Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-09-30
FROM OAK GROVE. KY.

EROI DAN GROVE M.
1.-THE day is gone, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of night,
As feather is waited downward
BY an eagle in its flight.
A feeling OF sadness steals DER me,
Which my soul cannot resist.
A feeling of sadness and longing,
Which is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
AS the mist resembles rain"
While l sit in the twilight grey and
dim, dreams of the past steal DER me.
Memory, like tomb searcher, /" leads
me through the shadowy past, lifting
each shroud that time had cast DER
buried hopes.
0, misty clouds floating along and
catching the last glories of the sinking
sun, my life was once bright with gold
en- hues, caught from the glorious sun
light with which the Imagination of
youth enrobes all things it looks on.
But the night came, and the sunlight
went out of my life for in the morn
ing we had 'foated side by side
down the stream of life, fondly dream
ing that oar barks, at least, would
escape the breakers that beset life s
way. But ere the noontide came on,
I'VE found to our bitter grief full soon,
we had drifted apart p Then dark
lowered the tempest overhead" and
we are cast on opposite shores, and
the gulf of separation that frowns SO
darkly between is "a roaring torrent
deep and wide" and though we call
to each other across the gulf,
"Our ears perceive no more,
Deafened by the cataract's roar
The shades Of night r and from out ffhne5
gathered darkness light, pure and
ETHEREAL, more glorious than the sun
light of day, arose and pointed the
way to bliss eternal and life beyond
the sunsets radiant glow" o, may
that light-the light of faith-guide
us all through this vale of tears, and
bear US at last into the fold that shall
gather around the great white throne
Rev. VIM. Walker, assisted by Rev.
G. F. Bagby, has been holding pro-
tracted meeting at the Baptist Church
(OliveD at Garrettsburg. Had very
warm meeting, but haven't learned
how many accessions there were to
the Church, as tragedy occurred just
outside the church. yard gate to-day
Immediately after the doors of the
church were opened for the admis-
sion of candidates. 1t appears that
Mr.. Irwin Beaumont, of GAINESVILLE
with other officers, came out with q
warrant of arrest for a man who haC
been guilty of fraud of some kind
Mr.. b. hadn't been there long before
they had some words and the man sho
him the ball passing from his heaC
to his shoulder. Mr.. Beaumont wa:
wounded very seriously, though it i:
to be hoped not fatally. The remain
ing officers fired twice at the man, bu
he escaped without injury. The affair
created quite an excitement.
Our highly esteemed pastor, Rev. 6
! T. Bagby, preached his farewell ser
mon at Salem to day. His text, l,
Cor, Kill ch, xiv. Finally, brethren
farewell. Be perfect, be of good com
fort, be of one mind, live in peace, anC
the God of love and peace shall b,
with you" We hope that Brother
Bagby, when he leaves this and goe
to other fields of labor, will not forge
his old friends, and will find time il
his useful and busy life to visit us oc
casionally. The members of Salen
Church will hold church meeting tn
second Saturday in October, and Rev
Elisha Vaughan, or some other minis
ter, will preach the second Sunday
Dec rOIente
There is a new arrival in the neigh
borhood. MIR. Robert A. CARROT ar
rived about two weeks ago. He seem
quite pleased with his surroundings
and as his nearest relatives live in thi
vicinity, wouldn't be surprised if h
made this permanent residence. Nj
CARROT, accept my best wishes for you
future welfare and prosperity
Next time you see our friend ant
neighbor, Robt. L. Moore, ask hin
what magnetic attraction draws hin
so frequently and irresistibly to Hop
kinsville.
Thanks for the assurance that m
ideas" would be acceptable But 70
that encouragement, the grains O
wit that are garnered in my pericra
mum would, perhaps, have mouldere,
in obscurity, and have been lost to tn
world-"fo forever lost. " But, sine
"brevity is the soul OF wit, and tedi
BUSINESS the limbs and outward -four
ishes," | will be brief.
By the by, forgot to say heart
there was to be another epistle from
skip in the New Era this week.
haven't had the pleasure of readin
the same; suppose Skip's letter wa
so aoeighty it delayed the mail. Writ
again right soon, Skip. And where i
that Crayon that Hilda would cal
from the silence so long and so deep?'
Crayon seems to be like the spirit
that some one could call from tn,
vasty deepr-they won't come whel
YOU do call for them.
l. d. A.
! Oak Grove, KY, Sept. "a, 1876.