Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-08-25
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TUESDAY.

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stock show Speeches, Dinner and
aGOOd riAMe Generally.
The farmers picnic at the Cave
Tuesday was i'm every particular a
success and most enjoyable affair.
A very large crowd was i'm attend
ance and the day passed off i'm the
most pleasant manner possible. The
cool and sheltered retreat at the
entrance To the cave was the place
of rendezvous, the central station, if
we may be allowed the expression,
but people were scattered over the
entire enclosure and il would be no
exageratiOn to say that 'the woods
was full of 'em." They came, not
only from the vicinity of GAINESVILLE
but from all the adjoining counties
of Tennessee and Kentucky. The
Montgomery county farmers, with
their wonted hospitality, did the
honors of the day in splendid style
and treated all their guests to sump-
tuuus dinners. Mr.. b. +. Gill WAS
the chief marshal and made him
self very efficient in seeing that
everything was carried out accord.
ing to programme.
THE SPEAKING
took place in the morning, Col. A.
J. McWhirter, State Commissioner
of Agriculture, was introduced by
Gen. QuarIes and delivered very
able and well prepared address. The
incessant babble OF the large crowd,
among whom were great many
young people, not interested III ag-
ricultural topics, made it difficult to
hear what the speaker said at any
distance from the stand. Mr.. Gill
requested the audience to give bet
ter attention, but tn little purpose.
Talking at public assemblies when
speaking is going on is generally
very obnoxious, but on this Occa-
sion there was much to palate the
Ofiense. An eager crowd, out OF
doors and bent on pleasure, could
not be expected to give earnest at
tention to a lengthy discourse on
serious subjects, however interest
ing.
DANCING.
A band of colored musicians,
with fiddles, a banjo and two brass
horns kept up kind of mOnOtOnous
accompaniment to the continued
hum of voices. Their music was
good enough, however, for the des-
perate lovers OF the terpsicorean art,
who danced all day in very
cramped and crowded space. This |
was kind of side show that was |
not SO much of a success as the gen.
eral purposes of the occasion.
THE EXHIBITS.
The exhibits of flowers, stock ma
chinery &c. gave the picnic some
thing of the air OF a county fair on
a small scale. The flowers, of which
there were many very pretty speci-
mems, were tastefully arranged IN
the alcOve at the cave entrance.
They mostly came from Evergreen
Lodge. A large marriage bell from
the Lodge, was suspended from the
roof of this recess. 1t was made OF
zizania and aster flowers, and the
many colors were SO deity inter-
woven and arranged AS TO make it
a thing of artistic beauty. The sug-
geStion was made that it was good
opportunity for some lOve-sick
Kentucky couple to escape the Wig
Hence of u "stern PARENT" and have
the nuptial knot tied in truly senti-
mental style. Such an event would
have added to the interest of the
but the couple couldn't be
found, and without so important IA
factor the scheme had to be given
over.
MACHINERY.
Mr.. John. :. Elder and Messrs.
Fox Il Smith, hardware dealers of
this city, had some improved agri-
cultural implements on the ground
that were examined and much adj
lnired by the large Crowd of farmers
who attended the picnic. In the
afternoon the last mentioned firm
made "A trial test of an Oliver Chilled
Sulkey Pillow, that was satisfactory. ,
Only three horses were worked and
showed that the machine was capa-
Bile of doing wonderful execution in
breaking up new ground or scrubby
and without great exertion to the +,
team employed. Under this head 6
we will mention
THE WONDERFUL PATENT CHURN [
by Capt. w. n. Beatty.
The invention is said TO deserve Its :
name and is truly wonderful. 1t b,
makes the butter come better and
quicker than ordinary churns and
the butter.milk IL makes is said to {
We less sour than that made by any b
)ther process. v
Mr.. w. f. COulteP's tobacco fur
lace had place on the ground and {
vas very generally pronounced "a $