The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-19

morning reveal Nature IN mild
mood, But undercsTtaiu circumstances
a rainy day is thoroughly erjnEahis
1t makes us appreciate the 'lr end y
roof and freside comforts. A 5000
| Magazine is charming company at SUCH
4 time, but the Birch RtidEa4" Oh
I which see description in BlacEWouI
| would offer but insecure footing lr ibis
| wild weather. A Brotherhood % Ert-
| eS would be no Nonsense in thaJ goun~
| try. A man who would 90 there aHd Fut
up substantial struci uTe, might glsk @
himself as famous as Queen EaLi.t
who built the bridge Bow when She
saw the olde Forde to be dare rCu- -
Across the river, there arc many things
to interest the traveller in this stru
part of the world, and the narrator PIE
sents them very pleas nifty. The doc
nestle social and religious lie DC rtl.
people, their style of building, lhe-r at-
ct, all strike US with surprise Bua .Ha
most wonderful thing is the bieb order
OF intelligence among the hruses. and
the low average intellect OF ire people.
The belief in canine exaltatioB and 1u-
man degradation IA sort OF TG0n-sraL mos
tempsychOsis) is still pupUiar AND en-
braced by our writer, who says, 81
should not at all wonder ifa good many
dogs were to be met with in heaven
while as many human beings we're
made 20 re appear IS pariahs uu aa
plains of India" The instinct or fsFftf.
ton OF that shepherd dog WIS more
than remarkable. "WhIle we were
talking to the shepherd, this ferocious
creature sat watching, growing, show
ing his teeth, and ready to spring at
our thrOats; but when l spoke Of DUr-
chase, he at ence put mile betweGa us,
and no calls of his master could induce
him to come back"
DIT T. q
into the cCuntry han / intended, and
lest I shculd meet that dog I has-on
home. The low-lying clouds and -aeG
ing foSs are all gone. The sun smiles
and it the grass cannot be mOWn, Ca.
ground can be sowD. The people arr
blowing, planting potatoes. peas aye
"such sort" Tue SaXOns did this work
on Friday. the day devoted to the oar p
Friga or Frida. :" Ne go by the .-ooa %
and according to the rn.e should pre-
pare or plant on NORddy the Moon
day. But the main thing is, ana H
seeds sOwn, should gTOU, Tor, AS the oil.
darkey said last week, when he went
to town to beg an ear Of corn "parEis-
ions is not berry plentiful"
Another pAstime here. equally Vs1g
lar and pleasant as blowing. AND il Hu.
so profitable, with more prestige, as, IF ]
guess Alright, Oh old Grpciau game.
This afternoon, in passing. / saw Our
Mutual ErleLd, MIR -, of COLUMBIA
and number of other gentlemen e,
gagged in it. Meeting q lad / inquired |
What are they playing?' "luis
marm." But as they had not g,3t hal.
an hour later, l thought the bov w a
mistaken, and went to work auu.aag
way to find out. Homer gives SOM.
animated pictures of Quot Plavlu -
game invented by the LacedseuaHs !
They regarded it as a healthful exercise /
and specially conducive TO the d. r.HH- /
meut of bodily strength. l. was played |
with r0undish piece OF iron some.
times beautifully wrought. but fr.QuaU !
ly without artificial wOrkmlusr p. /
was Oua of the funeral games ordered !
Dy Achilles in honor OF his rrioa1. Pa /
trOclus. The enormous circle thrown
was called disc, and only Nervous H. /
lists could it send it through the sound /
ing sky" 1t was the prize of the con
querOr, or him who threw beyond his [
competitors. The disc on this occasion
contained iron enough to supply the
victOr's kinds and SWANS whole segs.
tor ploughshares, and all the rural
trade. That would be a temptation
these days, when just as the busy season
sets IN, the plOws are broken, hoes uu. !
De hunted, and the cultiva!or has been
loaned out, and the sWa!us or servant
nave forgotten to whom" The law q.
compensation, however, works ba.u-l.
lully under all circumstances. III sue.
a prize were offered now for Success /.
throwing, the hardware m=r.a-s..
would lose the rural trade, {. T. disc. $
would he as inviting to field bands a-
ia mas is to colored people, "wGo sra..
less work and more pay The vo0-l.
Ot more polished time than hat ol I.y-
'urgus engaged in it to show superiority
IN skill So it has been perDelua-e3
since the father of pOeticel dicJsau -su-
mis- last song on the shore OF Sam.s!
Historically, physically and morally
It is better game than the one the 81.
brother preached "urneust. wh5..
war neither euchre, nor seveu~up, nor
5huck~2-aluck, brethren. l mean HtJr-
JLiHg, which are forbid by name I'm the
good book, in the third chapter of John
and seventh verse-'marble not Breg-
,hren, was passing along las, Lord
lay and what seed II All! twas sad
sight l seed, brethren; men aud boys
all in a lot and marbling and breaking
Gods day-breethren, marble not: yu.
IS l looked, up comes the IeuacSt look
ing chap L ever sOt eyes on; he sgi- lu
his hand and Joined the rest, when all 60.
wunst he cried out, 4 goliy, I'm J-|
which brethren, war q lie, tor we all
seed he had no more fat onto mis- bones
han thar is on the skin OF peeled per
.atur."
l imagine you doing as some folks do
lnder sensible sermons not sung, and
IS the good German Heine used TO do
when people talked to him ana said
nothing, yaWniug. So with one more !
tenn / close. Rev. Mr.. Jordan, pastor
If the Methodist Church here, ana who
g forward in every good word and
work, announced last Sabbath that Jaa
new fence around the church had been /
a id nd that 40 rT{Ch I- I
Oers to meet tomorrow, Saturday To /
levise measures for the tasteful orua-
of the churchyard. He suE-
yested trees, one to Bro. Cant, one to
i5ro. Gray, and one to Bro. Miner,
Dead husbandmen, whom other years.
PlOughed this fed and SOWet la tears
The saddest thing III the itirerauJ sFs-
EN-, is not the sundering OF friend ships,
nor the going from one strange place to
another, for we meet kind people Wber- |
aver we roam, but it is to leave DIR
lead, not knowing that any will besJow
1 thought or care on our buried love.
Tonight, as the rain beats so hard. now |
he hearts of many Methodist mothers,
he wives of ministers, travel TO the Int
lie spot in this or that town or o4ngtr,.
place, where the baby was buried as
zeenly sensitive OF its comfort and sur
'ound1ngs, as though it still W re with |
he rest. When l went back to r., after p
7ears of absence, nothing 80 moved ME
rs the white rose some kind hand had
planted on the baby's grave The OLD
Treeks, though heathens, deemed iJ Is
obligation to care for the graves
II all the dead. They had places pre-. &
Jared in their houses for the burial Of
mem ers OF their own families. bus &
Methodist ministers have no hOus g.
md must be buried just where they lay ,
heir armOr by. But truly they are bur
ed in the hearts of their people, when,
hough their bodies sleep in different
pots, they bring trees and flowers,
nose mute but mighty memorials ot
owe and the resurrection. They have
passed into that still country where
forms do not come. TransplanJed to
he paradise above,
To blossom in eternal fragrance there.
Mrs. SUE L. MOONEY.
Snrinp Hill Female Academy