The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-02-26
Over the River,

&XTH DISTRICT, Feb. D, 1879.
For the past few days the little birds
have been giving forth their spring
songs, and from the great jubilee they
are having over the warm sunshine, il
would b3 quite asurprise to them should
they have again, on account of snow or
extreme cold weather, to take shelter
around "outbuildings," barnyards, &c.
Indeed, IL Is so pleasant, and looks so
much ike genuine spring, that the till
erS OF the soil are beginning to stir
around. From every neighbOring field
can hear the familiar gee" "haw, -
etc. Portions of almost every field that
is 10 be cultivated are being changed in
appearance, and instead of stubble the
freshness OF Old mother E4rth's face
tells that the good plOwman has Just
been along. Gardening i far advanced,
50 lar IN one Instance that one OF my
door neigh bOrs has already cut his cane
and sstbem snu&ly piled at the end of
his pea rows, ready TO stick them, The
only way We can account for his being
he earliest bird,' and so close after
the worm, is, that he has had very
black eye, and has stayed at home aud
worked his truck patoh," been fox
bunting or (some other kind of hunting
Il judy, GuesttlS, Masque Balls are the
order of the day--nO, night | should
have said. On last Friday night there
was a grand masque ball at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Stephen Jordan, which was
largely attended by many a lad and lass,
who no doubt will forget many occur
renceS, ere they lose remembrance of
this gay evening, where all seemed hap
pY. l cannot, l am sorry to say, give all
the names Of the young ladies and the
characters they so we'll represented
Columbia sent five of her fair daughters
out: Misses P, Miss J Miss w. and Miss
II. Miss II. represented night, and bore
the character to perfection, but when the
mask fell the effect was the reverse of
night: her smiles shone as bright as a
new moon. MisN,J. had a host Of admir-
ers, who, poor fellows, had to stand off
with all their profound admiration, at a
distance, on account of the gallant Mr..
". J. McE., who could not lose one
sweet little word, but was destined, it
seemed, to be her knight the whole
evening: and indeed, she seemed per~
fectly happy il having the big Iniun"
by her side. Miss w. was beautifully
dressed in pure white, and looked as
though she belonged TO another and bet
ter sphere. She had very elegant veil
Of,unusual lengtb; while passing from
the parlOr TO the dining room, and while
in the latter room, live coal from the
parlOr fire rolled down and came in con-
tact with the fine fabric, and began blaz-
Tug, when caused no IiUtlG alarm, Tor the
young lady was in imminent danger.
Mr.. c. \. w, of Columbia, with a light
ming bound, closed the door, which at
once checked the rapid course of the
flames, which were extinguished with a
loss OF only few yards of the hiuder-
most trail. No insurance. The Misses
p. looked charming, and from the ats
tantion they received there was not a
Young man but knew TOO well of their
enchanting presence, and deep sigh
was the parting aqieu, ana in some cas-
es tears found their way down manly
faces. Again We say, many were the
pretty feminine faces lafteT the masks
fell) to be seen on last Friday eve. a
word for the gentlemen now. One
would have thought, from the number
of redskins or Indians in full dress,
that they were in the Lava Beds, y
among the MOdOcs. A very amusing
| performance gone through with by Mr..
j. c.. c., of Columbia, the "War Dance"
the portly Tedskin amused the crowd
| very much, and came OFF the floor win
ner of great applause. NJ. r. JUG.