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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
WHOLE NO. 1894.
THE Paris InteIligencer concludes

The Paris InteIligencer concludes
an article on the "LoOkout Cor Lsgis.
lative Candidates. as follows
"Then there will be a great demand
for some one 10 run on the repiidiation
platform. No arguments viii be eix-
pected of him on the stump. Bold as
sertions and woeful picture Of the
public debt, aud still bolder assertions
as to the inability Of the people 10 pay,
aud the injustice and absurdity ofany
creditor Of the State demanding set
tlement of his claims. A fellow who
has swindled his own creditors out of
what he owed them will stand the best
chance of an election, because his
theory and practice will not be con-
sidered as inconsistent with each other,
and then his competitors can not ac-
cuse him Of any inconsistency. He
need not hold to any party particular
ly, but must 20 in against paying debts,
either public or private. IL IS not
prerequisite to success that he should
have any moral standing, or even be
considered as strictly conscientious in
any matter.
Then again, there is great neod Of a
sound, sensible candidate, one who has
brainsenough TO grapplewith the grave
questions of State polity. No petit
Jogging demagogue will Gil the place.
The people want at this time sound,
sensible, honest and capable men in
the legislature-men Of clear heads,
and with pluck enough to do right,
even IF the heavens fall" No oring-
ing, cowardly tine-servcr, whose only
object is TO be elected, and boast the
honor Of representing the good people
of Henry term or two, need apply"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
Ice-Making at Montgomery, Alabama.

The process of making ice at the
great manutactory at Montgomery is as
follows THE water is distilled, put
into rectangular tin cans, thirty inches
long, nine aud q half inches wide and
three fourths of an inch thick, These
are placed in rows in tanks filled with
water, coming not quite to their tops.
Ether, which has been liquidized in an
adjoining room under a pressure OF
from seventy to one hundred and ten
pounds to the square inch, is then
forced into about one hnndred pipes
in each, filling all the tubes as IL ex-
pands into a gas. The other extracts
the caloric fFom the water surrounding
the tube, eaualizes the temperature and
brings the whole below freezing point.
The distilled water congeals readily,
and the salt is brought down several de-
grees colder than ioe without freezing.
The gas passes on to receiver, and is
again made to do service. 1t is diff
cult to confine it, but, if not allowed
to escape, the same quantity can be
used continually. 1t is said that ether
is better than mercury, as the latter
eats out copper and iron pipes quickly,
while the former does not effect the
metals. Three times day the cans
are taken out, dipped into hot water,
which loosens the cake inside, and
slabs Of ice are produced weighing .
pounds each. -Four Of these are piled
on top Of each other aud allowed to
freeze together, making 100 pounds 10
the block. "-MoRtgoHery, Atd., Let
ter
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
For the Chronic e.
GOING HOME TO REST.

We're going home to rest in peace,
when weary life is ended here,
From every care we21 find release,
And only joy will hover near.
Wen lay theb urdens of this life
Beside the narrow earthen bed
Wen bid adieu to every strife,
And follow where the angels led.
Then let us strive to meelly bear,
The crosses that befall our lot;
Remembering that the crown is near,
oh let us wait and murE1ur not:
The crown of love so pure and bright,
Which will be ours when eget home;
Home to that land ofpure delight,
Where angel footsteps ever roam.
And when the clouds seem dark and dreaI
And showers of grief and sorrow fall;
When not sunbeam fingers near,
But clouds and darkness cover all,
Let us remember in that hour,
That we are going home to rest;
That sunbeams mingle with the shower,
And God our Father knoweth best.
We're going home to rest in peace,
To know the joy our God can give;
To find from care a sweet release,
Where spirits pure and bright now live.
We're going home, we're going home,
To the summer-land so bright above;
No more on earth to weary roam,
We're going home to peace and love.
G. l.. W.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
Damaged Men.

