Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
FROM NEW PROVIDENCE.

"What stronger breastplate than q heart
untainted?
just,
And he but naked, though locked up In
steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is cor
rupted."
Shakespeare.
KNEW that newspaper men would
apply this quotation to delinquent sub
scribers, and to those who never think
to return a borrowed umbrella, and
this may be all right. but say, is there
not another class of individuals in the
world whose consciences are corrupt
ed, though locked up in steel?" l do
not mean those who borrow books, for
l borrow them myself, but I mean
those who borrow, and do not return
again.
Take, for example, our enterprisipg
friend Col. Goodlett: When you en-
ter his coy sanctum sanctorana, you
are delighted with the graceful ad-
mixture of law and gospel that his IL
brary affords, but when you learn that
seventy five volumes are scattered to
the four winds, some of them belong
ing to valuable sets, you will feel anx-
ious to see them all together. IF | had
one of them, l would carry it back, and
let the Colonel get one more glimpse
of it anyhow.
Here is my proclamation: To all the
book borrowers in the town, greeting:
Go this day, and search your libraries,
and find every borrowed book in your
possession, and return it instdnter.
Don't say you want to read it. You
might have read it long ago, but IT you
really want to read it, take it home and
borrow it again. for the present loan
is out. Come row, don't run over one
another in your rush to carry this pro-
clamation into effect. Keep to the
right, as the law directs.
Little Matte Beach's success was no
accident. 1t was the practical result
of the correct, untiring and early cul-
ture of precocious mind. She was
as much at home among her Latin con-
jugations. declensions and paradigms
a year ago, before large audience as
she was last Thursday night among the
Davids and Goliahs. She was far re-
moved from ftful impulses, and Gu
pids arrows and childish fears were
warded off by literary angel that
never left her, an equipoised and cul-
tivated mind. AS | stood beside her,
and saw the much-sought-for ore cast
into her lap, the well-earned trophy of
her few brief years of toll, its sheen
grew dim before the dazzling bright
ness of genius as gentle as great. If
God had endowed me so, l would love
and serve him as long as lived. l
hope to do it anyhow.
Old DR.. Wright was "very right"
but not the "rightest" man in the
world after all. Bro. Gold was right. F"
and yet he was wrong.
GAINESVILLE and New Providence
stood three to two, but the latter was
turned down by the schools. And
when, at last, the Doctors had differed
and departed, it was grand to see the
hilt to hilt contest between the schools,
the College and the Academy. and last
of all to see the heeced collegian, fresh
from the Shearer's hand, leave the
rostrum about as "blowzy" as he we'll
could be.
In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, [
would call the attention of all your
GAINESVILLE spoilers to the fact, that on
Friday evening next, Both inst, our
Baptist friends here have arranged to
have spelling match for the benefit
of the Baptist Church, and this will be
followed in one or two weeks by one
for the benefit ofthe Methodist Church,
of which you shall be duly notified.
CRAYoN.
NEW PROVIDENCE, TENN,
April q, 1873.