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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
An Anecdo,e Of the War.

l have heard an old war story,
and, by the way, it is one of the best
of them. / had it from former of
ficer under StOnewall Jackson. On
one of our marches in the early
spring, when a chilling rain had
been falling for days, and the slush
was almost waist deep, our COM
mand, utterly wretched and broken
down, was struggling along as best
it could under such circumstances.
Worn out myself, l crept into fence
corner to rest awhile. Presently /
saw a solitary straggler cOmingly
slowly up the road. He seemed al
most eXhausted-his shoes were
gone, and his feet cut and bleeding.
l was struck with his appearance,
for through all his wretchedness
shOne the indOmitable spirit of the
Southern sOldier-the man who
would be found at his post, or else
dead in the attempt to reach it. /
watched him closely, and as he
dragged himself slowly past | heard
him mutter to himself: "Bless me
If l ever love another cOuntry."-
Richmond Dispatch.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
PROV mosE HILL. TENN.


.sCataracts Of defamation thunder here;
There forests Of no meaning spread the page
In which all com prehenSion wanders lost,
While fields Of pleasantly amuse us there
With merry ieScants on a nations woes.
The rest appear a wilderness OF strange
But gay coifasion roses for the cheeks
And lilies fer the brows OF faded age,
Teeth for the tOOthiess, ringlets for the bald.
Heaven, ocean, earth. plundeFed of thslr
,Sectsreons essences. Oivmpian dews,
Sermons and city feasts and fav'rite ottarr
Ethereal joys, submarine exploits,
And Katerfeito. with his hair on enul
At his own wonders wondering Ior Ms
bread"
A. YOU recommended Tve been
trying to 'sgather sweetness" to send
the CHRONICI.E. New Years night
at the candy-stew at Mrs. n. 5. Ros-
seters 1 gathered considerable
quantity, which I thought of con-
sOlidating into budget, labelling
"nectarean essences of earth's sweet
est sweets, +" and sending in TO you the
next week but a lengthy discussion
ON the "silver question" warned me
that the waste basket would be its
destination, and so l didn't serd it.
Now, il has been SO long ago, ! find
that moses have covered all the
thoughts / garncred on that occa-
sion, and, as moses are counted
among the sweetest charms of ma
ture, We will not disrohe those
thoughts, bat let them be.
We didn't have a candy-Stew, but
stewed candy mt Uncle Bob j.. last
Monday night, and it was excellent.
miss Lina's candy always ~ We
had '.just lots of fun BY the way,
we have quite an agreeable accession
to our society in the person Of the
Rev. L. G Hensley, pastor at As
bury, who for the present IS making
his home at Uncle Bob's. Mr..
Hensley left Tuesday to visit his
father, who is ill. He will return
Friday before first Sabbath in Feb
ruary, if nothing prevents.
Rose Hill vas honored last week
with visit from Mr.. John ROyne-
ham and Misses Blanche Richards
and Carter Atkinson. There was
sweetness worth gathering, but they
left Monday.
As there is a dearth of news this
week l have concluded to make
this communication "short and
sweet" Before closing, however,
allow me to say there is no need to
tell me not to quarrel with you be-
cause my articles are occasionally
crowded out by superior and more
important communications, or, for
the want of merit, find their way to
the waste basket. No indeed!
wouldn't quarrel with the dear old
CHRONICLE for anything. 1t is al
ways welcome, and it is always the
first l read when the mail comes in,
although we have six other good
papers every week.
And now may the sweet spirit OF
love and peace watt its heavenly in
tiuence DER the slumbering world,
Gently as lilies shed their leaves
When summer days are fair.
-, % 1879
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
John Reh.n.on a. a Lion-Tamer.


