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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
A word to the Corpulent.

Instead of regarding obesity as an
abnormal condition, many people
have enormously considered it as
an evidence of health, and any
agent that reduces fat is therefore at
once suspected of being injurious.
Starting to reason from the false
position that fat is an evidence of
health, it is not surprising that they
should, very naturally, fall into the
error of supposing that an agent
possessing properties capable of re-
ducing corpulency would prove in
furious to the health. Reasoning,
however, from the rational basis,
that an undue deposition of fat,
constituting obesity, is nota healthy
but a morbid condition, it is quite
as natural for us to arrive at the OPP
posite conclusion, which is sustained
by experience and observation, 4. e.,
that the reduction of fat in cases of
corpulency is invariably followed
by an improvement of strength,
spirits and physical comforts. AL
lan's Anti-Fat will reduce a fat per-
son from 2 o5pounds week. Sold
by druggists.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19


the contract would soon be null and
void, new one Wonld have to be
made, and asked for advice on the
subject. DIR. Wright replied that if
the honorable Board of Mayor and
Aldermen would pardon him for
the presumption, he would suggest
that they get the advice of two per-
sons-one an expert in water works,
the other lawyer.
Mr.. Clark was satisfied from the
talk of the President that his plan
could not work, and, while still
wanting the works, Withdrew his
motion.
The President, before adjourning,
asked the Board to try and reconcile
all differences in the matter as far
as was in their power. If the war
continued it would permeate every
department of the city's affairs and
prove very disastrous matter.
Let the extremes meet, each make
concessions, and settle upon some
good middle ground. He had been
in the city thirty-seven years, and
had not before known any question
fraught with so much danger to the
city. 1t would destroy credit, bring
about Reputation and a loss far
greater than the cost of the works,
unless it be amicably settled. On
the other hand, if all differences
were properly adjusted, the works
built and made to comply with the
specifications of the contract, and
the city once more reunited, he
thought it big thing for her.
However, il the works were not
made to give the fire protection
specified from the stand-pipe alone,
would not touch it with a 40-foot
pole. He said he had lost money
on the gasworlIs, but he did not
/ regret it, as it was a benefit to the
city. On the same principle he
would take stock in the water
works if it became necessary, but
he would willingly give 5000 if the
water-works had never been men
toned in the city he had rather
| the matter had never been heard OF
if it is to divide the city and destroy
| its harmony.
On motion of DIR. Wright the
Board adjourned to the second Tues
! day night in September.
/
The above report we give from
the columns of our neighbor the
Tobacco Leaf. We preferred doing
so to making u report of our own,
as our senior editor took promi-
nent part in the discussion, and our
readers therefore might possibly
have greater faith in the impair.
TALLY of our neighbours report than
in any we could make.
We desire, however, to give 6
clearer account of the misunder
standing between Capt. Clark and
ourselves than our neighbor has
managed to make out. Capt. C.. haC
interpreted the paragraph he quoted
from the CHRONICLE to imply thai
he was himself a shareholder anC
was urging the purchase of The
works from interested motives
Our explanation was that no sucf
implication was contemplated, tina
our idea had been that the presen
stockholders had been offering thu
! works for sale, and that our remarki
applied to them and not to Capt
Clark. We are happy in believing
that he is satisfied with our explain
alton, as nothing would give u
greater pain than to find that h
considered himself treated Will
either Injustice or unkindness by us
ED. CHRONICLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19

that Allen began to put forth and
vindicate his policy of opposition to
the latter measure, which some
times, perhaps, led him beyond the
line of true craftsmanship in the
direction of imitation. Be this as it
may land the discussion of the
question would be foreign to our
present purpose), he stamped his
views indelibly on the people of
Ohio, and, in doing so, rendered
that State one of the most import
ant factors in the political balance
of the present day.
On this question he was elected
Governor of Ohio in 1873, thereby
converting a previous Republican
majority Of 20, goo into Democratic
victory by IA small majority, and in
1875 was beaten for the same office,
also by a small majority, by Ruth
erford b. Hayes, now President of
the United States.
His long and chequered political
career connects two widely distant
epochs in our political history-the
days of John Q. Adams and Craw-
ford, Clay, Webster and Calhoun,
with those of Thad. Stevens, Blaine,
Conkling, Morton and the other
Radical politicians and their antag-
onists, Bayard, Thurman, Hen
bricks and Pendleton.
Allen was a man of the jackson
type, of strong convictions, vehe-
ment energy in their assertion and
totally free from doubts. Such men
make their mark in the worlds
history for good or for evil, and it
may be safely said in his case that
the good so far predominates over
the evil as to characterize him as
one of the benefactors of the Amer
lean people. His political influence
survives him, and in the persons o
VOORHEES, and Ewing is felt as {
controlling force in Western politics
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
CIarksViIIe Wholesale Market.
CORRECTED BY j. ]. cRUsMAN.

