The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-26
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me space to chronicle few items
Our new preacher has beer
duly installed here and so far as
have heard is giving general salts
faction.
Last Sunday was quarterly
meeting at this place and the pulpit
was filled by Elder Duncan. He
preached the best sermon we ever
remember having heard, from the
text, How long halt We between
two opinions?' His scathing re
marks administered to wavering,
vascillating christians, tempered as
they were with love and christian
solicitude, will undoubtedly rebound
to the honor and glory of the Mas
ter he so zealously serves.
Farmers haze about finished
gathering their crops which are
very short. Cotton not more than
half crop. Very little of the cot
ton crop has been marketed yet on
account of the extremely low price.
As the prices are considered better
now it will be carried in with a
rush. The acreage of wheat sown
will hardly reach an average, and
very little fall blowing has been
done.
w. R. Hanserd, our venerable
j. p, having bought farm near
Elkmont Station, will move his
family there soon. Squire Han
serd has lived in this place many
years and we regret extremely that
after having been identified with
this people be now sees proper to
leave US. As it is we can only hope
that all of heavens blessings may
be showered on him in his declin-
ing years.
The visitors of the village are
Miss Reece of Bethel visiting Mrs.
Gray Hopkins and Miss Glaze of
Bunker Hill amongsrelatives. Miss
Horton, our pastors wife's sister, is
quite an acquisition to the social
circle.
Ed. Copeland's new house just
over the river, under the skillful
hands of contractors Hughey IL
Young, is nearing completion, and
Ed thinks he will be ready to go to
housekeeping by Christmas. l
wish him all manner of success on
the untried road, but ] predict that
unless his nature has undergone a
complete metamorphosis during his
brief married life that broom
handles and dishrags will be con
spicuous element in his domestic
relations.
The good people Of Elkton
were aroused from their slumbers
the other night by the most I'M
earthly racket l ever listened to-
Springing from my bed l rushed to
the door firmly believing that l
would find Boreas with his back up
scattering hardware, stores and tin
shops around In profusion. To my
relief upon opening the door and
looking out 1 found everything
calm and serene and just around
the corner a solution of the mystic
ny. 1t was several boys each arm
ell with a harp and blowing away
for dear life. A more exquisite
mingling of discordant sounds
could hardly be produced. They
carried out the same program at
several other places and drew up
for the grand finale in front of one of
the stores. The affable, polite
clerk had been told that day by
'some young ladies that he might
expect q nice serenade and was of
course boiling over with anticipa-
ton. He hadR fallen asleep and it
required some time-it being some
distance to his room-for the boys
to arouse him. They succeeded,
however, in partially awakening
him and in that state the sounds OF
many harps mellowed by distance
was waited to him. Jim, fearing he
had committed an objectionable
breach of etiquette by falling
asleep and that the young ladies
would be gone before he could ex-
press thanks to them, sprung up
and rushed indiscriminately into
boots, coat, pants, etc, and made a
bee line for the front of the house.
The boys hearing him run over a
chair and expecting a shower OF
boot Jacks and old shoes fed precip-
itately down the street and around
the corner out of harms way. Jim,
however, oblivious of these things,
after a few futile attempts to ar
range his disheveled locks, therw up
the window and stepped out upon
the awning. Although there was
not soul visible, yet to this VIVID
distorted Imagination every posi-
was clad in female habiliments and
every old cheese top y guitar. AT
ter a bow that would have done
credit to an accomplished courtiel
he proceeded thus to return thanks
"Ladies and gentlemen, how shall
l adequately express myself for the
honor you have conferred upon me
No sReeter strains ever fell from
the bow of Paganini; no loyelier
notes ever emanated from the touch
of Mozart than those to which
have listened tonight. Such divine
music tends to lift us above thu
gross things and stern realities o
life and transport us as it were t.
the realms At this. junctur'
with one arm raised heavenward, hi!
head thrown back and look of un
speakable ecstacy on his face, Will
visions of pearly gates, golden paw
| ed streets and diamond studded
palaces were running riot through
his brain, a donkey unnoticed BY
the orator, with one ear pointin!
starward, the other at an angle o
45o, the very picture of abject mis-
cry, slowly Strengthened out hi
t neck, hoisted his danger signal
ierked open his throttle and such ;
: sound Your imagination must fiji
up the blank. Suffice it that it va
only such a one as could emanat
from the lungs of donkey. As tn
= the last vibration "like the ming