Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-06-19
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IL Is about l0gmises from bug, tbonas.
ing Rielhhnnd 70 thaaverJ heirt q pld
Virginia. where The autl,of Of The Deciar-
alton Of independents lies buried orsthe
high. wooded hin near his lonely and
nearly deserted feddeilce,. Monticello
Arriving at Charlottesville, found
everything full Of snow and "slush." The
mountain rivers were running red, for
the soil of Virginia is strangely red-red
as some Titan battlefield. t4" <,
The dome Of the university Of Virginia,
fashioned after de Pahtheon at Rome,
rose ossa lofty esnfaehce before me. Be.
yond the Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies
cleaned in the snow under the.bhlest'O Of
blue skies. It seemed As IL the Sierras
were here. ~-Mondcello, which il only
aresideriee, nor town. Is one is apt 70
suppose, lies three nudes back toward
Richmond, and nearly half mile--it
would seem, if yon climb 10 1t through
the snow, as Idid-perpendicular.
mo, sab, you can't walk 1t; can't cross
the rivah; and keerage couldn'ts git
thar In coon's age; but if you could
ride, sab, il you could ride o colt, sahis
ride colt. 4 could. ride COW, il
necessary. Saddle up S
The colt" proved to be mustang,
They have brought this lively and much
maligaed little animal all the way from
Texas in great numbers. The little mouse.
colored animal with mischievous eye
had been shut up in the snow good
many days, reckon and 50 he was leo
out with a man on either side hanging
on to the bits. A crowd gathered
Stand i'm on his head in the snow, BET
nickel, " said some one hack in. tina
black and ragged crowd of sovereigns
And then there was a grin and chucklC
all around. sa,
brushed of the two men who hung
on to the hits, and talking n little old
fashioned mustang talk, which he per
haps had not heard since he left Texas
gotta foot into the stirrup, and we boil
Jumped at the same time. On into til,
river, ged as blood. breast deep; over
on, up the hill, and in the drifted snow
to his BELLY Then ! struck bare anC
bleeding spot Of red earth. But ON ano
up plunged the scolt. the sacred soil o.
Virginia flashing and dashing and cling
ing to the tail of my English ulster a
every jump!
In less than a mile, however, thu
gallant little mustang and myself Were
in love with,each other. gototf offer
to help him 'wallew. through the deepes
places, and he not oncetried to get ava,
or betray my trust. Three nlilesof hare
climbing, then turning to the lief
through an open gate plunged into til,
thickest wood and--I jcrled off my hat
Was ever such absolute quiet OUTSIDE
of death or a desert. The world was fa
below. The Pantheon dome of the'uni
versity which thegeat dead before nj
had founded and FOR fifty years wei
fostered was under my feet. 1t lcoke'
like one of the many great domes 0
Damascus. The rising submits Of tn
mountains above and beyond looke'
down in kindly companionship.
The grave Of the great Democrat is il
perfect ordery Indeed, it is almost pain
fully perfect. I3now the world woul
ind fault if this grave. was neglected
hut at the same time may say it paine
me to see the splendid iron fence, tie
feet high If a foot, all tipped with gold
and big forbidding lock on the prison
like gate And then the great loft
granite shaft .seetped SO tall, and 3
heavy, and 50 cold, and eternal But lie
us be content The people. his people
would have it so. Heavyor light, tom
or no,tomb, nothing can break his rest G
mar his immortality now.
al dozen offrnorie marble slabs of var
Gus sizes are dotted aboutthe great sliat
in the center of the square iron fence
=. trees lean and look over into The littl
opening. on all sides trees-oak and fl
sfand pineand cedaFs You eean mot Sc
the resting place ~ sFhomas Jefferson ii
you come Immediately upon it on YOU
way to the residence which he built o
this mountain, Monticello half a mi
further on. The snow was heaped
drifts about the inclosure The snow la
in drifts up to my horses belly as sat O
his back seas tosse through the iron fenc
aud read the inscription, familiar to a
the world. The snow had not bee
broken this winter. So far as ! scoul
see no foot had passed this way for
long long time. 81 slt hkf1s AN
No, bird, no squirrel, not even lit
snow-mouse, had made sign or mark
the abundant snow. Nor was there an
sound of bird or beast orymsn The ca
We're coming id three miles away and
quarter of a mile below, changing the
bells as they trnldled through the Ion
struggling town Of charlottesville. +;
away to the north, against the BIZ
Ridge, streamed white tower of smol
as the cars came in from the Pacif
ocean. Away toward Richmond the ca
came screaming with energy and excit
ment; for they We're setting out on mi
sion of 5000 miles. The snow of the All
ghanies, the dust of Arizona, the oranl
blossoms of Los Angeles-all these t
gether lay Immediately before me-
joaquin Miller's Letter.
The "Eings" of Growth In Trees.
After careful study of the subie