Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-04
LETTER FROM WOODLAND.

EDITORS CHRONICLE Gentlemen
Permit me to give you few more
items from this place and vicinity, if
however there is any sympathetic ac-
ton between said items and the weather
you will find them exceedingly dry.
We have not had rain sufficient for a
tobacco season for over eight weeks
there is not five per cent of the
ground intended for tobacco yet plant
ed, and should it be seasonable from
this time forward, there will not be, in
my estimation, one twentieth of the
usual crop raised, from the fact that
in the first place the farmers intended
planting but small crop, and riding
through the country | find the plants
almost totally destroyed by the drouth
and fly.
The wheat crop is unusually good
though | hear some complaint among
the farmers that since the harvest the
grains have shrunk considerably and
they are fearful it will be of light
weight. Yet [ am confident we have
been blessed with liberal harvest,
and the farmers are making good use
of this fine weather preparing it for
market. The prospect for a corn
crop is by no means fattering, it has
had thorough cultivation, looks green,
yet it is small and the stalk of the
main planting is becoming hard. With
a favorable season from now on think
we can expect but a very moderate
yield. The grass and oat crop is given
up as a total failure Some of the
ground previously intended for tobac-
co is now being prepared for millet.
On Saturday last in company with
Capt. w. ID. Taylor, ID. NJ Buck and
hers | visited Blooming Grove
Grange. at Wileys Chapel. This is
new Grange just organized by Capt.
Thos. NJ. Reynolds, organizing deputy
for this county. This Grange was or
ganized June 18th, with twenty-seven
(27) charter members. The following
officers were elected, to wit: I. NJ.
Reynolds, Master; W. G. Bayless,
Overseer j. T Reynolds, Lecturer;
B. t. Bowers, Steward; T. V. Cooper,
Assistant Steward; Walter Noel,
Chaplain; Levi Cooper, Treasurer }.
f. Outlaw, Secretary; Ambrose Evans,
Gate Keeper: Miss Addie Leigh, Ceres:
Miss Mona Bowers, Pomona; Miss
Jennie Bowers, Flora: Mrs. NJ. L.
Bowers. Stewardess. | had the peas
IRE of installing these officers on the
9th, and am confident from the selec-
ton made by this Grange of their lead
ers it is destined to be one of the best
in the county. May the best wishes
of all good Oranges attend it. Their
post Office is at this pace.
We have had lots of company
late y in the way of candidates.
wish they could al, be elected and from
what they say know they all will be-
Owing TO sickness in his family, our
friend u. 7. Bailey has had but little
chance to electioneer. but Fac will
m Ike things happen when he does get
out.
There is a protracted meeting going
on now at lakewood. under the super
vision of Bro. Reynolds, Moore and
Seay. There is some interest mani
tested and [ hope the labors of these
good men will be literally blessed.
trust tn county will be well rep
resented in the Tobacco ID strict Coun-
Gil to come off at Hopkinsville on July
9TH.
And now, gentlemen, let me ask you
to excuse this efiusien dull, and bid
you goodbye until it rains.
Yours respectfully.
June 30lh, 1871 L. B. Chiffon.