Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-27
4DROP RY-DROP THE SPRINGS
RUN DRY.

The weather is always a subjeci
of the intensest interest. The
drought that has parched the earth
as we'll as the blood, for six weeks
past calls to mind the story of the
poor, feverish Irishnan-that pa.
tient bearer of all anecdotes and ep-
isodes-who "durin' six long wakes
in the hot month of August my
only cry was 'wather, Bridget,
wather p" Vegetation burnt, pas
lures bare. We fear very much we
will have to resort to the philoso-
ply of Mother Goose's man, who
had COW and had no hay to give
her, SO he took out his pipe and
played her a tune "CoDsider, Old
Cow, Consider" or, of the one who
learned her to do without eating,
and by the time she learned, she
lay down and died. But laying
jesting by, the farmers are very
gloomy, for one misfortune goes
hand in hand with others. AS the
fall approaches the crops will be
quickly gathered, and many far
mer will rest by the wayside and
bemoan his empty barns and grain
cries. Thousands who live by their
work cannot live on air; already
the surplus hands are being turned
off. But what are they to do? The
contracts entered into by the own
ers of the lands cannot be fulfilled,
for most of them carry their expen-
ses with the growing crops. They
pay off arrears and tell their hands
"I've nothing for you to do. / am
out of meat, corn out, wheat all
sold, but enough for seed and bread
for family. If you stay | will not
be able to pay you at the end of the
year, This is serious matter,
and while we think of the serious
ness of it for ourselves, we must
consider the poor laborers' hard
year before him also, of course,
there will be much stealing, but we
must give the darkey chance to
still his and childrens' hunger a
plain talk with them would do
much good; propose to assist them
if they desire to stay, there will be
much wasted, that would go far to-
ward feeding little darkeys, in
many a household where they will
imagine they are on the verge OF
Mutual interest makes
much contentment. Unfortunate
ly, the negro is a poor reasoner; the
present is all that fills his mind,
and they think, too, that those who
have all the land must have plenty
of money, and they do not hesitate
to take what will not be given to
them, for their conscience is as
as their reasoning qualifi-
cations; but we farmers who under
stand the negro should have learned
by now how to control their gener-
al behavior on general principles.
But to moralize no further: these
lands of Southern Kentucky are
very strong, and we have much
in making something, |
even though it should not rain till |
-hn autumn equinox. Money has
Oeen a scarce article with farmers
ior a long time. All they get goes
% the hired hand, who carries it to
he merchant, who charges him an
price for his impure
whisky, his doctored molasses and
clothing-sO we will all
jqueal together. But while the old
'armers croak the tune of "hard
lines and worse a-coming," the
young folks laugh and live as
though no drouth was in the land
~ pdSsant, the young !" William
Douglass" the owner of that fine
Did homestead "Meriville," gave a
fete champeter by the light of the
moon one night last week. Doubt
ess, as. the numerous portraits of
hose ancient aristocrats gazed
lown on the merry dancing, they
wondered at the high-dang-de-
that had been intro
iuced since their day, and as the
modest beauties kickapood" in
he fatinitza" and "Boston Dip"
hey whispered "what is this world
coming to?" 1t was I'm grG1ade af-
lair, and the present owner did
credit to the old reputation of the
House." and the numerous 'lads
and tasses" who were there mingled |
thought it one "linked sweetness
long drawn out" particularly
when certain cdptdiae du nlititGire |
waltzed with the pretty girl with
the blue dress on. Al reU0ir.
Todd Co., KY, August, '8l. N.
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