Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-09-23
GRANGE STOCK SALE AND BARRIE
CUE AT GUTHRIE PARK.

looks, in the person of Mr.. NJ. V. Ingram
was discovered to be on board, all the
br ght antieipations of a small supply
OF pig and lamb so fondly hoped for by
Pate Keesee, Tom. Smith, Ike Shelby,
u. Faxon, and others, vanished like mist
before the rising sun, and all their elo-
qucnt intreaties to get him to defer his
trip proved of no avail. Martin said
he had supplied himself with loose fit
ting coat and pants and a clean paper
collar to attend the barbecue, and he
was bound to go.
We arrived atGuthrie in due season,
the lank, lean, hungry Martin still
keeping up, and a walk of a mile, with
the chain stretched considerably, land
ed US at the beautiful grounds of the
Park. By 10 o'clock some four hun
dred persons had assembled, and soon
the auctioneer, Mr.. John Wilcox,
commenced crying off some fine stock.
Thorough bred horses, COWS, hogs and
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them beautiful specimens-but the
stringency of the times caused such
low bids that the sale was brought to a
close by Y o'clock. Messrs. Preston
johnson, Clark johnson, w. K. Tay-
lor, H. Whitfield, John Roach and
others had fine displays Of stock, and
they did not appear to be discounted
at the low offers, but were content to
hold them, and continue their exer-
tons to supply the country with the
best of everything in the way of stock. |
Their efforts will bring them reward at
no distant day.
The barbecue was, indeed, an excel
lent one, consisting of an abundance
of shoat, and mutton, cooked in a style
to suit the veriest epicure, with good
old ham and bread. Everything was
conducted in the most genteel manner,
only one little incident occurring to
mar the table pleasures. Clark John
son furnished Mr.. Ingram with a
choice, we'll prepared quarter of NUT
ton and in his effort to get to the woods
with it before he furnished US a slice,
as he had promised, he ran over two
cur dogs and set them to fighting. In
his retreat he was heard humming,
'let dogs delight to bark, &C., but I'll
take hog in mine. After the inner
man was sumptuously supplied, the
ladies and gentlemen repaired to the
speakers stand and were most agree
ably entertained by a speech from Mr..
James II. Russell, of Elkton, Ky.
He addressed himself mainly to the far
mers-showing that he was we'll posted
upon agricultural pursuits and inter
ests, occasionally splicing it with some
happy hits at the degeneracy of the
times, political and otherwise.
Considerable improvement is going
on about Guthrie, and the enterpris
ing business men of the place show
evident signs of prosperity. Our kins
folk at Guthrie keep good accomoda-
tions, so much so, that Ingram says the
clerk, Mr.. Rogers, paid us a dollar to
quit eating. We will not deny the
soft impeachment" but would say we
will quit eating at a certain stage of
the game three dimes a day, for that
amount of currency, and deposit the
amount thus obtained with John
Faxon, at the Northern Bank, to sec
if we can raise a sufficient sum to pay
for as much as Martin Ingram can
make way with at one setting.
Friend Ingram says if Capt. Tom.
Smith and ourself-(both invalids)-
will quit the springs and follow him to
the barbecues, that we will get we'll.
Now Ingram knew when he penned |
that charitable thought that we were
restricted in our eating and were COM
PEELED to diet ourselves, therefore he
boldly invites US to accompany him, |
being fully aware he would have good |
chance to gobble everything and starve
us out. He would not dare to extend
his invitation to Pate Keesee, Sam.
Caldwell and Ike Shelby "foemen
worthy of his steel"
We met many friends, among whom
were: r. w. Hogan, of Trenton,
KY, a. E. Hewlett, of Port Royal,
r. &. Salmon, of this county, Tom. j.
Sale, and others, several of whom used
to reside in our city, all of whom we
had the pleasure of adding to our sub
scription list.
Mr.. Ingram and myself were kindly
received and kindly treated, both re-
ceiving a fair list of names for our re-
spective papers.
We know very many of the Guthrie
people and its vicinity, as we were born
within half mile of the place, and we
return our best thanks for their kind
ness on Tuesday, for many seem not to
have forgotten us, although it has been
over forty years since we moved from
that locality.
Judging from all the signs upon the
political chess board in District No. l,
we feel somewhat sanguine of the tri-
umphant success of Judge Smith, our
noble standard bearer, and are led to
believe that reputation and disorgan-
ization will receive a stunning blow
when the ballot box is closed on cleo
ton day.