The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-02-24
CULLEOKA.

CULLEoKA, Feb. 2l.-I will steal few
minutes, usually devoted II "restful
reading to send you the "Culleoka let
ter" tho it will not contain much news
there is nothing new to write; be-
sides, Ism anxious to glance into some
good books that preacher friend was
kind enough to send me. | infer the
books are good, if for no other reason
than shat Alexander was great-every-
sbOdy called him so! If / were rich
enough think / would be a sort of
literary lOafer-that is, | would take
mine ease reading what other folks
have writ! would enjoy ali the rich
pastries, and buildings, and sauces of
the new coOk-bOOks; all the specula-
items of the fanciful; all the big SER
mons that were not too big; all the
romances, and all the Pc 'try-that |
could understand. BY the way, there's
a coed deal that we do not understand
at least, we do not understand it as the
author did. For instance: the other
day l was reading aloud Burns "Man
was made to mourn" A little (original)
friend, who was visiting me, listened
attentIvely, but with evident dissent
from the sentiment that man was made
to mourn. At the conclusion she asked,
"See here, NJ IS Irene, did you never go
to funeral, and did you never notice
that the women do most of the mourn
iug-a great deal more than the men?
She was much surprised, too, that the
lame man at the beautiful gate should
ask for arms (alms), when he needed
feet so much worse! Being called a
literal little body, she concluded that
she "was according to the letter" liter
airy likewise.
And still it rains! But like the rain
better than the cold and snow. During
the late snow the whole yard was filled
with little, pitched, hungry birds, so
eager in looking for crumbs that they
scarcely raised their eyes, and only one
or two tried to chirp-and their song
was sadder than the silence of the 9TH
ers. How suggestive Of human life,
and how true that nothing but infinite
pity is equal to the infinite pathOs III
the world.
On last Thursday night during the
hardest Of the rain storm, DR.. NJ. b.
Smiser was returning from Mr. Merritt
TOmlinsun's. When nearing Mr. Rus
CoVey's residence, he saw, what he sup
posed was bright meteor passing
about twenty feet over his head and
fall III field, of Mr.. Migrants not far
from the road. Both the DR.. and his
horse felt the effect of the meteor (it
such it was) as it passed over, and again
when it struck the ground. The DR.,
said he felt like he would fall off if he
did not get down from off h S horse; but
when he tried to lead the animal, the
horse refused to move, and it was
fully fifteen minutes before he would
start, and then he stumbled along as if
ne was stiff and blind. They managed
TO reach CulleOka, the Dr. feeling (as he
said like he would die if he did not get
n a iph n al
from the shock, until he had warmed
and eaten his supper. The above may
sound just little "ghOsLlyp but the
facts came straight from headquarters
and DR.. Smiser will verify every word
of it.
We have several young men who are
rapidly nearing the age Of twenty-five
They have formed a club, and each
fellow who is still living in "single
blessedness' when his twenty it'll
birthday arrives, is to receive a sound
threshing. Mr.. John Wilson has be-
come a member of the club, and claims
that he will be twenty-five the 3lst OF
next March. Now, we all know thai
Mr. Wilson has long since entered his
'tbirtieS, but the boys were glad for hin
,to join, as they anticipate huge fur
"castinading" him on the morn of Apri
LIST. He will be the first to suffer the
penalty, unless ne can prevail upon
Miss - to double-team with him ere
the March winds cease to blow.
Mr.. Bryant Renfro and son have re
turned from Texas, They either die
not like the Lone Star State, or the
"Texas Horror" frightened them away
for they stayed out there just tive
weeks. When they left here the,
thought of remaining indefinitely.
Mr.. Benson Evins spent the Sabbath
within the home circle. Methinks
several of our lassies look eagerly for
ward to the "semi-monthly coming" o
Mr.! Benson.
A piano agent, representing Baldwin
* Co, of Nashville, was out recently
Rev. w. w. Graves and others are ne
goting for new pianos.
Mr.. Robert Patty, of Dickson, wa
here the latter part of last week, look
ing after tiue stock in the hends Of Nj
viii Belanfant.
These are all the items we can catch
AT first ii was too cold to get around
when it got warmer the mud was to-
deep for my shoes; and, now it is rain
ing. But, these hurried notes mus
close | must hasten back to my house
hold duties. VERNA NILLIERs.