SUGAR-Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated, 91a@lO1ac; Clarified, 7s4@9c
MoLAssES-New Orleans, s71l to 4Oc.
SYRUP-40c to 81 90.
COFFEE-We quote Rio, u to I6c; Java,
SALT.-Kanawha, bushel bbls., 81 S.; by
the car load, 81 IS.
FLoUR-s4per1ne So so to 90; Extra,
81 % to 4 rs; Choice or Fancy, IS 90 to 5 so.
STAR CANDLES-1215 to i5c.
WHIsK,YaaCommon country. 81 OO@l 20;
best brands Robertson county, 81 Is to 90.
GHEESE-Prime factory, s@l0e.
RICE-Carplina, 6 to Sc.
TIMOTHY SEED-SI 40 to 80.
CLOVER SEEDS 10.
RED T0P-50 TO Csc.
BLUE GRASS-S0c.
ORCHARD GRASS-s1 p.
SOAP-Bar, 49Tc,
OIIS--Coal oil, Ice; lard oil, Coo; linseed
Oil, raw zoe; boiled, 73c.
TURPENTINE-Spir Soc.
HAlRRMISH-Copal, 81 90; Japan, soc.
GLASS Window, 8xlO, 50 25 per box; 1Ox
PoWDER-Ride,. So 90 per keg; lead, 1Oc
per ID.
SHOT-S1 GO tolls.
CAPS-40@50c per 1000.
OYSTERS and 2 ID. cans, 75c(5l. IS
3 SARDINES-l3 to I5c.
MACKEREL-No. 3 per Dbl, Sc 90 to IS 90;
kits, Nos. /, and 8, 81 90 to l 50.
BLACKING-35@55c per dozen.
NAILS-S2 IS.
IRON-KentucIzy PIC; Tennessee, &c.
ROPE-l4@20c.
TRACES 90 to II 90 per dozen.
COLLARS-S4 90 to Is 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S2 so to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES-$6 so to 10 90 per dozen.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce
RACoN--Hog round, 8 to 519c.
LARD-615o.
TALLOW-5o,
PEANUTS-40@50c per bushel.
GINSENG-GOc to Toe
BEESWAX-20c.
FEATHERS new, 80 to 40c.
NASHVILLE, 81 90.
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
PORK-Gross, SC; net, 4c.
EGGS-l0c per dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19

ORD you ever notice the poor chap
standing in the first picture of the
almanac, with the fish and bulls,
sheep, scorpion, twins, ETC., around
him ? Did you ever notice that he
was naked and had nothing in his
stomach Well, that poor fellow
used to edit a country paper and
take his pay out in, "I'll pay my
subscription next week.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19

to have been submitted, in the first
place, TO an engineer who was thor
oughly versed in such matters, and
also to first-elass legal counsel.
In the absence of this, we have
not hesitated to express ourselves in
condemnation of the contract and
regret that we cannot withdraw our
objections.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
CIarksViIIe Female Academy

Is one the leading schools of the South
Flrst-ciaSs Teachers, handsome Buildings
and Grounds, complete in all its appoint
ments, Artistic, Vocal and Instrum entail
Music in charge of a German Professor emf
nent as a Composer and Teacher. All mod
ern appliances used. Will begin its 34th
Annual Session Sept. l. For new Catalogue
send to
REV. J. r. PLUMNfER, A. NJ, Pres't.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, June 10, julyl9-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19

Arkansas, and Texas, which, by
resolutions adopted and renewed,
have assumed its control and
pledged it their care and support /?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
Rei.,.,.aos Augustts.e7th.

