The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-02
CALEDONY LEATmERHEAD.
She Is Great Traveller of Late. and Goes
Sea Bathing.


sea Bathing.
Mn EDIroR:-My last letter wus rit
before ws'Ans left Georgia. We did in
! e nd 20 come home soon Arter tina, ut
some how or ruLher Parthenia caught
bow and l caught the rheumatism, ana
| betwiXt the two evils we Wus OOleged
! to stay spell longer. Parthenla che
| eniOyd herself so well / thought IN my
| soul would never git her away, but as
| the poet says; 1.-the longest lane must
have n turn" Aud PaTtbenia IL no eN-
| ception TO tue rule, fur hnally got her
to turn homewards and here We are
| once more, watching the clear ana
! sparkling waters of Hanna's BraDch,"
as IL flows in all its crystal purity 20
swell the bosm OF our mighty "Duck"
! i had right nice time too, visiting OF
my sister Martha Jane, who married
Licurgus HutchersOn sometime during
the "ReYolutiOnary War" i4lcurgus,
or Buddy, as / alers call him, IL
"Ciuber Grabbler" by trade and mates
a sight of money, and arter wentd VA
thar lie lOwd that being as mad Ont
visited them before in 80 long that we
| should all have "outtng,D and cele-
brate the occasion as hit ought 70 be.
did'ent knO what he ment by n out
ing" at first, but found out afterwards
hit nent sea shore, fur thars whar wo
landed. Nothing Would do Buddy Dpt
Marth should deck herself out, TOR
Buddy alers wus powerful hand 10
nut on airs, and he lowd II Marth didn't
put on style 10 retit her position IN ire
he ruther she would stay At home,
went TO town with her TO DO hor
traden, and when l seed she had her
hart set ON green and yallow check
dress thought hit best TO say nGthipgi
but, "Sutierug Reheccap' when she
desided TO trim hit in bright, rod SILK 4
could hold my piece no longer out tileu
! to impress ON her mind that simplicity
in dress wus much better fur . woman
of her age than anything else. lhat
made her mad, aud she Told mo ~
wanted droSs trimed in simplicity
could have hit, but she would give mo
to understand she wus able TO buy SILK
to trim her dress in.
| Well let her alone and she done the
balance of her traden by berSel. !
did'ent have no traden to do fur myself,
for / all eAdy make up my own
I"trOusseau" 10 speak I'm fFench-DeIor9
leaving home, and told Martin anu
Buddy that my dark blue calico dress
wus plenty good to traYei in, FUR YOU
alers ruin everything you wear on tho
Kars any way; again dark blue Is very
becoming TO my style OF beauty, anu
with the little turbOn make out OF one
of Parthrnia's old silk hSnkerchiets 4
simply look Dewitching.
| Buddy dic'ent like my appearance
much but when Martha Jane wus
drest 10 start lie was delighted and
Inwd sho WI, 'slear out Ut SiBhL;' ana
sure 7, ugh SHE wuS, fur yon cOuldfnt
ltru which oIfa OF III giri- $40 "ns, sNs
, had on 30 many Iuiiies, pan hnd iuroo-
Buddy wore "A long "Pri9ce Albert"
which struck him sOmewhars aDont the
knees, making hit impossiole iur
Martha and me to walk along size OF
him, and especially when the wind was
inclined TO be anyways on nigh hotsei
fur them coat-tails q Buddys stpoK
strait out on each side of him. making
him look like cloths line IN some
DO Tvs back yard.
Well, we went To Charleston, >. o.
which Buddy lowd wus the most hls-
torical city of the south, being AZ t9ey
, had so many wonderful earthquakes
, thar. And III be bound, folks Thought
3 another earthquake WISER coming
=. when they heard Buddy's patent leRth-
9 or shoes, fur they made the most un-
earthly noise | ever had the ihislOrt-
j une To listen too. We did'ent stay long
r az Charleston, As Buddy wus HnNi1ns To
. 20 ~ ar the sullivan Island, mere, 10
r use his own ianguaLr, mo c"ela on
- low the coJl aud invigpraJinB broeZ1s
a a they hlowed fresh from Tho OfOao
Heing on salt water wus quite n novel
/ sensation to me, aud went Out MY
= Charleston bar, we passed ~ iull
, view of Fort Sumter, Castle Piuk.
