The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-09
Christmas on Bear Creek.
2 Editors of the Herald eud Mail:

To the Editors of the Herald eud Mail:
"Time flies o how swiftIyr' But yes
terday '73 took it's flight, and is now al
irrevocable thing OF the past. The new
year IA commences to-day; its birth
was certainly unprOpitious. Clouds o
pOrtentOus aspect hung oyer its dawn
Sol rose not in the majesty and radiance
of other days, but veil covered his face
black as the storm cloud that hovers in
the west. Does this foresbadowthe eyents
of the year? Shall its tread be as the
undisturbed tread of the lake; or as the
turbulent waters of the sea, rocked by a
whirlwind?
The grand bird hunt for the supper at
Mt. Olivet, came off on Wednesday be-
fore Christmas and on Christmas day.
About four hundred birds were captur-
ed. Marshall Martin was the most sue
cessful of the party; Jno. Carr came out
bird, and slipped upon an unwary hare,
sleeping cozily in it's bed on the road
side, and shot it; Dave Cooper, who did
the casing" for the party, carried q
single~barrel "weepin' of remarkable
antiquity, and whenever he would dis
charge its contents after the fleeing
game, it would kick out OF his hands,
and he says, KICK twice after falling on
the ground.
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agent Tor Bunyan's Works. A short
time since he called in at house sup in
the cedars," and tried to sell the gem
tleman the work WhereupOn our
friend of the ''evergreens," who is not
up with the times, because he does not
take the HERALD AND MALI wanted
to know who Mister Bunyan was, and
if he was a Yankee. The agent gave him
a graphic description OF the great writer,
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on the par excellence OF the work. The
gentleman said he did not wish to pur-
chase the book, for he believed Mister
BunyaD was a humbug; that all the
"furenors" were humbugs, and that be
didn't believe there was ever SIGH man
as Bunyan anyway; that 1t was some
Yankee trick"
A handsome young Bear Creeker has
been "birding" in Marshall county for
two weeks. He reports lots of birds up
there, and says Marshall can boast OF
the beauty of it's young ladies. He is
wonderfully smitten with golden
haired, blue eyed lassie, near Berlin,
The bird supper at Mt. Olivet exceed
ed the expectations off the most sans
guine. The beauty and chiValry of
Bear Creek and vicinity, were cut en-
nadSSe, and all went merry as the little
creek that meanders along the base of
the hill, disturbed only by the tiny
flakes of snow that lit upon it's bosom
from the srOw capped clouds. The
crowd were entertained with interesting
speeches in behalf OF temperance. JnO.
Carr made the opening address. "Wa~
verley" did not hear him, aud this is
what his special reporter says: He
painted a graphic picture OF drunken
ness-the misery and wretchedness of
the drunkard's home. He referred to
the necessity OF temperance, and wound
up with the startling fact that the world
was becoming more and more depraved.
The cause was whisky drinking; that a
fate dire and disgracetul was impending
over our country, and unless speedy
measures were taken to check the frauds
and remove from Offices of trust the
whisky heads of to-day, the calamity
Threatening would be inevitable. After
him A. H. Brown, Esq, of Columbia,
delivered pleasing and beautiful ad-
dress. He appealed to the young la
dies; in them alone is invested the pow
er to rid our country of this hydra~head-
ed mOnSter-intemper After sup
per Hugh T Gordon addressed the
crowd in bis easy and pleasing m inner.
Hugh is wide awake ON the subject OF
Temperance. The cause of Temperance
is bound to prosper in this county with
such a faithful worker as Hugh at its
head. r. A. Ogilvie, Jr., spoke at con-
siderable length of the evils OF intern
perance and the beneficial results OF Its
opposite. His address was unique in
point Of truth and argu ment. DR.. Spin
die spoke at some length, but "Waver-
ley" was too. much interested in the
speech OF young lady to hear what be
was talking about.
The ladies of the neighborhood deserve
much credit tor the manner in which
they arranged and conducted the SIM,
per. The managers were Mrs. Martin
Mrs. Ogilvie, Mrs. Gregory and Mrs
StrattOn. Yours merrily,
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