You can see any day, in the streets
OF any city, men who look damaged.
Men, too, of good original material,
who started out in life with generous
aspirations. Once it was said that they
were bright, promising lads; once they
looked happily into the faces of moth
ers, whose daily breath was prayer
for their purity and peace. Ali what
if some of them have vowed their souls
away to confding wives, who silently
wonder what can be the meaning of
this change-the cold, slow sleeping
shadow-that iscoming over the house
and heart. Going to the bad The
spell of evil companionship; the will
ingness to hold and see money not
honestly gained; the stealthy, Sc
ductive, plausible advance of the
appetite for strong drink; the treach-
erous fascination of the gambling
table; the gradual loss of interest
iu business, and in doings which build
a man up; the rapid weakening of all
noble purposes; and hlasphemy against
fate; the sullen despair of ever break
ing the chains of evil habit; what vic
tories of shame and contempt, what
harvests of hell have grown from such
seed as this, Sheer, if YOU will, like
fool, at the suggestion of reform, NOR
ais, religion; every man knows in his
better moods, that all there Is of true
life, ia personal virtue and rectitude of
character. Going to the bad But
there is hope. Earth and heaven are
full of hands ever reaching to help the
last man back to the better way. All
she good there is in the universe is in
sympathy with that little goodness
which inwardly reproves and protests.
Tennessee Reporter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
CLARKsVTLLE, TENN, SATURDAY, MARCH 4. 1876
For the Chronicle.
ONLY AM LEFT.
BY SIMON PURE.

BY SIMON PURE.
II I'm poet
lido not know it;
And so i: might well be said
OF several more
Who have heretofore
Their clumsy samples displayed.
But want 10 tell
Ofthe men who fell
In this, our wonderful day,
From what they once were,
When rascality was rare,
And all men their dues would pay.
From peasant to king,
Alone, in "the ring"-
All. all are tainted with vice:
Corruption holds sway,
AS wise men do say,
And no one but has a price.
whiskey and lying,
Stealing, decrying;
"Lawyers working for the cash."
Congress out of gear,
Grant sleepless with fear
Lest Blaine be more than his match
Some OF the devout
Drink whiskey and shout,
While parsons tell of the feat.
WordIings hear the tale,
And watch for the gale
To fan the chaff from the wheat.
only am left,
OF friends all bereft;
For all are out of the way.
OF one thing I'm sure,
That Pm Simon Pure,
And the rest have gone astray.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

The New York Sun wants the pres
ent Administration exterminated root
aud branch. 1t says "A radical
change Of Administration offers the
only remedy for the existing corrup-
ton. Without that there is no hope
for reform in any true sense. Even il
Grant was dismissed aud replaced by
another Republican of better antece-
dents and reputo, the evils would not
be extirpated, because the system IT,
selfis poisoned with the virus OF Grant
ism. The politicians fern a close
corporation inside the party aud direct
its management. They are the power
behind the throne. Therefore IL is
necessary to overthrow the party as
the first step toward a return to hon
est and simple government. That we
hope to do next November"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04


In his recent speech at Atlanta SEN
ator Gordon defined his financial DO
sitiOn AS follows Il am charged with
being an inaationist. lam not. lam
charged with being an anti-resump-
ZIONIST. | am not. am an anti
contractionist, aud in all that / have
said and written, l have maintained,
and maintain to-day, that when re-
sumption is reached, it must be on
some line Of common sense and not by
a course which insures universal wreck
aud denounced the absurd law passed
by the last Congress and called a re-
sumption law, and / dcnounce il now
--as fraud, n sham, a falsehood,
promising resumption when il means
nothing but contraction Of one paper
currency directly aud the other indi-
rectly."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04


