The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-06-03
An Exile From Maury.

Pamela, MISS, May 10, 1870.
Mr.. EDITORIALS I thought you would
like to hear from this part of the world,
concluded to drop you few lines to
let you know how your brother T. isget-
ting along I am way down here where
hear no news except when I get your
paper, and then 1 sit down and read
ways feel anxious to hear from old Maui
nv and her people. have been looking
over your paper for some time to see if
you had changed your way of living,
but see nothing of it. What is the
matter, Mr.. Editor? Are you afraid Of
the fair sex of Maury? If so / am sorry
for you Or are you afraid that you can
not support one? If that be the case, lay
all that aside and get married, as you
know what compromised me when you
married. live in hope of living with
you yet. 1 don't think you can stand
the single life like can. Well, Mr.. Ed
itor if you will just sit down and think
one hour and then look at old Sam But
Ter and Bill Hodge and others, 1 think
you would get yourself wife; you then
would have some one to call you ''honey"
and look at you with sweet smile when
you return home ut night. But in the
place of that you have the news of a poor
little cat.
As have given you little advice on
marrying, will now give you the news
of these parts. When your people 60
fishing up there anG one of those little
creatures come along calling you cousin,
COUSIN" it vexes you very much, but Mr..
Editor, the wind has been blowing from
the South for the last four or five
days, and tell you Mr.. Editor, that it
has brought more of these little insects
here than thought were in the world.>
1t put me in mind of what old man Moss
said when he was in Arkansas bottom,
that they were so thick that he coulds sling
a pint cup round and ketch quart As
1 feed my hogs every morning, l have
the pleasure Gf you call it one,) of see
ing them rise from the ground so thick
that you can hardly see. AS 1 heard
preacher say once, that had the itch,
he thought it was great luxury to
scratch, and if he was here he could
scratch himself tc death III short time
if he would only get in the shade. As
the Mississippi river has been very high
and is vet SO as to overflow the lake,
1 could not fish, and being anxious to
to take a fish, enquired of a man that
lives near the lake il it was full, and he
said il was. asked him if the muSqui-
toes were bad; he said, "only toierable,
but he saw some OH stump sharpening
their bills on a brick bat, listening for a
COW bell" Whenever they can get taste
of that pure blood from old Maury, they
poster man very much.
Mr.. Editor, whilo am ponning these
few lines to you, am scratching, slap
ping and smoking. fyou could see me
coming over hill you would think it
was little engine, with my old pipe.
That is the only way to keep them out
of your face. The crops look very well,
considering some have been killed by the
freeze on the 14-15th of April. The cut
worms are very,bad, cutting all the cotton
down. / am fearful that the people will
miss stand this year at least. have
one piece that has only half stand
on it this time. live in hopes of seeing
you before long and shaking hands with
you, and also with your lady. BIS are
very scarce here. They all try to marry
here at about Is years old, before they
know the ways of the world AS for my
part, I am holding on little while and
watching others, trying to gain all the
information can as regards the married
life. think that some of our boys have
an eye single to some of the fair sex Of
old Maury, SO you had better look sharp.
Our apple and peach crops will be nearly
a failure. Will have only. one crop Of
fruit and that will be the raspberry and
blackberry. The mast was all destroy
ed by the freeze. Radicalism is nearly
up to 100 deg. 1 think Sambo and his
friends will get it up to that point as soon
as the sun gets little hotter. From
your BROTHER BACHELOR.