Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-12-04
Ye Locals THANKSGIVING.

hOuO NOulu pOhblDle nave
experienced a better time than did
your reporter who left town early
Thursday morning in company with
his esteemed friend, A. r. Simpson,
Our steed soon landed us at Vineland.
the home of Judge Patterson, where we
with other invited guests spent u most
enjoyable day. Those present were
Messrs. j, T. Browning, Jas. Somers
and Miss Katie helms, of johnson
City, W. w. DeVault and Miss Mamie
Higgenbothanl, of Watauga, a Miss
Mary Ella Torbett, of Bristol, and A. r.
Simpson and A. G. Britton, of Jones
boro, and last but not least, Misses
Helen and Elizabeth Patterson who
did all they could possibly have done
to make us have a good time. A more
congenial crowd of young people could
not be found than was this one and a
more hospitable home for our gather.
Ing could not have fallen u lot to
have visited. Mrs, Patterson is one of
those noble, good women, like our
mothers, and she made us feel Just as
though we were ut our own home, ex
cept when we entered the dining room
and beheld that we'll ladened table of
good things which moistened our lips
and frightened our eyes, then it was
that we realized that it was only the
fullfllment Of our morning dream
and that we were really visiting.
Our mutual friend was called p o
to carve the turkey, which was a nam
moth bird of the %gobbling variety and
we all thought that he did we'll, but he
insisted that his experience in carving
was poor and attributed it to the fact
that he had always lived at home,
hence he had Mt received the experience
which might have had, but suffice it to
say he carved the turkey, and we eat
until we had an elegant s%ufficiency. In
fact we all felt like the little child told
its father after eating a big Thanksgiv-
ing Day, we felt morn FULL After
dinner we en- joyed some excellent music
by Miss helms and Messrs. Browning
and Simpson, well the fact is we could
not possibly crowd everything in one
short day so we just stayed all night.
We attended that evening an entertain
ment at Valley View school house
given by the school children of this
place under the leadership of Prof, Jas.
Hilbert and may we be permitted to
say that the pupils all acquitted them.
selves with great honor and some of
them even covered themselves with
glory. After the exercises were over
by the children several from the audi
ence were called upon to make ad-
dresses.
Prof. Browning and w. w. DeVault,
Of our crowd, were first to be called
upon and they both did honor to them
selves and the crowd whom they repre-.
sented, next A.. c. Bowers made a stir.
ring speech in which he lauded the
Boon's Creek people to the skies; then
followed DR.. j. L. Clark in a good talk
and short spicy talks were heard from
w. R. Reeves and j. A. Worley. This
entertainment though gotten up IN
short notice was equal to any that We
have heard since we used to partici-
pate in such exercises. After the hour
for ad adjournment had arrived'P Prof Hill
bert announced that the program WAS
concluded and the audience was dis
missed. We then wendell our way
across the hills and through the woods
and soon found ourselves at the same
haunt we had left just u few hours be.
fore. There the writer was confronted
by two beautiful young ladies and our
mutual friend begging that we stay all
night, which of course we were not
hard to persuade to do as We had only
been there since half past eight that
morning, but by n faithful promise
from the beseeching young ladies that
we should get an early start nextmorn-
ing we were induced to stay the re-
mainder of the night 1t would not be
fair to relate the nightmare experiences
that night, occasioned by the sumpt
uous feast which we enjoyed that
Thanksgiving Day, and it may never
be our lot to meet together again. but
we extend "A vote Of thanks to Mrs. Pat.
terson and her accomplished daughters
for the most royal entertainments which
we enjoyed at their home.
VIE Y YIN . ID