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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
A MUSICAL CRITICISM.

DIR. Bob White Of the Lebanon Her
aid, is known to be man of manifold
accomplishments, but no ono suspected
until the last issue OF his paper devel-
oped the fact that he is a competant
musical critic. In writing up" the
urso concert, the following references
are made to some OF the performers:
Miss Estey has voice of remarkable
compass and purity. She sings with -
chile con cdrne which is absolutely he
witchlng, and the facility with which
she executes plenento mort passages
vocal feat not often attempted since the
time, OF Mario and SontOg-is simply
wonderful.
Mr.. Tebbut has n remarkable voice
1t is, in fact, unique, and may be de-
scrlbed as combination OF the tquro
Pr9ando and the porco diminuendo
Alter his rendition of the q 81 mn
scilw5 of Meyerbeer, he was yocjfer.
.ously eneored, and responded with the
famous anthelmintic symphony from
the second act of II Vermiiugto, taking
Lne mouse by storm.
Miss Savage recites nearly as well as
some school girls we have heard.
The above cursory and incongruval
remarks express simply The Herald's
opinion. Doubtless, many of its read
ers Will dissent. These are at liberty
to write criticism to suit themselves.
The secret OF this attempt Mt display
OF a knowledge OF musical terms is that
the editor of the Herald has been burn
ing with envy ever since DR.. Wright
criticised Remenji in the CHRoNIcLE
two years ago. 1t "riled" him to find
fellow who knew more than he
did, and he has been reading up" ever
since with view OF getting even on
the next fiddler that came around.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
Temperance Meetings.

Mrs. E. l.. Saxon, the eloquent
temperance worker, will speak foi
constitutional prohibition at the follow.
ing times and places:
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Mt. Hermon, March 18th.
Meadow, MAJ ch 18th.
Collinsville, March 10th,
Antioch March 18th.
Palmyra, March 18th.
Shiloh, March 10TH
Jacksonville, March 2lst.
Bethel, District No. 3, March ODD
Woodlawn, March 23d.
Jordan Springs, March 9th.
lakewood, March 25th. 8 @ +,
STEWART COUNTY.
Indian Mound, March 26th.
Big Rock, March 9th.
Dover, March 18th and 29til.
Bear Spring Furnace, March Goth
LAGRANGE, March 25th.
| consider Mrs. Saxon one of the
most talented ladies in the United
States, and among the most effective
speakers / have ever heard Her
upon the subject of temper
ance' have placed her among the most
eminent of the superior women who
have devoted their efforts to this great
reform.-Letter from Henry ". Blair.
Senator from Nea0 Hampshire, March,
1882.
Mrs. Saxon came among us an entire
stranger, but warmly endorsed by
eading papers OF the nation, both as
writer and worker. After delivering
fifteen lectures in Lauderdale county,
with crowded houses everywhere to
lear her, we can safely say she stands a
queen among our Southern Women
Ripley, Tenn, Meas.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
The FRY Concert.

A large audience enjoyed the concert
given az the Opera House Wednesday
night Tor the benefit of the Methodist
church. The performers were Madam
Fry, her three daughters and two gen
tlemen, the ladies appearing in the
principal parts. The program was
made up OF instrumental performances
on violins, the flute, and comets, and
several songs, solos and choruses.
The playing on the violin by the young
est Miss Fry was probably the most APP
preclated feature OF the entertainment;
she handled her instrument with
great skill. A solo on the flute by
another OF the young ladies deserves
high compliment, Her rendering of
1.-THE Last Rose OF Summer" was very
sweet. When all the ladies PLAYED
together with three violins and a violin.
cello, they were loudly applauded and
the audience seemed also to greatly en-
Joy their playing on brass horns.
This writer undertakes with much
dlf1idence the criticism of musical per-
Torrance on account of his meager
knowledge of the art, but he is glad
to state that the concert, on the whole,
was very enjoyable affair and a nice
sum was realized for the church.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

SOME OF our exchanges are disposed
to censure the grounding because the
weather since Candlemass day, has no.
been altogether lovely, and 'the spring
comes slowly up this way" The CEN
sure is entirely undeserved and comes
ola misrepresentation by the editors who
make the complaint, they don't under
stand the nature of the ground-hog's
prophesy. When the varmt comes out
on the End OF February and sees his
shadow, tits proof positive that the winter
will last for forty days, and that's all
there is in the grounding sign. The
converse don't necess, rily follow.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

