The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-15
MT. PLEASANT ITEMS.

| What beautiful weather we are having
! now, sunny and dry. Farmers have
nearly finished planting their crops OF
cotton and corn; wheat is looking bet~
| ter, and oats promises fair yield. Yes,
this is May, the sweetest month in all the
| year, when the hooking bird the thrush
! and thousand other SOngsters make
| the woods resound with their amOrods
ditties, and the luxurious bobolinks rev.
els among the clover of the meadows,
all happy and gay, reminding us OF hap
pier days as we journey along
through the storms and trials of lite;
simply because, that in early life, ere
| the heart knows aught of care and strife,
we ever looked to the coming of these
Southern sODgsters with those who have
now gone to the clOds of the valley and
turned to dust again, with good deal
of pleasure, The thoughts that were
then enlisted in childhood, then incul~
Gated, the hopes and aspirations then
encouraged, are forgotten in after lite,
through the ordeals through which we
have to pass, but the coming of the joy
Gus MARBLES, (althOugh it may not be
spring to u.s. brings about pleasant rem~
iniscences Yes, how often do we utter
that sweet refrain.
backward, flow backward, time in your
flight,
Make me child again just for tonight"
But what consolation it is to ChOs who
he'd already whitening age showeiel
his sterils, SHOWS upon their brow, to
know when misfortune and disaster
overtake them, that they have friends
ready to sympathise with them in their
suffering, wait on them in their sick
ness and paw the last sad rites to their
remains, There is pleasure derived
from the thought that gives encourage
ment, truly stimulating each other to
persevere amid the storms and vicissi-
tudes of this life, and to struggle for the
bright joys ofeternity,
New hearse, Messrs. Irwin & Bro, re-
ceived few days ago, beautiful dead
mans wagon" These enterpriSing
gentlemen are now prepared in their
different branches of business to serve
both dead and alive,
Mr., Robert and Hint Williams, have
bought out the drug store of DIR. III. A.
Dawson, and are remodeling the house
formerly occupied by Mr.. Hint Will
liams as saloon. They propose to have
a drug store, compared to which, Helm
bold's will be pismy. WedQ not know
Hints motive in closing out his golden
saloon and going into the drug business
unless it was to get rid of his customers
faster. There has been tOrebOdings with
some, as there has heen a machine pur>
chased by our undertakers with lark
curtains As it has taken its position
right in front of the new model drug
store-we think it ominous. We sup
it is sign.
King & Cooper have added to their
saw mill, strictly No. | pair of grind
erS, for the purpose of furnishing ewes
rybody and his wife with flour and meal.
On Monday of last week, our village
was visited and RECALLED by couple of
nice and we'll known young gentlemen,
one haling from the Rock City, in the
interest OF the medicine trade generally,
the other from the Z ,hambra la Column
bia, in search of retirement, recreation
and health. Trey were greeted by
many friends, and socisbles, all seemed
to be happy. and no doubt was. The
ladies admired, wondered and made
many inquiries where that fine look
ing aud handsome young man was
from. No person gave satisfactory an
swers,. and really sensation was Gre
ate:l. Unexpectedly, however, they
were conducted to the city calaboOse.
Crime was a stranger to them--trial
pre-emptorially demanded; the Mayor
being absent, Judge Ricketts, granted
bdbeds corpus Tho gentlemen left
the prison as pure as they entered, APP
parently made happy, and went their
way Rejoicing. Names and offences,
suppressed on account OF CHRISTIAN rel
atiVes.
Our citizens may we'll congratulate
themselves on the treat they enjoyed
at the Female Academy on last Friday
night, in the coming of Mrs. Mckinney,
Messrs. SeaYy Smith and Herndon.
Some of the ladies of our village and
vicinity have been using great efforts
to make up, by subscription, money
enough to build an Episcopal Church,
which is very laudable, and should res
ceive the appreciation and support OF
citizens interested in the welfare OF
our town Great praise is due Mrs.
Mckinney and Messrs. Seayey, Smith
and Herndon, OF Columbia, for Volun-
teering to assist them by giving one OF
their delightful entertain meuts which
consisted of music and theatrical per-
formqaceS. We regret that this very de-
serving company did no. have better
filled house, which was because it was
not known they were coming. The
play was Cox and Box; Herndon as Box,
smith as Cox, and Seavey played the
Z art of Mrs. BOuncer. 1t is rare eXpe~
Rance III the AistQry of Mount Pleasant
TO have harmless miTth and lnpa-
cent enjoyment satisfy the somewhat
degenerated taste of the people. One
NAV enjoy their frolics and laugh until
tbe facial muscles ache from sheer
fatigue, ana Fet have no gobering after |
Thought of sepce of i'll doing. 70 our /
mind. amusement means relaxation;
like Rosalind, We had rather have a
fool to make us merry, than "eXperi-
SAGE to make US sad" But when we
bSse such Srtistes SIS thSse,gentlemen to
give meriment, the occupation 81 the |
fool, like Othella, is gone. The attFac- |
ton of these versatile artistes is that |
thew never weary one. The most "bIase
aud modest member of our society,""
although one ofoCr prettiest young la
dies, cIme very near Painting when Ao1 |
pulled off his paper collar, rolled up'his |
shirt sleeves, and took out his false teeth |
to 90 to bed. She is very delicate and |
nervous, like ourselves, however. DR.. |
Herndon's impeFsohations of Box was
splendid, and be not only plays we'll, |
but he possesses a voice which one re- |
grets to hear so seldom and to such a |
limited time. Mr.. Smith played his |
part we'll, and with the most unbounded |
praise. Mr.. Seavey is a universal ia
Norite, and he certainly has great dra- |
matte talent, and made all that could |
be made out of Bouncer. Mrs. NcKin- 4,
new performed on the piano. She plays
with artistic skill, and has the sweetest |
touch; she won great many friends by |
herliberal mind and kind heart. They |
sang on this oc casion the ooplic so1gs, |
Johnnie Smoker and the Laughing
Trio. They were admirably sustained I
by the piano accompaniment, and highly !
eRchOred. Ifthey will, in their future