Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-28
FROM ASHLAND CITY.

In the last few days the crop pros
poets in this portion of the vineyard
have materially improved. Last
Wednesday we had the finest rain
with which we have been favored |
since about the first of May. 1t was
regular clod-melter and gully
washer. Corn and tobacco had be-
GUN to show signs Of failure, corn
twisting and turning yellow and to-
bacco beginning to put on cabbage
airs-heading up-but now, thanks
TO refreshing showers, each has
dOnned its verdant hue and proml-
ses abundant return for the labor OF
the husbandman. Wheat and oats
were harvested in fine condition,
but some crops are still standing III
the shock, exposed to the effects OF
wet weather should it continue.
The wheat crop does not promise an
average yield, but the Oat crop IS
better than it has been for several
wears, There is a larger acreage OF
tobacco planted in this county than
ever before, but thus far the season
has not been favorable, and this,
coupled with the further fact that
the crop was not put out as early as
usual, will reduce the amount to the
: ordinary average.
, This has been the most prolific
season for rattIesnakes Of any i'll
:. many wears. 1 learn that as many
I as eleven persons in this county have
, been bitten during the season, but
: as vet with no fatal results plenty
! of Robertson county, applied inter
! nallv with an external application
@ of salt and the yellow Of eggs, thor
: oughIy mixed and applied as poul-
: tice to the wound producing cure
J in a few days.
r. We have also had the finest croI
< of patent agents in the recollection
o. of the oldest inhabitant. First thu
If ubiquitous sewing machine agent
Ie then the patent fence man; thel
v the patent bee gum then the paten
Ia cburn and cIOthes-washer agent
" then the patent fender and churl
v man. Next the patent bed spring
r so conducive to Iaziness, and patent
-e ad mfnit,ma. They have bee
Of around so much that the best guar
60 DOGS have ceased TO bark at ther
X from sheer exhaustion, and If oN
tn from force Of habit attempts to bar
nd he quits i'll disgust, as his voice II
H. seubIes more the hOaTse crOakIng
ut some huge bullfrOg in some stagna1
Nv DooI than the clear, ringing voice
.rs his former self. Some one has sal
he that mind acts on mind though I'll
,is bodies be far apart. | suppose tn
No. must be true to some extent, II
amid this unwonted crop Of patel
VS. vendors several of our citizens hay
nd set their wits to work to seek OF
ON new inventions. First, l.. j. Low
H. Esq, has applied for letters pate
no for a new pillow, or combination
ers plows, by which he proposes to
he more work and better work with
nj less expenditure of horse muse
me than was ever dreamed of befOl
yer He also claims that by the san
90, principle applied that he can pic
Der fruit trees more thoroughly al
ION without any danger of soaring t
ing trees by the harness, as while t
I'VE plow runs close to the tree the tea
ore can be thrown as far off as necessi
am requires. He also claims that
MP, application of the same principle
) to can dispense with rudder and stee
be- man on canal boats. If his pate
ned will do what he claims for it it W
aid supply a desideratum long felt
inst these various particulars.
Who J. w. Smith, of our town, has
, TO piled for letters patent upon co
,eir bination bee hive, and if it does
hat he claims for it it viii work W.
art- derful revolution in bee cultu
en- Many experienced bee-keepers ha
not examined sample hive that he !
will and they pronounce it a deci'