Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-29


is the general assumption of the mill
tary air and style. The boards are so
trimmed as to give grim, carnivorous
look, and the real military men wear
an expression indicating great ferocity
of character. 1t would appear that
they were quite morose and ready to
eat something raw. / have not APP
preached any one, however, except the
old General himself, and as he had
changed his avocatioh he was found
all right. Even the street car con-
ductors caught the contagion, they
use something like nickle plated re-
yolver with which they punch the
tickets, and whenever they punch a
ticket this machine fires a small sa-
lutte which gives life to the scene, and
enables the conductor to wear his I'm
portant business air, which is more
agreeable than the iron smile with
which porters and other financial
manipulators abrade the humanity and
exhaust the cash of the stranger, and
then it has a metallic ring-it looks
like resumption.
On this street stStue of Benjamin
Franklin looks down from a high
niche upon the passing stranger. This
was the gift of Mr.. Bingham. /
could not fail to wonder how the old
economist liked going down to poster
ity in the flowing robe and bare legs
Of Roman senator. His fame is we'll
established and he deserves statue,
not so much because his acute expert
ments established the identity of the
atmospheric electricity with that of
the chemists. This was one of the
snow peaks that the rising sun of sci
enee had begun to. look upon in seve-
raj nations but his inestimable la
Dor was the practical turn and close
common sense character of mind,
thought and habit which he taught,
and impressed by precepts and exam
pie upon the whole American people,
and without which the national exper-
iment would have been a failure. 1t
is true General Washington had a
great inclination that way; but DIR.
Franklin was the man who formed the
practical ideal of the nation, and by
this secured our continued existence
as a nation. Without his shrewd per-
sonal and political economy we would
be nothing.
There are some fine church build
ings here, one of which is DR.. Hot
fields, built of stone and has one of
those handsome fronts by which Sir
Christopher Wren introduced into
England, proved that we could emu
late Pagan art, and make the beauti-
full style of the Greeks subserve the
convenience and grace the worship of
a pure and holy religion. The inside
of the audience room is very high and
arched overhead, aud all necessary
appendages and fixtures are so we'll
arranged and ornamented as to appear
as if placed there only as part of the
decoration of the building. This ap-
pears to be the perfection of art.
This congregation partook of that
commemorative feast with solemnity
and impressive earnestness which con-
WINGED every one of their faith, and
when the different classes marched up
to the altar the deep and swelling
notes of praise revealed the profound
depths of feeling that would glory in
the reproach of their master, and if
necessary, shame the fires of persecu-
ton. There were no deliberately over
dressed ladies in the congregation,
though it was easy to detect among
them the easy style of the days with
the faultless toggery of fashionable
city, and yet, these seemed to bear
about them the air of contrite spirit
like the others. The Methodists
themselves have been more severe
upon Over-dressing than any other
class of people; but while the frivol-
Gus life of fashion is justly condemned,
the practice of the christian virtues
tend to the improvement of the mind,
and to give the light-hearted, happy
look, which when combined with a
knowledge of her goodness, consti-
tutes the essential elements of beauty
and style in lady. The brethren
have about finished Satan in the town
and they suspect he has taken to the
bushes, and they are in mass, pre-
pairing for the summer campaign
against him in the woods. Before
frost they expect to storm the jungles
of sin, and they will do it, but then
they will, in the fall, find him snug in
his sheep clothing back in the city
again. But their zeal never flags, and
they are so much like our division of
the same brethren that l feel a good
deal of left handed sympathy for those
church politicians who are keeping up
the divisions; but will not express
any of it lest the subject should re-
quire more than | could give.
They have introduced here count
less numbers of the large English
sparrows, very Industrious and use
full bird, and when a scrap of bread or
fruit is dropped on the pavement, they
forthwith consume it, and strange as
it may appear, thus destroys the flies
in great numbers and prevent their re-
production. What is stranger still
the little boys here do not injure them
though they are almost in reach of
them all the time.
Flags are flying or every carriage
and arches are erected across the prin-
ciple streets to Dom Pedro and to
Tilden and Hayes. Cadets. military
men, and bands of music have taken
entire possession of the streets, and
the rise of civil liberty is celebrated
with the greatest military display.
Early on the morning of the Sd there
were indications of a general assault
upon the strongholds of John Barley
corn. A light brigade of skirmishers
were thrown out early in the morning,