The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-06
OLD SOUTH COLUMBIA.

| EDITOR HERALD:-Didy you know
South Columbia was on a boom
Well it is, for everybody is building
| new fence; there has been over two
miles of new fence built in the last
| month. There is q gentleman by the
name of Caldwell who has bought
three lots from Col. Brown on Gallo
way street and is building q neat
cottage Travis Mclean is going to
build fine cottage on School street
soon. Mr.. MOsley is adding one room
TO his dwelling and so is John Jack
son, and our old friend Allen Powell
has built a fine cattle barn with
gothic front and mausard roof. In
| fact it is a perfect gem of barn, il
shows mechanism from top to founda-
ton.
Destructive fire at the Depot
Monday night. The l.. q N, railroad
shop was burned to the ground, fear
full loss to the company; something
like ten or fifteen dollars.
Joe BOram, the handsome book
keeper of the Lumber Company, was
duding OH Twelfth street Sunday.
Come again Joe you may get glimpse
of her next time.
Joe Dixon Thomas, one of the n &.
& F., good looking conductors, is at
home on a short visit. Joe is the
best shot on the road. When his gun
comes up down comes q duck and
the next thing comes down is a five
dollar bill. Rather expensive shoot
ing-tame ducks!
The Sunday-school has decided to
offer the prize for the finest looking
man in the inspired class. 1t will be
life size portrait of William Mickey,
and will be painted by Miss Agnes,
USSery. Now is your time Miss
Agnes, to win fame as well as for
tune.
The entertainment at Mrs. w. d
Cameron's was a success; the ladies
realized something less than twenty
dollars. The solos by Mrs. Guest and
Mrs. Joe Thomas was just splendid;
several essays were read by different
young ladies and gentlemen. The
Galloway street string band was there /;
they gave us some good music. But
we saw nor heard nothing that
equaled the solos.
We know of a certain person who
is going to have his shirts changed so
as to show a front in the back as well
as in the front; they will be called
weddin shirts. This person was
sent for to marry a couple and was
told to be in hurry; and he got. in q
hurry; for when he went to dI ess he
got the OF MS shirt 10 Tile DdChs
He then put on his standing collar
aud neck-tie on went his coat, then
some one says your shirt is on wrong.
"Never mind the shirt, give me my
hat and cane, | am in a hurry" He
got there on time and tied the knot, il
ne did have his back to the front.
The South Columbia correspon-
dent of the Democrat, in speaking of
the wedding says, how sad to lose
one of orr girls" Now we fail to see
where the sad part comes in, for we
were rejoicing to think one of our
girls was so lucky as to get married,
! for weddings are few and far between
in this part of the city. So my friend
10 not feel sad, for your time may
come yet. Let us console you by re-
minding you Of the old say ng, "there
| never was a goose so gray but what q
gander strayed that way" Oh how
| comforting.
Mr.. Editor, your "MoCO Hus-
band" contest is creating a great deal
of intere in this neighbOrhOod. i
have heard several of the old bache-
| Tors FAY they hoped some of the
South Columbia girls would write Oh
| the subject and tell them what kind
of husband they wanted, and they
would set their coulters according
So in the name of the old bachelors,
| Zone of whom / myself ann l call
upon the ladies to air their views.
| Your UNCLE NED.