The day for voting upon the COM
promise bill for the settlement Of
the St.ite debt. Go yourself; don't
trust % your neighbours doing your
duty for you, but 60 yourself and
take your neighbor with you.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
Session 1890 begins Sept. /, 1879.
II H r. Nj . /:

TUITION lin advance, per annum, $50
INCIDENTAL FEE Qn advanee), per
annum, 10
BOARD So to 81 per week for all charges
except washing, payable monthly in adj
vance.
Especial attention given to English and
practical courses.
Address the Chancellor for n copy of the
Announcement" and for fuller Informal
ton.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as Administrator OF
the estate of Thomas r. Moore, deceased
notice is hereby given to all persons owing
said estate to make payment at once, and
those having claims against said estate will
present them within the time prescribed by
law, or they will be forever barred.
g. w. MOORE,
Admir- of Thos. r. Moore, decd
July 19, lS79.-4w
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
j. T. ID, Woods,
Carpenter
and Builder

am now prepared to do all kinds of Car
penter Work and Repairing. Fences built,
Cisterns repaired, and Shingling done on
short notice and at reasonable prices. Hav-
ing been at work in the planning mill of q.
b. Wilson d Co. for 10 years, and have now
gone into business for myself, invive the
citizens of GAINESVILLE and vicinity to give
me trial. Shop No. First ST., (red 'front.'
near Franklin, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
so U T H w EST E r N
PRESBYTERIAN
UNIVERSITY
GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
Faculty and Courses Recognized.

Rev. ]. n. WADDEI, d. D., LII. D., Chan
cellor, and Professor of Philosophy, etc.
Rev. G. r. HEMPHILL, a. M, Professor
of Ancient Languages.
JAMES DINWIDDIE, NJ. A, Professor of
Mathematics.
]. w. CALDWELL, A. M, NJ. D., Professor
Natural Sciences.
S. ]. COFFMAN, Professor of Modern
Languages.
Rev. j. B. SHEARER, d. D., Professor of
History, English Literature and Rhetoric.
The Schools of Biblical Instruction and of
Commercial Science will be distributed for
the present.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
Just received another lot of To
Val. Laces.
Ready-Mad6 Clothing Extra Cheap.

We offer odd lots of Clothing at much less than
cost Splendid stock of Marsailes Vests at exceedingly
low prices.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19
noes at so cents, former price $l.25.

Shoes at 80 cents, former price $1.25.
Shoes at rs cents, price 81
a forme price
Misses Fine Button Shoes prce
Ladies' Fine $3.50 former price $3.50
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-19

These real bargains and should fail to see them
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
"THE PATRON OF HUsBANDRY"


ADOPTED BY THE STATE GRANGE
OF MISSISSIPPI AS ITS OFFICIAL
JOURNAL, DEC. II, 1873
The Special committee on the Grange
Press made the following report:
Your committee on that portion of the Mas
ter's Address referring to the Grange Press, have
had the same under consideration, and heartily
approve the suggestions therein contained and
especially do they approve all that he says in
commentator of THE PATRON OF HUSBAND
RY," published at Columbus, in our State,
journal earnest and Jealous in cause and ev
cry way worthy of the support and should be in
the hands of every Patron in Mississippi and the
entire Southwest; therefore, we would offer the
following resolutions and ask their adoption
Resolved, That THE PATRON OF HUSBAND
RY, published at Columbus by Bro. w. H. Wor-
Ellington, be adopted as the official organ of this
State Grange.
Resolved, That the Master Secretary, Execu-
tive Committee, ETC., publish all official orders,
circulars, ETC., in THE PATRON, and that the Off
GERS of the State Grange contribute regularly to
is editorial columns.
Resolved, That the State Oranges of Florida
Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas be requested to take similar action, and each
State Grange conduct department in said jour
nal.
Resolved, That this State Grange earnestly
appeals to the more active members of the Order
lation of THE PATRON as an important means
of building up and perpetuating the Order.
b D. B B. f alEn, Committee.
T. j. ABLY,
Report adopted unanimously.
w. L. WILLIAMS,
Secretary State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

The growing contempt for manual la
Dor is an alarming fact. II is an unright-
eous and unreasonable, prejudice, and one
likely to greatly imperil our free institu-
tons. In words we sing the praises OLA
Dor, the creator of capital, when in fact
it is the capitalist and not the laborers
whom we respect. This too prevalent
feeling seems to be increasing, even where
the Grange through its benefcent teach
ings is doing much, were established, to
counterfeit these pernicious opinions.
The teachings of the Grange tend to the
better education, and consequent elevation
OF the laboring classes. The leaders in
the Grange movement builded better than
they knew. The Order is doing its own
best work in fastening the time when the
laboring man, and the man of science,
will be the same individual Grange
Bulletin
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
CROP REPORTS.

