The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-04
Our Hnr,ison Eetter.

canllOt Boast Oi Il real, well developed
"boom," yet our merchants and other
business men feel that the sun Of pros
perity i, beginning TO shine upon them.
We can say lhrulhfully ilat business
Is good. Our clever and cnterprisiTg
merchant, }. 4. SANDER, has laid in 81
fine lspring stock, and his piles Of
prints are sufficient to tempt the most
lastidious shoppers.
The farmers have taken advantage Of
the fine weather to put their land ia a
good state OF culture. The ont crop is
not very fatterinG in appearance at
present. The wheat crop Offers but lit
tie encouragement fOI Il full yield, Oh
account OF the apparent rava8cs Of in
scclS. Whether this he the cause OF
not it's time that the crops does not
look we'll. oar village is quiet and
! pcaceablc. There seems 10 le mo ~
TO molcst us or make Us afraid" By
the way | noticed ina recent number
of the HERALD, i communication from
Occasional, " coming apparently from
this place, in which the correspondent
does me the honor Ola personal notice.
He says / am known as an NJ. d., and
he is anxious TO know what that means.
Well, ! can excuse his ignOraGcc of
things of which tllegreat majority are
usually well informed. 1t Is probable
that he MAS born ignorant and has liy-
ed and acted upon the principle that
''wlGrc IGNORANCE is bliss Ills folly to
be WISE" lie wonders if IN. D."
means ''mule driver" and if | was Il
mule driver in the army. ]. Will say
that | should be proud - have served
my country well in that capacity, and
obtained IN honorable discharge. Had
1 been Il mule driver in the army,
which | was not, and in that capacity
done my duty, | should not be ashamed
Of tie record. bear 40 malace tow
ard "OCcasional' and hope that he may
o ct safely landed on the golden shore.
Were ] malicious, might suggest,
the sooner the better" lie has just
made one grand stride in grace. We
had Il revival and he drank Of tie pure
tountain-Thc dose ought to be repeat
occasionally and it should be mixed
with Il little burgundy pitch and tar to
make the draught stick-you see as
"'chi eff" I feel interested in this if one
Of my troops deserts, | don't want him
lettering about the camp any longer,
and already occasional" begins to
la mixer after our bareback and the ilu-
id with which We wash il down. lie
thinks | am bound to 90 atlc" Wards
ducks, which IN ny be true, but if find
them ! don't want Confessional" to 60
through my duck roO35 the ii rst night
after my good fortune, so beSeech the
| good brethren to keep n%ourishing him
with spiritual beef tea and other such
tCniCs as doubtful eases require and
thus keep him on the road to cvcrlas-
ting.
Now, occasional" you may hurl
your angry darts atme as much MS you
please, and you may bcsmear them if
you like in the venom which constant
~ oozes from your snakish nature.
they Will not hurt me- have lived in
Harrison many Il year, and expect to
live here a long time to come. You
ask what il my occupation. will say
hat | am mainly engaged in trying to
obtain an honest liying-l am content
to be u plain, honest man, for San hon
| est man is the noblcst work Of Cod
And now, as one good term deserves
another, will you inform us what ago
cation you persue, "why art thou oc-
| casional2" Is it that you occasionally
do right, or that you quite occasion ally
forget the precepts which you learn in
that good book? 70 closel will feed
you a little poetry, which is but natur-
al as | am u namesake Of the great poet
who sang about the place which you
think | will eve see.
Itmay afford youa little food for
thought
As a snake in the grass from house to
house you glide
Leaving your slime upon the chimney