Did you ever hear Uncle John
Robinson tell how he once played
the part of Daniel and entered the
lions den /? You ought to hear him
relate it. His lion performer had
left him, and he had sent for a
young woman who was famous for
her skill in subduing the mighty
king of beasts. When she reached
the show, however, and was intro.
duced to the lions, she hesitated
about entering the cage. Uncle John
laughed at her timidity, and with
his characteristic impetuosity cried
"What afraid of lion. Here, give
me your whip, and I'll go in. Never
did before, but amt afraid of the
oldest lion that lives" So John
seized the whip on the impulse of
the moment-if he had stopped to
think he never would have done it
and, swinging open the door, he
sprang into the cage. The boss lion
was lying down, with its head upon
its paws, in the further corner. A
couple of smaller lions were lying
by his side. Slowly the lion raised
his head and opened his great, sleepy
eyes to glance at the intruder, then,
with majestic deliberatiOn, got upon
his feet and began to advance to-
ward the man who had dared to
beard him in his den-the Douglas
in his hall. John says he never re-
allied until that moment how large
an animal lion was. He had no
idea until then what great eyes he
had got, what great mouth he had
got, and what long and sharp teeth
he had. "Get back :" yelled John,
i'm the sternest and most auth0rita-
tive tones he could command, -four
ishing his whip In the air. But the
lion did not get back (; instead of
/ that, he raised upon his hind feet,
reaching out with his fOre-paws un-
til he seemed to fill the entire width
of the cage. John says the lion
/ looked at that moment as though he
was at least sixteen feet high, and
/ he wonders how Daniel, simply pro-
| tected by green cotton umbrella,
ever held his own against den of
them. Seeing that the lion had no
\ idea Ofgetting back, for he continued
to advance, Uncle John concluded
to back out himself, which he did
with such precipitation as to fall in
to the arms of a couple of canvas
men who were fortunately standing
by, and who closed the door in time
to prevent the exit of his leOnine
majesty. John has had no desire
to perform the part of Daniel since
that exciting eXperience.-Bdut-
I more NeICS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

sprung off at right angles with it to
the ground, ten feet away and
then, perhaps, have run through
flock of sheep, the strong odor of
whose feet blOts out the scent of his.
These articles quite bewilder and
battle the young dog, but only de-
lay tine elder, who knows of old the
tricks of foxes. Nothing can be
more admirable than the manner of
his working as he comes to the edge
of the plOwed field. He wastes no
time in useless pottering among the
fresh turned burrows, but with rapid
lopeS skirts their swarded bOr-
der till, at a far corner, his speed
slackens az his keen nose catches
the sent again in the damp grass !;
he snuffs at it in an instant to as
sure himself, then sounds a loud,
melodiOus voice, and goes on bay
ing at every lope ill the road is
reached. Along this he zigZags till
he finds where the fox has left it.
And now comes the puZZling bit of
fence. The old dog thinks the fox
has gone through it; he goes
through it himself, but finds no
scent there puzzles about rapid
ly, now trying this side, now that ;
at last he bethinks himself of the
top TO which he chambers, and there
finds the missing trail. But his big
feet cannot tread the ''giddy foot
ing of the rail as could Renyard's
dainty pads so down he goes and
tries on either side for the point
where the fox left the fence. Rang
ing up and down, too near to hit
the spot where Rcnyard struck the
ground. he fails to recover the
scent, stOps-raises his nose and ut
tiers a long mOurnful howl, half veX-
alton. half despair. Now he climbs
to the top rail further on and shifts
it there. "NO faint of foX'S foot is
here" so he reasons, land he must
have jumped from the fence be-
tween here and the place where i
found 1t, and, acting on this lOgi-
/ cal conclusion, he circles widely till
/ he has picked up the trail once
more, and goes merrily on to the
/ sheep pasture. Here, satisfying
! himselfOf the character of this trick,
he adopts the same plan employed
at the plowed field, and after lit
1 tie finds the trail on the other side
and follows it to the hill, but more
slowly now, for the fox has been
gone some time the frost has melt
/ ed, the moisture is exhaling and
the scent growing cold. The fox
/ has long since reached the hill and
half circled 1t, and now hearing the
voices of the hounds so far away
so slowly nearing, has bestowed
/ himself on the messy cushion of a
knoll for rest and cogitatiOn. Here
he lies for a half hour or more, but
always alert and listening while the
dogs draw slowly on, now almost
losing the trail on a dry ledge, now
catching it in the moist, prOpitiOus
hollow, till at last a near. burst
warns poor sly-boOts that he must
again up and away.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
How StOneWalI Jackson Died.
Col. X. Douglas in Philadelphia Times.

