Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-10-04
HARMONY.

There is a certain period in each year
which we call Spring. How fair a
time it is. All nature is smiling and
winning {; the material world celebrates
its vegetable loves, and the flower bells,
touched by the winds of Spring, usher
in the universal marriage of nature.
In all climates this season is beautiful.
The birds begin to sing already the
grass shoots forth, the waters leap with
thrilling pulse through the veins Of the
earth, the sap through the veins of the
trees, and the blood through the veins
of q What a thrill of delight in
spring time. The white blossoms of
the cherry, apple, pear and plum hang
on every bough like snow flakes. The
May flowers open their soft blue eyes 4;
men are at work in the fields, and in
the air there is an odor of the fresh
earth. Then comes the Summer. Many
a blossom falls to the ground, sprink-
ling the ground with beauty. The
farmer gathers his golden grain into
barn. This is the hottest season of the
year.
1.-THE folks who on the first of May
Wore winter coats and hose,
Begin to say, the first of June
Good Lord! how hot it growsl"
The next is Autumn, or Fall. The
reason it is called Fall is because dur
ing this season of the year the leaves
fall from the trees. The grain which
the farmer during the summer months
hauled into the barn is now threshed
and placed in the garner. The flowers
which lived through the summe and
that have made many of our yards and
gardens beautiful, will soon all be gone.
The chilly nights and the frosty air of
the morning tell us that another sea-
Sol is coming, that we call winter. 1t
always seems to me that the farmer has
or should have the most pleasant time
during this season of any other class of
laborers. For in the Autumn he can
get in a supply of fuel aud breadstuff,
so that when the cold winds begin to
blow and the snow to fall, he may
build a fire and be content. But the
minister. teacher, carpenter, merchant,
or almost any other laborer, whatever
comes, they must 20. o Winter, ruler
of the inverted year, I love thee, all
unlovely as thou seemest, and dreaded
as thou art /, for thou art the king of
intimate delights, fireside enjoyments,
homeborn happiness, and all the COM
forts that the lowly roof of undisturbed
retirement and the hours of long unin.
terrupted evenings know.
Rev. j. B. Stone filled the pulpit at
Harmony the fourth Sunday. Brother
Stone is the oldest minister in the Hol-
ston Baptist Association, having passed
his three score and ten, and has been
preaching about fifty three years. Jas.
E. Duncan, of Meadow Brook, and Miss
Annie Childress, of near Bristol, were
united in the bonds of matrimony on
the 18th. j. NJ. Mitchell attended the
soldiers reunion at Morristown Friday.
We noticed in the last letter from Har-
mony that a new name was signed.
Well, we guess that the writer just for.
got to sign bis name, and the editor
thought he would give him one. Sew.
eral of the people in this community
attended the picnic at Double Spring
last Saturday. Rev. ]. T. Hickman
came up from Messy Creek last Friday
to spend a few days with home folks.
w. M. Fulkerson has laid in a new sup.
ply of goods. Jacob Smith met with
a painful accident last Monday while
cutting up corn he made a miss lick
with his knife, cutting his leg just be-
low the knee. Mrs. Mary Fulkerson
has been very poorly for a few weeks.
ONE OF THE BOYS.