The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-07

| Adventures of Three Young Men.
Saturday nigh tweek three young men, one
| of whom was not as young as he might have
| been, got on the South bound train at Column
| bia, and got off again at Gulleoka. No, not
exactly at Culleoka, but half mile distant.
| They called On some interesting young ladies,
| and we presume they had very nice time, as
| they did not leave until about quarter past
one. time when church yards and lazy people
yawn. and an hour which, parents think,
should see all young people in bed They
walked about three quarters of mile back to
the depot, against wind as sharp as one of
Caps razors, and as cutting as the remarks of
fortytyear old maiden. To use the expressive
language of an old Virginia darkey, the wind
struck them as if il was searching for their
marrow" The depot was reached, and they
stood in front of the railroad hotel, into which
no entrance could be obtained. They walked
back and forth, jumped up and down, aud
would have imoed trees and slid down like
Davy Drockett did on a similar occasion, to
keep warm, had any trees been near, but moth
ing except giant poplars :were to be seen.
One of the young men yelled and called aloud,
but no response was giVer. Yes, they did get
an answer, but it was the hyperborean wind,
fresh from Greenland ley Mountains The
train was due at IA quarter past two, but it tar
ried. Yet it seemed to be coming all the time,
but it was the wind blowing in the tops of Mr..
John Ballanfant's tall pOplars. The prospect
for three average COroner's inquests seemed
very good. 4 5 q forl0rn hope, another scout
was sent out, and he discovered through the
cracks of house built out of cross-ties, well
come light The building belonged to DR..
Akius steam mill, and had been rented out
that night BY Turner Hunt to the negroes for
two dollars, to have dance. The dance was
over, and all had gone save four or five negro
men and two white men. A polite darkey in
vited the halffrozen party in, but a little |
black negro with a heavy mustache growled, |
and muttered, as he played cards. The wind |
fooled the young men again, and they went /
out, and resolved not to go back to the den. |
finally, however, they could stand the cold |
no longer, and they went back and paid the |
negroes to quit card playing ard cursing. |
They did this because the fire and the house |
belonged to the darkies tor that night. The |
smallest of the three young men sat on key, |
his feet under him, aud he leaned back and |
slept; the largest made a downy pillow out !
of three newspapers, the Tobacco Leaf, N. Y. |
Sun, and another, and laid him down to
pleasant slumbers, but was awakened in
few minutes, half frozen; the hanGsOmest and
Youngest sat on plank laid across two kegs,
aud stood guard like good soldier. The ne
grOes piled up in the corner like hogs, except
Orange, who stood up and slept. And thus
our three Columbians passed the night, burn
ing on one side and freezing on the other.
Daylight at last adawned and yet no train.
The hotel was open, and they went in. They
got splendid breakfast, and drank two cups
Of coffee apiece. Mr.. Nelson, the landlord,
was affdble aud pleasant and m dc them COM |
Portable. He keeps the best railroad eating
house in the South, probably. Everything is
cooked we'll and served up elegantly. He
says the reason hotel keepers do rot give sat
isfaction, is because they make no distinction
between negroes, and always get low priced
cooks. He pays his cook high price. Mr.,
Nelson can cook himself, and superintends
even ythiDg and yet he is an educated man,
takes the ablest newspaper in the land, and is
Intelligent, The South needs many hotel
keepers like him. Horace Greeley had him
ia his eye when he said the South needed TWEEN
Jy thousand cooks. The young men went to
church ands heard the sunday school sing.
The preacher, Rev. Mr.. 0rman, seemed to be
the talker, while Maj. 6. W. Jones, Mr.. Z. W.
James, and others, did the work. 1t gave us
cal warm feeling at the heart to see these
vo men, who were brave soldiers in the late
yar-One Confederate and ths other Federal
now dwelling together in Christian brother
mood, and teaching the children Bible truths.
And but few, if any were ever held in higher
stimation by his neighbors than Mr.. James,
Federal soldier. And helives in southern
Prof. W. r. Webb, Principal OF
he Institute was absent, having gone TO Nash
lille to hear Munsey. But his brother, Prof. |
Iohn NJ. Webb, was there, and read some res
buttons of respect in memory of a dear mem
yer of the sabbath school, Rev. Mr.. StTick-
in. 1t was Quarterly Meeting, and the Pre- |
-
portion Of his sermon being devoted to the
Dung preachers, several of whom were
resent.
Prot. Webb is doing good work in edu
ating quite a number of young men pTepar-
ng for the ministry. And he is doing 4 no .
lie work in giving all the children of the
and many from other commu- .
lititS and counties, u thorough and excellent
,ducation. He has not only a genius for
eaehing, but has passion for the work, and !
: a rich prize that any neighbOrhood might (
re proud of. The three unfortunate young .
nen, whose adventures we are relating, went
Jack to the hotel, and partook ofan excellent :
Inner. Mr.. Nelson and his lady seem to ! .
ave a horror of dirt. He is rough on the
however, and says he would like {
Y Gibbs school, if it were not for so many
PREACHERS being there. Several months ago
Dr.. Hargrove, of Frenkliu, borrowed a Ian ,
ern from him to go up TO Wcbb's school, and :
ept it some longer than he expected or de-
ired. lie apologized to Mr.. Nelson, and IN
lis aflab.e way added al fear | have treated
he'd in emphatic tone, ayes, Sir, you
ave.
After dinner, in came honest Mr.. John
'alianfant. with his hearty Horace Greeley -.
-ay of talking against everything he does :
Ot like, Turner Hunt has set up near by,
ONE grocery house adjoining the hotel. He 5
ays hT. Nelson 5 great help TO him. :
When u customer gets pretty full'' of Rob /
rtson County," he sends him to the hotel,
there he is filled with something good to
at, and ready for some more Robertson :
'ounty." He says he is in favor of temper
nee societies, as the temperance men no /
onger have their names ooked for drinks,
nd paw down. We are inclined to think J. /
L. Webb is destined to become more popular
nth the ladies than his brother ''Sawney,"
: he does not talk as much, and gives Their !
better chance to talk which they ! n
late. When he first came from the Old
orth State he was very indignant because
e was carried into a house where there was
charming young lady. The train came
'Ong about five o'clock, and brought home
he three Co lumbians.