Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-15
FROM JORDAN SPRINGS.

EchOs About Jordan Springs.
The second quarterly meeting foi
Montgomery Circuit, NJ. E Church,
South, present Conference year, was
held at Williams Chapel, two mile
from here, on the 1st and I'd of the
present month. Rev. WelborI
Mooney, of GAINESVILLE, conducted
the services, preaching three excel
lent disccurses. His sermon on
Sunday morning, "Christian Benev.
Olenee," and based on Matt. X, IL,
was a most happy delineation o.
true christian character. A christ
ian was a giver. 1t was a contra
diction of terms to call him a chris
tian who shut up his bowels of com
passion against the destitute and
suffering. A stingy christian wa,
4 misnOmer. All should give. None
too poor. Stewards had no right Il
refuse the contributions ofGod's poor.
The widows mite and one or more
illustratins were given. The com
munion which followed the sermon
was full of comfort.
Col. Nathan Watkins died at the
residence of his son-in-Iaw, John
w. Clardy, on last Monday night.
His disease was pneumonia of an
unmanageable type. Mr.. Watkins
was a kind-hearted, genial man.
He was generally of a cheerful dis
position. He possessed many good
qualities but, like too many, put
off the day of his return to God too
late. Peace to his ashes.
Minor Fletcher's child, on Tues
day, was at the point of death.
Although the "echo" comes from
a distance, we mention the fact that
Hopkinsville, KY, has $500 hearse
which was standing on Main Street
last Monday, containing a rich cas-
ket with satin trimmings, we be-
lieve. This is the first instance ofthe
kind we ever saw. An advertise
ment for the dead.
Our farmers are busy preparing
plant beds for tobacco. The present
dull prices of the weed will not les
sen the acreage much.
Rev. r. p. Gannaway of Bloom
ing Grove was in the neighborhood
on last Saturday and preached. l
had not the pleasure of hearing him
but a good judge says the sermon
was better than one from the same
text, few months ago, by one OF
the ablest preachers in the county.
\ certain gentleman of the COM
munity told me to say that he knew
a man of whom it is said that he
made S2,7O0 from a few cymblings,
by turning goose and "setting" on
them. If he don't mind somebody
viii break his eggs.
A good OLD lady of this commune
ty, in fixing up her pension papers
to-day, had to prove that she had
not married but once. Most Wild
ows that we wot of would like to
prove that they had been married
at least twice.
Oats are worth &c a bundle and
corn soc bushel. Tie price of to-
bacco is nominal, with about equal
indispOsitiOn on the part of buyers
to purchase and farmers to sell.
The plum crop in this section APP
pears to be safe. Other fruits have
not examined.
We need one more dry goods or
grocery store in our town. There
is only one vacant stOrehouse here.
This is an excellent place for a mer-
chant or grocer.
The compOsitor, in the last issue
of the CHRONICLE, lost three of my
'echOes," and made me appear
av award in some things printed.
Witness: "cerriculum" for curricu-
lum; Jack" for Joe; "neighbors"
for Neighbors (persons by this
name): "Hymens' for Hymen's.
Now sir, if he don't mind, I'll take
a ''stick" to him, "lOck" him up,
and "press" him into new tissue"
Then / reckon he'll CHRONICLE all
the "echoes" he hears.
GREENBACK.
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