The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01

rus Avenue; it to be laid upon the plan
A. J. Fs House Roller, invented ls5'
The Car will be 2ox32 feet.
Mr. EDITOR, do yon remember lette
: ffomthis place written by Mr.. LAcLIors
Now we don't know Mr.. LAcLIous, nc
any LAcLIousEs, but we will bet Mi
LAxEY is clever fellow. To the sub
ject; Mr.. LAxLY did not give our bache
. lors justice. The first Bachelor men
toned by LAxcY was not in the battle o
New Orleans, being too young by thn,
years. However, his elder brother VIA
in the war of 1872, and acted as debate
for JAcKsoN's Army. The second stead
fast was in the Florida war, but did mo-
act as Chaplain. More soon. WILL.
p. S.-The Bachelors of Sawdust say
they win marry as soon, as they get able
being men ofvery limited circumstan.
ces, go 10000 apiece. w
RUTHERFORD CREEK, March "a.
4 MR.. ED.:-While the Rats of Spring
Hill are galloping over the top shelves,
and making such a noise among your
papers, do you think there would be any
thing wrong in little mouse on Ruther-
ford Creek to creep up on the bottom
shell, and once in a while make a little
rummiage in the papers, provided the
cats are all asleep. Now, Mr.. EDITOR,
it has been q long time since Ihave writ
ten for a paper, not since left North
Carolina, and you know 1 am pretty
well out of practice, but hope you will
excuse ali mistakes and foolish express
sions that / may make.
think it is time somebody was saying
something for this creek, fer think we
have as good creek as anybody. I
don't mean the water is as good, (but it
isl. mean that we have as good lands,
| as good horses, hogs, cows, sheep, and
all sorts Ofstock, and good mills, and as
good people as you can find in Tishomin-
60 County, Mississippi, and our girls /
think, are better than anybody's girls
There are only two objections to our girls,
one is there's not enough of them, and
the other is, what few we have got don't
want to marry. Now, sir, we have not
| had a wedding or marriage on this creek
| have all forgot their ceremony. Now,
| Mr.. EDITOR, if you know any way in the
world to get this marrying business start
ed up, would be glad you would lose
| no time in trying the experiment. / am
willing for you to try it on me the very
| first one, and could name half dozen
other boys in the same fix. When say
boys, mean from fifteen to forty-five.
Some of us have been boys long time,
but don't tell the girls if you please.
Mr.. Spring Hill said something about
the gentlemen and ladies occupying diff
erent seats at Blanton's Chapel and
Mount Olivet. Now / would like to
know if it's any of his business what our
boys and girls do or where they sit.
What in the thunder does man want
| to sit by woman in Church for? If he
| talks to her he will disturb the congrega-
| ton, Especially the old heads) if he
| don't keep one eye on the preacher all
| the time so he will be ready to hide his
eve with his handkerchief and make a
| long chin every time the preacher looks
at him he will standA good chance to
| get reproof, and then he would wish his
girl was at home and he was too.
But for fear of wearying your patience
guess had better round in. l would
| like TO tell YOU good deal, but I don't
know what kind of an opinion you have
| of this Creek. fit he good 1 had best
| say but little, and if it is bad 1 don't
| want to make it worse.
will not charge you anything for this,
but if you think it worth anything, you
| can just pay the amount to the b5st l 1ok-
| ing young man you know provit ed you
don't pay it to PRS DoBINs. He Is an
exception in goodness and beauty and
has been ruled off the track in order to
give the second class boys chance.
Respectfully yours, A SMALL MOUSE.
P. ST. am finely pleased with jim
| ADKINS and LEM CALDwELL's ideas If
making money, and think it will prove
a success if LEM will take the proper
care of that sorrel horse and not ride
him to the old Squire's too often. i
wish you would send me word what cot
ton will be worth next fall. / want to
| make ten bales if can. MOUSE.
SPRING HILL, March %,
Mr.. EDIToR:-The long looked for day
which we have expected to arrive "has
ariven." It rained all day long, as if it
was trying to vim bet. went to the
polls and wanted to vote, but was not
particular who / voted for, if he had the
most "Bullies." BIT was puzzled after
all, how to do it, as they were so split up.
formed an idea of the strongest man
from the number of tickets poked at me
by the friends of each candidate, so 1
filled out my ticket accordingly, and
stuck her in.
Twas personally acquainted with
few of the candidates, whilst others 1
had heard of. 1 was more highly i'm
pressed with some of them than with
some of T,y acquaintance. 1t is a GUS
tom, long in use, and in good practice,
for the character of candidates to be
questioned and doubted by those opposed
to them, and eulogised far beyond reality
| by his friends. For instance, one man
will poke the ticket of the man tina he is
supporting, at you, and tell you that his
| man is gentleman, clever fellow and
| fully quail ded to fill the office which he
is trying to get. Another man will tell
you that the man ESQ highly eulogised
| by his friend a short time before) is a
dead beat, a plug ugly and knows moth
ing about the Office that he is trying to
get, and that he will bring the county in
debt, etc. So goes the round, and the
best way for man to do who is ignorant
of who is qualified and who is not, is to
find out the man with the most "bullies'
and go for him mighty heavy.
Well, have Rcnigged on the subject,
and will return, "like the prodigal son"
Everything went off very well, with no
fights, (but the next thingto it,. Wits
key was floating mighty scacc, as the
Bars were closed up and those who had
supplied themselves with shat are
yearb" the evening previous, soon ran
through with it, and
"The brows of men by the dispairing .light
Wore an unearthly aspect"
JOHN HICKEY is a second Muggins in a
race, and if he had two legs wouldn't he
get up and dust? You bet. BILLY WHIT
THoRNE is a mOover too, l tell you!
always thought he was tolerably peart
and this race proves that practice makes
perfect" BANK WELLS came out ahead
! of all his opponents at this box as he is
better known at home than abroad, as
, he got nearly all the votes; it pays hin
well to know that his neghbors think sc
much of him, and expect he would a:
soon have that compliment as the Office
jim McGAw got the dead-wood on tn,
candidates for Trustee, and say "Bully
: for JIM" RILLs WooDs mot old BILLY