The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
COMMUNICATED. |
CARRIERS CREEK SrArI.

bhAR IIhRALD. Inc Mondays nave
passed and all hands have gone to work
again. The farmer has returned to Ibis
fields, and goodly number of them are
still laughing. at him through their linty
locks The merchant to his merchan-
disc, running up the columns of his
ledger to see if Cash has caught up with |
Credit. The smith to his forge, the car
pentcr to his bench, and 80 on with the
other avOcations, each taking a retro
spective glance at the old year, consider |
ing whether profitably or unprotita- |
bly, spent. Lessons learned in the
school of Experience arc truly said |
to be the most dear and indelible. We |
should therefore endeavOrto improve by |
such lessons, and be the better prepared |
to steer our course so as to avoid the |
quick. sands and breakers ahead, leaving |
Footprints that perhaps ar other,
h. Sailing DER lifes solemn main,
forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again."
SO much for New Years moraliza-
ton. Now let's see if anything has
transpired recently that has not been
HERALDED. The Christmas Tree has had |
its run, and, like the green bay tree to |
which it was compared, "has passed !
away, and 10! it is not" The Sunday |
school, however, still lives and prospers, |
and, notwithstanding the severity Of the |
winter. has pretty full attendance eve |
ry Sabbath. Rev. DIR. Maloy, our Min |
lister for the present year, is veteran i'm |
the cause. His style is plain, concise
and unassuming His sermons are evil
IDENTIFY intended to convince the judg-
ment, not to please the fancy of his con
gregation. May his efforts be attended
with abundant blessings to the church
and neighborhoOd. Mr.. Ratcliff an
nounced at Sabbath-school yesterday,
that the exercises of the Lasting HOPE
School would be resumed to-day, Mon
day, Jan. 81 under the supervision of
himself and lady. doubt not that he is
fully adequate to the duties he has I'M
dertaken, and trust his remuneration
may be equally prOporticnate "to the
love he bears for learning"
Before crossing the creek we'll bid our
highly esteemed fellow-citizen and neigh
Dor, X. II. Foster, gOOd-by, as We learn
that lie has sold his place TO 4 Mr.. Whit
aker for $50 per acre.
'ris hard to give thee up, Bob,
But you know Its not for Joe
10 bid you stay with US. Bob,
Ifyou think it's best to go
Mr.. Billy Jones has been selling out.
too,-not his land-no, stree his heads
too level for that. He has one of the
most valuable tracts that a Maury conn
| ty mule colt "Or any other man" ever
made a track on. But he did drive to
Columbia to-day, to be shipped South by
| Messrs. Burnett II McMeen, twenty head
| of as fine young mules as ever munched
| blue grass in Kentucky. l also noticed
| a lot of fine Berkshire pigs at the Station,
| shipped by Mr.. John Gary, another one
of our best farmers, to some gentleman
| in Arkansas.
Well, as I've got back on this side of
the creek, I'll just step in at our new
blacksmith shop Z minute. We all agree
that good smith shop is an indispensa-
BILE necessity in village or neighborhOod,
so we would not be satisfied till we got
that very thing. The shop is carried on
by Mr.. Sam Campbell, formerly OF
Spring Hill, and Jim Akin; They are
| both "old hands at the bellows" and
those who have tried them in days "lang
syne," know they have the "ring of true
steel' about them.
Sam at the bellows Jim TO pare,
| Will shoe your horse. mule or mare:
All work strictly "on the square,"
that is for the greenbacks.
Now well cross the railroad, and salln-
ter leisurely up Main street. Lets go in
at McKay's, and warm; he always keeps
good fires. I'll bet "a four-dollar note, if
they are not engaged with customers, /
can guess what they are doing. Alexis
training his spotted "purp" with chick
en- head (wrung OIL for that purpose,)
aud "Old Reliable has his pipe in his
mouth, looking over the ledger alluded
to in the beginning. Exactly! Knew
I'd win. There sits Alex. before the
fire, one hand over the "purp's" eyes,
the other holding the chicken head,
which he is i'll the act OF tossing Lehind
the counter. Now he throws il, and now
he lets the "purp" loose, "Dead bird!
dead bird! F. on the little setter scam.
pers, and after scentins and snuffing
about for some time, finally brings in
the head. Smart dog, Alex! Yes,
learns pretty well, il only had time to
fool with him; b'lieve could learn him
some sense Good morning, JIM: Got
any more OF that good smoking tobacco
YOU seem to he enjoying so hugely? D,
YES /! plenty of it look in the box there
and fill your pipe. Thank you. Well,
Jim, YOU look as bright and genuine AZ a
new Mexican dollar; how is il you man
age to keep the same old chronometer
balance movement? The low price of
/. cotton don't seem to make you gruff and
grum as it does good many merchants.
, Now none of your fattering palayer,
scrap-bag. L can't help the low price Of
cotton-'taint my fault, and 1 don't see
that fretting does any good. don't like
) them cHssed Dutch that's fighting over
wonder, and would be glad they'd stop
} their foolishness or all get killed-b'l;eve
could then sell mere goods--but at the
same time don't feel half so uncOinfOrt-
able as did some six We q ,.ck. when
the internal rascals were boo ing at me.
Sensible to the last, Jim. &, where's
old man Dick? Down at tno gin. Mighty
t near two hundred bales this season, eh ?
Don't exactly know, won't miss IT far
though.
ltQ take peep at your dead and living