RI ney and Fort Wagner, aud as viewed
those points OF interest my hart WIS
10 sad endeed, fur hit wus right thar key
b, lost both arms fighting tur his country
81 Realizing how many FOND embraces
" had lost IN consequence, erica a1u'
Martha tried 10 console me, but Marih'
IL WAS too sick TO console n cat, an
81 though Buddy let on no WIS Powe
I'd FIJI sailor. / noticed he looked nou
strous pale, and when he got back I
a the hotsll he went straight TO his room
as whar Martha Jane aud me soon tol
IN lowed; but on asking him II he wus sea
sick he rallied out fur us % leave 20
room and let him alonei which 1 ala
fur had ruther be in company with
bear than man who Is sick aud ma
together.
Iy fur me TO be out on the beach. TIA
ID New Brighton Hotel wus right AZ tn
rs beach and 1 alers had d.liKhtiui tim
to meditatiug along tine sand and comp =
z, ing DoetrY. As this poem ~ - lOug
10 will only give you a few lines.
"CaIadony walks along the beach
"a GlHnClng nj ever one she meet
70 Until at lat she sees mau
y. " hJCally says she'll catcu IL she can"
- Hit goes OF to state what time hao
70 but will send hit and have hit put
J. lished i'm full some day, fur knO 20
=; will appreciate ltH merits thong
~ Buddy IOwd hit would break any pape
~ % Al wus fool enough 10 publish hit
., Howsome ever Buddy's remarks don
- Anout TO much, ~ found out 20 in.
On sorrow, fur nothing would do bin bu
~ MArth aud ne Lust 70 in bathing; AM
= To huInor him wo finally give od
10. desont, after he assured Us there wa
III no danger and lOwd after We once x"
, . | in all fear WOuiu VANISH hhN bnht "
Oh would feel perfectly at home ~ IN
water, Well, we tack him at his wore
70 and went out In the surf. told slsto
ne Marth TO 20 furst a. had weak mar
~ and wus er fraid he cOuld'enI manAg
on us both, an in she went, ~ nrSt NtI
gently, but my, my! ~ only you cOul
70 havo seen her cap"is later or; she re
lls minded me Of negro after beih
lac baptised; she would pray awhile, tht
~ threaten Buddy with every evil unne
Or. the sun ~ no did'snt take ner out. See
III ing the rest of the bathers just dNin
lafiug, made me resolve 10 TO Draw
DHs aud show them thai / bad boon used
on bathing in the surf II Martina Jan
tas hadent.
ng Well went i'm clingIng 10 Bmdd.
us olike drowning sailor 20 a plank, bl
ne. my good resolutions Vanished ike
ess mist before the morn aud l found M.
iHs self pleading and begging tur my ~,
get but wus in vain that reminded Buou
OF of my weak hart and depiored MIN
.hy fshoW mercy and take me out, but MA
ON twas ALI 81 vain. Buddy wus dete
mined to fulfill the scripture one tu
ny fur she Knocked at MY fr6rs, ~
90 Laughed when be saw calamity COZ
ing,n fur here hit come Ia the Shape
lcI a big wave and gave myself up y
Dla' lost and tried to prepare yselfto me
ore death calmly and with prfyer on n
, n,,, lips; but nary aprAyer conld lthlnk
I. until / iinally1n desperation, like 4
old man la the storm, cried Ouf; 40
make ua thankful tur what Ne 4
about "a receiver here the wave strI
NJ and knew no more unlil fsul
giv- myself safe and sound Ia the ,auu
dist dressing room.
evs. Buddy lOwd we would start fur hoi
his next day, AZ he would 20 longer
make lanng stock on ACCOUNT Of q
emf silly women but bless your nouli lit
iys. did we care fur any remarks a
oli Buddy made, fur we had already ma
this never again would We 80 n y eisr vi
ioli- We we're cotnpbll0d 30 ero4s .Iufah
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