The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19
CAMP BRANCH ITEMS.

Our energetic farmers are engaged in
wheat harvesting at this time, and a
prodigious yield is anticipated. Messrs.
Kindel 81 Cranberry have furnished
themselves with splendid steam thresh-
or which gives entire satisfaction.
This fills the deficiency which has so
long been felt in this vicinity.
We have had no rain OF any cOnse-
quence since April, and our farmers are
somewhat discouraged at the appear
ance of the present crop. One farmer
says he was quietly strOlling through
his plantation signing Tor rain, when he
was accosted by a CHASTITY and emacia-
ted person, whose face wore the appear
ance of distress and want. He said his
name was Starvation, and that he ex~
pected to settle on Camp Branch. SGuUc
qUi peRt.
Mr.. John Isom is now soiourning in
our neighborhood. We are not aYlEfe
whether he intends to make this his flu
ture home or not; we imagine he would
make an agreeable neighbOr, tor a smile
Of pleasantness ever rests upon his man
ly brow; and if. the prOverb be true
which it undoubtedly is to some extent
that 1.-THE index of the heart is often
found in the face" his must be pure and
unspOtted.
Last Sunday, a week ago, Mr.. F. NJ.
Ricketts, delivered an address to the
Sunday-school upon the Liquor traffic
of the L. S.; in which he depicted with
mastery eloquence and logic the evils
arising from this source. He possesses
fine Oratorical powers, keen perception
and lofty Imagination. His estimation
of the traffic was exact, his reasoning
profound.
We visited Mount Pleasant last week,
and after lettering around the hot dry
streets awhile. led by a vain idle curiOs-
ity or d desire to behold that which was
beautiful, we entered a millinery shop
All! the beauties which present
ed themselves to our admiring gaze
Our hands sunk deep in our pockets and
our mouth wide open in utter astOnish
ment. We cast our searching eyes over
the many curiOsities until they rested
upon an object which in form resembled
a fiddle case or half inflated balloon. 1t
was made from hoop wire, ard its ap~
pearance was that of mOuse-trap, rab~
bit snare or bird cage. We could not
determine whether it was a fowl of the
air, beast of the field, or an invention OF
some ingenious man. 1t had neither
eyes, mouth nor legs. We MADE no in
quiries concerning it's origin or nativity,
fearful lest we should expose our rustic
ity by inquisitiveness. We left the
concern" nOnplussed; but late in the
hours of midnight
The monstrous, unbaptized phantaSies,
fearfully absurd;
rites and mOOn-Struck reveries,
Distracted creeds and visionary Dreams
lowered over orr pillow. We pOndeled
in our bewildered mind what could 1T
be? For awhile we thought it must be
the civil rights bill which Was creating
such sensation in the world. But we
are now of the opinion that it is the
weapon wherewith the cru~
saders encounter the combined forces of
King AlchObOf we are opposed to Sc |
cret plots, but would not invade the |
province OF "wOman's rights" but new
er can we be cOntented again until we |
fiud out what this huge>looking, mind |
object is; so we would ask our |
Mt Pleasant correspondent to investi- |
gate the matter for the sake OF the rus !
ties and the rest OF humanity, and in |
form Us what these ere things mean.