The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-27

Thsglittering god, rose from his saffron
couch In the East and I'M barred the portals
Of day, and three bird hunters, elated viii
were sanguine that their anttcipations wert
| to be contaminated ere Phoebus reached the
| thew y' 5uckIed the pouch and flask around
them and threw careleSMiy across their houl-
| ders, the old guns which, were in prime for
ed to have had expectations which accorded
with theirs, for they jumped and skipped
about, as though they were Is anxious
we lost sight Of the merry hunters, for they
crossed over behind skirt Of woods. But
the rapid reports Of their guns came boom.
than words that the sport had commenced.
We overlook them again. Hours had pass
was f tnoueht miehtV PSoebus had driven his
flaming chariot across the meridian and
was dashing 1.-THE party from his meridian
birders, who were hungry and very much
fatigued, two of them at least. The third
party, however, almost fresh as when he
avidity. While Dick and Marsh, (which are
their names being as aforesaid, cons1dera-
bly, fatigued and tormented by that indie
scribable feeling called hunger, concluded to
call at neighbor's house close by, and get
something to pacify their aching stomaehs.
They We're more successlul IN settlnlg s0ille
birds, for fried ham, chicken, eggs &nd
other good things were heaped upon their
plates, They ate of the above articles until
their ponderositfes were increased several
pounds. When they were through with the
delicious ham and eggs, they could hear the
sharp report of Mel's gun miles away. They
paid little attention, however, to the noise,
but made their way, fast as they could lun-
der the circumstances), to their respective
homes. II Is useless to say they retired ear
" that night. Mel. says they slept VIII hout
rocking, until way up In the wee sma' hours
our industrious farmer and valuable eiti-
zen, c, V. Cyrus, is busy repairing fences
around his farm. We think NoIney INTENDS
to sow his place chug full ofcotton seed this
The good accomplished by the Council OF
U. F. OF T., in this vicinity, is very hatter1ng
to the few who formed the society near
year ago. The society continues to flourish
as green bay tree. r-ser.t.ss EEs
The beautiful snow visited US again one
day last week, but did not tarry long. me
warmth fittings terrestrial melted 1t rapid
~. With a few more such warm embraces
and we predict it will cease to come.
Esq. Ephraim Davis, one of our best citi-
zens, is IN favor of taxing old bachelors per
capita, and the money appropriated to some
source of revenue to the county, for the
number of this class of individuals is legion.
Our friend, r. A. Ogilyie. jr., went to Nash
which he shipped some time ago. We sup
pose he explained to that young lady, down
here, how he happened to JGdm nIppr out oil ms
Our friend, Marsh Martin, returned last
week from a short visit to his fathers in
"a The recent heavy rains carried TO some
unknown place a large quantity OF our soil, |
on which king cotton grew last year.
He sent three men for his athanced, and
when they arrived with her, Esq. ID. b. |
tied the knot that binds them
together, until death doth them part. The |
happy parties were colored.
Strange but true. the Bear Creek road has
been canoe-ablea and dug-out-able for several |
days past, and If ii continues to rain much |
longer, and we don't get pike pretty soon,
the probability is, that the Bear Creekers
will have to use the canoe and dugout alto
gether as a means of travel. The people OF
the neighborhood went to church last
sunday by water.
He started to church on a mule, and came
TO q place in the road where a little ravine
crosses. There used to be some plank across
said ravine for peoples horses to cross on,
but the little stream had become turgld,
and bore them of ON its bosom to some
other brook. So when the mule became
aware of the fact, he, mule-like, colnmenc-
I'd to go backwards, but by virtue OF NICK
Dry limb, he was finaIly purSuaded TO cross
over. He jumped 1t and the picture OF tnat
rider was made in the mud on the other
side of the little stream.
Miss Fannie, one of Mr.. r. l.. Porter's
beautiful and lovely daughters, was married
the oath instant, to Mr.. Cole, OF
county. We wish her long
life of unalloyed happiness, and may her
Darque sail safely over life's rugged sea.