Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-17
Goods as Reprssentea-

The Rev. Sam Jones owns hundred
dollar meerechaum pipe, one of the hand
soonest Imaginable It is an immense affair,
with stem nearly three feet long. and a
big mouth2iece of amber. The design of
the pipe is a bear sitting on his launches.
His eyes are rubies, and sheath alongside
the stem is a silver sword used for cleaning
the pipe. The pipe hangs in the parlor OF
the preachers house as an ornament. 1t
was given to him by a cousin OF President
Lincoln. A company of preachers were
condemning smoking recently. The Rev.
pipe and observed: "When tobacco is up
for discussion have nothing to say"
IT. E. B., of Olmstead, KY, writes as fol-
| lows to the New York Tobacco Leaf: Fol-
lowing the rains of the 18th inst. there has
been marked improvement in the crop,
which is confined chiefly to the late part of
| it. Much of the curly planting had been
| cut previous to the rains, and that part of 1t
left standing when the rains occurred was
not materially improved except in being
made to ripen better and heavier, but all
late tobacco was forced into rapid growt h,
and continues TO grow, but does not rtpen.
Rather copious rains again on the 9th and
2Sth inst. will prOlong the tendency to grow
and render the maturing of that part of the
crop very doubtful Much of the early part
| of the crop is very light, and shows since
being cured a decided want OF substance
| and weight, while much of the late tobacco
has been topped low and much of 1t Will
probably not ripen at ALL
We copy the following from the circular
of Walter Bird & Co., showing the stock OF
American tobaccos on hand in London and
LIVERPOOL:
Stock of American tobacco LIST Sept, 22,253
Imported in Sept, lSS5.-.................. 3,05l
25,8O4
Delivered in Sept, lSS5............... 1,l57
Stock on hand Oct l, 1885 ......... 24,l47
LIVERPOOL.
Stock OF American tobacco, LIST Sept, 26.070
Imported i'll Sept, lSS5.---.-.-....,.......- 5,446
81, 5le
Delivered in Sept, 1SS5.................. l,5l5
Stock on hand LIST Oct, 1885,. ......... 30,OOl
The Nashville American of the Sth thus
eiitorially refers to the tobacco crop of
few days has greatly alarmed the tobacco
planters and the cutting is now going on
with great rapidity. The heavy rains last
week filled the plants full of sap, and all
immature tobrcco is growing rapidly, and
If it could remain on the hill for ten days or
two weeks it would make the best product
OF the season. A close inspection of many
crops, both in the barns and standing in the
fields, has caused modification of our
views as expressed few weeks ago in The
American as to the quality of this years
crop. We now believe that it will be Of
nearly an average quality. though the
quantity will be considerably reduced from
what it would have been but for the long
spell of dry weather. But tor the drawback
the crop of this year in the state of Tonnes
see would probably have been the largest
on record and one of the finest. The plant
ing was very large and iii good season; the
crop was well-worked and the damage from
worm cut is small. The first cutting has
cured up good solid color, is fairly rich
and gummy, except in a few localities
weather. Ne believe the crop will be a
useful one, though not of great excellence.
The Western Tobacco Journal says as to
the outlook for the new crap: Within the
past week or ten days couple of nights
have been cool enough 10 occasion p light
frost but from all the advices received there
has been very triffing damage done to
tobacco remaining in the field, although
they Induced the cutting OF tobacco quite
green and full of sap, as rains preceded the
frost but & few days, and thoroughly soaked
the ground, and set plants to growing
again. What damage will result to this
tobacco can not b. foretold until the curing |
season is further advanced, but that the |
chances are in favor of the bulk of &c max
ing inferior leaf must be admitted. Only |
the most akillful handling can bring such |
tobacco to good color and prevent house |
burn and pole rot. Only in the leaf dis
rather had any effect-as i'll all cigar leaf
districts the great bulk of the crop had |
been housed. In the leaf growing sections |
there will be very little tobacco left stand |
ing after this week. In some sections, such |
as the Western part OF Kentucky and the
GAINESVILLE District of Tennessee, there was
so to 20 per cent of the crop standing at the i
time of frost, and as much of the early cut |
ting in thos.. districts Was inferior, owing |
to the. long druait!i, tie late planting it WAS
hoped, would turn out the better part o. tie
crop, but il Is hardly probable thai IT will |
now, the frtis. bitten ami green cut tobIc-
co fpi ms good pr-ceutage OF the late crop.
So it looks as If the dark Manufacturing
and Export types, under tile most iavuli,hle
circumstances. can not siell over - per
cent. pf AN average IN the West, itiIt
MAY b. less than that. White Buriey has
not Jared 30 badly, as many of the counties
of Kentucky. where the best of the crop is /
grown, reported as having fine crops,
especially in the Owen, Pendleton and
Mason districts and in Ohio, Indiana and I
West Virginia a fair crop has been gath