The signs OF the times sustain the
CHRONICLES assertion that the Temper
ance question in Tennessee is going TO
interfere with party lines. The Win
chester Home Journal, an old Demo
cratic paper of strong local influence
rldicules the convention recently held
IN Nashville and expresses itself as
avowedly opposed to submission and
propounds the following query to its
contempory the Winchester News
But let us come to solid facts: Mr.
Ayers, a Republican of a pronounced
type, is now candidate for the LepisIa.
tyre OF franklin county, and ayows
himself a submissionist. Suppose the
Democratic candidate should oppose il
what are the prohibition Democrats %,
ing to do about IL? Who would orr
neighbor OF the News support? Don't
dodge this BY saying you are going tr
have candidate Of Your own Wha
would you do If it were reduced to a
choice between these two?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
The !. A. 7.

]
President Smith Of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad was in the city this
week and held a conference with GER
tain gentlemen who are taking an
active interest in the affairs of the |. A.
& 4. road.
The gentlemen who attended this
conference decline to tell what was
said or done there, but reports have
leaked out, and it IS rumored about the
streets that proposition was made by
President Smith.
There are various surmises and re-
ports as to what this proposition was,
but none of them come from authentic
source and we don't feel justified in
publishing them.
This much is certain, the Louisville
e Nashville road is seeking to get con
troll of the |. A. & 7. and we believe
the committee appointed at the Court
House are also negotiating with other
parties, but this is conjecture.
The gentlemeg who are prominent in
the movement are mostly large owners
Of GAINESVILLE real estate and are all
materially interested in the future
prosperity of the city. 1t is to be sup
posed that they will consent to moth
ing detrimental to the city's welfare.
We can not, however, think that it
will be other than n calamity for the
Louisville & Nashville road to obtain
perpetual franchise along the route
over which GAINESVILLE has long hoped
to obtain a competing line of railroad,
For temporary ends and to serve the
purpose of bringing local freights to
GAINESVILLE, the arrangement will be
well enough; much preferable to the
existing state Of affairs.
But Clarksville's best hope of becom-
ing great city is another railroad in
dependent of the Louisville &
Nashville. If it is ever to acquire any
importance as a manufacturing town
this is absolutely essential. Taking
this as the measure of the citys ambi-
ton, it is folly to allow the Louisville
u Nashville road to become the owner
OF the |. A. & T. road. If nothing is
looked to but bringing to the Clarks-
vile market the tobacco and grain from
the country to the north OF us, there
could be no strong objection to the
Louisville & Nashville ownership, ex-
cept that it would not be likely to carry |
on an active competition with its line
passing through Hopknsville.
Can GAINESVILLE afford to give up the
ultimate great advantage for the more
smaller one? That's the
question. What do the citizens say.
We invite correspondence on the sub
ect through the CHRONICLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

THE world grows apace and our ideas
are more liberal than were those of our
revered forefathers, The spectacle OF
four women fddfng for the benefit of
the Methodist church in theatre on
Ash Wednesday night, would have
been more horrible to the denizens of
this neck OF the woods fifty years ago
than a sight OF the evil one with horns
pitchfork and cioven foot The CuRoy.
IcLE is progressive aud is glad to note
the growth OF liberal sentiment. 1t is
only to draw out an interesting reaec-
ton that we make the above comment
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

WE are under obligations to A. V.
Goodposture, Esq, for pound of but
ter made at the Clarksvile Creamery
We can say with all truthlullness and
without that exageration supposed to
characterize newspaper puHs, we never
saw better quality OF butter. 1t is
firm, sweet OF rich color and fine flavor
There is no reason why it should not
find a ready market at a good price
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
Sweet Potatoes.

