Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-12-22
Letter from Mrs. Sue r. Mooney.

10 the CnIOnicie
A busy and rather gloomy da,
. has drawn to close. A brigh
, wood-fire is suggestive of comfort
and this comfort Is increased by
supply of choice reading matter
And first to be read always tn,
home papers--the CHRONICLE anC
the Tobacco Leaf. / read then
with ten-foid the interest die
when / lived In GAINESVILLE, al
though I have given but few tokens
o{ such interest The fear that a let
ter from Williamson county would
have no especial attraction for YOU
readers has sometimes deferred nt
from writing. Again, confinement
in the school-roon has left me but
little leisure for corresponding. Sc
much by way Of explanation.
have just read Bro. Cullom' :
contribution to the Letter Box. ]
can't say with him that ''this fire.
sidep has manifested any especial
zeal in working for the very attract
i've prize offered by Mr. Stratton.
The truth is, "gold dollars" have a
remarkable facility for escaping me.
/ once set out, confident that /
would reach the bag of gold at the
end of the rainbow. Just as l
thought it within grasp, the bow of
promise vanished! / did have one
little bag of gold which | kept dur
ing all the dark days of the war, on
| ly to have it taken by burglars
when the war was over.
By the way, your picture of the
dead burglar and the description of
the fight at Mr.. CARROTS kept me
awake for several nights, hearing
stealthy steps in every slight noise
in and about the house. The poet
says
''The shadow of some danger is ever near"
but "palpable presence"-seen and
felt, like that at Mr.. CARROTS,
would leave no life in me. But to
a more tempting theme-the Clarks-
vile Christmas goods. Saturday
night, think it was, | read Crus-
mans advertisement of good things
for Christmas, and though the hour
was late, became so hungry that
like Old Mother Hubbard L went to
the cupboard. 1t was the season of
sausage, backbone, etc., so appetite
was appeased-for the rest L had to
content myself with a Barmecidean
Feast.
l fancy / can see the beautiful
things at Cookies, and at Owen &
Moore's, though my good husband
tells me that they exceed their for
mer displays. Little Maud rejoices
in a lovely Christmas card from Mr..
Moore, her first Sunday school
teacher. The qualification arises
not so much from the possession of
the token, as from the thought that
she is SO kindly remembered.
Now, l am afraid | shall get
home-sick before l finish this letter,
for as / write friend after friend
passes in mental review. One of
the children asked the other day,
"Of all the people in GAINESVILLE,
whom do you like best ?"- | tried
to answer, but it was like the poor
mans test when called upon to give
away one of his children. AZ can't"
said he, 81 love them all best" I
tried for a long time to keep up
with the members of our old Read
ing Club, surely " a choicer, nor a
goodlier there never was"- but you
and the Leaf failed to give pro-
grammes, and so ended my quest.
Dear Mrs. Rice was the first to
leave us for that journey whence
she shall not return. She was a
good member. Her sweet songs,
and beautiful flowers refresh me
even yet. She has gone
ITO that land whose light is never dimmed
by shade,
Whose fields arc ever vernal,
Where nothing beautiful can ever fade,
But blooms for aye-eternal."
Hon. Rufus Rhodes Ct see from
last CHRoNICLE) has moved to Chi
cago, and in one short year the ia
miiiar faces are widely scattered.
1.-THE whole Round Table IS dissolv-
ed" but the feeling OF fellowship
will remain. We have good Club
here. Our meeting last Friday
night was well attended, four
teachers were present beside the
writer. Rev. Mr.. Mcpherson,
Cumberland Presbyterian, gave a
live speech on .Phonetics. Miss An
ME Owen read an Historical Essay
on Wednesday," showing why ID
is retained in spelling. At least
four young gentlemen and about
the same number of young ladies
read or recited. The exercises were |
pleasantly relieved by music, vocal |
and instrumental, furnished by Mrs
Beck, wife of Prof. w. w. Beck, |
Mr.. Mcpherson and Miss Blanche |
Cheek.
Prof. Beck is pastor of the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church 10 this
place. His wife has class in mu-
sic. She will give a Glass Enter
tainment on Thursday night con-
sisting of Music, Mother Goose and |
other attractions.
GAINESVILLE has a representative
here in Rev. Mr.. Wilson, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church, and AL
umnus of the Southwestern Presby- !
terrain University and member of
Washington Irving Literary Socie-
ty. l am delighted to hear of the |
continued prosperity. of the Univer-
sity and that its noble Chancellor
has been restored to health. |
Through the courtesy of Mr.. w. d.
Hatcher, of this place, L was fovor- /
ed with copy of the paper pub
lished by w. |. l.. S. Like Pat, 81 !