Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27
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What q Correspondent Saw at the 6rand
Celebration of the. 9th,

Nhat toFrespondenE niiV atl the bFAi
a Celebration Of the 9th.
Correspondents Western Tobacco Journs
LOUISVILLE, June Ill am able /
make my, conditional promise goo
for T arrived at CI:.rksviiie early ii III
morning ol the 9th, and wasimpresse
from the beginning that the Clarksvi
lians would have pgenty Of reasons K
swelling with pride, and chuckling wit
delight, at the result Of the agrard Il
4 vite.n Even as early as arrived th
\ streets were crowded, and the weathe
| wasfovely. As the morning progressee
the city became alive with humanity
most OF them bearing the unmist;lkabl
| impress Of country people, and many {
1 them intuitiyely knew to be grower
i OF the @weed." All seemed highly pleas
ed with the efforts made by Clarks
vile to entertain and farorablv iinpres
them, and there is no doubt but tina
the undying friendshipsand good wilto
thousands OF grangers for Clarksyill'
! was cemented by this, grand entertain
ment Indeed, the extent and variet.
| of arrangements made to oentertaim th'
visitors would have been something t,
brag of even by,as, ,largecities as Louis
| vile and Cincinnati, and we believ,
| that every citizen of Clarksvlle wa,
heart and soul in this enterprise, fo
go where you would you wonldsee thu
citizens greeting and welcoming tht
| visitors, and almost every residence ir
the city appeared to be thrown oper
| for them. bfH t7s8 1stH 9fAa s1As1i
The Tobacco men were especially
active and LAVISH in their attention. and
hospitality to visitors and, no doubt
many hogshead of Tobacco that would
have gone to other nlurkets or be sold
in the country, will go to swell Clarks-
villes receipts, and a big boom has eer-
tainIy been given to the market. The
amount Of Tobacco brought in for the
special sales wac large, amounting to
many hundred hogsheads, and Inoticed
a big lot on the breaks. Though did
not attend the sales for any length OF
time, yet | saw enough to know that
@big" prices were bound to be the or
der of the day. Some of the samples
exhibited were of the finest kind OF the
Clarksville type, and Isaw from Sl2 90
to SIS % paid for Il good number OF
shOgsheads. / understand that Chris
tian County (Ky) grower, named Bar
ker, carried off the blue ribbon price,
and tlnlt Lhe lively T. NJ Flack was the
purchaser. / was introduced to antifn-
Der of the Tobteco Trade, and was
greatly impressed with their vim and
energy. As hong MS Ct,rksville has
such far-seeing and ,pltrlotic citizens
as this celebration shows it has, she
will contlnne 10 prosper anil ia ke long
strides forward. Asa
After rtraverslng the city and passing
through immense crowds, congregated
in alb parts of the center Of the city, |
dropped over to the Academy grounds,
the headquarters of the entertainers
Here the extensive lawn WAS ,sne tna,ss
of people, and the inside was also crowd
ed, surrounding Il large number of Ia
bles replete with all the good things OF
the season, and especially barbecued
meats Some of the country, friends
must have gore hungry Il long time, or
perhaps the genuineness and hearth
ness OF the welcome melted them 10
unusual efforts, but whatever the Cause,
they certainly did est. and yet, there
seemed to be as much as ever left after
thousands had been fed. understand
some of the leading ladies of the city
superintended the feeding. Certainly
many OF them were pretty, and all Of
them pleasant enough for the most ex-
9lted positions, and their courtesy tend
ed much to make the feasters at home.
/ did not go near the river, though /
intended to take. in" the excursion.
Judging by the crowds that were tread
ing their way riverward, the boats ca
pacity must have been sorelv tested
The weather was certainly fine enough
for any pleasure. Go where you would
during the whole d;ty, you would see
people in throngs, and Idoubt il Clarlzss
vile has eyer,se the like before, or
will see it again for years. heard
some who ought to be well posted say
that there were between 12,000 and 15-
600 visitors from the country, and
doubt if half of them reached home
the evening OF the 9th. {f
The railroads whose completion male
this feast possible will, no doubt, be a
permanent benefit to the city, and e.s-
pecialIy to the Tobicco Trade, and viii
more than pay fer any salcrliices, made
by the Clarksvillians or the people
along their routes. One is known as
the Indiana, Alabama and Texas,
and the other as the Guthrie and Elk
ton. To give anything like details of
what | saw and what was to be seen
reganling this affair, would more than /
till your paper, sosIWill leontent.myself
with these general remarks, given in
M CElrkSvilIe's tri-
umph. ss4aa it ~ A VISITOR.