There is great deal of truth en-
braced in the following extract, writ
ten bya correspondent of the Louis
vile Christian Observer:
tits easy to see that the loye ofmoney
is corrupting the very fountain ofmorals
in our country, and leading thousands
from the path Of rectitude. tits hard
to be strictly yhonestand at the same time
crafty this all absorbing love of wealth.
Hence the failures of that have taken
place in our financial circles, and the
defalcations among our officers, and
persons to whom keeping the public
money has been committed. Embez-
element is the order of the day. and it
is time that we should try to discover
some remedy for this general want of
honesty and uprightness, which is so
much to be deplored People seem to
have found out that they cannot make
money fast enough by honest means,
and they have evidently determined to
see what can be done by fraud, false
hood and deception of every kind.
Instead of paying cash for what they
buy, many go n debt for all the neces-
sarieS of life, and when debt is once
contracted, they never think of pay
ing it until they are obliged to do
so. IF they can take the benefit of the
bankrupt act, or make over their prop
erty to some friend, so as to keep it
out of the hands of the sheriff, they
will cheat their creditors out of every
cent that is justly due to them. This
state of things is alarming, and there
is evidently no remedy for it except
returning to palmer and expensive
way of living, and banishing the credit
system entirely from the land. That
is the fruitful source Of our financial
troubles. LII farmers and mechanics,
if men of every class and calling would
resolve to make their money before
they spend it, and not go in debt for
any superhuous article of clothing or
household furniture, we would soon
become an Independent and self-sup-
porting community, and make the dis
covery that a man may be poor, and yet
command the respect of his neighbors;
that he may be frugal, industrious, and
economical without losing his standing
in society; in word, that he may be
happy without being rieh, but with
conscious rectitude on his side, he may
in very humble circumstances, look
with pity and contempt upon those who
are engaged, with wild excitement, in
the Improbable and fruitles search
after wealth.
Happiness in the golden mediocrity.
As soon as men become convinced of
that fact, they will be content with the
condition in which Providence has
placed them, without seeking after
honors which are beyond their reach,
or rpleasures that have only an imaginary
charm about them. 1t is better to be
poor and honest than to gain wealth by
dishonest and disreputable means.
That precept ought to be deeply en-
graved in the hearts ofyoung men, and
the idea that poverty is disgrace
ought to be discarded forever. 1t
should never be looked upon in that
light, unless it has been occasioned by
reckless extravaganza, or inexcUseable
idleness.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

Massachusetts, is divided into two fac
tions, those who believe that a bank
cashier ought to permit himself to be
shot before revealing the combination
of the vault lock and those who do not.
The bank cashiers, as a rule, belong to
the latter party.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

On a cold, dark winter night, when
a newly married husband is taking In
the clothes with frozen fingers and a
mouthful of clothes pins, nothing
gives him greater feeling of despair
than to hear his wife open the back
window and say: Joseph, you may
bring yours in, but | guess you can
hang mine back.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

ght fell upon Olives face. Perhaps
It's VII :teness made her lOok pa e.
She leaned her little hand upon her
heart, her uufathom abIe eyes full OF
pain. How had | hurt her so2 A
new thought struck NE.
Perhaps you love some one else,
| Olive p
And 1t that she turned her face from
me, and hid it 10 her hands.
Too much, too much. You might
have saved me that" she said. Let
me go away. | wish you had never
brought me here"
And L arose and went TO her. bent
over the woman | loved. | touched
her with my hand; her soft hair brush
ed my cheek.
"Oliye," I said, "if coming here has
brought pain upon you, | wish [ had
not. would have died to make you
happy"
And my voice trembled. and my
hand shook. and she turned her face
towards me again and looked into my
eyes. What she saw in mine / do not
know-the truth, | think. In hers l
read this: / was not old to her, not too
Old to be loved.
stole my arm about her; she did
not untwine it. | uttered her name,
Olive" huskily. Afterwards I told
her of my struggle with myself, not
then. | said, Olive, I love you, but
it cannot be that you care for me- |
am old enough to be your father"
And again | saw in her eyes the hap
py truth and took her to my heart.
But we kept our secret for a while,
for we both loved Ashton, and both
knew that this wound was not too deep
to find balm; and within year when
the boy brought home bride, pref
ty creature whom he loved and who
loved him, | claimed Olive.
And she is mine now; and the au-
tumn blossoms of my heart will only
fade on earth to bloom again through
all eternity in paradise.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

When girl crops her front hair and
pulls it down over her forehead like a
Mexican Mustang, and then ties piece
of red velvet around her neck, who can
wonder at the number of plle.faced
young men that throw away their am
bition, and pass sleepless nights in try
ing to raise down on their upper lip.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

Congressman Lamar has written a
letter to Mississippi, in which he says
that i'll health and press Of business,
growing out of the chairmanship OF
the most laborious and absorbing
committee in the House, together with
the d1lties incident TO the chairman
ship Of the Democratic caucus, have
prevented him from preparing for
publication a speech recently deliv-
cred by him in Jackson, but that he
will try TO do il at once.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

The report comes from Massachu-
setts that Mr.. Blaine is very unpopu-
lar with the Republicans of that State,
so much so that they would vote for
Conkling in preference. The Spring
field Republican says the assertion
seems bold one, but it believes it to
be true.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

