The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-05-17


ton has been forgotten, but we return
to it and find the number OF subjects
as great rs ever. We'd tell about our
trip to Nashville if we had time. II
would take several columnsto tell allthe
fun we experienced. We would state
right here hat we went down on tho
cars, and if any of our friends should
| ever conclude to visit Nashville we ad.
wise them to goby the same route, that
is by the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad. The proprietors ofthis road
are very clever men, and for $3.50 will
take you all tho way down, 1t is de-
cidedly the best road from Winchester
TO Nashville and receives nearly all the
patronage, We've almost u notion to
tell all about our trip--how we got on
Brooks Omnibus Che indofltigable
Brooks) and went down to the Depot
at which place Mr., Beatty, the clever
conductor on our Road Eve always call
the WA A. Road our Road took Us in
charge, and carried US to Dcchcrd in
the twinklil 6 Of an eye. At Dcchcrd
we had to wait for an hour, but who'd
mind ten hours when Mrs, Davidson
gives a fellow such Il good dinner. No
wondcrpasscngcrsdin dine there foritisone
Of the best eating houses we ever stop
ped ut, the one at Wythvillc, Virginia,
not excepted.
Well, after dinner the whistle blow
ed, and the "iron horse" Gas everybody
in creation calls IT'D started. Hadn't
passed but two stations, when in come
Il woman'all bchounccd, and after q seat.
Got up for her, and, strange as it may
seem, the blessed creature smiled and
thanked Us. We knew ut once that
this was on account QfQqr good looks,
and, Of course, it made us toel proud
Sat down by herin front Of the looking
glass, when 10 and behold our face had a
great spIotch Of black smut on it. The
mystery CT her smiling vas u%nravelcd,
and we straightway left to try the Grad
~icativc power Of soap and water. Re
turned, and found the angelic lady still
there. Got into conversation with her
looked right down in her deep, sofs
blue eyes eve like blue cycs,) and, after
glancing of, Iookcdagain in the same
direction. And wasn't it natural we
should wish to look again? Men tray
81 miles to see II beautiful cave, the Nj
Falls, the White Mountains, and
other magnificent views, but here was
II view lovely and right at hand. 1t
was II lovely countcnance, and as hui
man beauty, to us, is the perfection Of
all beauty, ofcourse we-looked again.
There was more poetry and sublinity in
that face than in all the waterfalls or
mountains in creation, and--wc looked
again. By-thc-way, while we arc on
the subject Of beautiful things, we must
not forget to mention that we don't in
tend to insinuate that all this beauty we
speak Of was superior to what can be
seen at the house Of Borgfeldt u Gun
trath, Nashville, Tenn. If ladies want
to go into the finest store in the city-a
store containing more pretty goods, and
II greater variety, and the clcvcrcst of
go into BorgfcIdt & Guntrath's,
on Cherry Street, II few doors from
Union. Read their advertisement,
which can be found somewhere in Il
paper
What shall we write about The
question forces itself upon us so rapidly
that Il subject is no sooner commenced
than we leave it for something clsc.-
That's the reason we commenced about
the pretty woman when our subject was
trip to Nashville. And that's the
reason, too, wo broke Off from the wo-
man to speak Of Borgfcldt 4 Guntath.
As to our trip to Nashville, we shall
''drop our remarks" Oh that subject al
together, hoping to be able to resume
the same at some future time.
p. S.-Wc saw two ONE on the
Iars occupying 0Hc seat. Both were
lrcssed in the fashion, and both were