The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-19
L Pleasant Jaunt to the COun-
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Att o'clock A. NJ, on the 18th inst,
with the favOrite ''turn-Out" of w. 5.
EZell, on his semi-OccasionaI trips, os-
tensibly to his store in Lincoln, but re-
ally to see his, we sped down
lst Main ST., destined for the barbecue
on Weekdays Greek, Capt. Lester at the
helm, and Col. Rose, one of the orators
OF the day, gailantly pressing our rear,
with his tieet-fOOted grey. Anon we
were Joined by Capt. Bob Mitchell and
Mr.. Abe Finley, a brace of as we'll
mounted cavaliers, as ever grasped the
reins. The morning air was fresh and
breezy, from the cooling showers of the
night just gone. Passing the subur ban
limits, we clear the bridge and are in
the midst of rural scenes. All the pros
pect Is pleasing; the promise of @plenty
and to spare cheereth the eve and
"maketh glad the heart of man." While
we enjoy the goodly view, visions of
ripening sheayes, OF weIl-filled barns,
and fatted beeves, beguile our rapid
way, and we near the classic waters of
"Chicken Creek" disemboguing into
sluggish Richland. Here, local assOci-
alton revives the memory of a recent
difficult surgical operation (cujuS magma
pdrS fitj, which we had a hand in
upon the labial appendage of Col. A.
Reynolds ("Laps" says he was splitting
on the hook when it stuck in him-not
so.) Here, upon the same ill-starred
spot, we witness a meTciless raid upon a
group of noble oaks, just felled, whose
centennial had doubtless been repeated,
again and again. Stalwart arms, with
resOunding axe, and cleaYing wedge
and pOnderous maui, were havOcking
their PROSTATE trunks. "Woodman
hn Ii
and on the right hand, stands lonely
looking house, with doors and windows
closed, and Il solitary armchair, with
out an occupant, grazing the front
porch. Is the building desOlatc and
tenantless, or dwells there bachelor
within? On either side of the entrance
there hangs, with dead gravity, a wire
basket, with moss and vine and pendant
tendrils, gently swaying in the breeze.
But all else how sad and fOrlOrn! NY
travelling companion gaZed thought
fully, and was moody at the sight. II
was so suggestive of a better state.
Few were the words he spoke. Doubt
less he thought
THE world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man, the hermit, sighed, till woman
smiled"
Will the young man of the wire bas-
kets also ponder the cOuplet. throw
open his windows, fly wide his doors,
place another chair on the porch and
quit that way of living. We shall see.
But here we are in full view of the we'll
titled farm, recently purchased by Mr..
SmithsOn. Under the Transforming
touch of skilled labor, its meadows
smell of new mOwn hay, its hill-sides
team with rank-grOwn corn, and every
where do fertile earth and sun and
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crops which wave their golden fruitage
in the OdOrous air.
Further on we pass ''Moriah" church,
historic in the annals of Giles, and for
the last half century, the Jerusalem of
all the Cumberland churches in Middle
Tennessee-MOriah made memorable
by the efficient ministratiOns of Porter,
Brown, and a Reed. Its silent ceme-
terry is studded thick with cold whit
shafts pointing to the far-Off skies. Bee
yOnd we pass the fertile farms OF ESQUIRE
Horn and others, and following the
windings of Weekdays Creek, we pass
HancOck's store, owned and differed by
the Kenny Bros, two extra cookbook
ing men, (sOrry they do not take the
CITIZEN,) and next the lumber mill of
Messrs. Petty and Walker, (who did
subscribe) comprised about by huge
piles of building material. But here we
are at our journeys end.
Perhaps next issue will introduce our
readers to the speakers of the day, Col.
Rose, and Judges Nixon and Davis:
give them peep at the auditors, and
help them to a taste of the barbecue.
Suffice it for the present to say, that
good speeches were the order of the
day, and most pleasing variety in the
differing styles of the rhetorical Rose,
the nervous Nixon and the dynamical
Davis.
We tender acknowledgements to the
good people of Weekdays Creek for
most pleasant day in their midst, and
the CITIZEN sends greeting for a goodly
list of subscribers obtained on the spot