Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-21
SOME CHRISTMAS NOTES.
Observations Made BY Reporter While
Gathering News.


news, but which are really amusing
to the man with an eye for the ridic-
ulous. The writer was standing in
front of Daily, Pearce & Green's Mon
day evening just about the time the
snow turned to rain. A splutier liz q
a turtle makes jumping off log into
the pond attracted our attention. 1t
came from the opposite side of the
tslreet. Looking in that direction it
was not hard to tell what had made
the splash. Two country boys, aged
respectively twelve and thirteen and
a half years, had concluded the OPP
posite side of the street was the bet
ter for walking purposes. The larger
one stepped off the curbing in front
of l. Roscnleld's. 1t was just little
further to the street, from the top of
that curbing, than he had anticipat-
ed, and as result he was given one
of those shake ups so familiar to the
people of Clarksville who have been
doing much pavement walking late
ly. The boy had valise in his
hands and it was kind of NOah's
Ark, used to pack all the purchases
of the day. When the boy hit the
street that valise flew open, and to
carry the program to logical climax
the purchases flew out. There were
all kinds of toy animals in that va
lise. Candy, the ante-bellum kind,
was packed in 1t. Fire crackers filed
up the corners; powder FOR squibs
had place, and dozens of other
things to be thought OF only by
country boy on the hunt of Christ
mas things There was one orange
in the lot-a big Seat orange. 1t
rolled into the sewer and was gone
from that boy and his heirs forever. |
Things were scattered all over the
street, and mud was all over the
things. The younger boy had pur-
chased the orange and when he saw |
1t roll into the sewer his temper got |
the better of him, He began haul
ing off his coat. His eyes had murder
in them, and the spectators to this
little comedy thought they would see
fight. Pat Giniey came walking
down The street about this time, how
ever, and no doubt prevented |
a tragedy. The young man
soon decided he was letting his
Christmas ardor get the better of
sober judgment and began aiding his
brother in his desperate attempt to
save the pieces. They finally sue
ceeded in getting them together and
putting them into the valise. This
done, the younger boy pulled a long,
stout cord from his pocket and tied
that valise hard and last. AS they
started off one of them wanted to
know what time the boat would
leave for Betsytown.
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Remnants of the Third party are
run up on occasionally now. They
make very little noise AS a rule, not
having fully recovered ffJm the chill
ling effect of the recent cyclone. A
bottle of white whisky, how
ever, raises their dropping spirits
little. The iavorite beverage OF the
average Third party man from Dick
son county is straight alcohol, which
he terms "white liquor" and the
amount of which he can chamber is
almost incredible. The Dickson
county Third partylte scorns mum
ber seven" when he can get alcohol
common whisky is entirely too mild
TOR his palate. A fair sample of this
genus homo was noticed behind u
pair of mules Monday which he
was trying to pilot up Franklin
street. He hung another wagon in
front of Keesee & Northington's and
the last a reporter saw OF him he
Was lying fiat down on the top OF
two barrels of salt yelling "'rah for
Nv
A reporter saw a dealer In these
goods sell a negro who could not
read, set of authors. The negro,
like Josh Billings wife, bought them
because they were going at less than
cost.
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