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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
In the City Of GAINESVILLE, on Wednes-
day, the 18th Day or Nav 1877.

Two Tracts of Land. one containing 252II
acres, and the other l2lz acres both situa-
ted in the LIST Civil District of Montgomery
county, ana The same conveyed by mort
gage deed from A. Fl. Ewing to WIN. F.
Taylor, TO which deed reference is made
for more perfect description of said land
except such part of said 25215 acres as has
been heretofore sold by decree of the
Chancery Conrt &C Clarksville in the case
of Chesterfield Hitter VS.. A. H. Ewing a
more full and perfect description of the
land now offered, will be given ON the day
of sale.
The fee simple title in the remainder OF
the said tract Of 2521z ARES and l2I< acres
will be sold, except the following described
portion, which has been allotted by Com
missioners, appointed for that purpose, TO
Mrs. Harriet Ewing (now Mrs. MagiII3 as
DOVER, and In said dover the remainder
Interest only, after the death of Mrs.
Magill VIII be sold. Said dover tract Is
bounded and described as follows: Begin
ming at n stake on the east side of the
Nashville and HopkinSville road, opposite
the Intersection of Wiicoxis lane with
said road thence along said lane north
S92s west "a, "a poles To n stake in the center
of said lane; thence north 2, east AZ poles
to q stake on the west esige of the Nasn-
Vile and hopiIinsville read thence north
", east d poles 20 II stake Ia the field /;
thence south Alts. eiasI 81 poles To stake in
the fiefi; thence SOUTH 81, east 50. 50 poles
10 intersection Of east line thence sOuth
=, west q. ~ poles to n stake southeast
CORNER 70 Hthu thence south ", west ~, 50
poles to q stake In the center Of the Nash
vile and HopkinSville road; thence along
said road north Sl19, west, IS poles to the
beginning, containing 81 acres.
TERMS or SALE:
Credit of six and twelve months. The
purchaser will be required to execute notes
with approved security, payable in Gold
Coin of the United STATES bearing interest
from date. Sale subject to redelnption.
F.c. DUNNINGTON
Clerk and COm'r. Supreme Court.
Nashville, April "a, lS75-tds.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01

Gov. Porter has issued proclama-
ton calling upon the citizens of Ten
nessee to meet together and celebrate
the day of the dawning of American
liberty, and observe il as day of re-
.;oieing and general holiday, at Meek
ienburg, North Carolina, on the 10Th
of May.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01

No coaxing, by the Radical organs,
can induce theSouth to FIRE the North
ern heart, by insisting upon place on
the Presidential ticket.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
BRICK BRICK II

will furnish Brick. "For Cash." put in
the wall ut Ten Dollars per thousand. /
VIII deliver Brlek, wall measurement, mt
Six Dollars. Will deliver Brick for nave
ments at Seven Dollars. All orders from
distance will deliver on cars at Six boil
lars. ReSnecf fully
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
CHARLEY'S
SALOON AND RESTAURANT.

CHARLES LEHMAN has perfected arrange
mentS to be sppplied regularly with Fresh
oysters and all kinds of seasonable game
which will be served to the public in the
most approved style OF culinary art
Fine Wines, "Old Robertson "Ola Bour-
bon, Cigars, eJc. will be found at the Bar.
ana all who practice in this department
may rest assured that what they call for
will be pure and ualatabls. Oct. 3'7i-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
Supreme Court Sale 4!

