The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-11

( many to work for bin as he plCases, an
d his hands work harder for him than the
would for themselves. The power OF klno
If Mr. VIM. Tidwell presented us Tuesday
g with unique and beautiful boquet, com
posed of a bunch of seventeen apples, a
? | they grew, and a number of the finest WheG
d head we have seen this year, the Who'll
| crowned with beautiful artificial flowers
a y distinguished visitor was pleased witt
it, and gave it to his sweetheart.
5 They mustfish on "four-ton" scale il
Y Louisiana. Col. A. q. Cooper, formerly o
T this place, (but now in LOuisianaD his sol
. sam and Mr., Pringle, went fishing re
Gently with fine success. In a letter to Col
a | Geo. LpscOmb Col Cooper says: "PringlC
e | caught ); Sam caught 3; and caught s. The
sixteen weighed one hundred and forty
2 John d. Miller, of Franklin, is In town
t Col. W. G. McAdoo, ofMiIIdgeyiIIe, Ga.
is in town. He read law here twenty jght
: years ago under Judge Dillahunty, and ed
tied the Columbia Observer. He also mar
J | ried here in 1913.
GEN. Withers and Col. Geo. NJ. Jackson
of Florence, Ala, Fred F. Myers, of Port
Gibson Miss, r, II. Hightower, E; B. Staht,
man of Nashville, Theodore WEIGH, of
| Louisville, and Col. ThOs. Peters, of Ala,
are stopping at the Nelson House.
Count James b. Childress and Geo.
ChildreSS have gone abroad on short trip.
| they are two OF our most accomplished
business men.
Bailey Il Walker, Insurance Agents, in
yite our readers to insure with them, and
we repeat the invitation. They represent
old reliable companies, which pay prompt
| ly all losses. Mr.. Bailey has been in the
business nine years, and besides being one
| of the most accomplished business men in
the State, he always pays the losses of his
| com panieS. Within short time past one
| of his companies paid out $4,000 in this vi
| cinity.
| MIR. Marsh johnson, of Hickman, (catch-
| g IF he sends
| large heads of wheat, grown on the farm
| of Capt. f. Spike Cantren. If these are
| sample of Hickman county wheat, then all
| we can say is that there will be no starving
down there fOra season.
| Rev. r. g. Irvine, OF Giles, was in Mau-
| ~ yesterday, overlooking two bachelors
| who are running his farm. He reports Bro.
| Gil Buford well.
| The following is the Graduating Glass of
| the COlum bia Female Institute:
| 9 Carrie TAFT. Sallie Baird. Eloise Withers
| Sophie Neil, jamie Jackson, Mary q. Frier~
| Myles. Matte Trimble. Grace Ford. Lula
Cobb, Ida Brown, Ida Nicholson, and Mary
Young. Miss Carrie TAFT read the Valedc-
tory, and Miss Sallie Baird the SalutatOry.
Two of Miss Baird's sisters, Miss Julia and
Mrs. I. F. Fleming, read the Y aledictory when
they graduated at this school. This shows
that this is talented family.
Closing Exercises of the Institute.
The Commencement exercises of the CO.
lumbla Female Institute began on last
Wednesday. Most of the parents and guar
dams of the pupils were present, to listen to
the compositions, and to witness the be-
St oval of the medals. Miss Brown told US
all about the "Present and Future" Miss
Virginia Frances Bryant amused us very
Miss Virginia reads very well indeed. Miss
Susie r. Chappell read a beautiful cOnpO-
Sltion on the "Ghrlstian GraceS. The
queen of Home" by Miss Lucy Cobb vas
well written, and nicely rendered. The beau
tiiul picture of "Home" shown us by.Miss
long gone by. Miss Grace K. Ford read q
splendid essay on early Impressions"
The Debate on Girls" by Misses Jane
Miss NJ. Myles reminded us very fOrcibIy
that sorrow is knowledge" Natures Or
chestra" by Miss Ida Nicholson was beauti
fully written. Miss Matte TrimbIe read
few of the Leaves from her Diary" Miss
Annie NJ. Walker told us great deal about
passes through Then Miss kIoise Withers
came with the " MeditatiOns of a school girl - |
but we do not think she told us of all their |
meditatiOns. Last came Miss. Mary Young
with beautiful essay on 'Dream Life"
Mrs: Mary Martin then awarded medals to |
the following young ladies: Miss Jennie With |
0rs, History and Literature, Miss Bella yell |
lOwly, Painting and Drawing, Miss jamie Jack |
son, Mathematics, Misses MOllie MyleS, So |
iiuella Bedford and Katie Breckinridgo. ali |
contested for the medal equally. The con- |
testants for the medal given for History and |
Strong and Jennie Withers, Prizes were |
awarded to the following young ladies Misses |
Sophie Mel, Della Roland, Flora D'Graflen-
Baird, Minnie Armstrong, Tennie Esteve, |
Florence Sheppard, Bonnie Harrison and Ma
nesday; Yesterday Thursday morning, at IL
o'clock, the exercises commenced again with /
the ',MCTping, Hymn, sang by the whole
lutatory, which was spiendidy written
and beautifully read. LA Cenerentola,1
"Fnscination'' and Coming Steps March"
del vered address to the pupils, viii h
was full of sound advice, and which made
lasting impression on some of his auditors.
He was unable to stand while speaking. I
Martha" Duo, was performed by two very
pretty young ladies. Rev Geo; Beckett then
Bishop Quintard Just came in time to address
the class of grad uates. His entree was an
nouncod by the clapping Of hands. The Vale
dictOry was delivered by Miss Carrie TAFT.
II was perfect from beginning to end, even to
the kiss waited to her classmates from her
beautiful fingers The exercises of the day
We will give full description, in our next
issue of the "SOiree Musicale 1t came OF !
too late for publication.
The Festival.
The Sabbath-schOoI OF the Presbyterian
church had an ice cream festival on last
Friday evening. They met at the church
singing they marched to the vacant store
above Holding, Davis Il Co., where they had
ice cream and cake served TO them. They
then had 4 nice promenade, and all enjoy
ed themselves, and wished for many returns |
of the kind. 1t was an elegant affair, and !
the thanks of all those present are due the
committee of ladies, who spared neither
time nor money to make it a success.
Fishing.
:. S Cecil, +. NJ. Ricketts,, MIN and kint
Williams, J ID. RegenOld, left Mt. Pleasant
on the 18th of May for Buffalo. They caught !
minnOwS near j. NJ. Terry's, on Eigby, and |
carried them to the Pine Bluff hole, on But-
filO river, near the old Jimmy NOOrhieS |
place. They fShed with pole and trOt-line
three days, and caught one hundred and
la4rfF IL TEa1 tTf
pounds and three-quaTters, and the largest
trout three pounds. Frank Ricketts, had