The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-06
MT. PLEAsANT ITEMS


Christmas has not gone yet. We learn
through our DOG Hollow" communica-
tor that party was given by J. o.,
out in his neighborhood, few nights
since. A great many of the most charm
ing ladies of that rural vicinity were in
| attendance, and of course all of the gal
| lant DeauX OF that canine hollow were
on hand. There were more fiddlers on
this occasion than is believed to be in
certain birthstone region, where it is
said they all play their last tune. As
one of the proprietOrs OF the Mt. Pleas
ant machine shop" went out, they
were all in the best of "spirits." +. r.,
| 5. F., j. M, and N. D., musicians, en-
| livened the scene with some very choice
| selections, and ''fair women and brave
| men" kept the dance up until the ''wee
| Sma' hours" at which time all the mu-
sicians who had been inbaling steam
from the engine-master, who had col
lapsed f1ue, had subsidized except one,
| Who continued to keep up the See-saw,
up and down, jig out and jerk back sort
of tune, or making a ''melodiouS dis
cord" He finally concluded to make
his exit, and after making several inef-
fectual clutches at the house, as it mad |
~ waltzed around him, he made fran
tic dash at the door, but as it was too
fast for him, he collided with his smeIler |
against the gable end of plank. His |
alarmed friends Immediately sent for a |
physician, who is a young man of ac- |
know lodged ability, and who always |
goes to cases in extremes, and he would |
have diagnosed the case correctly, |
but owing to the confusion incident TO
all such occasions, he got hold of the |
wrong pulse, and said solemnIy, that it
was a we'll defined case OF Spontaneous
combustion, accompanied by the most
vehement and volcanic imisis. The
stomach bad been converted into an en-
CINE room; the phyloric end protruding
through the cardiac olifce, the whole
organ forced up under his coat sleeve in
to the anterior mediastinum, The sus-
pensory lgament of the liver had b9en
torn across in that organ, and left to
float around loose like Bill Polk IS
milk. The occipito frutalis entirely
displaced, and lying in corrugated pill
cae on the skull by the repeated shocks
of the gymnOtuS electrius diabOluS, or
prOboscis, which came in contact with
the board, the brain undergoing soften~
ing and partly incincerated with the ig-
mis- Yulcani or aqua vitae" He ordered
him to be taken out and placed on the
soft side of plank, and crushed ice
poultices applied to his head and hot
rocks. to his feet. 1t is thought the pa
tent will recover, but the Doctors lie
is despaired of as his tongue is crispat>
ed to an extreme degree OF Tranquility. |
Joe Cheatham and Porter Thomson, |
who are accustomed from time to time
to visit our town with the "bOys," came
into the village last Saturday an repair
ed to the Engine ROOM" the great
centre of hilarity, and soon got in a
Weaving way. Being in a state OF |
tipsidity, bordering on alb
solute luminosity, they were in the last
degree ob1uscated, or slightly relieved :
of the horrors of sobriety. After becom- !
ing too noisy, they were met by the eff
Il ant ia A |
" no is a model of Christian patience,
but he finally broke down with these
fellows, and came very near being pro-
fame. He at last captured them and put
them in his jug-nOt the one they had :
been feeding out OF, however. Cheat :
ham was tried, fined and released from
prison. Thomson was on the rampage
and refused to be tried, and was eonse-
1uently kept in the lookup until late in !
The night, when he made his escape with
The assistance of a confederate, who :
him an instrument with
which he broke Jail and made his exit
While both were in prison they attempt >
ed to fire the house, and ii they had .
been successful it would haye been very
disastrous to the town, as there are a
good many valuable buildings near the
calaboose. !
From recent intelligence received, we l
earn that DIR. w p. Stockard is in Jack :
flOFlud, anu Is Improving III !;
health. We hope he will still continue !
% improve under the balnly influence OF !
he delightful air impregnated with the :
delicious perfumes OF orange blossoms.
We regret that our friend and yalua-
Die citizen, Mr.. Richard Adams, who !,
las been living in our midst for num- :
Der of years, will move back to Lebanon, ;
KY, his former home, in a few days L
Miss Amelia Cecil, daughter of J. IL. {
Cecil, Esq, will accompany him, as she :
s going to school at Bardstown.
Miss Eliza Sims school, at Stones
Chapel, will close on Friday, with !,
IN examination during the day and an L
exhibition at night. She will be assist :
ID by Prot. Gaslen with his magic Ian I
ern. Mr.. H. T. Gordon, County Su-
will make a speech. A
rood time is anticipated and every body =
5 invited =