The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-19
rIT. PLEASANT ITEMS.

! C's wife say that Poney WIS wife toll
her that Capt. D. heard that there wa
no doubt that the widow Myra S. sal
that Parson rs wife thought old Bill
Ms wife believed that Miss Sallie I
reckoned positively, that Miss Mollie "
had told Miss Bette H. that her aun
declared to the world that it was geneI
ally believed that Miss Matte H. hat
| said in plain terms, that she heard Mis-
Addie G. say her sister Mamie had SAT-
that it was well known all al found Mt
Pleasant that Miss Ria FL. made n,
bones in saying, that in her opinion, i
was a matter of fact and great impor
tanco and public interest, that John G
was If the opinion, that Miss H
that smart Aleck told him, that Rabbi
o. had vowed that Mort S. did swear
that Walter P. did declare and circu,
late, that if you wanted to get hrst-clas:
ladies' goods, such as flowers. ribbons
floss, feathers, embroidery, and such
perfection in lace works, and ladies
will give anything for its possession
the branch house of Mr.. Geo. Miner
| Kept by Mrs. Roberts, in this place
contains all OF the above named articles
and every variety OF goods kept in hel
| line. We wandered through this gems
filled room of art, realizing ones dreams
! of marvellous tradition. One could
| fancy it the abode of the flower loving
| Nymph, whom they worship in the
! Temple of Cathay, or of one of those
! Peris of the air, TO whom place like
| this might make amends for the Para
! disc they lost. We would advise the
| ladies to give this house call, and view
| the brilliant tints that have sprung in
| to life beneath the creative hand of ge-
| MUS. Fashions and the Seasons go
| nj nd in hand. The exquisite taste that
| chsracterizes the ensemble of a Maury
County Belle is simply the reprOduc-
ton refined, and artistic of reasonable
colors of nature. Her bonnet blooms
with
VioIets dim,
Yet sWeeter than the lids of Juno's eyes,
And her costume filled with grace,
brings A landscape before US with its
beautiful light and shadows, its mirac-
ulous blending of colors.
We received copy of the Pulaski
Citizen recently, which we regard as
one OF the best county papers publish
ed in the State. 1t will compare very
favOrably with any of its rivals, as a
regular and systematic chronicler of
passing events, as we'll as containing the
first literature of the day. Mr. William
X. Jones, its Editor, is a cultivated and
polished gentleman, whose writings
will tend to enrich it's pages, and VIII ON
we hope will secure a large and unpre-
cedented patronage to his most excel
lent paper.
Mr.. Jesse Delk Brown should read
the Pulaski citizen, if he wishes to keep
posted as to the items in and around
the Greenfield country.
We hope some gallant gentleman,
who is of a trading turn, will look after
that clone Widow" and that discon-
ISOLATE "Old Maid" who wishes to trade
for a mule. There's nothing like it, Ia
dies. Although we are bachelor, we
kiss the babies all around when we get
home, and thank God for the cleaning
rows Of pearls and little pouting mouths
that salute US. These are still as of old,
the choicest jewels a bachelor may
claim.
Judge Ward, who bears and merits
the reputation of being one of the most
courteous gentlemen in his profession,
was on a visit to his brother, Mr.. II.
Ward in this place this week.
Mr.. j. q. Ingram has traded his fine
bull Lucky Boy" to Mr.. Clark Tin
dali, of the Zion neighborhood. Lucky
Boy took the premium in aged ring,
and also carried off the blue ribbon in
the sweepstakes at our last Fair, beating
Capt. Bethel's Bull, which is regarded
as one of the finest in the State. Lucky
Boy" when a calf four months old, sold
in Nashville for one hundred and eigh-
tv-tive dollars.
We are requested by young man,
who attended Old John Robinson's
combination circus, to say he was not the
one that was well posted against the
canvas poles, but it was a fellow with
sWeet-eyed dreamy look of poesy, and
had his hair parted in the seat of his
intellect, who was waiting upon a gal
dressed in blue; that the ring master
made him get up and git, and envelop
himself in serpentine eYolutions, and
go off on his iamborees. The starter OF
this report has bright vision of glory
awaiting him or her in the purple haze
of futurity; and the lashing that fellow
got that day, amt nothing to what they
will get. Prevarication is the besetting
sin of poetic minds, and the starter of
this report is pOetical.l This is the age of
degeneracy, however. The. modest call
ings are being prostituted.. Congress
men are Venal. Ministers falling from
grace, the brightest characters being
cOntamin mated; and blessed if q fellow
didn't try to get us to say he wasn't
drunk the other day; that he only tum-
bled from the effects of vertigo, on a
where he had big spell of
the monkeys atterward. We are going
to have our reputation sculped in gran>
tie, so that this inebriate can ponder |
ON6I bIO RI0db 6AdLuJlO bSU NY OuESSll
and George Washington.
The ladies OF our town do not like to |
go into one of the most fashionable |
stores, because the steps are so high |
that they expose their Barber Shop |
Stockings to the curbstone notoriety, |
and besides they have another pull |
back, that Willie II. says is very weak
eniug. e
a good many Of our citizens killed
hogs last week, thinking that the re- |
cent cold snap would last sometime.
Mr.. John w. Mayes, who is a gentles
man of rotund figure and great dignity |
of motion, passed through here last |
Sunday en- route to his farm in Lewis |
County. He is gentleman of enters
prise and great agricultural experience,
and will no doubt make his one of the
best stock farms in the country.
a great many marriages are spoken of
in this vicinity, and some are about to
take place, and we find Ourself like the
learned man who once said of matrimos
ny: whatever resolution you may
come to, whether to marry or to live
single, repentance is sure to follow"
Lady DiMerton thinks, or did think,
that all men can be won, if only their
weak points can be discovered. That's
Just what's the matter with US: our
weak points are too well known.
Jack Stamps, who lives three miles
east of here, made an effort to get mar
ried last week, but not having the nec~
9ssary stamps to secure his license, he
had to postpone the engagement indef-
nately. He thinks bad luck is stamped
upon his destiny.
Mrs. j. S. Merritt, gay and dashing
widow of st. Louis, Mo-, was married re-
Gently, and there is a certain widoWer
in this vicinity that is not happy.
The South end of our town, or what
is better known as Jonesboro, is inn
proving. Finley Guthrie, col, has put
lp verylarge house that looks obstru~
5ive, but is rather elegant. It has a
roof made out of clap boards,
and skeleton of a dome. 1t is like
Einley's principles, leans to the north.
The symmetry of that side of the street
is destroyed by the abutment of an octa~
gon corner, and each time we see it we
have an irresistible desire to push the
concern down. The basement is a sin
gle room, that will be occupied by fam
lily OF Norway rats. This will be
general working, rafting and packing
room for all kinds of matter. The up
per part will be used Jointly for storing
away bushel of corn and a bundle of
oats, In its grand and colossal proper
tons, this is great additional orna~
ment to that portion of Mt. Pleasant;
and in its admirable designs and skilled |
it exemplifies those three |
indispensable essentials to perfect archi-
lecture; utility, strength and beauty,