The death of Gen. Jackson was
characteristic in its singularity. At
night, when the battle had ended,
Just as he had achieved what was
thought to be the successful move
ment of his career, he, whom the
enemy began to believe both invul-
nerable and inVincible, fell at the
hands of his own people. 1t is need
less to repeat the painful story of his
wOunding and death. AT first it
was not believed his wounds were
mortal, and the army thought in the
language of Gen. Lee, jackson will
nOt-he cannot die" But it was
written. Pneumonia lent its fearful
aid to the enemy, and on Sunday af-
ternOOn he closed his eyes and smiled
at his own spoken dreams-"Let us
cross over the river and rest under
the shade of the trees" The dream
thus spoken is yet unbrOken; and
his soul went out to heaven, uplifted
by signs and prayers, rising that
hour from altar and clOister, all over
the South, for his recovery. On
Friday, the 18th of May, 1868, his
body was taken for burial to his
home in Lexington. He had not
been there since he left, two years
before at the beginning of the war,
Only two years, and yet, how like
romance, his growth In fame. And
now he lies buried, as he directed,
Gin the Valley of Virginia" and
among the people he loved so well.
/ 1t was better so. He could not save
| the South, and it was merciful he
should perish first. The tender
memory he left behind him in the
army, and the stern sense of duty
| he bequeathed his soldiers, will be
( told by this incident, with which
close this unworthy sketch: The
army of Lee was on its march to
/ Gettysburg, and the commanding
general had given strict orders for
/ its discipline in Pennsylvania. An
! officer riding to camp from Cham
| bersburg late at night was halted by
/ the OutpOSts. Having neither pass
I nor cOuntersign, i'm his dilemma he
/ thought of an old pass in his pocket
/ book, signed by Gen. Jackson, whose
recent death hung like a cloud over
/ the army. He found it and handed
it with confidence To the sentinel.
The trusty fellow managed to read
it by the light of a match, and as he
did so he seemed to linger and hes
itate over the signature. And then,
as the light went out, he handed it
back, and looking towards the stars
| beyond, he said, sadly and firmly /:
Captain, you can go to heaven on
| that paper, but YOU can't pass this
post"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
Brine Poison to Pigs.

The poisinOus property of pork or
other meat brines when fed to pigs
is known to many, and years ago
was mentioned by the veterinarian
YOuatt. The Rural New Yorker,
referring TO the subject, says quite a
large number of eases are on record
in which some have died in cOnse-
quence of small quantity of brine
having been mixed with their feed,
under the impression that it would
answer the same purpose, and be
equally as beneficial as the admix-
ture of a small quantity of salt; and
where one case has proved fatal
there are scores i'm which pigs have
suffered more or less severely.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
Pork.

1t is a noticeable fact that pork in
its various cured forms Is cheaper at
the present time than 1t has been
since 1873. In that year the price
was reduced on account of the panic
in the money market which perva-
ded the whole country; but the fall
in pork at this time is mainly attrib-
utable to the unprecedented large
stock of hogs in the West. Not
withstanding this fact, the receipts
of hogs last week at the six great
packing cities was considerably less
than those during the same period
last year. This is not due to lack
of hogs in the country, nor to the
unwillingness of producers to accept
prices current therefor, but to the
fact that the recent rains through
out the West have rendered the
condition of the roads almost i'm
passible, and farmers are unable to
forward their stock to market. Two
years ago, if our memory serves US
Alright, barrel Of pork brought $27
in the New Orleans market; now,
SI3 is the price at wholesale.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
TEXAS PACIFIC.

