Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-12-10


Correspondent OF the Syracuse Journal.
The place is delightfully."- situated
that is beyond question. 1t has
hotel as handsome and a. comfOrta-
BILE as many of the famous summer
resorts. If YOU wished to findsRS-
thetic society, You would scarcely
seek il among the dug-cuts OF an
agricultural cOloiy in the back
woods of a backwoOds State. Yet,
here -ins Rugby yOu meet people
who know all about the home life.Of
Emerson and Alcott and fCarlyle,
who can repeat whole chapters from
Dickens or Harriet Martineau who
can discuss intelligently the green
back question, analyZe the last SER
mon of James Freeman Clark or
LucyssStone'ss last editorial, or criti-
else Turner's pictures. On the other
hand, Il has. even among the appar-
emily better class, persons who are
not aware that Tennessee receives
laws from any other capital than
heard of ChaucHr or his Canterbury
Tales" (eithough they have spent
all their life IL KENT, and have not
AAAG EEtAADAG|A ANAGd IL III AtAG NNH4rOAA
for calling the hotel 'sThe Tabard :"
who eannoti detect the difference
between ash and cedar, or do not
know sandy from clay soil. In
other words, the brightest and the
stupidest of English and New Eng
lish society are to be found at Rugby.
The Rugby population to-day
consists of six general classes, If /
lave observed correctly. First,
there is a number seeking health
and a quiet. easy iife-people of
wealth either retired from activ
business or with a part of their time
at leisure. These are abundantly
paid for coming iisre; / have heard
only praise of the climate, and many
wonderful things are told of its cur
alive properties. Some literary
men, tired OF the hustle of the world,
are TO be included in This class, both
English and American, and / think
they have found what they sought
immunity from intrusion, absolute
quiet, but not entire isolation from
choice society and books. This
class is destined to increase as rapid
iy as the nature Of the place becomes
known.
The second class has but few rep
resentatives at present; it cOmpris-
Is farmers who have come with an
earnest purpose to work up the
country and make rich inheritance
for their families in the form of well
worked fields and well-developed
characters. have in mind one
splendid example of this class ; he
has brought from the north of Eng
land seven fine young sons, and all
are devoted to the work of creating
a strong, grand future. They have
all the advantages of pioneer life to
help form habits of self-reliance,
and none of the disadvantages of
the pioneers isolation and slavery.
This class of settlers IL not grumb
ling or repining.
The third class comprises specula-
tors they are absolutely devoid OF
the true spirit of cooperation. They
have bought land and built houses,
and established high scale of pri-
ces, and havecherished large eXpec-
tations. / hardly need say that
these men are badly fruSt-bitten,
and are as homesick a class of peO-
pie as i ever saw. The fourth class
expected to come here and jump in
to wealth at single bound. They
had no definite idea of what was
meant by emigration, but they sup
posed that farming in America was
one of the simplest things in the
world to do, and success was mere
question of a few months. They
came from London by the dozen
had never seen an axe before; had
been selling mems fine furnishing
goods or haberdashery, or perad-
venture, had head clerkships in rail-
way offices or had been private tu-
tors to rich mems sons. They are
saying that Mr.. Hughes deceived
them with his announcements.
They expected to find rich farms
ready to hand, and nothing for them
to do but hire few negroes or
white natives to do what little work
would be necessary.
Then there is the class of whom
Will Wimble is the type-yOung
men with allowances" from their
fathers in England. There resi-
dence here is a sort of exile from
home, where they are disgrace or
a nuisance. They are holding high
carnival here in the forest; being in
secret league with the mOonshiners
of Kentucky, they manage to keep
themselves well in liquor, and so
make life bearable. As their exist
ence is in no way essential to the
colony, except that they are first
rate consumers, / would not have
mentioned them had they not al
ready been falsely represented as
tVpes of "Tom Hughes Arcadian
auriculturalists," 1t was among
this class of hangers on that the re-
cent fever scourge broke out out.
Having made stubble of themselves
by their high or vicious living, they
were rapidly consumed by the dis
ease, and not only communicated
IT to better people, but were the
means of giving to the settlement
bad name.
The sixth class consists of enter
Drising Americans, who are looking
with shrewd eyes into the future.
They foresee railroads and mines
and iron works and lumber helds In
all this region of Tennessee, ana
believe that few years hence their
dream will come true. Ihey are
developing the adjoining districts,
and are determined to do great
things. Upon this class depends
largely Rugby's charter in the nut
ure. But the literary men also
have broad views, and, if the plan
row in contemplation am not at
liberty to unfold i) shall be success
fully developed, the name given to
the town will by and by be more
than ever apt. 1t has been sald
that the Engiishness of the place is
disagreeably dominant, and l think
the charge is to a certain extent
lust. There is too much snobblsh-
ness among some of the English set
tiers. too much loneliness, too much
of English stupidity or conserva-.
tism. Some of the heartiessness OF
the English character has been
brought hither, trait that out-ras-
Gals much of our Yankee meanness.
The device for getting $500 year
from a young man under the name
of tuition for teaching the art OF ag.:
rjcuIture is what we in America call
a fraud. In England it is a part OF
the apprenticeship system. A
number of young fellows here were
siIIv enough to make bargain OF
this kind, and are now bitterly as
sailing their "preceptors" and the
-colOnV. That Rugby Will "plck