain here, seeing that every day (Sun- :,
days excepted since the drought has
been upon us and long time before,
heavy force have been engaged in
blasting rock from Sidney's Bluff, just
opposite our town. and for the last
week two parties have been blasting
evils inside the town, yet notwithstand-
ing all this powder burning and blast
ing, equal toeannonading, norain comes
te our relief. These hot days are awful
on candidates. poor fellows, don they
suffer in the flesh riding round in the
sun. They are afraid to raise umbrel-
las over them, that would be aristo-
cratic and the hard listed yeomanry
would never cast their votes for men
who would put On such style. Your
sympathic feelings would have been
irresistably excited not many days
since to have seen batch of sun
bronzed, weary looking candidates, re-
turning from an electioneering tour of
four or five days, tongue tired, dust
covered and hungry. We could only
pity them and commend their martyr
dom to their own interest, aud think
that men who will make such sacri-
fees of personal comfort to secure an
flee, would not do so unless-theyex-
pected to reap some pecuniary reward
as compensation, aside from com
mendable desire to serve the dear
people. Candidates are not as numer-
Gus in our county as the papers would
indicate that they are in some others.
For this there are two reasons; first,
the offices don't pay so we'll in our
county as in some others; and second,
there are not so many men trying to
make living without work, as in
some other localities.
A good joke WAS played off on two
IF our citizens during our last Court
One livery stable man, thought he
was having good time finding some
man horse, who, having been caught
on the jury, latter Jones style, } could
not get away, and he did not know any
better until several days after Court
when he learned the horse belonged to
a citizen of the town, and who had,
with bride in hand, from early morn
till dewy eve, been hunting his horse
far and near, who, foot sore and leg
weary, came home Friday evening to
learn that his horse, for which he had
been hunting since Tuesday, was safe
ly lodged and we'll cared for within
fifty yards of his own stable. Asuncle
10. and Sandy never indulge in words
with handles to them, and as each one
considered himself sold ous the find
ing of the horse was set off against the
long weary tramps of the other and
so the matter was amicable adjusted
The only trouble about the matter
arising from this fact is that uncle 10.
boasts upon his knowledge of horse
flesh, and therefore he feels that his
pride is littlewounded in this thatany
one should have failed to have dis
covered that ''Stonewall" was the
finest horse in the town, and therefore
ought at once to have been recognized
as his horse and should have been left
alone
A circumstance occurred here not
many days since that points strongly
to the conclusion that birds have reason
as we'll as instinct. There is kind of
hawk that build and raise on and
about Sidney's Bluff, they are unlike
any | have ever seen anywhere else
and are called by the people here
Bluff Hawks" One of them made
raid on Jno. Aliens pigeons and
caught one on the wing and started
back to its nest when the pigeon COM
menced fluttering, aud to the appear
ance of those looking on, was about to
free itself, when the hawk set up
scream, not in its usual manner, but
something entirely peculiar, when it
was answered from the Bluff and i'm
mediately two others were seen COM
ing to his assistance; upon meeting,
one of the new corners dived under
the loaded bird and took the pigeon
from his talons when all three set up
an exultant shout and returned in
triumph to their abode, carrying the
luckless pigeon with them.
Yours truly, KNICK.
June &c, 1874.
DEAR CHRONICLE Owing to the
continued dry weather. matters are be-
ginning to look serious as regards the