VIM. F. Taylor VS.. A. H. Ewing ct ais.
AND
Hattie Ewing VS.. WIN. F. Taylor ct ais.
Pursuant to decree, rendered in the
above named cause by the Honorable. the
supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.
| viii offer for sale AT public outcry, to the
h1ghe-tand best bidder, at the Court House
door,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

Having qualified as Adninistratrix upon
the estate Of Jno. w. Butler, decd, I give
notice 10 all creditors to ME their claims
with House & Merritt, Attorneys, as re-
quired by law. ~ p,,rr,
MaSI ,75-4w1 Admr'x.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01

GRANT has not yet told Delano to
"G'way!
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
REMOVAL,

Boot and Shoe Maker, has removed from
his old shop, at head Of square, to his new
one on Firstcross Street. under rear end of
V. L. Williams Boot and Shoe Store where
he is prepared to supply the public with
the best Homemade Boots and Shoes in
Ladies and Gents wear, and at the Lowest
Living Prices. His goods in ut and wear
are surpassed by none and equaled by few.
Rememberthe place and give him a trial.
Repairing for Ladies' and Gents done with
'Neatness and Dispatch Mch. I. '75-lm
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
ATTENTION /!

We would inform the public that we
have sold our Livery Stock to Messrs. c. s
Daniel and Caldwell Il Shelton, and desire
to return our thanks for the patronage we
have received, and request all indebted 10
US 10 come forward and make settlement
as our business must he closed up.
s. z. RAMEY & co.
April "a, lsz5-2w.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01

'What stronger breastplate than a heart
untainted?
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel
just,
And he but naked, though locked up in
steel,
Whose conscience with Injustice is cor
rupted."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01

LARAMIE CRY, WYOMING TERRT'Y.
April 10, 1875.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
FROM WOODLAND.

April %, 1875.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
Wriggling.

/" In Brooklyn infant class there is a
premium for good behavior, the excel
lence of the behavior consisting largely
in absence from wriggling At the close
OF recent session the amiable and &C.
complished teacher said to small girl,
Beckie, my dear, you were a very good
little girl to-day 'Yes'm; couldn't
help bein' good; got a tiff neck the
youthful BeckIe replied in perfect Sc
riousness."
Poor child! She was too i'll to "wrig-
gle" Now we think well of "infant
classes" and would have the little dears
taught and trained, but we would let
them wriggle, say every half hour, to
their hearts content. In other words,
they should be given time for exercise,
and that should be at least fifteen min
utes out of every thirty. Call them to-
gether, require them to perform, sing, re-
cite, ETC., say for a quarter of an hour;
then dismiss them for a quarter hour to
the yard or play-rOom; and so repeat this
for three or four hours day-three are
enough-then dismiss them to play, rest
and grow.
The first business Of childhood is to
GROW; second, 10 be trained and edu-
Gated. Action is life. Inaetion is death.
Children cannot, should not, keep still
long at time, save when sleeping, of
which they should take all they can get,
or at least full one-half of the time. By
keeping little children shut up, by keep
ing them still, we dwarf their bodies and
cramp their minds. They should be free
free as birds, lambs and colts, and as
happy. But we first put them into
" belly-bands" so tight that they can
scarcely breathe, and then torment their
little lives almost out of them by re-
straint, and keeping them from wriggling
Science Of Health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28

They were unable TO stand and almost
dead from exposure and weakness from
want of food, for it was then close upon
noon on Wednesday, and they had eaten
nothing since the previous Saturday
evening. But they were brought around
by the kindness of Capt. Dorp and his
crew, which could not be exceeded. The
sailors gave up their berths to the snip
wrecked men, and nothing was left I'M
done that could add to their comfort.
Since their arrival here Lamont and
Hooper have been under treatment
in the Civil Hospital, and, although still
suffering from partial numbness ana
shooting pains in their legs, from pro-
longed immersion in the sea, are sufficient
ly recovered to proceed to England in
the packet expected to-day.
Lamont is married and Hooper is a
widower. Their names appeared among
those who persisted, and they will bewel-
coined by their families like men re-
stored miraculously to life. Although
four days without food they felt moth
Ing beyond the weakness Of exhaustion,
and suffered from neither hunger nor
thirst. Neither did they feel pain from
their long immersion in salt water, sensa-
tions of all kinds having been succeeded
by perfect numbness. The records of
maritime disaster probably contain few
cases like this. We often read of dread
full suffering from exposure in open
boats, but in the present instance the
men were drifted about for three days
immersed in the very sea itself, and look
ing death steadily in the face. The con-
duct of the master of the Dutch schooner
is beyond all praise, and it is to be hoped
vii me ct some special reward
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
Is There a Cure for Typhoid?

