Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-19


Remembered - billy Hays First
sight of n SLeambOat--By-GOn So
ciaI MRnners--GenI JneksOn's Cure
for an Abuse Of the Turf.
fGems from theSpeech OF JudgeJ. G. Guild,
Deliverd Mt Erin, Houston county, Au-
gust 25th.l
Judge 10. G. Guild, (Old 10. Guild,
as he is Familiarity and affectionately
known in Davidson and Sumner) trod
once more his native heath, after an
absence of over half century. He
was introduced to the assemblage by
Col. G.. a. Henry, of Clarksville, and
spoke as follows:
1 return after an absence of upward
of sixty years again to tread my ma
tive heath, to greet my fellow-citizens,
to drink again of its limpid fountains,
and to breathe my native mountain
air. Westward the star of empire
takes its way" until our eagle, grown
with the dimensions of our country,
rests his talons on the loftiest peaks
of the Rocky Mountains, drops one
pinion in the Atlantic ocean, bathes
the other in the distant waters of the
Pacific, while he is billing and cooling
Cuba to come and unite her destiny
with that of the United States. At
the same time his tail is cooled and
rests upon the icebergs of the north.
TENNEssEEAN' FIRST SIGHT OF A
STEAMBOAT.
Billy Haynes was a rough mechan-
ic, but a man of energy and will. He
had never seen a steamboat, but his
brother Andrew had told him that
one had passed up the Cumberland,
and had made great hole in the wa
ter. Well, early one morning An
drew heard the putting of steam and
the boat coming around the bend in
the river; he informs Billy of the fact,
and they started for the river; the cap
tain had stopped at a woodward to
take in fuel. Billy, with some mis-
givings, went hopping aboard, and
while the engine was plying, Billy,
putting on n fierce look, says: Cap
tain, have you any objections to my
examining your machinery2" ''No, "
says the captain. During the exam
ination Billy remarked, "Well, this
beats anything 1 have ever seen. "
The captain turns one of the screws
which let's off steam near Billy's head,
which makes him jump, but seeing
no immediate danger, he renews his
examination and says he can make
cider-mills and cotton-gins, but this
beats anything that he has ever seen.
Then the captain let's of large guam
4 tity of steam, which snorts near the
head of Billy, and, it not ceasing to
blow, Billy becomes greatly alarmed;
he runs for the plank to get on dry
4 land, making one long step and then
one short one, but goes with great
velocity for one in his condition. At
ter arriving safely on the bank, his
| courage revives, and he turns upon
the captain and says, "You bed-ned;
| do you think that you can scare me
with your floating distillery, or with
your damned dug-Out, or double
/ breasted work-hOuse? No, sir, you
can't do that, for if you fool with me,
/ viii drag your damned dug-out half
a mile in the woods and leave it there,
/ so YOU will never scare anybody with
your thing. I want you to know who
you are fooing with. | announce to
you that my name is Billy Haynes,
| and can be found at brother Andrews
if you want 10 see ne" The captain
says, "You go to hell, you damned
fool Billy makes for home, and the
captain steamed up the river.
who bas been here since I've been gons.'