Jan. 70, 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
ReVerend's Appreciation of JOUrn-
mlf6m.

The world will have to learn that
the newspaper is an institution, and
that,it requires infinite brains and al
most infinite capital. 1t is folly for
anyone who cannot succeed in any,
thing else to try newspaperdOm. To
publish a newspaper requires the
skill, precision, bOldness, vigilence
and strategy of a COMMANDMENTS
Chief. To edit requires that one be
a statesman, essayist, geOgrapher-
in fact, an encyclopedia. And to
govern and propel it till it is an es-
tablished fact, demands more quail
ties than any business on earth
IdLm0ge's Sunday night talk.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
Reynard's StratsgeDas.
From FoN-Hunting in New England"
Srribner for January

From "FoN- Hunting in New England" in
Scribner for january
But think not thus early nor with
such successful issues in every chase
TO close. This was ended before the
fox had used any other trick for
bathing the hounds but his simplest
one of running in circles. An
hour or two later an old fox, finding
the dogs still holding Persistently to
all the windings of his trial, would
have sped away to another hill or
wood a mile or So of. ana WOuid
have crossed newly plOWed nstuS,
the fresh earth leaving no tell-taIe
sent: would have taken to travelled
highways, where dust and the
ho0fs of horses and the footsteps OF
men combine to obliterate the ira
ces Of his passage, or have trod GIN
gerly along many lengths Of the top
rails of fence and then have
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
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the CHRONICLE offers superior inducements
to the Merchant, Citizen, Farmer, Mechanic
and TO all branches of industry. Our
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
The Parent of Hnsomania.

The parent of insomania or wakefulness
is in nine cases out of ten dyspeptic stom-
ach. Good digestion gives sound sleep, in
digestion interferes with it. The brain and
stomach sympathize. One of the prominent
symptoms of a weak state of the gastric or
gans is "a disturbance of the great entrepot,
the brain. InVigOrate the stomach, and
you restore equilibrium to the great centre.
most reliable medicine for the purpose is
HOstetter'S Stomach Bitters, which is far
preferable to mineral SedatiVes and power
ful narcotics which, though they may for a
time exert sophoriflc influence upon the
brain, soon cease to act, and invariably in
on the contrary, restore activity to the OPP
erations OF that all important organ, and
their beneficent influence IS reflected IN
wise given to the action of the liver and
bOwleS by its use.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

THE Kentucky House has passed
an important bill, forbidding the
sale of spirituOus, vinOus or malt
liquors to inebriates, under penalty
of fifty dollars and forfeiture of IL
cense for each Offense also, liable
in an action for damages by the faith
er, mother, wife or child of such
inebria,e, after written notice has
been served fOrbidding such sale
Logan County Enterprise.
If they could in any way prevent
the sale of it to young men who are
not inebriates and are only COM
mencing the career of intemperence
they would do better, the lnebriates
are not likely to be much benefited
by this legislation. Our boys be-
gin on lager and the mischief is
done by the time they get to whis-
ky. Watch the lager beer saloons,
that is where the mischief begins
Ed. CHRONICLE.
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

As Judge Tarver will hold his
first court in this city next week,
we publish the following from the
Banners Huntsville correspondence:
The Chancery court commenced
here on Monday, Hon. Benjamin
j. Tarver, our new Chancellor, on
the bench. Judge Tarver is man
about fOrty-five years of age, medi-
UNI size, rather gray, with frank,
open cOuntenance, and a deep, pierre
ing black eye. His rulings are un-
eXceptionable and the impression
made upon our people is of the
most favorable kind. In word he
combines all the elements requisite
to first-class Chancery Judge, and
if he continues as he has started
out, our people will be loath to give
him uD,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
GAINESVILLE DLSFRICT-TEN
NESSEE CONFERENCE.
ed hound ef QuarterIr Mee,ins