A LONDON writer describes a complete
cure effected upon him under an attack
of typhoid fever by the weDLknown proc
ess of packing" the patient being
swathed in wet sheet and then blan-
ket wrapped round him over the sheet.
1.-The sheet is renewed every ten min
utes or quarter of aD hour. Il will be
found that each sheet will reduce the
fever from three to seven degrees. This
process is continued for an hour" Mr..
Stephens, the subject of this successful
treatment, naturally desires to introduce
it into this country, and considers it not
unworthy the practical consideration Of
the medical profession in England" But
Mr.. Bond, Assistant Surgeon to the West
minister Hospital, writes to say that
" Continental physicians can teach us
nothing which we do not already know
regarding the efficiency Of wet packing
IN high temperature; but we have yet
to learn that the temperature of the body
can be reduced from fifteen to twenty
eight degrees in the course of an hour"
as would be the ultimate effect of a proc
ess by which, according to Mr.. Ste
phens, the temperature can be reduced
from three to seven degrees every quarter
of an hour. "The fact is" continues Mr.
Bond, " that about twelve degrees-from
ninetyfOur to one hundred and Skis
about the limit of the range Of tempera-
ture in the disease which can occur with
out certain death" He emphatically
denies that because Mr.. Stephens was
cured of an acute febrile attack in two
days it is the slightest proof that typhoid
can be cut short by such treatment Mr.
Stephens did not rely upon his own cure
alone, but quoted a statement of the doc
tor who cured him to the effect that
when Bourbakis army entered Switzer-
land he cured twenty-five out of twenty
four patients suffering from typhoid fe-
yer entirely by the application of the wet
sheet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
Tale of a Sack.

The London Graphic says: " Monte
Christo's escape from the sack in which
he was flung into the sea from the Chat
eau DIFF has been initiated by an ingen-
ious Persian. Having incurred the dis
pleasure of high functionary at Shiraz,
MOhammeI Mira was condemned to be
fastened up in sack with aviper, a cock
and a cat, and after an hours time when
this happy family had improved their &C
quaintance, the sack and it's contents
were to be thrown into the river For
tunately for MOhammed Mira, his exc
cutiOners forgot to search his pockets,
which contained a small knife. Directly
the mouth of the sack was closed upon
him and his companions he cut in half
the viper, which was already encircling
his leg; the cock and the cat were next
dispatched, and our Persian occupied
the remainder of his hour by Stimulating
a violent fight of the three animals, and
giving forth the most excruciating cries
of agony. In due time sack and all
were consigned to the water, and then
Mohammed Mira, speedily freeing him
self from the prison, gained the other
side of the river, and came post haste to
Europe, for the future voluntary exile
from his fatherland."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
Ocean Wonders

The beauties of ocean life are perhaps
as endless and astonishing as its grand
eurs and terrors. What could be more
tairy-like in real existence than the
creatures here described by q correspond
ent of the Wilmington AdVeTtSser, who
saw them In the aquarium at Naples?
The glass-lke animals which swim on
the surface of the sea are daily renewed
when the weather permits; and at pres
ent there are some really lovely things
of this kind to be seen here which no.
where else could be exhibited, since the
Naples aquarium is the only one. which
can draw supplies from warm sea. The
ceptum veneris is one of the most strik-
ing OF these transparent organisms, being
a band of perfectly glass-like consist
ency, nearly yard in length, undulat-
ing like a snake, and slowly moving
through the water by means of two rows
of large, vibrating fringes, which glisten
with all the colors of the rainbow. Some
of these are brought in nearly every
day by the fishermen, and hundreds of
the long chains of transparent calape,
not to speak of beroes as big as lemons;
glass shrimps, inhabiting the transparent
little tubs known as doliolum, and some,
times leptochephalus {thin head true
vertebrate fish, of which one at first sees
only the black eyes, all the rest of its
body being absolutely as clear and in
visible as a piece of glass-a really ideal
ghost of a fish
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
A True PhiIanthropist.