The April returns to the department of
agriculture shows that the acreage of win
ter wheat is about seven and half per
cent greater than last year. This increase
is due mostly to the transfer of spring
sowings to fall sowings in the west and
and northwest. Unless the spring sow
ings increase beyond present expectations,
there will be reduced aggregate of the
wheat average in 1879. Wheat in the
ground, taken as whole, is about two
per cent below the average. The crop
in some sections was unfavorably affected
by the fall drought, and in others by the
absence of the snow during the extreme
winter cold; with average growing con-
ditions, however it will make avery large
crop of winter wheat. Rye has fallen off
about four per cent in acreage. It follows
generally the analogies of the wheat crop.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
A NEW HEAD.

THE PATRON OF HUsBANDRY, real
live grange paper, published at Columbus,
Miss, by Bro. w. H. Worthington, comes
to us this week with new head. We
arelglad to note the prosperity of THE PA
IRON. Bro. W. for some years has been
doing Herculean work for the order in
the South, and most certainly deserves the
success he is winning. If the Patrons
would cordially sustain with money and
pen the papers devoted to their cause
they would soon become mighty power
in the land, and congressman would quick
ly say to the farmers of America, "Gen-
tlemen, tell us what you want; we will
cheerfully adopt any measures or policy
agreed upon by the farmers" We wish
The PATRON abundant success.-Sbirit
of Kansas.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
PROFITS OF HEAVILY MANUR.
ING CLAY SOIL.

A writer in the New York IrfbnHe
say the plots which his father MANFRED SO
heavily thirty years ago, yielded far heav-
Ter wheat this year than the other por
tons of the field From the field of one
load tailed and thrashed by itself, he esti-
mates the produce as over twenty bushels
per acre. "Our clay he says, "does not
soon forget heavy manuring." This fact
is not unknown to many observing cult
vators of the soil. The profits derived
from healthy application of manure are
not to be calculated merely from the addi-
tional produce of one crop. The improve
ment of the soil from the good cultivation,
and more still, from the heavy manuring
in one season, makes itself known in the
Increased profits reaped by the farmer in
succeeding years. This is an invariable
rule in animal and inanimate nature.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
LAND OWNER SHIP.

The question oflaud ownership in this
country is distined soon to become an I'M, 5.
portant one. There is now beginning to
be exhibited decided inclination on the
part of money holders to invest in farming
lands Areas on our Western borders as
large in extent as a whole county in the
Eastern States are passing into the hands
of single individual, and the ultimate re-
suit will be detrimental to the best interests
of the agricultural community. A Lon
don correspondent of the Gazette of this
city, in an interesting review of the ques-
ton of land ownership in England, says:
at seems almost incredible that all the
land of kingdom nearly as populous as
the United States, should be owned by
100000 men and two thirds of it by only
I2,479. In France the number ST land
owners is about 100000 and the pros
perity of that country is in marked con-
trast with the present melancholy state of
things in Great Britain" - Grange BuLke-
tin
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

A HoMELY CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA
Here is rather curious remedy, says Cas-.
sells Family Magazine, but in many ca
ses very certain one, for the cure of in
digestion. 1t is simply the cultivation of
of habit Of chewing, while out of doors,
different kinds of green leaves, and swal-
lowing the juice. One can always pick
leaf from hedge or bush as one passes
Almost all are good that are not nauseous,
such as the ivy, or poisonous, as the lau-
rel leaf One of the latter, however, is
capital thing where there is slight irri
tation of the stomach. The chewing of
leaves cures dyspepsia, principally, I be-
lieve, by increasing the flow of the salivary
juice, and partly by the tonic of stimula.
ting action of the leaf chewed. The leaves
that occur to me at present as most likely
to be beneficial are those ofthe pine trees,
spruce or Scotch fir, Blackthorn, current
and rose bushes, mint, the petals of many
flowers, the stalks of mountain daises, the
white portions of rushes, the bark of
many young trees, and the tender parts
of the stalks of green wheat, oats, or al
most any of the larger grasses; but your
own taste must in great measure guide
you, if you elect make trial of my remedy.
I should say, however, that the chewing
is better to take place before or between
meals than Immediately after.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