Springfield sta, Jan, 26, q,
Port Royal and Salem station, at Salem,
Jan, 81, p,
Feb, 2, 3,
New Providence and Bethel station, at
Bethel, Feb. s, 8, 10.
Montgomery circuit at Stamper's Chapel,
Feb. 8, 10.
Palmyra circuit, at Ebenezar, Feb. 10, II.
Blooming Grove circuit, at lakewood,
Feb. y, D, "a.
Saline circuit, at HOpewell, Feb. %, "a.
Cedar Hill circuit, at Cedar Hill, Mch. 2, B.
Antioch circuit, at Collinsville, March S,
9, 10.
Cheatham circuit, at Walton's Chapel,
March 8, 10
Red River circuit, at Wartrace, Mch. 10, IL
Asbury circuit, at Grants Chapel, March
%, "a.
Clarksvslle station, March %, q.
WELBORN MOONEY, p. E.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

The entire population of the
whole American continent is tri-
file over eighty-five and half mil
lions, while Asia contains 824, 348,-
800 people. The entire population
of the globe is ,423, 816,800. Two
hundred human beings die every
hour, while twenty-three hundred
are born i'll the same time.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

LET men tremble to win the hand
OF woman, unless they win along
with it the utmost passion of her
heart. Else it may be their misera-
bic fortune, when some mightier
touch than their own may have
awakened all her sensibilities, to be
reproached for even the calm con-
tent, the marble image of happiness,
which they will have imposed upon
her as the warm reality.
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CORRESPONDENTS

will be increased by new additions and
strengthened ny looping Off the weak and
uninteresting for the purpose of giving place
only TO such communications as are reada-
BILE either for their aptness of wit, brilliancy
OF fancy, items of news, force of observation,
or vigor of thought. In short it shall be the
sole purpose of the publishers to make the
CHRONICLE in the future what il has ever
been "a the pasta heightened newspaper
for the amusement and the instruction OF
the people. As an
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

THERE are now ninety-six va
cancies at the Naval Academy.
Among the States which have va
cancies are the following: Illinois
3. Iowa 2, Kansas 8, Mississippi 3,
Missouri ), Tennessee ,, and Tex
as 3.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
FURS.

AiaskA Seal sGSsOss, trsm esS 90 ~.
Alaska Seal hs6s. eEeH ee.09 aP.
Alaska Seal iBoAs, nom $500 up.
Mink MaRs And Bee frem ALSO Q sci, upward
alk RvF-dnsA oaFnenH, fFoR aeS.oo.
ALASKA Sable Sets, from else.
Ro0d sss q RBsa a Lev a. eSO0.
~ SLY or YURs 10 SUITABLE AZ WELL
A. aaARoAABLE HOLIDAY PREakNE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
P0RACCO MARKET

will receive its closest attention in order
that the planter may be fully posted re-
our greatest staple, not only in this market
but in the leading marts throughout the
world. The workers of the soil shall in the
columns of the CHRONICLE see from week
week to week the prices of prOduce through
out the country, in order that they may at
any time find the best market for their pro-
ductionS. The list OF
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09

The total expense Of running the
Kentucky State Government, pei
year, is put down in Commissioners
w. J. Davies report at 81 ,56i 800.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-09
Dissolution.

The copartnership heretofore existing be-
tween J. S. Neblett and J. A. Grant, under
the firm name of Neblett & Grant, in the
printing business, was dissolved on the LIST
day of January, 1878, =. A. Grant having sold
his interest to VIM. p. Titus. Those having
claims against the old firm will present
them for settlement, and those indebted to
them will please come forward and make
payment. j. 8. NEBLETT,
Jan. II, 1S78-4t IA. GRANT.