The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-29
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA.
How the Tennessee Newspaper
Men Were Treated There.
A Rich Banquet and Series of
Pleasant Drives.

ANSO Sl1OAA5 3 III OOAALADAA3 aA0 gwen
to the world, but then there be rich
er fields that garnish that glorious
visit into which the reportorial
sycle has not yet been thrust
Fields cultivated by the hand of
courtesy, cleaning with luxuriant
hospitalities, and garnered into the
hearts of appreciative reapers.
Fields white with the bloom of vel
come, fragrant with an essense of
cOrdiality that overran the cup of
the harvesters. Fields that glisten-
ed with the verdure of-of-weH, !
guess 1 don't "feel'' well up there
All! have it. I'll light on Archie
is two-gallon valise, and take
something's new start, as it were.
Well, as I was going on to say,
when a hurricane of sentiment
swept down and swept me up to
where the eagle bates his plumage,
on the morning of the 10Th of June
about fifteen Linen Busters" called
upon that excellent gentlemen, Mr..
James Geddes, Superintendent of
the Decatur division L. d n. & G. |
S. R. R., and paid him their re-
spects, considering it quite fortu-
nate that they had this much to
pay. Mr.. Geddes did the "fare''
thing, and the fifteen L. Busters
went on their way regretting-re
grettIng that they hadn't time to
add some more Lincks to the chain
of circumstances, if 1 may be al
lowed to christen it with that name.
ON THE ROAD.
Regrets, however, are but shad-
owy sorrows, and these soon found
an illumined grave in the bright
scenes that broke upon our vision,
as the iron horse plunged onward.
Everywhere the eye went it met
with promises of plenty, and caught
up pictures of a glorious land. That
is to say, everywhere Rev. DR.. Dick
erson's eye went it caught up these
things-eyerywhere mine went it
caught a car load of ''sinders," and
then 1 sat down and sinned. Par
don the spelling with an ''s,' I was
so mad I couldn't &C." By and by,
when all the rich wheat fields, mead
Ows and green hills for forty five
miles had gone up to Nashville, gal
liant Pat Stevenson appeared at the
door of the car and yelled, "Colum-
biap Immediately fifteen linen
Busters "Columbered," and fell into
the hands of Upshaw, Figures, and
Horsely, triumvirate of social ex-
cellence whose powers were equal
to the occasion. An interval of
five minutes found each Duster
seaGed in a beautiful vehicle resign
ed to the glorious fate that awaited
him.
The first act of the two days
drama occurred at that delightful
place,
1.-THE ATHENEUM."
The curtain rolled up to some
royal music by the Silver Helicon
Band, and the L. D. squad were
greeted with beautiful air from
from their note books. The party
disembarked from their carriages,
I mean to say the people of Colum-
bias carriages, for who ever knew
an L. D. to own one?) and formed
into a line and wove their way up
stairs into that exquisitely orna-
mental hall of the Atheneum, which
upon this occasion shone with the
splendor of living beauty. One
half of the room was filled with pu-
pills of the school and at a given
signal from Capt. Smith, the Prin-
cipal, they arose to pay tribute oi
respect to the representatives o.
that estate which is known to con
troll the destinies of all the-papel
collar manufactures of the East.
Some words Of hearty welcome
followed, falling from the lips o
Capt. Smith and the Hon. Jno. V
Wright, whose faces told more elo
quently Of their sentiments thar
even tho beautiful words that foun'
. utterance at their lips. A distin
/ guished cluster" appropriately az
r piled, and Bro. Smith set his word
/ to some choice music-that is, h
/ waved the baton ana beyy c
t young ladies carried out the pre-
5 gramme upon three pianos. Agai
d the fine playing Of the Helico
Bend fell pleasantly upon the ca
o and the clusters adjourned to ii
It residences of their various ente
5 tainers. And here I have Boz
IS to pay that q life time appreciate
e will scarcely meet. Fo him and
s his 1 bequeath large share of n
y heart.
es "Perhkps on earth never shall behold,
Your eye Of sense your outward form q
&c semblance;
v Therefore to me ye never viii grow old.
, But live forever young in my remel
IS bFanes.
er THE BANQUET.
,l I have but one regret in come
t. ton with the banquet, and that
i i? I? ;sss s.;::s there were not three or four
ID me and every one invited. Perha
en- I win be joined in this by more th
Mt one participant.
we 1t was a-royal feast spread W
ar- that lavishness and superb Ia
IS that distinguishes this home Of {
an ganee.
ian 1t was held in the dining room