The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-25


titions. BY this means, whenever a he
has ihished setting Or Matched q brood
the nests arc genenlly, fbul, and tn
hoxss Or nes4s canbe tal1sh0u vithou
disturbing sny Of the other nests, TO b
cleaeAd and singed over blaze to XII
all the lice OF mites that may be In them
And In refixing or replacing the nests
the best plan Is to put unslacked lime ii
the bottom, and on this, sod Of earth
and then the nest on top Of this made Q
hay s, - -. C. o. II.
At the last Qusrterly term of the Coun
ty Court, Franc. NJ. Vaughn and Booz,
Lancaster were appointed to inspect tn
bridge across Duck River at this place
for the purpose Of ascertaining if 1t cal
be made safe by repairing. They viii
not report until tho April teom.
The people in the eastern portion o
Maury county ought to petition tn,
County Court to help them have bette
roads and bridges. They are almost lit
orally cut OF from Columbia by nature,
barriers, which can be easily removed
with money. He,- he61-tf.lso
An enquiring friend wishes to know
why the candidates have left SO many
days for speaking at Undertook.
Mr.. J. X. GooDsoS, of Santa Fe. sold
some horses on the square last Monday,
at exceedingly low figures, we thought.
! jim JONES, well known in the cedars
as'the fiddler of Silver Creek, )" has gone
to West Tennessee, leaving his neigh
bors without music, and making corn
and fodder cheap. nj
The citizens Of the Happy Valley. be-
yond the Depot, are indignant at being
called yellow Town." etc., anu desire
us to say that it is their. unanimous
wish to be called '-South Columbia. -
Wide may they spread, and happy
remain. May they never have need for
anything but preachers to marry them,
and newspapers to publish 1t in
Rev. c. FOSTER WILLIAMS. Of Ash
wood, has two fine old mahogany great
chairs, curiously carved, which formerly
belonged to Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of
sacred Revolutionary memory. The old
General received a grant of land from
the Government, and it was located in
Maury county, the eastern boundary
being Little Bigby Creek, western Big
Bigby, northern, Duck River, and the
southern commencing above Neely's
Mill on Little Bigby, thence through Gen.
Pillows and Mr.. WILLIAMs's farms,
on to Big Bigby, in the direction Of the
present site Of Hampshire, thus en-
bracing the very cream Of Maury Coun-
ty lands. His daughter lived on part of
the land, near: the present residence Of
Hon. BARCLAY MARTIN. Her husband
got in debt, and sold out everything,
and the old Generals chairs were bought
by Parson TINDAL, father of Mr.. CLARK
TINDAL; at Parson rs sale the lament
ed SAM. HENRY ARMSTRONG bought
them. At his death, Rev. C. FOSTER
WILLIAMS, his son in law, fell heir to
them
A negro fight took place en- General
Pillows farm last Tuesday night.
Green Bookercut Big John badly with
knife. Green was also hurt, but he says
he Gu himself l' +i
ALL's WELL (s) THAT ENDS WILL
An amusing story is told about one of
our candidates for Tax Collector. Al
though the circumstance happened some
years ago, before the death of Mr.. Ste
phen Hancock, yet it is rich joke, and
may not be inappropriate at this late
date. The worthy gentleman is not
much Of hand at speechifying, but is,
nevertheless, somewhat fond of Piscato-
ry amusements. Our informant, Mr..
John Lockridge, states that he had been
solicited by the candidate to
60 fishing with him, and they finally
went one day to Mr.. Hancock's for the
purpose Of enjoying themselves at that
sport. The candidate had never seen a
specimen of that nondescript fish known
as the ,cater-dog. He seated himself on
the Ranks of the creek ,and, having baited
and cast in his hook, it was not long be-
tore he received vigorous "bite." He
gave tremendous jerk, hooked and
brought to the surface huge specimen
Of the above mentiond dog, which came
up with its mouth open, and its FORE
legs extended like stretched-forth arms.
In his utter establishment at the sight, he
dropped his pole and ran to Mr.. Han
cock, exclaiming: "Uncle Steve! Uncle
Steve! fore God, I've caught niger
baby"
The citizens of the Duck River Station
anxious for Polk Allen
TO become Depot Agent and Postmaster.
Last Monday was called the coolest
day Of the winter.
Cdlleoka, sprightly little town south
Of Columbia, on the Nashville and D. r.
R., was christlned such by Rev. w. H.
WILKES about ten years ago. The name
is taken from two Indian words, cullee,
good, and oko, water. ..........
We hear a good deal of complaint
among farmers that they can place no
reliance on freedmen. They make con-
tracts only to break them. When la
borer's word cannot be relied on, it is
very distressing to farmers at this sea-
son of the year, as well as all through the
months, and often disconcerts
their plans. Some course should be
adopted by which the freedmen could be
made TO respect their promises.
A new school was commenced at Big
Springs, three miles southeast of Column
bia, on Monday the 18th inst, by Miss
with about twenty pupils.
At Big Springs the freedmen are buy
ing land and building houses, very rap
idly. In short while it will be quite
large negro village. They have a good
sized schoolhouse, and large number
Of scholars, taught by colored "school
SPRING HILL, Feb. %
lMr. Editor: / make dash at You
again, after the long "space of period" of
two weeks, but you may expect but lit
tie. The last week or ten days have
been dull, very dull. Nothing to mar
the monotony, except now and then
some stray pWp will venture through
our streets with a tin anchored to bis mar
,f;,,o which m, , l. M, b;,x, ,x,,,.. .-o.~xr