AMONG the first settlers of Oxford
County, Me-, was David McWayne.
He bought large tract of land on the
broad, beautiful eminence in Waterford
still known as McWayne's Hill, and here
he cleared and improved, and success
fully cultivated, one of the best farms
IN the then District (this was long before
Maine was admitted as STATED. He was
an eccentric man, but a true friend to
the unfortunate, and when David Nc
Wayne died the poor men of that section
lost their chief stay.
On certain season the corn crop
tailed almost entirely in that county. 1t
was McWayne's custom to keep a years
supply of corn on hand in advance; and
then, again, on his elevated land the
late trosts of spring and the early frosts
OF autumn did not trouble him as they
troubled his neighbors of lower farms.
And so 1t came to pass that in this win
ter OF scarcity that David McWayne had
enough and to spare. Some people over
IN the adjoining town of Norway hear
ing that he had plenty of breadstufF, and
knowing his liberality, drove over for the
purpose of purchasing. They asked him
if he had corr to spare.
Yes" said he, Il have corn to
spare"
They wanted twenty bushels.
Have you any money to pay for it?"
he asked.
=" Yes, SIR" answered the spokesman
OF the party. We should not have
come without money"
" Then, gentlemen" said McWayne,
with calm decision, " / cannot let you
have corn. If you have money you can
send to Portland for it. l am surrounded
by poor people who have no money and
no corn. I must supply them, and let
them pay me in work. They would suf-
fer else"
And through that long, hard winter
David McWayne adhered to his resolu-
ton. No man who had the money to
pay for it could buy his corn, but to the
poor and penniless he emptled his gar
ners, allowing them to work for him in
return at their own COMMUNICATIVE
York Ledger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28

rich and poor to its value as an article of
food.
In order to attract attention to it he
planted a field of it and set guard as if
to protect it from the thieving propensi-
ties of thepeasantry, at the same time al
lowing word TO go out that it was an
article of very great value FOR the table
After a time the vigilance of the guard
was purposely relaxed, thus giving all
who desired to an opportunity to clan
destinely carry off some of the valuable
esculent. The peasantry were not slow
to avail themselves of this chance to give
the new root trial. The result was its
popularity was established. But not
withstanding the efforts of occasional in
telligent men to secure a general recog-
milton of its merits by the people the po-
tato was very slow in working it's way
into popular favor. The Government of
Germany used coerciye measures to pro-
mote its cultivation IN that country.
1t was not till far in the eighteenth
century that it was generally used for
food. A severe season in 1742 drew gen
ersl attention to it as a reliable food
crop, after which it gained rapidly in
popularity till it became the main de-
pendence for food for the poorer classes
in some of the countries of Europe-es-
pecially in Ireland. 1t yielded large and
sure crops, and as the climate seemed
we'll adapted to its growth it soon be-
| came their chief dependence for food
In 1912 a disease generally known as
the "rot" appeared in the potato fields
OF Germany, near Liege. Two years
after it ravaged the fields Of Canada, and
in 1915 it was very destructive over
| nearly all parts of Europe. The season
seemed to favor its development, and it
carried destruction wherever it appeared.
The loss during that one year to Great
Britain and Ireland was estimated at
$110,00O,000. The distress caused by
the loss of the potato crop, especially to
the poor, was exceedingly severe Ire
land experienced famine that caused
widespread suffering and death from
| starvation. Since that time the rot has
lurked in the potato fields of both the
Old and New Worlds, and when the
| seasons have favored it has still been
| ready to develop it's destructive power.
Il. j. I'emepIJ11, IN Indiana Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
A MesalIlance, Not a Mistake.

