The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-06
DAnE ConsEn. Sent. d. 1916.

Mn. EDIToE
DEAR notwithstanding that
the HERALD would like to hear oc-
casionally from all parts Of the
county, | will take itupon myself
to keep you posted from time TO
time of the events Transporting
down here. As perhaps some of
your readers do not know where
the Dark Corner" il located. |
will state fortheir benefit tlIatitis
situated in the extreme Southern
part of the county, is bounded on
South by the State line, on the
East by the classic banks Of the
Colhulla, AMI OH the North and
West by a very indefinite line
most everybody claiming that
they are just outside the limits Of
the Dark Corner, and their neigh-
bors in differing from themselves
in politics are decidedly within
lis hounds.
Just in this neighborhood, we
accept the name Dark Cornerites,
though We don'tregard the name
as suggestion Of our social ad-
vancement.
Our schools, churches, Sunday
Schools and society we think
compare iav0rably with the
brightest corner Of the county,
andmorever, our people have the
discenment TO know, and the
taste TO appreciate a good thing,
as a proof Of which many of them
take and read the HERALD. We
are incOnvenient TO market
and postonice, ana may be little
behind the spirit Of the times in
some things, but we have our lit
tie difficulties and differences Of
opinion, sometimes eliminating
in a..law%suit, which, YOU must
confess. shows We are not entire
j. antiquated.
The latest big law case down
here was the trial Of John Black
burn, jr. John has recently
bought him a new buggy, and du-
ring the protracted meeting
while driving around with the
young ladies on divers occasions
he drove very rapidly-thus dis
uurbine the spiritual devotions Of
some Of the young men who had
no buggies to haul their girls
in. John had the sagacity to get
able counsel, and won his case.
The ruling Of the court was, that
ifJohn had kissed any OF the
young ladies during the time, he
could DO nothing less than Danish
him theTcountry, but in want Of
such-he must acquit him and pro
nounce the prosecution a mali
cious one.
John Norwood and Houston
More!ock say they could have
proved that on him, too, if they
had known it to have been neccs-
sary.
The latest sensation was the
marriage Of Mr.. l.. Jones, OF the
firm ofJoncs & Hannah, to Miss
Eugene Weatherly. The we'd
ding was a nice affair, such as Mr..
Weatherly always gives a daugh-
ter of his if she marries a clever
fellow, and that they have always
done so far.
About nine o'clock in the night
Mr.. Weatherly's household, and
the community for two or three
miles around were startled by a
sudden blast of dinner-horns. rat
Ting of cow-belis, dish-pans and
other discordant instruments,
making enough noise to wake up
the dead. This being a serenade
given in honor of the newly mar
ried couple.
Master jim Igou and Israel
Henderson, two Of our most en-
tcrprising and public. spirited
youngmen, decided that it would
never do for this wedding to pass
without being solcmnized by a.
scrcnadc. And as the men didn't
cvince q willingness to give 1t,
they mustered their forces con
sisting Of forty fifty little boys,
and gave the new pair this last
tribute of respect. jim and Israel
say theydon't want to boast about
it, but they say they made, as
much noise, continued it as long
and had as many variations Of
pitch and tone mi as aay noise
ever made in the fourth district,