The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-20
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
CULLEOkA.

Culleoka, Dec. H. To-day the snow,
falling gently. has shrouded the earth
in its icy pail. Not tear, not a sigh,
for God sent it. and we ask not why.
o, that we could always refrain from
asking why But alas At nine
O'Clock this morning, as If with the
snowflakes, silently, gently descended
other heavenly messengers that touched
a heart and stilled its beating, closed
bright eyes, chilled form, and bore
away the spirit that gave life to that
form, and left broken wailing hearts.
Sam Richardson lay dead We weep,
we cannot help it. For several years
he bad been living here, clerking in
his uncles Evans Bros, store. For
weeks in the late summer and early
autumn he lay i'll with typhoid fever,
but he had overcome that and was
able to visit Culleoka. On last Wednes--
day he left here not feeling at all well,
and went to his fathers home ten
miles distant. Upon reaching home he
was very ILL., and to-day died of con
gestion. He was gentlemanly, ener-
getic bOy-bOy for he was but twenty
years old-and promised to be a good
business man. For several years he
had been member of the BAPTIST
church, and as member of our sun
day-schoOl class we grew to know him
well. He had talked to us of his life
his plans and hopes and noble pur-
>pOse they expressed. Is there lesson
God would have us learn2 Surely we
must know it now Have we sinned
and would he chastize2 Our punish
ment seems greater than we can bear.
Have we doubted his power over life2
We've felt his power and given up our
own. Have we failed to trust and be-
lieye? Surely our proud spirits are
broken now. No, we must not ask
why when we cannot penetrate the
veil with our poor human sight.
We weep-'ti tbs nature weeps, but Faith
Can pierce beyond the gloom of death.
Nature sees the body dead
Faith beholds the spirit fled.
Nature mourns cruel blow
Faith assures it is not So
Nature never sees thee more
Faith but sees thee gone before.
Nature tells dismal story
Faith has visions full of glory.
Nature murmurs-Faith gives meek
ness.
y let Faith victorious be-
Let it reign triumphantly.
The cold here is less intense than the
last three days, but still there is no
thaw, and snow is falling. Stock is
suffering. Chickens drop stiff frozen
from the limbs of the trees, and num-
bers of them have their feet and legs
quite stiff. Not anticipating such a
Kansas blizzard so early in the winter,
the people were poorly prepared fol-
such weather. Those that hauled
wood and cleaned house last week fol-
Christmas were mighty lucky, but we
fear they number few.
Mr.. Jack Inman moved to the Claude
Taylor farm last week.
Miss Jane Henderson is snow bound
in Nashville, visiting Miss Loutit
Tomlinson at the Normal College.
Stock of all kinds are dying here
Mr. NJ. B. Tomlinson lost horse an(
COW last week, and Mr.. Frank Moore
Jr., lost two head of cattle. We be
lieve this makes eight head Mr.. Moore
has lost The diseased corn or stalk
in the field caused the trouble it il
believed
Messrs. Wilkes and Thomas brough
in 1870 head of cattle from Lincoln
county last week
The many friends of Miss Phroni
Goodrich will be interested to know o
her marriage to Mr. Call of Lincoil
county, recently. We have not hearC
the particulars just that the groom l
one of the finest men in the county
We are quite sure his wife is one o
the lOVpliast woman we ever knew AM
we can only wish them the happines
we know she so richly deserves.
BARBRA.