Sweet potatoes ought to be beded out
from the 18th, of March to the LIST, Of
April. For the benefit OF our neighbors
Twill have load at st. Bethlehem on
Saturday evening the Goth, and 9th, Of
march and 3D., of April. Can be had at
cave any morning before s O'Clock.
Slips will be on deposit at Keesee &
Northington's, and at Bryant Whit
fields at St. Bethlehem. The potatoes
are unusually sound and nice.
8. j. M. RICE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
A Winner of Thousands Mended a Coat

Mr.. Isidore Schwartz is a German
tailor, residing at 734 Cherry st., Kan.
sas City, Mo. The fifth OF Louisiana
State Lottery ticket had been purchased
by Schwartz wife as a birthday present
to her husband. On the 10Th inst. the
ticket drew a prize, but as her hus-
bands birthday did not occur until the
18th inst, she decided to keep it a Sc
cret until then. Thursday night, how.
ever, unable longer to hold her secret.
she told her husband of the luck that
had befaIlen him. He went TO his shop
after sending his ticket away through
the Bank of Commerce, and finished
coat on which he was working. Be-
sides the $50, 900 draw by Schwartz and
Benson. Mr.. John w. Barnes. proprie-
tor OF the Diamond saloon, held whole
ticket which drew $500. Altogether
II was a pretty good month for Kansas
Clty.-konsas City No, Times, Jan. 16.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

THE Nashville Banner spoke of Mr..
A. B. Enloe as being n candidate for
Congress IN the sixth district. The
Union tried to correct this and alluded
to him as ''the distinguished fifth dis
tricte-." Our local contemporary, the
Tobacco Leaf, located him in the ninth
district. The public OF course, has
waited for The Old Reliable, l. e. the
CHRoxrcLE, to inform them that Mr..
Enloe wishes TO represent the eighth
district in Congress.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

A; II: MUNFOED, leading lawyer OF
GAINESVILLE, and candidate for Circu
Judge, was in Gallatin this week laying
ms claims to the voters of Sumner. Mr..
Muniord made a fine impression on the
people and will have a good polling
from Sumner.-Galafin c9yrcsn6rdenne
NashrAe American.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

The Avalanche OF Tuesday perpetrates
the following; None had objected
that the Senator had saw fit to adhere to
his own political ideas" The only way
the able editor can atone for this, is to
publish a certificate of the proof read
ers' burial
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

1T doesn't follow that editor Enloe of
jackson is not quite a distinguished
man because the newspapers in the
State don't know in what congressional
district to locate him. 1t is his district
and not Enloe tina, is unknown.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

AN old fashioned practical joke was
to sit blind-lolded fellow in chair and
have him exclaim, "Brother / am
bobed," while some person thumped
him on the head. Is any body trying
to perpetuate that chestnut on the
State OF Tennessee?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

A Michigan boy ate bar of soap,
drank lot of soda water and went 70
bed to cure his cold. The doctor had
hard time to pull him through, but
the boy now says the next time he
catches cold he will use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13

Gave Tongaline a trial in case OF
acute rheumatism in the shoulder. It
acted like charm. Nj. III. Rose, NJ.
d., Sorgho, Ky.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-13
Advertised letters,

The following list of letters remain
uncalled for in the GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
post-office up to Saturday, March 10,
1886. If not called for within thirty
days they will be sent to the dead
letterO Office at Washinntnn
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-08

Die counsellor in the affairs of a woman's
college. The amount of Prof. Horsford's
late gift to Wellesley is not made public,
but that it is very large the provisions
show. The fund is to be especially devot-
ed to the library, to the purchase of SCI
entltlc apparatus and to a system of
travel for teachers. One year out of
every seven IS to be given to teachers for
foreign travel and study, to be on half
pay during absence, This provision of
the bequest is a notable one, The teach
er, Of all others, needs the expansion and
the culture of change and larger contact
with the world. Wellesley has made a
valuable move in this direction. The
man who endows women's colleges and
thus makes possible the higher education
for women, is doing a work that tells d.
rectly upon the age.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-08
A Notable Woman.

