The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-05
CCLLE0KA TO THE FRONT.
Interesting Letters From Barbara" and
''Nerlra Villiers."

CULLEoKA, Aug. 2-"Jocund day
stands tip-toe on the misty mountain
top" ana the never changing face of the
king OF the heavens calmly views
the world lately awakened from its
siUmbers. All the day long Will he be
Waty.Iing busy men and women as
-hyy perform their arduous tasks, for
Is ~ itDt thrCShug time at our house?
Buried deep in the midst OF rugged
hills lar away from the noisy hustle
and sir of the outer world, the merry
whistle of the powerful engine as IL
drew It's train Of thresher and wagons
Over hills, through tie valley ana up 10
our very door, iiIleU us with an aWed
and wondering feeling such as we
IMAGINE came to tho hearts of our fore
fathers whom tho first steam-cngine
pulled its way through their hitherto
.s!.lut and undistUTbed country. We
love Our country aAd note every int
Prov mcut with joy, but we have JUS
enough OF the savage IN Us to reluctant
" $50 the privacy and quictude of our
beautifully grand mills with theIr way
iur forests CHCrOUClCd upon by the
cu,iIc world. IN a. few years, like the
saw axe, We too VIII have 10 see our
"huppy hunting ground snatched from
Us - De mOnOpOlizud by the lords OF
civilization, while we press onward ana
onW ard seeking new homes IN the
depths Of the forests until death ends
! our S,aulcringS, o. else we VIII have
To wash oil our war-paint, don the garb
( OF ii ) ilizatiOn, and lay aside our nipple
: n,,ilj:, OF WaJrlalC and labor Tor those OF
,,,:i more powerful adversary.
asa; PARTON tins disgrGssiOn. We
{ were So lost in the thought Of what the
! .apse Of a few years may bring Iourth
/ init we forgot oar duties here on earth;
that we must hasten to finish our let
| ter and help prepare dinner lcr the
/ hungry harvest hands
| Rev. w. b. Patty has returned from
his trip Northl feeiing greatly refreshed
Nss. 4 a u
was one Of the most powerful dis
| courses we have ever heard from hin.
IL was full of sound reasoning ana
gospel from beginning 70 tho end.
Mr.. Seymour BUZZ, hr' w ~ - n uli' ,' "a
| Nashville, and Mes7rs. Bulord ana
OWinEs, OF Pulaski, were calling on
four Of our fair young ladies last sun
Rev. W. r. Peoples is spending few
" eulls with relatives in aud around
Rry. Lewis Powell came out last
Y,ut. 10 spend iow days with ms VIE
and little son who are sumHering at
Capt. Loves.
! Eev. George Wynn has returned TO
Nashville after snort visit 70 his SIS
ters, Ms. Thompson aud MISS Lou
Kisses Leila Abtruathy and Ella
Henderson, who haYe been at Mont
eagle for II fortnight, VIII arrive al
home this week.
Miss Alice Williamson has returned
hCme alter pleasant visit 70 M iss
Lena Neely and other friends at BiHDy-
! Hiss Minnie Weller, Of Lewisburg
once the HERALD correspondent, 'Sea
! Nymph," AS the guest Ot MISS Lou
CockrIll Saturday and Sunday
/ Miss Ida Belle MCCOrd, one OF 20
iuubia's brunette beauties, is with Miss
Mrs. Howiett and Mrs. Richardson
nave been 10 Robertson Fork to Nlsll
their father.
Mrs. Lafayette Wilkes, Mrs. Hender-
son and Miss Loutie Tomlinson are in
Nashville to-day.
Mrs. W. IL. Wilkes, Katie Henderson
and Orman Patty were Ill last week
but we report all as better.
owing TO the circumstances the
awarding Of the modal offered for schol
arship 10y Miss NJ gers was deterreo
until last week. 1t WAS known TO nOn'
u the pupils who would receive th'
medal ulilII it came through the mai
: TO Miss * ate Henderson. We hearth :
congratulate Katie on tho spl'hdl'
work that Won this medal for her.
! John Withcrs il row clerknig tnr w
! =. stephens, and Irving Peoples ma
= taken his place at the store OF w. IL
wilkes. John IA delighted Win N
! new ork, but thinks tie shade IN III
= ward lust across the way il n trlne TO
= dense. John, why not SAW OH ina
:. cid folks are asleep?
!, Miss Minnie Hewlett has gone /
j take charge OF the school at the Ann
school house.
MIS-. Watson has returned TO he
Il home il Kentucky alter visit TO Mis-
,, Sallic Smiser.
II Prot. q. A. Moore left for Weime
j." Tex, Monday. His friends felt tina
Il his STAY had been too snort aud IL wa
/ hard for him to resist their pleading
7. 10 STAY longer. Wonder how man
hearts he carried back with him7 W
once thought he would tako back on
= of orr girls, but believe the heart IL a
Il ho carried back this time. Maybe II
r. Will return.
t Tine school viii open here. the Las
Il Monday III August with Mr.. +.
e Mitchell, graduate Of the University. Z
Lebanon, as principal, ana MISS CIdpl
Taylor, graduate of Prices college,
. Nashville, as assistant.
We must not close or letter withoI
] expressing our sympathy for Mr.. Gu
=. White, ("SiHbad, the S8ilOr,"D in the 50
o accident that befell his horse recent.
q He viii get home this week, and "
- know he had planned some nice ride
I on his beautiful black hore. ""Iwa
Il We read Vcrna's description Of he
trip and enjoyed her beautiful accoun
She and her "proacher" were at churc
SUNDAY. She has had quite charmin
n little visitor in the person Of Miss Ha
Il tie BlantUn, of Lebanon.
9 rhe writer spent last week at Robe
:, SON Fork, hence her failure to send IN
e communication to the HERALD. If 81
y docs not hastsn to draw this letter to
II lose. the readers will wish her thcl
e again. Silent for awhile - the lrr
Il ,,I..esiI,Ia BARBARA.