The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-08-25
Che Aome 9onrnal.
FAYETTEVILLE BARBECUE, a.

BY W. j. SIAT'lElt.

ual who generally represents the
Home Journal Office, might have been
seen vending his way, all alone, down
TO "lligginS' Station on the Win
chester and Alabama Rail Road, at
which place he arrived in safety, and
found several hundred beautiful mai.
dcns, and almost as many kind moth.
crS and fathers. besides II considcrn.
bic sprInkIing Of gallant young men
and boys, all intent upon the same oh.
jcct as himself. Seats being rather
scarce, we all concluded TO stand,
which, however, made but little diff.
ference with as, although we could
but feel Il title Cor the fair ~maidcns.-
In fact, we have n peculiar feeling for
them all the time, but more especially
on Friday morning was this the case,
for VIC never saw them look NOR"
lovely than then. After n while the
iron horse" us some call the engine,
came rolling up in lis ''lron harness."
putting and blowing, as if proud Of
the soil DER which hc strobe. Capt.
Carr conducted the train, and man.
aged things con,mc Il Jum-just like IA
rrgLr0Dc al The business. The ladies
all found seats we believe, save our
self, (not saying ihit we are II lady,
bo! cvcr.) but with such good compa.
ny to join MS in standing, we felt per.
rrcrly satisfied, taking an occasional
glance through the windows to view
the crops, which looked fine. and the
road, which looked ditto. Everybody
was full Of fun and every eye shonc
with delight. Our heart was beating
wildly and happy, and it seemed as II
we could see the hearts Of all the rest
/ doing the same way. About half
past eleven O'Clock we reached Fay.
eitcvillc, the terminus of the road,
where we found tremendous congrc-
cation awaiting our arrival. Already
on, train hal %nrrivcn, heavily laden
with the good folks from the Salem
districts, and OUy train added to it,
made quite II representation from
Franklln cOunty--a rrprcS NATION
not to be laughed at, BY any means, if
You cal one thousan anything. Blue
ribbons floating from the bodies Of fine
looking men. mounted on proud stccds.
told us. when we arrived at our DIES
tination. that something more than
usual was the order Of the day, and
that preparation had been made for
our visit. We all marched to the
grove, and after listening for u short
time to "A speech from Col, V. Is. Ste
vrnson, the President Of the Road, we
all repaired to dinner, thc ladies' hav-
ing tie privilege OF dining first, and
then the men. We contcnlrd ourscIl
with Il place AZ the second table, of
course. and well contcntcd we were,
for if nicely cooked yicluals, and
plenty Of them c0uH content one, we
had ample groun for such content
meat. And we TO reckon il any per.
son in this biz world does love good
things and lots Of tlcm to cat. it is
the editor Of the Home Journal. and
we do believe he eat enough that day
TO convince the people OF Lincoln that
he was not at a loss for appetite. Bat
he was not the only one who eat
About GsM M0uSani besides him
helped To devour the bountitul supply
and CIV n all Of them failed to c'caR
he hlblc. We assert the truth when
we say that about 5000 persons were
there assembled, and when they had
finished eating. enough was lett To
feed at least as Hi0hy more. in TACT. II
seemed, as one of the speakers after
remarked, that Lincoln had never had
the chance before of showing h0w
much she cOaH provide in the cdiLle
line.
After dinner The vast crowd return
cd to where seats were arranged. and
to speeches from Col. V. Is.
Stevenson, and John NJ. Bright, Esqr.
They made able efforts, and it pains
us that wc cannot here give their re.
We hope to sec them in print
soon, however. Davidson and Lincoln
counties having spoken through
Messrs. Stevenson and Bright. A. ).
Colyar. FOR Franklin, was loudly call.
ed for, but the little time left preclu.
ded the possibility ofa lengthy speech
ere The train would leave. His re.
marks therefore, were brief. but quail.
hy made up for brevity. About thi,
time the crowd began to dispense and
all seemed to leave with regret, both
old and young, married and sjpgle.-
For the last named class, composed Of
maidens and their lovers, we felt very
sorry. Especially did they rise sor.