The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-23
REFLECTIONS OF
B0YH0OD'S HOME
By HENRY BLOCNT.

This humble specimen Of hoary-
headed antiquity in an var stage |
of decay. or to be more definite and
explicit, this sad and dismal and
mournful and melancholy and dilap i-
dated and badly faded and pitifully
frazZled of the once beauti-
full and bewitching and fascinating
and angelic Henry Blount has been
absent from the Soldiers Home for
the past three weeks, and consequent
~ the most interesting columns Of
your brilliant and ably edited paper
have not 2listened with the radiant
reflections Of our polished mind
tSelah) for some little time. For we
have been on a visit to glorious old
Nashville-the home of our childhood
and boyhood. and We nave stood
again upon the spot made halloWed
and Venerated by our entrance upon
this mundane sphere about seventy
years ago, and Oh what d tender
stream of precious memories come
flowing over US as we lived Owe again
the VOL remembered and fondly
treasured days that are entombed in
the cemetery Of the eternal by-Sone.
For We have been living over the days
of our boyhoOd. when the skies were
SO radiant with the brilliant beamings
of brightest promise, without one
cloud of doubt to dim the ichness Of
the SplendOr of their opu1ent efful-
gence. When the stream of life flow
ed SO radiantly and SO musically, and
without one note of diScord to MAJ
the harmony Of the rhythmic tides of
melody that dimpled that enhancing
current of joyous delight. hat rippled
through fragrant banks, frayed with
those luxuriant flowers Of hope and
| NTnYnjGo WhnSa fr0Oranco nf onn6
cheer gave such exquisite fragrance
to the sweetly ripping tides of blissful
~anticipatiOns that flow through happy
boyhOOd. Yes, in memOry'S We'll pre-
served barQue, we have sailed on the
ocean Of the h%alloWed past, and We
have cruised around those lovely is
lands of the precious by-gone, and
heard again the strains of those song
birds Of good cheer whose merry car
OlingS made such exquisite melody
for our minds, and We inhaled once
more the fragrance of those luxurian,
flowers, Of radiant promise whose ex-
Quisite tintings of loneliness made
earth 50 glorious n SO beautiful
and whose delicious Odors made life
: SO sweet and SO enchanting. Yes, al
: these tender and precious memorie:
? were by one visit to beau
! tiful. lear old Nashville. that gloriou.
shrine OF genuine and unstinted hos
pitality, for in its borders are tn,
! elegant and lovely homes of some o
the cleverest and biggest hearted PEG
9 pie that ever lived. and while there
4 in the beautiful hons of T. A. Stills
n Mrs. Scott. Mrs. TaSSie Earl Baker
Mrs. Nina Jenkins Robertson, Mrs
Rosa Jenkins Cooper, and others 0
Y like stamp Of cleverness you see tn
t SIN society in its most magneti
d attractiveneSs. While there we mad
e our headquarters in the elegant HON
S of that crowned prince Of unstinte'
e hospitality. the courtly Bernar1
Y Brooks, one of the most polished me-
4 that ever graced refined MANHOOD
and in a home circle presided over b
II his handsome wife. one of tn
d loveliest and noblest character tina
a ever gave hallowed wifehood an,
a glory light to home. We ATE tn
richest fruit cake of sumptuous en-
is joyment, and slipped the inebriatin
|: wine of intoxicating delight. We re
greet we did not have the pleasure c
n grasping the hand Of the briliian'
n bold. fearless, aggressive Linke. tn
able and gifted editor of the news
Graphical paper that is always on tn
is side of morality and for the uplift {
humanity and for the betterment {
le society.
# Superior court was in session. an
his Honor. Judge George Common, Wa
n holding his first court there, and h
he made a fine and profound impressio
upon all. for he presided with gree
ability, and charming affability an
N finest dignity and displayed the mo:
he superb judicial temperament, Il
D. he is a mai OF scundest sense. we
il lpoised and evenly balanced, and col