A gay matron in Indiana recently
captured and married her daughters
intended, whereat the girl waxed
wroth. and by way Of complete revenge,
stuffed a dozen bundles of fireorack-
eFs under the bridal couch.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

The cause of the aurora borealis is
now attributed by scientists to fine
particles of iron constantly moving to-
ward the SUP. The friction Of our at
mosphere with this iron ignites il.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

Borrowers have often deprived a
man of everything he has laid up for
rainy day, whether money or um-
brella.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
Fine Farm for Sale.
Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as Administrator OF
DR., W. B. Williams, decd, give notice for
All the creditors of his estate to present
their claims required by law and notify
to pay up forthwith.
Feb, l2-4w. nc. MERRITT, Admir-.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

The Maine legislature has just en-
acted law abOlishing capital punish
ment in that State.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04
Robert Burns.

A short extract from the speech of
Hon. j. Proctor Knott, on the occa-
sion of the celebration of the ll7th
anniversary OF his birth:
**# What can ! say Of the genius
of Robert Burns which has not al
ready been said thousand times. aud
that. too, with an elegance, beauty
and force of diction far beyond tho
reach of any power that possess p
What single thought can | suggest to
any genuine lover OF his species-es-
pecially to those whose halcyon days
were spent on the banks and braes o
bonnie Doom" or by the classic wa
ters of "the winding Ayr"-thut could
make the pulse beat faster OF the eye
grow brighter than the simple men
tion of the poets name?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-04

Nevertheless, as | have already said
mankind will never consent that Burns
shall be monopolized by a single ma
ton. Humanity loves aud claims him
Vast as would be the chasm 10 the lit
erature Of his own country, If the glo-
rious offspring Of his genius were
stricken from 1t, vaster still would be
the void in the universal heart Of man
if the wide space filled by the memory
Of Burns would be empty--a memory
which will grow brighter and yet
brighter until time itself shall wax
old as doth a garment, and the heav-
ems be rolled together as . scroll.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08

last Hope.
She was superb performer. and had
a voice, that Mrs. Oates or nilsson,
might have envied.
So she was employed in the semi
nary and seemed out Of school hours,
like one Of her pupils
She partook of all their sports. RAM
bled over the mountain sides with them
in search Of evergreens to decorate the
churches and dressed lots Of dolls
for their Christmas trees She visited
the poor and the sick. leaving behind
her many cheerful words. Oftimes she
left her cast off clothing and little dain-
ties for the sick ones having q chat
with this one. and reading the word Of
God to another. Many times leaving
behind her dewy eyes. and even tears
while a heartfelt; !; God will bless
you, Miss Maud" would fall from their
lips.
When spring came, she went with
the children 10 quest Of flowers. and
always left small boquet with widow
Day, for her little crippled girl-helped
them to make doll houses bv little
stream called "Tanglewood brook. -
which flowed q few yards out Of town
Maud seemed to enjoy it as much as the
children; but, at times. q longing
would come over her. to see her north
ern home by the broad Atlantic.
She longed to watch the white sails
as they faated by.
"The silvery spray that glistened iu
the sun; J" to hear the waves a. they
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08

AS Maud closed the window . bright
rap came at the door, and 10 few mo-
ments Maud was clasped in Paul's arms.
"My bride, whispered Paul. and draw
-ing her hand in his. they descended the
stairs. and passed into the parlor where
the clergyman. with few friends-
among them widow Day. her little
crippled daughter, and Ef6e Dean. Who
had come to see her music teacher mar
ried-Dr Goodrich and his wife. The
latter was weeping softly.
"Wilt thou take this woman to be
thy welded wife 7"
Paul responded in low distinct tones,
while Maud could scarcely be heard,
she trembled so. AT last, they we're
pronounced man and wife.
They did not tarry long in 6outher-
land. but were soon on their way to
Maud's home-''to visit her friends"
she told Paul
He was aatonished beyond measure.
when she entered the hall, and said:
Welcome to your homo, my hus-
band"
In another instant his arm was
around her, and looking down in the
sweet up-turned face. said: MAUD.
what are You saying? This my home? ?
Nay, do not deceive me. Have ! In
deed found instead Of a little music
teacher. "a Lady Burleigh r"
mo, not Lady Burleigh,' but
your wife, Maud 6t. Ledger"
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
CHURCHES.

