Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-12-23

regret that this estimable lady has me
with deep affection, resulting in the
loss of the sight of one of her eyes
The eye-ball has been preserved. and
is not dis6gured. We sympathize with
you. Lizzie.
CHRISTMAS TURKEY.
You are not the only one who would
have "a tight squeeze to buy turkey,
and Thomson, of No. 8, is not the
only one to anticipate necessitous ca
ses. A great big, grown gobbler
with his legs in his pocket and day Il
rations laid in, was sent us the other
day by one who will some day rest
from his labors, and whose works will
follow him; we can't spare either him
or his works though for long time
yet.
FAIR WARNING.
The 31st inst. closes the eyes of the
dying leap-year. Unless more vigor-
GUS and bewitching effort is put forth
by ourquadrennial counting characters,
our boys will turn their plugs to one
side and sing defantly:
."Give me my heart and set me free.
pshaw quit foollng with me-"
MIGRATION HUBWARD.
We regret to chronicle the removal
of Mr.. Geo. Leigh from our midst to
the Hub" He, as many of your
readers know, is one of the most relia-
BILE and trustworthy men in Montgom-
cry county. He embarks in the coal
trade. When the scales tell the news,
he will never count out lump as
big as nickel.
PURITY IN PUBLIC LIFE.
1t should be a source of pride to
our people when they remember that
we ere represented in Congressional
aud Legislative halls by men who
not only have an identity with the
Church of God, but whose known
christian integrity has given them Of
fetal place among their brethren
Col. House, Judge Smith and Col.
Brandon are held in high esteem in
their respective Churches, and have
moulded for themselves such sterling
christian virtues as will prove terrible
to returning boards, monopolies and
lobbyists. Now, let the Legislature
send Col. Bailey to the United States
Senate and our section will have done
its part in planting religiO political
bulwark around the interests of the
best government the world ever saw"
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
One of the greatest men avordupOis,
and by no means a dwarf in many 9TH
er respects, who has not visited our
ellie in many a day, made his appear
ance on our streets last week. We
barely had a glimpse of him, but his
contour called to our mind the manly
form of Willie Hambaugh.
HOME AGAIN.
Mrs. Ara Pettus has returned from
the Centennial, and we are all glad of
it-men, women and children. But
her trip was not so much centennial
after all, for she has spent much of
her time as an angel of mercy in the
home of an afflicted friend in Louis
vile, Ky.
THEOLOGICAL.
Our Methodist friends were little
puzzled last Sunday in their Church
conference by some question as to the
rightness or wrongness of prayer
meetings, and the amount of crime at
taching to member who attends them.
Let us have peace" and prayer-meet- !
ings.
THAT sWEET-WATER BEAN
of the Monroe Democrat is a live Bean. |
If some of bis Republican neighbors
will stick him, they will get snaps
to their hearts content. If coming
events cast their shadows before"
Monroe county will have a paper we'll |
worth their patronage. Long may she |
wave
WHY DON'T THEY SPEAK OUT?
Hewitt tells the news. Why don't |
the Chairman of the State Democratic |
Executive Committee tell US some
thing? We want to be up with the
times.
CHRISTIAN,
in the Waverly Journal, puts the pas
tor of the c. P. Church in that village
in his Sunday-school class to AK him
suthin hard" That's right; go for
him. But my opinion is, when they
get Alex. on the ragged edge" of an
ice-covered stream to wash away his
sins, he'll conclude that the malady
lies deep within and retire.
SMELL BREFF."
If some of our young men don t take
more cloves and less of the critter,'
some of our young ladies will be seen
going to church with Bud" ere long.
FLYING TRIP.
Our ex-merchant and postmaster,
D. W. Scott, accompanied by his beau
tiful and highly accomplished sisters,
Misses Ellen and Bobbie Annie, hav-
ing denied themselves the luxuries of /
rural felicity, paid our village a call
last Saturday, aud were the guests of |
Hon. Berry Lyle, former business
partner of Mr.. Scott.
CHANGERS.
The receiving warehouse of the
Changers goes up under the manage
ment of Mr.. Tom higgins, one of the
most quiet, gentlemanly and reliable
business men in the county. Len
Smith has charge of the Grange bust
ness on this side of the river with
headquarters at Mr.. Higgins popular
dry goods stand. Len is a good case,
and closely related to, the Smith fam
lily.
TAXEs.-About the first of Febru-
orv, Dayt tho mana lfU mill ha mt On oil /