TAKING CoLD.-Upon this subject a
high authority says: "When person be-
gins to shiver, the blood is receding from
the surface; congestion, to greater or less
extent, has taken place, and the patient
has already taken cold, to be followed by
fever, inflammation of the lungs, neural
gia, rheumatism, etc. All these evils can
be avoided and the cold expelled by walk
ing, or in some exercise that will produce
a prompt and decided reaction in the sys-
tenn The exercise should be sufficient to
produce perspiration. If you are SO situ-
ated that you can get glass of hot water
to drink, it will materially aid the perspi-
ration and in every way assist nature in
her efforts to remove the cold. This course
followed, your cold is at an end, and what
ever disease it would ultimate in is avoid
ed your sufferings are prevented ano
your doctors bills saved. !"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
CORN


Individually the best working the corn
crop gets is that given before it is planted.
The better the condition Of the land at the
start, the easier the after cultivation and
the more profitable the return. The crop
demands and deserves the best treatment,
the best land and the best manures at your
command. 1t is truly said of it that it is
''the sheet anchor of American farming"
Large crops pay better, too, than small
ones in comparison of cost. While corn
is largely potash plant, it requires also
abundant supplies of almost all the
inorganic elements combined in the
food of plants. Available mineral sup
plies must, therefore, be present in some
abundance to supply the phosphoric acid,
sode, lime, and other ingredients essential
to its complete growth and maturity.
Good barn-yard manure and rich COM
posts are equally serviceable. and the crop
is one taking grosser food than the other
more dainty cereals. The seed, the dis
lance of planting, whether in hills or drills,
vary in each locality; heavier applications
of fertilizing materials being req uired Drill
culture is growing in favor, the product
being larger and the ease and facility of
working greatly increased by the newly
improved machines for planting.-Ex.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
A ATTIC PRESIDENT OF
TIE SEN ATE

Senator Thurman, of Ohio, has been
elected President pro tenn of the Senate
of the United States This is the first in
stance in twenty years where Democrat
has occupied the Presidents chair
There have been all kinds of diseased
and degraded humanity in that posi-
tion-lunatics, fools, thieves and even
mulattoes, but this is the first instance of
healthy, natural, typical Caucasian, and
moreover, an able and cultivated states
man in the chair which has been filled by
Adams, Jefferson, Burr, Clinton, Calhoun,
Van Buren, and ''long rolf of Senate
rial Americans.
True, Mr. Thurman, with all his ability
and great repectability, is himself a bogus
President of the Senate, as the people
elected Mr.. Hendricks, and therefore
there was no legal vacancy; but things
are SO twisted up and COMPOUNDED at pres
ent in the 'Great Republic" that all sane
and thoughtful Democrats will hail the
election of Mr. Thurman as happy omen
of better days coming.--N z: Day Book.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

Beecher says that farming is not the
simple thing it has been represented to
be. 1t is combination of manufactures
and trade. 1t represents much more
nearly the manufacturing of chemicals
than any other thing; you have the labor
atory and material in the soil, and you
have SO to use them as to get out given
products. And then it becomes COM
mercial operation; because when you
have got up your goods, you must go in
to market with them, and the condition
OF the market determines what condition
OF goods you shall get up. 1t is double
process of manufacturing and merchan-
dising and it requires peculiar skill that
belongs to both a vocations in order to
succeed. He thinks in our older States
it takes fully as much brain to be sue
cessful farmer, as it does to make a COM
petent merchant. So he concludes that
farming is pretty serious business. 1t
is all very well to talk about sending men
out to work on the farm. Now what is
called the allotment system, or spade hus-
bandry, in England has been successful,
and if you take the population from the
large manufacturing towns, and give them
and acre or less apiece, they could sup
port their families even if they did not
grow rich; but give them fifty acres, and
they will be poor all their lifetime. Spade
husbandry in England has proved very
successful; we can learn lesson from it.