The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03
the first cases of this malady. we have

The musical entertainment, given
Mrs. Malvina Hunter on Saturday nigh
last, was a most charming affair. At a
early hour a large number of literar
and artistic young ladies and gentleme
had assembled together in the spaciou
parlor of that queenly lady, Mrs. H., t
listen to the lovely vocalists, Miss Mat
tie Herndon and Miss Mollie Ward, VIII,
sang enchantingly on the occasion, ant
we were intoxicated, dispite ourself, b.
the marvellous magic, the delicious intri
cacies, the luxurious richness of tn,
voluptuous charm of song with q spell
which, the moment it ceased. was broken
Their rendition of the celebrated song
Judge Not" was sublime, and the open
ly expressed opinions of q lady, who sa
near us. Music can mount no higher
than in this exqisite creation, which il
[ stamped as the masterpiece of the Mas
ter. We hope the ladies viii ever bear
the words q this beautiful song in mind
and judge not.
Mr.. J. G. Ingram left this place last
Monday for Indiana, to purchase mules
for the Southern market. Mr.. Willie
Howard is engaged in the same business
at Green Castle, Indiana.
A party of modern Nimrods, composed
of Willie Barrow, of Ark, Willis Conner,
of Miss, Thomas Barrow, Mann Dawson,
Hint. Kittrell and others of this vicinity,
left this place Thursday, Sept I'd, for
the waters of Piney. in Lewis county, to
hunt deer. They expected 70 bejoine6 by
Col. Bulger Thomas, Jim Hannah, Reese
Thomas, and others of the Bigbyville
neighborhood, at the hunting grounds.
Deer bad better hide out, as Bulger will
have Miss Betsey along.
We heard q gentlemen say, who lis
tened to Gen. Whitthorne's speech at
Lawrenceburg recently, that it was the
greatest effort of his life. We think the
best speech we ever heard from that dis
tinguished orator and statesman was de-
livered at Waynesboro, in the race for
Congress, last fall, against Hannah
Gibbs. Gibbs, in his speech, said some
thing rather detrimental about Gen.
Whitthorne's position in the army. When
Whit. arose to reply, there was in his
eyes the swift light, which swept over the
audience like the eagles glance, on his
lips the slight smile that his opponent
dreaded, while the lucid, classic, resist
less flow of his oratory rolled on, never
losing its dignity, while he rose to de-
nunciation, holding in passion while lash
ed in scorn, fascinating the ear by the
melodious music of voice, while it scathed
with bitter and hooking irony, or scared
to stately and measured rebuke. He
spoke long, and with a mastery elo-
quence, Loud and repeated cheers
Numbered through the courtroom, as his
keen logic mercilessly dissected Hannah,
and proved him to have been Con-
federate drummer and drumming young
men into the Confederate army to destroy
the best government she world ever saw
Hannah's wits, ever after this speech,
was like his wool-badly mixed, and that
was what was the matter with Hannah.
There is time in the affairs of men,
when taken at its food leads on to for
tune.' Amid the allurements and fasci
nations of pleasure, with the gales of I'M
clouded prosperity visiting him, and as it
was his birthday, he concluded to take
voyage upon life's rufled waves. With
this thought, he stepped aboard of Cap.
Barnes old whim-a-diddle, freighted
with jewel No. l, and started for Mt. Joy.
The sails we're hoisted, the news all
well " was heard, and away they went
Everything appeared as tranquil as the
unruflled surface of the Silver Lake. No
demon raised its black and terrific form
before him. The smiles of Heaven
played disportingly around the cd
concern. His eyes became fastened upon
his sparkling little jewel, and his ears
were saluted by the syren song of pleas
ure. He never looked to calculate the
distance he passed, nor did he keep
lookout for that hole in the road; still
onward in his wild career, the waves of
trouble began to dash furiously against
his once peaceful mind. In few brief
moments something busted, and he found
himself standing on his head, with that |
classic organ buried in q caput-covering, |
about as long as yard-stick, which had |
been presented by friend as q birthday |
present, with the request that he wear it |
letting down of the concern brought Mr.. |
l. to the scene of the disaster who saw
what looked like the inverted governor of |
n steam engine before his eyes. Mr.. Fl. |
was standing On his head, and making
eccentric motions towards the heavens |
with a pair of stout legs encased in a
cream colored what-you-may-call EN-.
The noise that now came Gut of that hat, |
and the violent gyrations of the sufferer,
Mr.. ]. that the young man had
An appopleetic attack, for certain.
Finally understanding the situation, and
seeing death by suffocation, Mr.. /. being
fertile in resources, placed his right foot
on the prison-house of the young man,
and catching hold of his extremities, gave
a strong pull. It was a question for some
time which would yield first, the hat or
his legs; but nature does its work better
han art so the hat gave way and 81. was
free from his tormentor, with the loss of
he brim of his token of friendship, lock
Of his golden hair, and a piece of his
right ear. With many misgivings, such
rs the ignorant have Of Fridays, thirteen
at table, and other superstitious errors,
ne put on what was left of that hat, shoul-
Tered his buggy cushion, took an affec-
tomato leave of his little jewel, mounted
his old mule and rode quietly home, if
1ot wiser, sadder man.
Two female pedestrians, while peram-
)ulating around some time last week,
carrying with them Two children, one an
infant and the other little boy, stopped
1t the residence of Mr.. James A, Frier-
ION, three and q half miles north of this
place, and insisted upon leaving the little
10Y with Mrs. Frierson, which at first she
vas somewhat reluctant to receive, but
When they informed her they would come
IN to this place and leave him with some
me, she consented. She endeavored to
JUldAu oOHlO luc |
,hild, which they refused, saying that if
hey gave his history she would not be-
ieye it. and let', leaving the child with
Ter, where it will be we'll cared for.
They stated they had been living in the
of Shady Grove, in Hick-
nan county, and refused to make known
heir names. Who knows but what this
nay be the long lost Charley Ross 2
We are informed that society has
)een recently organized by the young
aides at Waynesboro, for the purpose
If procuring funds to repair and 9TH
,rwse beautify the Church at that place.
They have adopted novel plan to raise
money, which meets with our hearty
appreciation, and that is they occupy their
pare moments in making beautiful era
rats, which they dispose of to young
men, at the low price of fifty cents. We
ire inclined to believe the affair will prove
l success, as we have heard of two of our
Bachelor friends, who have invested in
/ beautiful necktie each and now purpose
o make liberal bid for tier.
Mr.. J. P. Goodloe, Willis Conner,
Hint. Kittrell and Johnnie Barrow re-
urned from st. Louis, Mo-, q few days
since, where they had been on a pleasure
rip.
Maj John Dawson, Willie Barrow and
Mann Dawson returned from Buffalo last
week, where they had been on an angling