We do not half appreciate as we
should, in this world of lighter values,
the h%eaven-sent gift of ability. A man or
woman possessing this fine trait makes life
and vigorous living wherever they may
be. We thought this as, sitting in the
bay window of Mrs. Coles room in Con-
way, we surveyed the evidences of her
fine mind, her inventive skill, and of her
p%ersevering industry. There was a
crayon drawing upon the wall, also a
model of a picture formed of wood bark
and colored cloth, a picture of figures
that seemed like a painting. Then be-
fore us were boxes of wardrobes formed
by her skilltul fingers boxes of doll caps,
boxes also of "doll anatomy" bodies,
heads, limbs, with well-Shaped hands
and feet. These were waiting to be
placed together for winter orders, for
Mrs. Cole supplies Woman's Exchanges
in Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Mem
phis and New Orleans with the "rag
dolls that babies love to play with. The
pretty eyes, cheeks and lips are painted
by her. The clothing, dainty, finely
Sewed and put together, are as cholcely
made as the delicate wardrobe of any
infant could be, while the GROWING
beauty of the object can be observed in
the shoes of pink and blue silk, deli
cately embroidered and shaped, a thing
Of beauty, most certainly, for the OBJ
servant eye of a little child. These doll
wardrobes, when finished, are placed IN
boxes and sent to the Exchange rooms
of various cities, and bring to Mrs. Cole
the price of five dollars for doll and
wardrobe. This industry is a paying
one. and had all women the ability to
originate a special work, there would
be less dependence and suffering for the
necessities of life upon the part OF the
fair sex. Mrs. Cole is a native of Ten
nessee, Toying in the picturesque features
Of this fine State in its mountains, its
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-08
scenery, and the independence of its
statesmen.

Stationery with a spray of daf1odils in
the corner is springlike enough to seem
pretty, and clever girls who use it tax
their ingenuity to refer to the blossoms in
the course of their writing.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-08
Young Peoples Page.
Wellesley College.
RY Lillian WHITING.

: Roston society. It is located out of
w.lIesley village, some twelve or fiji
t.oo miles from Boston, in large grounds,
- The shore of a beautiful sheet of water
called Lake Wotan. This lake affords
tbe rowing for which the Wellesley girls
are famous. They have thoir boats and
tbeir calais their picturesque rowing
costumes, and a charmingly attractive
picture they make OF these excursions on
he lake. The college is a magnificent
building, with statues and busts in its
GREAT central hall with its Drowning
Room" where the portrait, and bust,
and the books of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning c~onsecrate the apartment
with its fine laboratory and library; its
facilities for study in every direction,
and its atmosphere of refinement and
culture. President Alice Freeman is
making such an impress on this age as
did Mary Lyon on a crude state of So
ciety. Miss Freeman is a graduate of
Ann Arbor, University, and in addition
to her comprehensive education and
wide culture, she is especially endowed
with that native force of temperament
balance, a rare poise, a harmony that
enables her 10 command the situation
and fill a place demanding such various
energies.
Wellesley College has just received
two requests, one, known as the Farms
worth, of $500 900, to found a school of
line arts, and the other a magnificent
fnunltlcent gift from Prof. Horsford, of
harvard University, whose provisions |
wish to note, as it is a matter entirely I'M
Plecedented in college ~benefactions.
Dat llrSt, may | beg space for a word
ABOUT Prof. Horsford, who is a remarka-
DIE flgure in contemporary life. A man
d mature middle life, of the finest and
most Denlgnant expression, whose look
nd Oenedlction, the clasp of whose hand
- sincere strong, encouraging a man
whose lie has the power to radiaie a vital
F0"eF on even a chance meeting. 1t is
l,Ol' Horstord who was the special
G c,Suu Of Mrs, Jackson III. Ill., In his
~ "'uy she always, while in health, pass
H. portion of every year and Mrs.
hamilton Mabie, who is to write the lite
y, helen Hunt Jackson, came from New
s,. A 10 prof, Horsford's yesterday to
"a r''n intimate details of her visit to
b %r1'orldge. The Longfellow house
a .%D and Prof, Horsford's family have
ways been on the most intimate terms.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-08

