Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-06


gard it special duty for the people
OF county to assist, both with their
pockets and pens, the publishers Of
their county papers. And especially
on the eve Of a hotly contested
Presidential election it seems to me
that the farmers, merchants, me-
! ehanics, and people generally could
do great deal in the makeup OF
their own paper, and let the editors
devote more time and talent to the
political department. / have enter
tanned this idea for some time, but
my budget Of news always seemed
so empty that / continued to pro-
crastinate until this morning, and
finally concluded, as did the Scrip
tural widow, if I had only a mite !
would contribute that, so in it goes
(probably into the waste basket.
The health of the community is
unusually good this fall, and the
condition of things seems to have a
great deal to do with the feelings Of
man. For instance, If he has boun-
tiful supply of eatables for another
twelve months on hand, the larger
half of his family will have to be
sick before he becomes respondent
or sinks into despair. But on the
other hand, if his supply is short
and his liability to meet his obliga-
tions (if an honest man) is very
doubtful, it seems to be a very easy
matter for him to get sick, and very
hard to get well.
The condition of this community
as regards something to eat was new
er better. Everybody seems to have
good supply of cabbage and tur-
nips and suficiency of potatoes.
The corn yield is very large, though
some Of il is damaged; but there is
a full average over and above the
damaged. Hogs are plentiful though
small. The growing crop of wheat
looks fine, with only about two
thirds the usual acreage sOwn. This
part Of the world is full of fodder,
with some of the corners stuffed
with hay. This immediate vicinity
can't furnish as many pounds of to-
baccO to your market this season as
they have some, but IT is of decid-
eddy good quality, and / think the
people are showing more judgment
in the asserting than they have
done heretofore. If your buyers
would make a greater difference in
the price of well-assOrted and badly
assorted tobaccos, l think it would
stimulate the farmers to be more
careful, and thereby have money in
both pockets. AS the stripping sea
son is now on hand, let each farmer
on this side of the Cumberland re
solve to assert better than ever, anC
my word for it, you will be amply
paid for your extra trouble anC
time. ] heartily endorse your edi
torial i'm regard to roads, both rail
roads and common country roads
hope our next Legislature will en-
act some law by which the people
will be compelled to keep at leas
one real good road for man or beast
TO travel night orday in safety. I'm
der the present road system, a few
days before circuit court comes on
the Overseer comes around and no
titles us TO come on a certain day
and bring a certain kind of tool
such as hoe, grubbing hoe or ak.
Each overseer has SO much road tC
superintend, say from 2 to 4 miles
according to its condition. We fire.
quently work the whole route in
or hours. Well, the work is done
in such manner that if heavy
dew should come that night the
work is to be done over. l think
the overseer should be paid fair
compensation for services and then
fined like forty if he don't come to
time. Good roads tend greatly to-
ward building up q community so
cially, morally and financially. II
we had good roads it would be felt
in your town. ! have heard men
assert that we would be better eff il
we had no GAINESVILLE or else had nc
way Of getting there. You know
how such men are; their pockets
are empty, their heads still emptier
and their credit threadbare; a per
feet nuisance to the county. 4
county and its town are one. I'm
prove the town and the country viii
rise in the same scaIe. Permit you
farms, orchards, etc, to deterioratt
and the town will go down in TIN
same scale. Build up n town anC
you have more appetites to satiat
and greater competition in the mer
camille and other occupations Incl
dent to a town. Build up the cOun
try and we have more producers
Feed a man cheap and he can affOr'
to supply you cheap. Live and lie
live. Let's have good roads.
saw in your paper some two o
three weeks since communicated
from st. Bethlehem forget tn
name of the cOntributor-in regart
TO their school at that place unde
the supervision of Prof. Charlie All
ernathy. am well acquainted witt
Prof Charlie, and he is regarded b!
all who know him, as well as my
self, to be a gentleman who can fiji
any position creditably to which h
may aspire or be called. But don
tell me of any colt being better thar
its sire. Both heads are prOperl!
set on, the interior of one being cul
tivated brains cemented with obser
walton and experience, the Othe
cultivated brains without observa
ton and experience, comparatively
Choose We!
The new edition of things is no
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