The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-08
AROUND TOWN.


We are glad to see James r. Hodge able
TO be on the streets again.
Since the 18th OF August last up to jan
uary LIST, I,4G6 bales Of cotton was shipped
from this point.
The Ugly Club. are making arrange
ments to celebrate Mardi Gras on the 9Th of
February. The President appointed COM
mittee at the last meeting to prepare some
thing tO suit the occasion.
The five young men who went calling
New Years night, went to eleven houses.
They are called DR.. Robert Pillow, X. M
Mckay, c. =. Cecil, DR.. W. FriersOn, ]. b.
The ladies say that BEAU Brummel,"
{Dr. II. Pillow was the best represented
character in the masquerade.
-Messrs. Hugh Cook and Thos. J. Whit
takeI, Jr., got into a dispute, one night last
week, in VIM. Browns grocery, resulting
in Mr.. Whitaker receiving a severe cut
with knife in the back of the neck, caus-
ing him to bleed prOfusely. The authorities
said Hugh acted in self-deiense;
Pete Thompson was the only COlumbi-
an that took a hand-Or rather mouth
with the Indians in their skinny" game
on the public square. Pete took up the ball
in his mouth and ran off with it, much to
the disgust of the 10 brothers,
Mr.. +. IL. Green, cOnfectiOner, sent us a
magnificent Christmas gift-a large pound
cake, beautifully and artistically ornament
ed. 1t was the admiration of all behOlders
and established on a firm basis, Mr.. Green as
a first-class confectioner. We return him
many thanks. We gave two slices of 1t to
Rev. Punkin Dayis, one OF which he said
Blue Creek, to show what good thing IL
was to be an editor, and to be a friend of an
editor, and to be an editors wife. Particu-
lar attention is called to the last i've words,
comparisons are always Odious, and
therefore we viii not compare Nat Hol-
mans cake to any other, but IL certainly
was one Of the prettiest we ever saw. The
fCings were white the snow on Mont
Blanc, and designed as only n master con-
fectioner can design. High on top sat beau
tifuI Cupid in a bed of roses, with all his IA
tai weapons. 1t was gotten up by Mr., Hol-
10 IN EfN
is notorious for getting up fine wedding
cakes. Mr.. Holman is just embarking in
the confectionery business, but he starts out
we'll.
presented us a tempting looking glass OF
egg-nOE. 1t had, to lover OF the moving
bowl, two viTtueS-the glass was large and
the liquid was beautiful. We gave what
we left To Bragg, who made many mouths
over it, and quoted Shakespeare very nber-
ally, which quotations he picked up nifty
years ago in New Orleans. They certainly
know how to make egg-nOg at the Alham-
bra, for this was about the incest we ever
bishop Quintard, according to appoint
ment, delivered his lecture on "CathedralS
of + gland" in st. Peters church, on
Thursday night of last week. His audience
was very small, owing partly to the unfa-
VOrable weather, and partly to the fact,
probably, that the Indians gave blood
and-thundeT entertainment the same
night. The lecture was very able, and any
report of il from memory would DO II great
Injustice. In contrasting the religion of
OfEngland with the cheap church edlnces
OF America he was very seYerve on the re-
iigiOn of America. He said ours was a
cheap religion, which made no great sac
Fifices OF time and money; it was religion
gotten in an hour and lost in an hour. He
said he was opposed to using plated ware In
administering the Lords Supper, and plas-
tered walls representing solid masonry In
church editices. He was opposed to shams,
especially anything looking in that direc-
ti0n in religious matters. He will, we un-
derstand, deliver another lecture i'll Column
bia before long.