There is little choice, as far as color
ing is concerned, this spring, between
the costumes intended for watering-place
use and those meant to be worn in the
city streets. There is a decided con-
trast between the colors of the draperies
and the underskirts, and the result is
effects which are picturesque and agree
able. OF course, a with no taste
will make a greater fright Of herself
when allowed a choice of colors than she
will when compelled to dress in one hue,
and, equally of course, a short woman
or a fat woman has no right to insult her
fellow-beings by dividing herself into
sections of sharply contrasted tints, but
a tall, slender girl, or wen a oma Of
medium size, is sure to look pretty this
season, and the streets will be gay
enough to deprive the artists Of all ex-
cuse for going to the beaches tor color.
A contemporary trusts that the new
violets and mauves will be able to endure
the glance of the sun and the breath OF
the laundry, but they are not The new
scarlets will Dear anything the new yell
lows fade into great loveliness, but alas
for the greens and violetsl They 60
where the old moons 60 in the very
briefest space.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-08

WIS. hancock, the widow OF General
Hancock, isof medium height and rath-
er slender her face, while not beautiful,
shows great nobility of thought and
character. Her hair is dark, inclined to
the auburn tinge her eyes dark hazel,
appearing almost black at times, and her
complexion fair. Of late years she has
dressed always in black and has been
seen little in society, although she has
entertained a great deal in a quiet way
at her island home. She has been her
husbands constant companion.
Nine. GerSter, who has been under
treatment for some time past for a malady
Of the nerves, is no better and will prob
ably soon leave Paris for Italy with her
husband to try what entire change of
air and scene will do for her. She is
afflicted with insomnia to a distressing
extent, sometimes never gaining a mo-
ment's slumber during the night, and at
other times sleeping for an hour or two
only. Her illness was brought on by a
concentration of causes-over fatigue IN
her last American tour, a resumption of
her career too soon after the birth of her
last infant, and finally the sudden and
distressing death of beloved sister.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-22
No Surplus.
lie schools

! Our esteemed correspondent Justice
/ is mistaken in his opinion that there was
no surplus in the county treasury, for
the fiscal year ending Sept. LIST. We
| have it from Mr.. Cook, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, and Mr..
| Barker, a member of the board, that
there was between 81 900 and s., 900 sur
plus, after providing for the balance due
on the new Jail and all other expenses
properly belonging to last fiscal years
expense account.
The board of county commissioners
recognize the fact that the county has no
business with SURPRISES, and will, there
fore, move, at their next regular meet
ing in October, for reduction in the
rate of taxation. This reduction should
be two mills at least.
Some days since we tried to make it
good management on the part of the
county commissioners, but our Federal
Point correspondent objected. Yet, it
must be conceded, that SURPRISES can
only come of economy. If our county
board had been aware, at the outset,
that less money would be needed for the
past fiscal year, a reduction of the rate
might have then been made, but it is not
always possible to make an estimate
that can certainly be relied upon.
At best, the board could only ap-
proNimatc the general expenses, levy
an assessment accordingly, and admin
lister the affairs of the county so as to
come within the estimated limit. This,
the board has not only done, but actually
saved large sum to pass to next years
account. In This fact we have great
reason for commenting the action of the
board and heartily rejoice that our
county has So able and energetic men
for commissioners.
Last year, experience has shown that
there is no necessity for collecting so
great a revenue, and the commissioners
will reduce the rate of taxation accord
ingly. la this they will meet the views
of our Federal Point correspondent.
But, in this connection, we must beg
the attention of our Federal Point cor
respondent to the other feature of Jus
tees communication of to day. He
points out very clearly that the tax-pay-
ers have gained immensely under Dem
ocatic over Republican rule in this
county. Whereas under Republican
management. we had no surplus, but
extravaganza, mismanagement, jobbery,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-22

We received, yesterday, from Messrs.
W. w. Hawkins & Sons. of Lake George.
sample of crab grass hay raised in their
groves, which measured sev~nty five
inches in Incgth. The following letter
of explanation accompanied the pack
age.
LAKE GEORGE, FLA, Sept 20, 1856.
Editor Taiatka News:
We send you some samples OF cTah
grass hay grown on our place this sum
mer. We kept the grove well cultivated
until well into June, when the rainy
season rendered it almost impossible TO
keep the grass down, SO we let IL grow
and as a result have cut two or three.
tons of a. fine hay - we could bay any
where. The grove was moderately fer
tilted IN February We did not stop
To measure the length Of the stalks of
grass, wish you would measure and let
us know Yours truIy
". w. HAWKINS u Sons.