Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-17
Politics ana Cats.
Peckis Sun.

There is a case liable to come up
before the courts of this state which
will effectually settle the response
bility of owners of cats that keep
people awake at nights. Two gen.
tlemen live in the same block in
the Seventh ward, who own cats.
One of the gentleman lives in the
east side of the block, and the other
in the west, and the back yards of
the houses are near each other.
The gentlman at the east side is
democrat of prominence, a lawyer
who has headed his ticket on at least
one well fought political battlefield
and though defeated, his heart
beats warm for his native land.
The gentleman on the west side
was soldier who carries the marks
of rebel lead, and holds a position
of trust in government employ, not
wholly uncOnnected with the pen
sioning of soldiers. The democratic
cat is of the Tomuel persuasion,
while the republican cat is of the
sex that cheers but does not vote.
The cats representing these two
political parties meet upon the
back fence and discuss the finan-
cial issues in a manner that strikes
terror to the hearts of sleepy neigh
bors. 1t is natural for every man
to think that his own cat is immac-
ulate, and these gentlemen are
loyal to their respective cats. The
trouble commenced by the two
gentlmen meeting near the fence
one hot night about midnight,
where they had gone to persuade
the cats to adjourn. The soldier
was armed with an old sabre, and
a flowing robe, while the peaceful
democrat was armed with a ciStern
pole and a volume of "digest." The
soldier opened the proceedings by
telling the lawyer that he wished
he would keep his damcat at home.
The lawyer, who had hoped that
campaign devoid of personalities
would enSue, became warmed up
and in the heat of debate said that
his cat would never think of walk
ing forth at night if il were not for
the soldier cat who got on the ash
company to sing the old songs.
The soldier maintained that his cat
was a nOiseless cat, and that the
C1i NAA Elll tic
The democrat insisted that it did
not stand to reason, and finally
they agreed To leave it out to fifteen
persons. Each should chose seven
persons. and the fourteen should
chose another. The democrat pick
ed out seven democrats and the
republican picked out seven repub-
licans, and for two weeks they
have been trying to pick out an
other man, but every name men
toned has had some objection
brought up against it. The demo-
crat is naturally afraid of another
eight to seven affair, and the repub-
lican is suspicious of all who are
administration men. They tried to
settle on a greenbacker, but neither
side seemed to have any confidence
in the scheme. AS ii is now ii is
thought the matter will go into the
courts, the democrat proposing to
sue the republican for damages,
and making q test case of it. But
here a new difficulty appears. The
Justices are republicans. This would
not be so bad ifthe democrat could
get the case before the democratic
Circuit Judge before his time eX-
pires, but he is afraid the republic
can will delay the case by legal OBJ
stacles until the new republican
Judge takes his seat in January.
And then the Supreme Court is
Overwhelmingly republican, so the
thing looks dark. The neighbors
threaten to stop the legal compiler
tiOns by shooting both cats, but it
10 believed Suph 81 course WOuld be
the beginning of one of those fear
full vendettas that-are so prevalent
in the South. As it now stands,
the. ward is full of trouble and the
air full of cat hair.