Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-06
COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRES.
PONDENCE.
Prom Dickson County,.


EDITORS CHRoNICLE:-I wrote 10 the
CHRONICLE a few days ago but / guess the
letter was lost in the mail, or was crowded
ed out by more important matter; at all
events it did not appear.
The wheat has all been cut and is much
better than was expected. A full two thirds
crop was made and some farmers wheat was
as good as any year heretofore, while others
say theirs is damaged considerably. 1t Is
consoling to know that all viii produce
enough for home consumption, with little
to spare. Crops of all kinds are looking
well, and corn on the creeks is splendid.
Dickson county is famous for raising good
corn, and large quantity of it. There are
no finer lands in the State than those that
border on Harper, Piney, Jones and bar
toms Creeks, These lands are sure to pro-
duce "hog and1hominy'' any season. By
diligent inquiry find that there is about
two thirds the quantity of tobacco planted
as there was last year; all have come to the
conclusion to make less tobacco but of bet
ter quality.
The railroad from Dickson to Centreville
is being rapidly built, ten miles being finish
ed already, more than one third of the dis
lance. 1t will not be long before the isolated
man counties will hear the locomotives
whistle, and the goober grabbers will have
transportation for their peas with out haul
ing them so many miles. Hickman county
and the southern portion of Dickson are
noted for raising peas. When this road Is
finished a country rich in mineral wealth
will be opened TO the capitalist, and those
wishing to invest in iron property will
,aIa fralN
and ore combine to make it profitable.
Even the sandstone for making hearths
and in-walls for the furnaces is abundant,
and that of itself is quite an item in the con-
struction of furnaces. PinewoOd Factory,
where large quantities of cordage, cotton
yarn and sheeting is made, is on this line
of railroad, and the surrounding country is
rich in. both agricultural and mineral
wealth, and predict that Pinewood will be
a thriving little village ere long. ClarksvlIle
connected with Dickson by the Empire
| Nashville & Clarksville Railroad, will be a
| decided advantage to us as well as a source
of prosperity to GAINESVILLE and Dickson.
| Charlotte's new church is finished and
looks quite grand in our little city in
/ the hills, with its spire reaching to the
enormous heighth of seventy-five feet
| Thanks to the peoples generosity it is PAID
/ for, and when it is dedicated to the Lord nc
carpenter will hold mortgage on it, as is
too often the case.
The exercises at Cloverdale Seminary
commenced last Thursday and ended Fri
| day with much praise being bestowed upon
/ the Young ladies of this most excellent
school, for their general department and ad
vancement. Miss Sallie Harris proved to be
almost proficient in the working OF
algebraical problems, and it was almost i'm
possible to give her a problem that she
| could not work ont before the audience, on
the blackboard. Cloverdale Seminary Is
situated on Barton's Creek, three miles wes1
of Cumberland Furnace, and a more desira
BILE locality for a school could not have been
found as far as health is concerned, besides
the neighbOrhood is fall of natural beauty
in the shape of ivy covered bluffs and mas
siye forests. The school is an old one, being
established more than % years ago by Prof
w. B. Bell, who died more than year ago
His son, a young man of much talent anc
of true Christian principals, Mr.. Walter
Bell, with his sister, Miss Mamie Bell, are
the present teachers. Music and drawing
are taught with proficiency.
1t is with much sorrow that L report the
death of Mr.. Van Hudson, one of Dicksonf
noblest boys. Noble in every sense of the
word. A faithful Christian from childhood
and a most exemplary young man. He dice
of that fell monster consumption, which
carries off so many young of the present
| generation to the grave and eternity Fare
| well Van! we should thank God that you
were ready to die, and prepare ourselves t.
meet you again in that better land
"Where sorrow never lives
And friendship never dies"