Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-05-05
The spiral Buggy Springs Manu-

The Spiral Buggy Springs Manu-
featuring Company, of Grand Rap
ids, Michigan, have offered to estab-
fish a branch at Jackson, Tenn, or
some other point South accessible to
the trade of Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana. The
company offers to furnish part OF
the capital for the branch establish
ment If the other is furnished by
the town where it is to be located.
The people of Jackson are trying to
raise the necessary amount.
A thoroughbred fraud, who pre-
tended to be taking subscriptions
for publication called Happy
Hours, "took in" number of peo-
pie at Tullahoma recently. In
stead of the accustomed chrome he
presented each subscriber with a
combined thermometer and barom-
eter. The "Happy Hours" has
never arrived and "a Victim,"
writing to the Guardian says, 1.-THE
barometer don't tell any better
about the weather than Virgins,
the thermometer has its mercury
scattered all the way from % to 100
and we are hunting somebody to
whip"
Within an area of three miles
around Hendersonville, in Sumner
county, there are 1900 acres in Irish
potatoes, and the crop is expected
to average thirty bushels to the
acre. Mr.. w. E. Jarnigan, of that
section, sold last season the produc-
ton of three acres in potatoes for
1890. One season more than paid
for the land which is worth $50 per
acre. Mr.. VIM. Hynes, of the same
locality realized last season 5000
from eight acres in potatoes. Put
ting the price of potatoes at SO pc
barrel, the HendersonviIle conn.,
munity will receives this season
$780, for its potato crop provided
the yield is up to expectations.
The question of silk culture in
Tennessee is receiving considerable
attention throughout the state at
present. Commissioner McWhirter
has distributed 100000 silk worm
eggs gratuitousIy through the State,
and numbers of persons are becom-
ing interested in the business. The
soil and climate of Tennessee are
found to be peculiarly adapted to
the growth of the fruit bearing
white mulberry, and to the propa-
cation of the silk worm. The bust
ness is both pleasant and profitable
and can be successfully prosecuted
by ladies, children, and aged and
infirm persons who are unable to
engage in harder pursuits. South
ern Standard.
The Illinois Central railroad pro-
poses to "wOrk up a boom for Ten
nessee" by running cheap excur-
sions from Iowa and Illinois to
points on its line. Mr.. J. F. Ferry,
the General Western Passenger
Agent of the road has written to
Commissioner McWhirter asking
for matter that will aid him in get
tha up descriptive pamphlet of
wv ;try. Mr.. Ferry says: "Our
- Wos+ern n25ing land excursions
booming lands fFolhh has s. resulted es in
to $50 90 within four " PEI acre :,
1t will be glorious thing tr
proposed excursions work up B,
liar boom for those counties of Yves,
Tennessee, and those adjacent,
through which the Illinois Central
road passes. Some of this territory
is the least prosperous portion of the
State.
The Davidson county Fruit and
Vegetable Association metin Nash
vile Saturday when DIR. Chisholm
made the following remarks about
grapes. He had never seen better
crop than the one now growing. He
thought there would be good mar
ket for this fruit He had not made
wine-making quite as profitable as
he had anticipated, but this was for
the want of the proper facilities fol-
wine-making. There was not a suf
ticient quantity of grapes raisad il
this country to induce capitalists t,
invest, but he believed if the grape
raisers would drag along and stead
lily increase their crops, the tiyp
would come when the grape bust
ness would be one of the leadin.
commences of this country. The
Estavalis family of grapes was, az
cording to all experienced writers
upon the subject, truly the wire
grape of America. He has in bear-
ing about three hundred Nortons.
This grape, he thought, was far
superior to any other variety for
this climate.