The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-04
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MEssRS. EDITORS Among the many distin-
gushing features of old haury is the fact
that il aboundS in remarkable men. There
lives one of this description on the Hampshire
pike, east OF Big Bigby. There are perhaps
few men of more marked characteristics than
he. In the first place, be p ssesses the mod
esty of blushiDg maiden, and would, by no
manner of h.eans, be so specific in nv remarks
rs to ind entity him, and thus drag him forth
from his chosen retiracy to the public gaze
Toe suns of n summers have passed over
his head, and yet be is as nimble of foot and
as 1.-the OF limb, as a youugster OF Is years
OF such one would speak. He is JACK Of
all trades and says that his right baud was
stuck on his left shoulder. v hen bleeding
vas in vogue, he Phlebotomized extensively In
all b neighborhood, and is still she great
standby for broken limbs, aching teeth, and
such like. He 10 also a veterinarian of no mean
pretensious in the multiform ailments of the
horse tribe, whether il be hooks, blind stag
gers, lockjaw, stump sucking, or what not
Well, he was born in South Carolina, remov ed
to Tennessee in 1908, and again and aga
did his interest, or inclination cali him back to
the old Palmetto State. Notwithstanding hs
hailed from that section of the Union upon
which the great Calhoun had iDdelibly fixed
his own political impress, yet this man was
Wing, and oftentimes his whiggery proved
very incopv enient to carry-as for instance,
during the period OF the great Modification
tics to suit the taste of an inn keeper on peril
OF not being suffered to stay over night.
Those were the days that tried mems souls
In travelling back and forth from the land OF
his adoption 10 that OF his nativity, in those
good old days Of horse back-travel, he was Of
ten sadly beset whether to tell the landlord
that he was for or against Notification. In
thoee piping times this stunning lnterrogatory
was propounded by the doughty Ian Ilurd to
the wayfaring man, before he dismounted
Now if the subject of this sketch could get
the other man to say first, then there was no
fat ther trouble their views agreeing to a dot.
But sometimes our friend would have to lead
in the declarations of principles, aud then,
oh my what perplexity there was At
times he guessed right, aud again he had to
move his tenting ground tn Otner qIarters.
But ! must come to the point. Messrs Editors
you know where "HouSeTs CrOss roads are :
Well, this men does not live there, but therea-
bout. l would not mention hls name. He is
every body's u an-he's mighty b andy as they
say--he lives for the good Of the community, ahd
is, in short, public beneaction. He literal
y goes about dung good" Furthermore,
he is the delight Of the neighborhood oh ldren
makes Whistles stllts, whips, and what not
for them,-dandles them on his knee, and
chants, In most melodious strains, his South
Carolina lullabiss. He was brought up, am
told, after the "Strictest Sect" ate humen,
but his intimate ASSOCIATES think him much
more familiar with the Queen t Clubs than
the shorter catechism. | would not gay 50
| much myself. But do know that he is tond
| of all kinds of innocent sport, and in his pis
| cstoriaI feats aud skiIful cap ,ure of nut
brown quails, be yields to none. Aud wiJhat,
| be has AL Unsuitable thirst for well sweeten ed
| coffee. All sirs, here's the rub. Don't you
| cali such a one notable man! AR. vet, tn,
half bias not vet hen Told.
| But my discursiye pen will wander, go Il
the point again. Well, once upon time moi
| rsny weeks since, this InveLerate Knight o
the partridge net, mouuted "Beu ah," biz
fsithtul gray (there are many grays In tb'
! neigborhood) and of for the tangled copsei
beyoJd Bigoy, he started, with bird on tht
brain. And now, Messrs. Editors, this prove
| a most thriftless not to say disastrous eXcur
| sion to cur septuaginariAn and h!s compan
ions, both BY food and field, for the wind Nv,
of heaven had poured out their watery food,
| for days and nights preElons to this-Cathey'
creek was booming-"Beulah"i ia little mare
aud - well, when her venerable ride
stopped for the night, you might have seen hi
pedal extremeties baSking before the glow
ing blazes of log heap fire, and hlS trowser
and wooden ho&eL reekiug with the moistur
of Cathey's tnrbid stream. But this littl
wettng did not dsmpen uncle SIS penehant f.
thrilling story and spicy anecdote. His pecu
liar e fl did not fail him here-he talked an
tn rest laughed, and the hours went lnerTil
on, till ii Q supper-bell summoned us to te,
J Now, Sirs, Approach the pith of this stor,
have known uncle S**** q long, long finn
and never knew him to fail he was alway
! equal to the emergeucy-but this proved b