The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-01

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Cause and Etrect-Past, Present and
Future.
Cause and effect have taken the
! place of prophecy in this material
| age. Changes, events, results, action,
consequences, growth, decay, life
| all things that are, whether good OF
! bad, whether progress or decay, are
| the result Of some other things be-
! hind them, are the consequence of
some other causes that have pro-
| duced them-aTe the links Of a chain
each one of which is hooked into one
| loop called the Past, and will soon
| iOin itself to another called the Flu
/ ture This chain is Life; this chain
is History; this chain Is that which
| has Dcen-and the chain which Will
be made viii be made in the same
way.
81 can defeat Wellington and Bluch-
en-" said Napoleon. II will strike
them in detail and a"H a..1 u-Hl
They hope to reach Pa H.. a.: 'IHg
at Quartre Bras, but they viii never
unite there. ] will be there to NOR
row; at Ligny the day after.
Grouchy will follow Butcher and
hold him back. 1 will strike Well
ingtOn some where near Waterloo
and drive him into the sea. l turn
and we have Butcher between us.
Victory will be mine.' He had re-
duced it to a mathematical certainty
in all its details, and 50 far as hui
man foresight could see, it trans
pired as he said. Ney was at Ligny,
at Quatre Bras, like a thunder-bOlt.
He took both and was on Wellington
before he knew it; the thunder of his
guns added the deeper notes to his
grand ball; the antipOdes Of human
sentiment met. Napoleon had cal
culated TO nicely. He telegraphed
that the battle was won. He mis-
calculated on only one thing; thun-
der cloud came up at 3 o'clock and
dreuchcd the soil where his artillery
was TO maneuvre. Cannon cannot
roll in mud. Three hours were lost.
These three hours saved Wellington,
for they gave Butcher time to come
i'll AT the last moment.
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"a thunder cloud" says Victor
Hugo, changed the destiny OF
Europe
"CoIumbia," said Roger Q. Mills,
when the committee who left here for
Chicago called on him to make an
address at the raising of the United
States flag here on the 18th, "Colum-
bja was the home of Jas. X. Polk A.;
and, by the way, is it not a very rich
country around it," Thus thought
the statesm&n.
20, YES, have heard of Columbia"
said Gov. James +. Campbell when
the committee called on him. cit is
an enterprising city, it is the place in
which the first Scotch-Irish congress
was held. Yes, l will take pleasure
in going there"
Yes, l know all about Columbia,"
said the iuimitable wit and orator,
Jas. E Mckenzie, OF Kentucky, when
the committee wa ted on him; you
have a fine country down there. We
Kentuckians know you because you
have got the fastest kite track in the
world. OF course I'll cOme," he said
with a genial smile.
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Kind reader, three prominent men
of different kinds of minds, saw Co
lumbia and Maury County in differ
ent lights, but all favOrably, and now
that reminds US; so BARRING acct
dents hut rot veracity" as Allen
Harlan says of us, let us go further
We are the richest agricultural
county in the State. We have the
climate, the soil, the water, the blue
grass, the people, and greatest Of all
the reputation. We grow every
thing here but collins and sugar.
"You can't rub us out nor put us
down SAYS Col. Ridley, who has
travelled all over the country aud
knows the good lands Of the world.
In other words, nature has given us
the strongest chain in the link of GU
destiny aud it depends on us whether
we viii make ii strong or weak. /
saw without fear Of the pessimist or
the tad pole, that it il growing strong
er every year. The live stock inter
ests are assuming astonishing pro-
portions. Twelve years ago we had
two stock farms-purely stock farms
on one of which was old Tom Hal
the equine Andrew jackson or Ten
nessee-standing at $l5 to insure aud
the owner was expected to throw IN
berkshire pig and four hours oil
solid persuasion with the season.
Now look at them; Oh some Of which
are horses and mares the peers OF any
in the land, aud whose sons and
daughters are dying Mercurys before
the sulky wheels of fame. Twelve
years ago we couldn't get up a side
show fair with jackass attachment.
Now one man, to whom | say that all
Maury County should help, should
encourage, should respect-for If ever
a man worked for the good for
whole people that man is W. Z. Jones
with the work he is now doing-one
man, we repeat, has hung up TlOO,OOO
in turses for one meeting, End that
not his July meeting, when much
more will be lung up. And the
South Side Park, az for beauty, clean
ness and pure and honest sport "is
out of sight" Look too at our world
renowned cows; all done since 1882.
Look at the difference in our farm
ing now and then. Then we planted
wheat on stalk land, late, and made
little. We raised too much cotton;
we raised no potatoes; our entire sys-
tenn of farming was far behind what
it now Is. Are these not facts?
They are Is not our link being made
stronger? PROFESSIONALLY But we
may do even better. How?
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Well, that is easy 10 answer. BY
working and striving TO excel, and
helping our neighbor to do the same
By talking truth, not lies; by kind
words, not harsh ores. II you will
look in an old book that is destined
to live forever, under the writings OF
a man named Paul, you will find a
chapter on charity, which is as good
as all the rest of the book. But we
wish to speak a word to come of our
citizens on a different subject. We
are now preaching live stock.
The large meeting OF our two ass o.
ci, ons, both In July and November
means thousands Of dollars tn our
merchants. 1t means new eiotnFs
for for your home folks and perhaps "a