Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-08-04

Southern Standard Statistics
show that Tennessee has 100000
worthless dogs. What each dog
eats would make 100 pounds of ba-
con, which in the aggregate is 30,-
O00,000 pounds OF bacon. This
would abundantly furnish meat for
100, 600 able bodied laborers for the
entire year. At ten cents per pound
the bacon is worth So, 900, 600, which
is equal to lS7 900 pounds Of silver
dollars. This would make 81 two
horse loads, and make n wagon
train more than half a mile long.
These worthless whelps prevent
us from raising 100000 of sheep,
the mutton and wool of which are
worth S5,0OO,O00. Thus our blessed
dogs cost us really 50, 900, 900, count
ing sheep killed, while we spend
not more than $1,000, 900 to educate
our children. Thus it is three dol
lars for dogs and one dollar for chill
dren! Keep it before the people
three millions for dogs and one for
children.
The Knoxville Chronicle man Is
enthusiastic over the attractions of
East Tennessee. He breaks out In
a poetical strain, as follows: "Here
is the land on whose winter the
warm south wind breathes its balm,
and on whose summer the cool
north wind pours its cooling
streams. Here we neither freeze
nor fry. Here is the golden mid
land. Here is the region whose sky
is as bright as an angels eye, whose
air is as sweet as an angels breath,
whose scenery is as charming as
Paradise, and whose water is as
cool and sparkling as the fountains
of the gods.
"And OH ifthere be an Elysium on earth,
IL Is this, IL Is this :"
The Tipton County Educational
Association is the name Of an or
ganization entered into by II num-
ber of leading citizens of the county
for the purpose of giving free schol-
arship to any person, male or fe-
male, under the age Of 10 years,
who shall stand the best eXamina-
tion. Three persons, not residcats
OF the county, shall compose the
board OF examiners, and the appli-
cant receiving their certificate will
be entitled TO a finished education
at the expense Of the organization
at any college in the country. Prof.
j. w. Conger, of this city, has been
one of the examiners for the
present year, and he will meet the
other two members of the board at
Covington on the Is prox., when
the examination will take place.
- West Tennessee Wing,
SOmerville Reporter and Falcon
Mr.. Allen Z. Morris, n Confeder-
ate soldier OF this county, who lost
his eyes in the war received a State
warrant Saturday for sixty dollars,
being the amount of pension due
him up TO the lst of July under the
law of the last Legislature Of Ten
nessee giving a pension Of $40 per
commencing the 1st of jan
uary, 1888, to all soldiers of this
State who lost their eyes in the late
war between the States. Mr.. Nor
ris had both eyes shot out in the
battle of Murfreesboro tho 3lst of
December, 1862. The warrant was
cashed for him by Capt. j. S. Car
ter who paid him in gold the full
amount for which it called, sixty
dollars.
The Female College and boarding
house at LAGRANGE, Tenn, are being
thoroughly repaired and will be
opened in September under the
of competent princi-
pie. Before the war LaGrange was
Dne of the best known educational
centres In that section of the South
and we hope may some day regain
its old time reputation. The Fe-
male College is commodious build
ing and beautifully situated.
The quotations for Tennessee
bonds are as follows: Is, old, 3Gc.
)s, new, 40c. compromise 3-4-J-G's
iI4c. From this it would appear
That the long delay in beginning
operations by the funding board
1oes not help the States credit,
since the above Is a marked decline
from last quotations. NdshUits
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