HERE is in the Department of the In
terror at Washington at least one heroine
OF mesalliance who has made woman
OF herself, which she never would have
been had she stayed at home and proba-.
bly, married without choice. Her father
was wealthy New York merchant,
and took his daughter travelling with
him over Europe for couple of years.
She was the only daughter of the family,
and her father and mother and brother
watched her closely and cared for her
tenderly. In fact, they forgot she was
human being, and always wanted to keep
their angel in the house None of the
young men were good enough for her,
and she was not allowed to receive or go
into company, But she was allowed to
drive out in a fine carriage, and on the
box was good-looking young coachman.
He was the only young man she was al
lowed to talk to, and he warmed her
heart. And both were human. What
wonderful resolution it must have taken
to induce her to marry him! He was a
conscientious boy, too, but he could not
resist such chance. It would not
have been human had he refused
to link his life with that of the girl. And
their lives and fortunes were Joined, and
the house ragged, but the young couple
kept out of the storm. They went to
living for the mselves, and both pat their
former lives all behind them. She began
teaching music and writing for the peri
odicals. She did her first work, and
really just began to live. He was busy,
too-nOt driving coach. They breasted
the cross currents Of the world together
and thrived. She is a Government clerk
at good salary and is well paid for lit
erary work, too. He is educating himself
up to her high station of perfect indie
pendence. And both are happy and
comfortable and live; they do not simply
stay. Her father is dead. Her mother
and brother are enjoying the luxuries of
fortune in New York. She wsuld not
go back to that life again for double the
fortune. Life is worth more than that.
1t may be called a mesalliance, but it
was not mistake, for it resulted in a
happy, active life.-St. LOUIS Republican,.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28

window, threw down some money, and
said:
Veil, dake two dollar und twenty
cents, and gif men dickette..
My dear sir, can't you understand
that we have 9 schedule of prices here,
and that / must so by itY" replied the
agent.
Vel, den, / sthays nit Detroit Won
dousand yare" exclaimed the stranger,
madden than ever Il bays bolice taxes
and sewer taxes, und l shall see about
this by the Sheaf of Bolice!"
He walked off again, and as he saw the
locomotive backing up to couple on to
the train he went back TO the window
and said:
"Gif men dickette for two dollar and
thirty cents and rides on dc platform"
" Can't do ii" said the agent.
"Ven, den, | spikes to you what l
doses! Here is dem two dollar and sixty
cents, and l goes to Lansing and never
comes back! No, zir, / shall never come
back, or shall come NIT de blank roadt
l bays taxes by tenn bolice, and by dem
zewers, ind / shall show you dat shall
hat holdings more to do nit dis town.
He went on the train.-D6troit Free
Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-28
A Perverse Ticket Agent.

YESTERDAY afternoon an old man ap-
peared before the Detroit s. Lansing
Railroad ticket window at the Central
Depot and asked:
"What you charge for ticket to Ian
sing?"
Two-sixtY, sir" replied the agent,
wetting his thumb and reaching put for
the money.
"Two dollar und zixty centsr' ex-
claimed the stranger, pulling his head
out of the window
Eyes, sir, that is the regular fare"
"Then | sthays here by Detroit forty
years" said the man, getting red in the
face. Il have never seen me such'n
swindle as dat!"
"Two-sixty is the regular fare, and
you will have to pay it if you CO." re-
piled the agent.
" shurst gef you two dollar ind no
more" said the stranger.
"No, I can't do it."
"Vell, den, sthays nit Detroit till /
dies" growled the old man, and he went
away and walked around the depot. He
expected to be called back as he left the
window, as man is often called back to
|" take it along" when he has been chat
fng with a clothing dealer. Such an
event did not occur, and after a few min
utes the old man returned and called
out:
well, GET you two dollar und ten
cents"
"No, can't do it," replied the agent
"Vell, den, I don't 60, SO help me
erasmus. / have lived N Detroit three
yare, und shall pay bolice tax, sewer
tax, und want to grow up nit dis town,
und I shall not be swindlet."
He walked off again, looking back to
see if the agent would not call him, and,
after stroll around, he returned to the