Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-28
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genial spring has given us warm
reception. Natureafter afew months
rest and torpor, has risen again like
Phoenix from the ashes, and dressed
herself in a charming spring garb of
the most exquisite cOlOrs-Velvet
green, scarlet red and snowy white.
All the trees and shrubbery have be
gun to unfold their leaves and bios
SONS, and the busy bees and gay
butterflies are merrily flying from
| flower to flower, slipping with de
light the sweet honey which was
denied to them during the rigorous
winter; and the joyous crowd of
feathered sOngsters are sending forth
their spring hymns. Man himself
feels as if he had been resuscitated
and rejuvenated he feels new life,
fresh energy and increased strength
in his bosom; he cherishes new
hopes, makes new calculations, and
looks placidly and confidently into
the haZy distance of the suspicious
future, especially now that the coun-
try has been happily delivered from
the travails of a political regenera-
ton, the political sky begins to
brighten up, and the black clouds
of discOuragementa and dependency
no longer linger around us. But
our object is not to discuss politics,
or to launch crushing thunderbOlt
upon the unprincipled politicians
and thieVish knaves who have so
long held in their iron fangs our two
sister States South Carolina and
Louisiana. Well may we rejoice
over the final and happy solution
of an harassing problem which has
been a source of constant uneasinesS
and fear; well may we thank kind
Providence for the restoration of
peace and consequent prosperity
and well may we be jubilant over
the gradual disappearance of sec
tiOnal hatred and personal animOsi-
ty; but we are at present in too
philosophical a mood and too full
of pOetical visions to have our atten-
ton diverted and directed to the
arena of political controversies and
diplomatical negotiations. Welile
just now to indulge in pleasant
spring reveries, and dwell awhile in
the lofty and misty regions of youth
full imagination, instead of stepping
down on the bottom of sober reality
and the monOtonOus daily talk.
The other day 1 made my way
into the editorial sanctuary of the
CHRONICLE, where the learned ed
itor-a devoted disciple of Aescula-
pius-with- spectacles serenely |
poised on the neither edge of his OIL |
factory organ, was attentively scan
ming the contents of exchanges, and |
examining their intrinsic merit and |
external form, while other sundry |
individuals were silently and sternly |
perched on those Oracular tripods |
which seem to be an indispensable |
piece of furniture in every office. |
Mastering all my courage up to dis
turb the calm repOse of the grim ed
it0r, and to interrupt him in his in
tellectual saunterings over pyra-
mid of papers, he answered me with |
that categorical non pOssltllaats which
has become so famous through the |
papal diplomacy, spoke of a cORdtiO |
sine qua non, uttered the phrase in
stdtt quo ante 6eIlen1, enounced the
ominous word uItjn1Qt,tna-in fine,
his political, legal and diplOmatical |
phraseOlOgy and Technology, copi-
Ously interspersed with medical adj
iectives, astOniShed, amazed, con-
founded, perpleXed, nOnplussed and |
beWildered me, and proved sutfi- |
GENTLY that either he was in a terri
bly, warlike disposition because
somebody had raised a storm of |
dangerous thoughts in his tranquil
bosom, or that he was working up, |
editorially, the complicated Eastern
Question. /, however, succeeding
in restoring my mental equilibrium
and philosophical calm, retreated |
forthwith with evangelical patience |
from the field of action, fastened |
down stairs and concluded to make |
a DECENTRALIZATION through the city.
Passing by confectionery store,
l saw vast piles of apples and Oran-
ges, huge pyramids of bananas and
cOcoanuts, and lofty mountains Of
cakes and pies, besides large depos-
its of,candy and extensive accumu-
latiOns of nuts from both hemis-
pheres. Being unable to resist the
temptations Of my fancy and the
cravings of my heart, | entered and
asked if any harmless, cool and
fashionable liquids could be had.
Soon a gushing stream of fOaming
soda water burst forth from a silvery
fountain, intended to mOisten my
thirsty throat. Presently a couple
of Ethiopian persuasion came in,
and began, with staring eyes and
gaping mouth, to survey the whole
field of delicacies and refreshments.
The dusky twain had evidently but
recently been married. The bride
groom, a stout and stalWart figure,
had hands as rough as those of
pile-driver or like the skin Of Il canal
mule, and his worthy spouse was
attired in a dress of 50 fOggy texture
that l thought it was a substance
analogous to that primitive nebu-
lous matter out of which the plane
tary world was developed. They
at once called for cakes and soda
water, and hardly had they dis
patched these refreshments when
they expressed a fervent wish to
have a new and increased edition of
nutritiVe substances. Their powers
of maxillary motion, masticatiOn