Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-07

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and promise them all if we are ever
so fortunate we will reciprocate theil
kind treatment.
Our association with the Tennes.
see editors was very agreeable and
we hope to meet many of them al
our Press Convention next June
where we will do our utmost tC
make their visit as enjoyable as was
ours.
From the Lebanon Herald.
CLARKSVILLE.
We wrote the word which appears
above, half an hour agO-and we
have been staring at it ever since,
thinking what we should say on such
a subject. Not that there is nothing
to be said, but for a reason just the
reverse-the theme is so fruitful OF
suggestion that we scarcely know
where or how to begin. And we are
very sure that, when we shall have
written this article, and come to
read it over, we shall be dissatified
with it utterly, as crudeand meagre
and wholly inadequate. For you see
that, when Worcester and Webster
made their ponderous quartos, they
knew nothing of Clarksville people
and Clarksville hospitality, and so
failed to supply those of us who are
more fortunate in that respect with
suitable superlatives.
This, possibly, appears eXtrava-
CANT to some small soul, who has not,
as the ancient poet hath it,
"Been where we have been,
And seen the sights that we have seen" 3"
Go to, small souI-get thee to nun
merry. We pity and forgive you.
The business proceedings of the
Tennessee Press Association are re-
ported elsewhere. Just here we
have a soul above business, and
chronicle no small beer.
But let us raven our muttOnS.
When we got to Clarksville, We'd
neSday afternoon, the sweet little
cherub that sits up aloft, to keep
watch for the life and luck of the
country editor, gOtdOwn to his work.
Being cherub of proportions, he
materialized dually, as it were, and
appeared to our visual orbs in the
shape of our confreres Wright and
Riley of the local press, who took
prompt charge of our party and sent
US in carriages to the temporary
homes to which we had been assign
ed. Here again our usual good for
tune attended us-primarily, in that
it separated us Gus" meaning this
editor individuality from the ruck
of country editors, who are usually
attractive in inverse ratio to their
proximity, and secOndarily in that
we became the guest of Mrs. A. G.
MundfOrd, to whom, with her
charming family, weare indebted for
very much of the pleasure of our
stay.
The headache which is the ineXOr-
able lecOncOmitant Of association with
such Philistines as Doak and John
Helms necessitated an early retire
ment on Wednesday highland we
We're especially fortunate, Thursday
morning, in falling into the kindly
hands of our Old-time Lebanon
friend DIR. Ben. II. Owen, who pre-
scribed for our bodily ailments with
celerity and success. And, just here,
we must express, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen, and to Chancellor and Mrs.
LurtOn, acknowledgements for cOurte-
sizes the delicatest and most grateful.
Theyare admirable representatives
of Clarksville hOspitality-and we
"can't say no fairer than that"
The business session Of the AsSO-
citation engrOssed our attention dur
ing Thursday. In the evening the
literary exercises took place. These
comprised an address of welcome
from the Eagle Orator." with a re-
spOnse by our President, the poem
Of Mrs. Bringhurst, which we print
on our first page, and the address of
General Handy.
Friday, business again demanded
our attention, until the afternoon,
when, after having assured our de-
scent to an admiring pOsterity
through the faithful camera of Nc
Cormac, we committed ourseIf, in
company with the Admirable
ChrichtOn of the Tennessee press
(does any son of Belial need the ex-
PLANTATION that this means CommO-
dore Doak p and the ditto ditto of
the Kentucky ditto, Hon. f. Polk
johnson, to the care of Judge Daniel,
and explored the mysteries of Dun
bars cave. OF that ride, behind a
trotter in comparison with which
Flora Templewould seem the tamest
of snails, we dare not trust ourself
to speak. Some events are better
"StoI'n from speech and left to memory"
The banquet and ball of Friday
night were the splendid conclusion
of the most magnificent entertain
ment in the history of our AssOcia-
ton. Here our adjectives fail us ut
terly-fail because of the natural
impotence Of ordinary words to give
vent to expression. 1t may be that
we were especially blessed-but we
have seen no one since who does not