Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-01-07
From the southside.

EDITOR CHRONICLE Tonight
while everything is quiet, and the
moon is shining upon us (for the
clouds have floated of for Christ
mas jaunt.1 / thought / would
drop you a few items from the
Soutliside.
Charlie Lyle is dead, how sad the
friends and relatives are, and well
they may be for Charlie was no
ble-hearted young man, he was
kind and benevolent, faithful and
true to his friends, and a gentleman
in all the relations of life. But
while the cloud of sadness hangs
over his friends because he is gone,
yet there is a bright lining to that
cloud made such by the happy con-
version three hours before his death.
lie died in great peace. At the
time of his death his little niece lay
a corpse in the house, the only
Child of John Morrison and wife.
The child is gone on before and
you, parents, should feel the at
traction stronger in that direction
than ever before.
Annie Coke the sweet-spirited
child has gone over the river TO
await The gathering of the house
hold. She had just entered into
womanhood, she had sprightly
intellect; but it looks as if death Sc
lects the brightest marks. But we
turn from the scenes of death and
notice the manifestations of life in
the social circles.
The gentlemanly young man, Mr..
G. Bowling from Robertson county,
was married to the beautiful Miss
Sallie Thompson on the night of the
Goth of Dec. | would say more
about this occasion but for the no.
tice in your paper last week l
give my testimony by saying that
it was one of the most complete and
well arranged tables that l have
seen.
On the night of the 21st Mr.. Viii
liam Jones was married to Miss
Lydia Heggie, and the occasion was
grand, the party were beautifully
dressed and the eating department
could not be excelled.
Sunday the 18th, Prof. William
j. Harper was married to Miss
Maria Lyle of Collinsville, the mar
riage took place in the Methodist
church at eleven o'clock, where a
large crowd had gathered to witness
the marriage. This happy couple
just suit they are both fine teachers,
and will be blessing to any COM
munity.
On the night of the Goth at Mr..
John Prewett's, Mr.. J. III. Durham
was married to Miss Carneiia
Prewett, They were nice couple
and their walters in connection
with the occasion made it a grand
occasion, and spendid supper was
spread out for all present.
Now Mr.. Editor you sec Cupid
has been playing havoc with the
Southside, but we are plenty able
to stand it, we have plenty of brave
hearts and willing hands in the
field.
1t was SO rainy Wednesday night
that brother ThoS. Hargrove's WO-
men folks could not get home from
the wedding, so they stayed at Mr..
Heggie's and with several other
men went down with him, it being
but few hundred yards, aud next
morning we washed our faces and
brother H commenced looking
for the towel, and he went first into
one drawer and then another and
not one could he find, finally my
hands and face got dry without the
towel, and when lie found them
they were right under his nose by
the half dozen. He is not worth a
cent on the towel hunt, but l for
give him all for his trip with me
yesterday to brother Prewett's. 1t
rained one of those rains that meant
business-gOing right into your
clothes without any delay, we just
rode right through it cheerful as we
could under the circumstances, the
fact is we could not help ourselves.
l had just as well say it right here
that Antioch is one Of the best To-
calities to feed q man L ever saw.
They will bring you beef, butter,
backbones, ribs, the whole hog,
chickens, potatoes, turnips and
many other things such as flour
and meal, and [ must not forget to
mention my wood pile. Just to
think of me saying one Sunday that
there would be a wood ch0pping
and hauling at the parsonage on a
certain day and that day there
came ten wagons and seventeen
hands, and by night the wood pile
was huge. God bless the people of
Antioch, and give them good
health and fine crops another year.
We are now in series of fine
dinners, regular Christmas dinners,
so if we don't get fat, it will be the
fault of digestion, and not the guam
tity or quality of the dinners for
they are like wedding tables.
b. NJ. STEPHENS.
SOuthside.
From Rev. ,. w. CulIOm.
On reaching home Yesterday, l