The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26

but now says that he is done sleeping il
/ cold beds by himself if he can make any
suitable arrangements.
The Rev. Mr.-left the house of :
friend intending 10 take the cars at 9
way station, for his home in y neighbour
ing village, but instead of stopping a!
the switch, they passed on a few huns
, bred yards and held up in front of the
| splendid mansion of one OF cut best citi-
zens Mr.--thinking they had
| checked up to wait tof the him, dashed
| on through mud and slush, now in a
| cattle gap, then in mud hole, but be
fore he could reach the train, it was gone,
and he was left all alone in the dark
| Looking about for some dOliVerance
| from his unpleasant dilemma, be espied
bright light on the hill, Just above him;
moving on in the direction of the light.
he soon found himself near the resi-
d9nce above mentioned. HallOOing, to
attract attention, the proprietor soon
made his appearance, land as several
attempts had beeIp made recently to
break into his house and robbery had
been committed, } bringing his gun with
him. Seeing all this, the preacher was
not slow in telling that the cars had
failed to stop for BIN and that he wan
ted to stay with them for the night.
Mis- polite, hospitable gentle
man, bat having heard the cars stop,
Immediately jumped to the conclusion,
that the man was telling a falshOOd, and
as such denounced him in unmeasured
terms and threatened him with a load
or two OF buck shot if he did not leave
quick; ofcourse he left, and was soon
al a station on the road, where he was
known. He was invited to remain with
friends there, until morning. but such
was his panic, or disgust, that he pro-
posed to take the train for Nashville,
which was then nearly due, saying that
ne wished to get away from a country,
whore hospitality was dealt out with
double barrel shot guns, and find place
where he could get the prot ection of a
policeman to his lodgings. It is useless
to say that if this learned and talented, |
but somewhat eccentric minister had |
stated aCbO and 1ChGt he was. (but this he |
will not do to strangers be would have |
met with cordial welcome and the |
kindest hospitality.
We regret TO Tern that Miss Amelia |
Porter, a lovely and amiable daughter OF |
Mr.. Stephen Porter, just budding into |
womanbOod, is lying dangerously i'll |
of typhoid lever. DIR. Crump, her pyhsi
clan, is hopeful of hor recovery.
Col. w. b. Patton, of the Thompson /
Station neighborhood, is quite sick.
His disease is said to be something like
brain fever.
Mrs. Ella Banks has Just returned to
her mother, who lives at Williamsport.
She brought her lovely little daughter
Fannie Williams" back with her, but
some of our young men would greatly |
have preferred her bringing her sister
with her.
Mrs. Marsh MaYeS of Columbia and
Mrs. Hattie Figuers OF Franklin. have
made glad, the hearts of relatives, by a |
ecent visit to this, the old home Of their |
childhood days.
The District Conference does not |
ome off so early as was intimated in |
asst week. "HERALD Il MALL" but is
expected to embrace tho I'd or Sd Sun
lay in May. Rev. j. NJ. J0rdnn, pastor of
he Methodist Church in this place, is t
lready sounding the tocsin Of prepara~ L
ion, for the approaching meeting, and d
will use his utmost endeayOurs. to make
q season of pleasure and profit to all p
tho may attend His sermon on last I
abbath night, on the text He that be- | 1,
eveth not shall be damned" was mas /
erly vindicatiOn of the doctrine of eter~ II
al punishment and a whitening reOuke |
} the teachers of universaIIsm and kiu- c
red heresies. a
The wheat fields are beginning to look | |;
eautiful, and the prospect tor good V
isld was never better. 4
The Kansas swiudle seems 10 have .
ut little effect on the darkies of this :;
eigh bOrhOod. The farmers With tut! | u
nOtas of hands, are vigorously pushing u
inward their farming operations, and, .
$ well it is so, for never before las
lere been such necessity Tor energet- l.
effort a