Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-01-09
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II The town Of Munfordville, it IS gem
orally known, was the scene os pretty
. active military operations during tho
J late war. 1t was garrison, held BY
one side or the other, from September,
1861, to the close of the war, and was
the scene of several sharpengagements
All the time there was an artillery
force Of greater or less strength at the
post. About half a mile northeast Of
the town is knob of nc mean pro-
portions. Upon this knob were placed
the targets used for artillery practice,
and scattered about over its sides are
still to be found shot and shell, ex-
ploded and unexploded, in large guam
titles. Since the close of the struggle
aud the inauguration of the new order
of things. man aDd brother, who is
the Fortunate possessor of wife and
sundry children of various sizes and
sexes, likewise of son-in-law, squat
tee" and built himself cabin, wherein
he has been living in peace and plenty
-luxuriating upon the fat OF the
land, so to speak-with ne'er q cloud
athwart his domestic horizon. One
| day last week junior member of the
household, while enjoying the usual
daily stroll of recreation, in quest OF
haws and simmons, found a conical
six-pound she'll, which had lain peace
fully among the rocks since the hour
in which it whizzed from the "fort" at
the target in the days when the
rebels were around. This the juven-
lie haw-hunter carried TO the cabin,
where it was matter of great eurios-
ity to the other juvenile sons and
daughters of Ham, When de ole
man" came home he promptly recog-
nized de mersheen," and cautioned
the familynot, under any circumstances,
to let it get near the fire. "Ef it do"
said he, 1T II tar things wild-it'll bust
and blow us all to nebber and back.
This paternal admonition seemed only
to serve as stimulant to the curiosity
Of the son-in-law, who hadn't been to
the wars. So next day, as soon as the
head of the household was out, be
took the she'll and inspected it minute
ly- He could see no evidences Of
danger about it. 1T can't bust, said
he, mo morn iron wedge, is I kin
see !" and again he inspected it min
utely. Less see eff it'll bust" he
said at length: "chilln, you all git
hind de doe I" With this he tossed
the shell into the FIRE, and huddled
the family behind the door. Here
they waited for several minutes, and.
no explosion took place One by one
they came out and scattered about the
room. One Of the boys took a chair
and sat near the hearth-stone, curious
ly watching the gradually heating
she'll. Finally there was terrific ex-
plosion, which riddled the cabin with
holes Of various forms and sizes, aud
which came well-nigh sending to king
dom-come two of the children. The
chair on which the lad sat was literally
torn to fragments, while slug of the
shell passed through his thigh, sever
ing the upper muscle to the bone.
Another child was struck by a piece
of the shell, but not seriously hurt,
while the balance of the family were
scared into well nigh stupefaction.
The old man when he came in sagely
remarked, Il tole you SO" DIR. Wal
ton was speedily summoned, and as
eertained that none of the wounds
were necessarily fatal. The son-in-law
is now convinced that It'll bust
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