Last Friday a light-fngered Juvenile
aged ten years, ChTStened Wesley Terrell,
col, played a small game of sie1ght-of-hand
on =. F. Fisher, matchmaker and JeWeler,
in the post-Ofiice building, by watching his
chance and lighting on nice open-face
Iady'S gold watch. When Mr.. Fisher re-
turned from mass, he missed the watch,
and notified the police and Mr.. James to be
on the lookout. In the evening the boy
sell il to him. Mr.. j. kept the watch, and
the boy left, saying that he WOuld be Dack
i'm a short while after the watch. He did
not return, but sent another boy after IL
next day, when Mr.. J. sent for policeman
Haynes, who captured the small thief. He
owned up, and showed where he got the
watch. fIe was taken to jail, but was re-
leased Monday after receiving a severe
fhrashing 1t is an old saying, What you do
on the New Years day you Will do all the
year. Well, Wesley will steal gold watches
all the year, or will have to be watched all
Eight Indians, formerly of Buckles Ro-
man HippOdrome, came in town last We'd
nesday week, and while the crowd was as
Sembled around them, some naughty boy
set fire to pack of tire-cTackers, making
a team run away with wagon IhaJ was
standing on the Square. The wagon ran
against the cornerstone at FTierSOn'S Drug
Store breaking the coupling pole. No 9TH
eT damage Zone, and no one hurt. -,.-
One day last week, while passing
through the Square, our attention was al
tracted by a large crowd circled around a
wagon, in which sat an old man with long
snowy hair and beard, singing from hymn
book. We ScTutinized the wagon closely,
and observed the following painted in
large letters on the side ana back curtains:
Missionary of the second coming OF
God" 1.-Two BOOks-the Divine Book of Ho-
Nv and Eternal Wisdom and the Sacred
Rule" a bout one thousand pages OF Gods
Inspired Word, which is the Lords second
coming" praise the Lord BE We also
"WhosO despiseth the Word shall be de-
stroyed, Thus saith the Lord" PUT away the
evil OF your doings rom before mime me, eS YES,
sHe that formed the eye shall he not see!
"The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
beholding the evil and the good; "Ihe
word of liod-As live, saith the Lord God,
1 have no pleasure in the death OF the WICK
ed; but that the wicked turn from ms way
and live After reading the lnScrlpuons
uDOn the wagon, our curiosity was excited,
and concluded To try ana ma out some
thing of his past. Looking into the wagon,
we saw in white letters on his hat, GLORY
he to God in the highest; on small OoN
was inscribed a christian MISSIONARY
trying To do good; Love To man., anu
"Mush and sugar, Fruit and water my ma
tural food. Please accommodate me- On
a small curtain in front We're the lines
"Without holiness no man shall see the
IOrd:""A Christian present for you We
questioned him, ana ne told US lhaI ms
sisme was Edward L. Blake; lived in Mary
land. near Baltimore. Was raised Metho-
dist: but when of age was baptised in a MI
SiOnary Church in Cincinnati, Ohio; was IN
the North when the war broke out, ana MS
wife was in the South. When the war was
over, he went TO see his wife, but she had
married another man. Ihat ireeu MN
from family cares, so he thought he would
travel as a Missionary Tor the BOOu OF man
kind We asked him how he supported
Himself and ne replied that he had a farm
i'm Indiana that he received rent trom, ana
he stopped and taught school when ne
got out Ot money. He says he is not peg
gar He has Travelled three years, and In
that time has gone over Tour thousants
miles IN hls MaEo. III ,eTn, nSslaSes Of
the Bible, such as, To the poor the Gospel
is preached, said Jesus; "Jesps said, All
power Is given unto me III heaven anu III
eMTwo torpedoes or Internal machines
80 bursted on the street on Thursday
rfght of last week, one of which broke sew
erSi windows out of NJ. Ruttle's house.
EChristmas night a juvenile artillery com
many marched to the vacant lot below the
taiI with "A cannon mounted on William
SEDod's small wagon. The nrSt report was
Lh SELL u az RI re and a wave of sound thai
shook the bright chandeliers hanging II! IN u. tl'
blue dome above Ihe cSLnon UaI IS,Thi ~
Thousand fragments aud TIE Wagon. onM me- :.
- NVos Derched Jared no better, strange =
saw. not a single artilleryman was lnJurea
THE RecOdrer turned the boys Loos
s,briSinas Eve night, and you may be sur
that they made the air have a sulphuLou
smell. Fire-crackeTs, big and little, pistols
shot guns and muskets, we're All oroughi III III
- TeSnisitiOn TO say nothing Of the rockets
roman-candles, etc. The musketS deaIenet
eyerybody, but they were dwaried INTO II
dicuIous inSignifcauce by toTpedOes, o
ST6Staver Won may call them. Some sa.
these balls were made OF nitro-glyeerint
INIT this is denied. One OF them ours e
s--,.,,-- f,1r window paneS in john
Browns block. -. ,,,,
eight Indians came into toWn on flie an,
aaS5i one CARRYING skinny stick Thurs
day evening they played shiny nts on IN
se11Sy,yi ,f SPECTATORS At night they eXnlol
ted AT the Hammer Hall TO lifgs nnole ne,
aud gave general satisfaction. MAYOR w !