Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-08-24

WAtlCTS. Like the dlWayS-cOnNen-
ient-to-be-quoted Micawber, I've
been waiting for something to
turn up" worthy to be chronicIed ;
but "alas for the rarity"-of news.
When we are asked if there is any
news in theneighborhoOda at present,
we are reminded of the anecdote of
the man going across the grounds of
a picnic, with a pitcher in each
hand, and seeing a thirsty-looking
individual, asked which he'd have,
"sweetmilk or buttermilk ?'' Thirs-
ty individual answered very thirsti-
Nv, "Sweetmilk." Pitcher man,
looking in his pitcher with a serio-
comicaI expression, "Well, Pm
sorry. but there amt none." Thirsty
Observation-Disclosures, then !"
This time a diabolical, fiendish
smile lit up the face of the p. m,
and a loud laugh broke through the
startled air, while he enunciated
these words: "Well, there amt
none OF that, neither!" And there
fell, as it were, scales from the
thirsty mRn's eyes, and the scales in
descending carried his lower lip;
perhaps, for tire sake of truth, it is a
pity it didn't remain dropped (his
lip, for that anecdOte has been told
no less than a dozen times, and each
time there was a different man.
Experience teaches that such is gen
orally the case with standing
Jokes" But as l intended to say,
our news is like that milkman's
"there amt any" And so 1
have only this comforting hope,
that to those who advocate the
Italian motto, "Nulld nUoCd, 6uOna
,uOUd," this letter will at least be
readable.
I'm one thing our neigh borhood is
Supremacy blest, and that is good
preaching. Mr.. Hardwicke breaches
at Salem Baptist Church every Sab
bath; Mr.. Walker, at Garrettsburg
(BaptisD, first Sunday in every
month at Bethel (Methodist) they
have preaching nearly every Sun
day, and at Liberty (Christian) Mr..
McChesney breaches. So we are, as
it were, centrally located in an evan
gelical circle, and all so situated
who are not profited thereby will be
personally to blame. 1t is a fearful
thing in the midst of these spiritual
advantages to live in the darkness
without hope and without God in
the world. Have they not, who
live so, a startling cause to fear that
they will hear, above the tumult of
that last day, the wailing cry, "WOe
unto thee, ChOragin woe unto thee,
Bethsaida for if the mighty works
which were done in YOU" etc. "But
/ say unto you, it shall be more toll
cradle for Tyre and Lidon at the
day of judgment than for you ~
The rule of each protesting Chris
tian's life should be "The Bible
alOne-its faith and its purity, its
practice without change" But how
many disregard or wilfully neglect
the teachings of the WOrd-that di-
vine comforter which the Savior
has given those that love him
How many women, who have moth
ing else to do but read, don't know,
or entirely overlook, Paul's injunc-
ton: Gin like manner also, that
women adOrn themselves in modest
apparel, with shamefacedness and
sObriety; not with braided hair, or
gold, or pearls, or costly array; but
(Which becOmeth women protesting
gOdliness) with good works." l
sadly fear that some ladies of the
present day take the with shame
facedness" in too literal a sense; at
least so we conclude from appear
ances, for what could induce sensi-
BILE women to cut and befrizZle, and
cover their faces with their hair in
the manner they do, (and if they
haven't enough of their own, they,
by means of band or other artific-
ial construction, hang over their
eyes curtain of some ones else)-
in the name of common sense, / ask,
what could induce them to take all
this unnecessary trouble, unless it IS
because they are ashamed OF their
faces. We have noticed lately a
modified (?) form of this fashion of
wearing the hair on the face, /. e.,
what the vulgar term "spit. curls."
/ suppose IA description of this same
is unnecessary. 1T is beyond hu-
man ingenuity to give il a more
suitable name, and any observer
who is at all curious about the mat
ter may know, when he sees a young
Iady's face looking rather dabby,
with little rings around the outer
surface, that he beholds the inimit-
able "spit curls." Is it possible
that this eObweb-like arrangement
of the hair oyer the face could sUg-
gest to the behOlder thoughts of
crotchets and webs in the brain of
the wearer? And now, young la
dies, you who are guilty Of this
folly, allow me, as a friend, to say
you are entirely wrong, and you
should not be allowed to be such
unjust critics of your beauty when
IL leads you to the unconsciOnable
error of hiding your faces. BE
brave, and don't be afraid to show
your faces, and, above all things,
"keep your hair out of your eyes"
as our dear mother used to admOn-
ish us when we were very small
children. We should be THANKFUL
that we live in a republic and are
allowed to breathe the fresh air of
heaven, and not bungled up and
SuftOcated with thick wells, as are
the Turkish women. ] have said
something on this subject before,