Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-03-11

I
/ promised in my last to say some
thing of the health of this country
So far, since my arrival, it has beel
very good. Although, from appear
ances we would suspect more ma
laria here than in many other sec
tions, yet upon the whole / do no
believe it more unhealthy. Chills
typhoid and malarial fevers may
4 prevail here at certain seasons, bu
this seems to be about the sum o
disease here. A case of consump
ton is rare. / can't say that have
seen one. We are not entirely ex'
empt from pneumonia, but it is moi
near so common as in some places
/ have heard of very few cases and
only one death from it since / have
been here. Rheumatism and neu
ralgia, of course are to be met here
But / believe these are generally
attributable to unnecessary and i'm
prudent exposure to wet and cold.
With the disappearance of wild
game, now very abundant, and with
a good system of drainage. / believe
these diseases will considerably di-
minish.
One thing however, which per-
son coming here must make up his
| VIVID - 0pooupxo,. &c a r,ar,ififr1di
nous multiplicity of insects. Some
of them are here now in full force
buffalo gnats,) and / am told that
when these give way, others of a
different variety, will take their
places. 1t is said, they sometimes
kill horses and hogs, but grease or
smoke is good preventative. Last
Sunday at church, I saw a good
brother building a smoke for his
team of mules, and by his permiss-
ion, i hitched Black-bird near by,
finding it to be much to her relief.
Smoke-pots are sometimes swung to
mules necks while blowing.
Last night quite tornado passed,
spending much of its fury on us,
uprooting shade and fruit trees,
blowing down my garden fence and
stable and blowing out one sash,
breaking it and every pane in it to
pieces. did not know the extent
of damage till day light, as it was
all so quickly over and / soon went
to sleep again. But after daylight
1 was awakened by loud knocking
at the door. ObeyIng.the summons
1 was confronted by neighbor with
"your stable has blown, down ON
your horse. She is not dead yet,
but very probably ruined. Get your
axe. We will have to cut her out"
Quickly returning with the sad IN
telligence to the family (our horse
is great pet with the children and
in double quick DOMINIC suitable
apparel, 1 hurried to the spot. Sure
enough there lay poor Black-bird,
stretched out at full length, her head
under leg of the framing, the floor
of the loft and the roof both lying
fiat over her. My feelings were so
wrought upon 1 seemed powerless
to do anything and in sympathy for
the poor animal, L can't say that 1
even thought of the fact that had
just paid a round hundred in cash
for her. My neighbor kindly went
to work and with what 1 could do,
the roof was soon torn off and then
commencing just behind the mare,
the planks, one by one were cut and
torn off. When about half of her
body was uncovered, there was a
neigh of recognition, and when one
more plank was cut there was a
slight struggle, extricating her head
from under the log and turning her
partially on her knees. She turned
and gave me a wistful look. When
another plank was cut, with COM
paratively little difficulty she rose
and TO my great relief and delight,
walked off, seeming only to be
little stiffened by her close confine-
ment, which had lasted four or five
hours. In three minutes she was
running and playing, the proudest
thing you ever saw. You will sell
dom see more grateful family than
mine, when on examination we
found no serious hurt.
The Mississippi overflow is in the
bounds of my circuit, but does not
yet cut off my access to any appoint
ment. 1t was within mile of one
of my churches ten days ago, and
at that time was rising three inches
in twenty-four hours. Since then
it has been rising but 1 am not in
formed as to how much. A great
deal of damage has been done, in
the loss of provender and stock, also
many human lives have been lost.
Smallpox. has entirely subsidized
and quarantine restrictions are no
longer in force. Churches and
schools have been opened and / sup
pose, business will soon put on its
wonted appearance.
Tell the children of the Public
school, that 1 have not forgotten
them. 1 am much gratifed at some
things 1 hear from them through
letters of friends. l shall ever re-
them with pleasure.
JOHN III. GOLD.
Hamburger, Ark, February Is, 1882,
THE Misses. Shepherd, Tabitha,
Nancy and Peggy, have lived for
many years in the eighth district in
this county. Industrious, energetic,
and self-reliant, they
have made good living and some
thing over. In December last Miss
Nancy died, at the age of three