FoREsr PREsBYTERlAN.-Rev. John Patton,
D. D.. Pastor. Divine service every Shndar
At 10. 80 q. m and 100 p. m. Sunday School
at Gam. Lecture on Wednesdays at Z 90 p.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
.strong's every Sunday at 2. 30 p. m.
ST.. ANNE's PROTESTANT EPscoPAL;-Kev.
VIM. G. Butter, Rector. Service on Sundays
at Ia. 80 a. m. and 3.30p. M. Sunday School
at 2.3O pm. Services on Fridays at $50 P. NJ.
n D Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10. co
q. d ana I. DO . m. Sunday School at 9.so
a. m. and 2.3o p. m. Prayer Meeting on
CoIoRsp MrrHoDisr Rev N. Morris
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10. 80
D. M; 3 and 8 p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.

Iron and Steel, Horse and Mule Shoes, Horse
Nails, Blacksmith Supplies, Chain Traces,
Haines. Trowels, Nails. Spikes, books, Hinges,
Bolts. Files Chiselst Levels, Planes, Beselss
Wrenches, Picks, Mattocks, Hubs, Rims,
Spokes, Shafts, Long and Short Arms, Clips,
Springs, Enameled Cloth, Gum Canvass, &C.
4 complete stock If Tools ana Supplies
for Carpenters, Builders, Masons, Sadlers,
Shoemakers and others, with many House
furnishing articles. We invite the pubic 10
call and exapigs eps prices
@-No trouble to show goods. mar ls
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
9tliddletowl, 1irettorp.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.

Town COMMISSIONERS IT. E. Hnrn, Presi
dent: Taos. Massey, Jr., Secretary; Jas. d
Scowdrick, G. W. Wilson, VIM. W. Wilson
AssEssoR &C. E. Anderson.
TREAsuRER.-fsaac Jones.
JUSTICE or THE PsAcE.-DeW. G. Walker.
CONSTABLE AND PoLlCEMAE.-Vacant.
LAnpL1eHTER F. c. Schreitz.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
MASONIC.

ApoNIRAn CHAPTER No. 5, R. A. M. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth FRI
days Of every month at 8 o'clock, P m.
UNION LODGE No. 8, A. F. A. N. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays Of every month
at o'clock, p. m. Masonic Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
RI1ILDING AND LOAN.

NlppLErowH B. T. L. ASSOCIATION. Samuel
Pennington, Pres; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
on the iirst Thursday of every month at 8
o'clock, p. m. ~,s~.r. .ss.s. -
MUTUAL LON ASSOCIATION on MIDDLETowN
Jas, II. Scowdrick, Pres; A. @. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at o'clock, p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND
Meets for practice every Monday evening al
8 O'Clock
POST. OFFICE.

OyyIcr HouRs.-Opens at 80 N and
closes 1t elpsm every day except Sunday :.
Mails f6f The Noftk close I'll 80 N, and
2.45 m.
Nail for the South closes at lois m.
Mails for Odessa close at 1923 m and 7.30
pm. .@4
Nails for Warwick, Sassairas and Cscilton
close at 0.23 m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
sTAGE LINES

Stage for Odessa, with q. s. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival OF the l0.43. am and 7.55
b m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival Of the l0.43 q m
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
/. O. O. F.

Coop SAMARITAN LoDeE, No9. Meets every
Thursday afternoon at o'clk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
FOR SALE.

A TOP BUGGY nearly new. Very cheap
As the subscriber is going West be wishes to
dispose Of it at an early date.
J.V. NAUDAIN,
Odessa, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRI1sTEEs OF THE ACADEMY.

Hon John P. Cochran. Pres; Henry Davis,
Treas. Samuel Pennington Secretary Jsmes
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R. T. Cochran. \. Williams.
PRINcIpAL OF AcADEMY.-T. 8. Stevens.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATL
RANK. @

Directors. Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
+. Biogs, John A. Reynolds, James Culbert-
son, E. @. Fenimore, !. NJ. E. Walker, - b.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
PRESIDENT Clayton,
CASHIER r. Hall.
TrLLER.-John 8. Crouch.
Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

PENINs. AGRICULTURAL AND PoMoLoGIcAL AS
soclArIoS.-Wm. r. Cochran, President and
Chairman of Board Of Managers; J. B. Clark
son, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat
urday in January. Next annual fair will be
held on October 4th, 5th and 9Th, 1876.