The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-06
OCCASIONAL.
CuLLEokA, Tenn. Apr il 1870.

CULLEoKA, T.NS. April 1870.
EprroR HERALD:-As the svcrmin from diff.
crent portions of the county are caroling their
squcahs and squalls, and keeping up ..contInu
Gus scatling among, not the old papers, but the
new, I thought perhaps your numerous readers
would bc interested in the chirp Of one of the
small creatures that inhabit this rack crowned
country, and though ! may be small and eyes
still less. l can sec clearly enough to enable me
to gather some items OF interest. And Will
other small towns can boast of their growth and
fatncss, | think the city of Culleoka or Whack-
er properly should be represented. We can
not boast Of marble from Is storied palaces
but We are progressing rapidly in all the mod
ern fashions. Wickedness, Gin, and misery
keeping pace. / know tina, this is hard but it is
the truth, for We have three groceries and you
know what follows are no uses near those pre-
incts of sin and human destruction. II
always been matter OF establishment to me how
ncn endowed 18th mind aud heart can wan
tonly and bodily merely because it is low set
up hotel of temptation and draw away all
they can from paths of rectitude and right there
by detracting from the morality and Respect
bility of neighborhood, merely for the sake of
the paltry dime, for the purpose they say Of
making living, and will add, to insure their
eternal damnat ion. Now Mr.. EDIroE, while we
have this gloomy and depressing picture which
have written to try and open the eyes of some
aud especially, Church me mbers, those who
wear the garb Of Christianity and are burning
their souls prcmaturely with a miniature hell
there on EARTH, again repeat while this is the
case, we have majority Of high minded and
moral citizens who are doing everything in their
power to add to the prosperity Of, and build up
the town, which is improri NJ rapidly under
heir genial influence aud business capacity. ]
can truly say that such men as we have in the
majority Of our stores are calculated TO build and
further the prosperity OF town. and it Is a wei
Jttcstcd fact that it is steadily progressing, as
We have several nice stores Just gone up, with
others in prospect, as we'll as houriShing
school, Masonic Hall aud other beneficial i'm
provemeuts. There arc regular Sunday Schools
in and near the place which have an encoura-
ciuc number of pupils, indeed the prospect is
hattcring 10 counteractsomc OF the evil influence
named abovc-and want it understood that
Culeoka is no worse than other places, but it is
all over tue land AID needs rcproof from those
Who have enlisted i'll the Army Of jehovah
Our farmers arc planting rapidly and viii |
soe:. be through. Not so much cotton as last |
year, more wheat which looks we'll and corn, !
potatoes, tobacco, broom corn, &c. The peach |
crop will be scant, apples plenty il not injured.
One of the animulcs that writes for the HERALD |
complains Of the low staga of matrimony; if he
will come over he can start the machine again
They marry from Is to 20 and bids eagerly taken /
up. One spoke ofthe scarcity OF babies, and if
he delights in music let him visit this vicinity,
and he will 20 away repeating every step, "Oh
am satisfied Yours with fer petty,
A. CHlGGEI-