The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-01

country brook in the depths of tangled
dells, or in the "cool dark green wood
land, where nothing but fairies roam.
They seem to whisper, "forget me not
Mt. Pleasant is a gay little village.
Though small and ju 7enile in compari-
son to Columbia, it is large and venera>
BILE in its phases OF life; and while rich
In the oddities that congregate from al
quarters, it is not bankrupt OF indigo
nous curiosities. Among the latter, we
| may mention, without naming him, a
long-dwelier and 'Longfeller," i'll the
tabernacles of the unrighteous, who is
possessed not of the Devil" but an in
corrigible desire TO gossip. In fact, he is
affected with an incurabIe desire to run
| over the country and tell all he knows,
and good deal he doesn't, which may
be compared to Time in having be-
ginning and to eternity in having no
end. We would say to this aspirant for
keep in his district to electiOneer or
| keep his "hash trap" closed when he
! gets out OF it, as he is watched.
| The uncertain glory of an April day
has never been more fully exemplified
than during the last days of easterIy
cold rains and high winds. April not
only
son the heel of limping winters treads,'
| but is altogether too coquettishly desi-
.
arms to be comfortable. This weather
is very detrimental to farmers, who are
very backward with their crops, and the
ladies, "God bless Them" have thus
been debarred from displaying the gay
panorama of their brilliant spring toll
lets.
Among the sufferers by the recent
freshet, was Mr.. t. M. Kittrell, who lost
about three hundred feet of trOughing
at Rock Dale Factory. j. M. Terry,
Esq, lost vast amount of fencing. Mai
w. Z. Ingram lost twenty-five blooded
sheep and some fencing and hay. r.
d. Ricketts,, ESQ.,, lost severely in fenc-
ing, and his mill>dam was nearly de-
stroyed, which is not only sad loss to
himself but great one to the neighbors
Judge y. l.. Barnes sustained heavy
losses not only in fencing, but his lanG
was badly washed his damage supposed
to be about one thousand dollars. But
the greatest calamity of all was that of
our friend Mr. MIN. Williams, who lost
all of his ducks, the recent gift of his
friend "Jackey" These ducks were
highly priced, not for their intrinsic
value, but more for the giver's sake. 1t
is supposed they are gone to where
those renowned 'ducks of Wards
went" not ou1 candidate but that other
"Ward."
About sixty feet OF the railroad washs
gu away on the east size OF BlRDY our |
ing the recent freshet.
Gala-day for electioneering on Satur- |
day last, was
The day especially appointed
To have some persons bones diSjointed.
However, the controlling spirits on Mon
day previous in the city of Columbia,
countermanded the order or appoints
ment. Nevertheless, the pIebeians |
filed protest, and the sovereigns, great
and small, white and black-colored in
particular congregated en- mass, to con-
suit and interchange opinions and Sc
lect the best material and most availa-
BILE candidates for the various Offices
The candidates, no doubt, were appraised
of this move, and by the time day dawn
ed, the lovers OF the "dear people" were
seen rolling in some on wheels, some on
stills, some on the Changers wheel-ba
row and a few on split and round hoofs.
Business opened on the fast line about
10 o'clock. Every candidate tells the
sweetest tale, that sweetens at all, and
it seemed that everybody was sweets
ened. By the request of two candidates,
the hole in the lock-box was stopped in
the morning and sent to the country to
receive the votes of some few conserva-
tive 18th amendments. In the evening
the box returned, and quantity of the
oil of "Allum- come grasurtat, was
poured over the tin by Whit, Hick and
the British Lion, which supersedes all
cork-screws. The stopper flew out and
all went for the "new issue" like the
Dutch goes for lager.