The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-29

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AN enterprising and experimenting
gentleman down on Leiper's Creek, hav.
ing several fine milch COWS, concluded tt
try the milking tubes in order to expe-
dite the milking business. Consequent
| ly, he ordered lot of tubes from Yam
keedom, and put them on one of his fine
cows, which, by the way, was 9 little
wild, and no sooner on than both milk
and COW started-the milk in fine flow,
and the COW for. parts unknown-rather
in the direction of the Barrens in Hick-
man county. He says the next time he
tries the tubes he will have the cow in a
stall.
THERE was only one vote in 126
against the new Constitution in the 18th
district, and he is well known to the
neighbors, having been in the Confede-
rate and Yankee armies alternately.
NEARLY or quite all of the colored vo-
tiers in the 18th district voted for the
lame Confederate candidates.
AN extensive distillery will soon be in
operation on Leatherwood Greek, Hick-
man county-W. H. johnson & Co. pro-
prietors. Joe Slaydon is the "Compa-
n.y." Hy a5G
The hog cholera has made its appear
ance again on Turkey and feiper's
Creeks.
THE wheat crop looks we'll and prom
ises fair yield Not so much sown this
year as last inthe Santa Fe country.
CORN is scarce on Leiper's Creek, and
is selling at 50 to $3.50 per Dbl.
The bacon crop on Leiper's Creek is
very short. Farmers generally sold on
foot, and acted wisely once.
A NEW school house has been built at
Byer's Store, on Leiper's Creek. Mrs.
Buford Mayes is the teacher, and has
about thirty scholars. She is said to be
an excellent teacher, and gives general
| satisfaction.
BYREs' STORE, OH Leiper's Creek, is OF
great value to the neighborhood. Mr..
Byers commenced selling goods on the
Creek last Fall, and keeps everything
the people need, and exchanges goods fol
all kinds of country produce. He for
merly kept store at Undertook, under
the firm of Byers & Cowder, and knows
fnlly the wants of the people and is ap.
preciated by them.
THE wild pigeons have left Leiper'.
Creek, and in their stead gray and foz
squirrels have immigrated to the neigh
borhood. The woods are full of them
MAURY COUNTY lands are evidently
no drug" in the market. We learn tina
Mr. Ira Harrison, large landholder il
the upper portion of the county, and al
excellent judge ofand appreciation ofgoo,
soil-judging from that which he alread,
has-recently offered Mr.: Geo. NJ. Can
non sixty dollars per acre for his land il
the lower Smiser Bend, five miles from
Columbia, which Mr.. c. refused, al
though we learn that he only gave g
an acre for it before the war. About =
acres of the tract is cedar land at that
and separated from the main body b
the river The main farm is almost en-
tirely surrounded by Duck River, bu
it is magnificent soil, and rented 500
, after the close of the war for SIS per acrs
1t is thought that Mr.. Harrison woul
, or could have paid the entire price 9th
} large farm down IN gold.
ONE of our Saw Dust Valley subscri
, bers dropped in on us the other day an
D said he wanted to subscribe for the Heb
J AID for three of his neighbors, who bol
D rowed his copy every Sunday, being ia
5 poor to take it themselves. One of then
; the Packenham bachelor, is only wort
: $4,000; and another, gray haired vet,
0 ran, is exceedingly poor, being onl
0 worth 300 acres of land and $4,000. o,
= subscriber, however, didn't have Il
, needful, and failed to subscribe for b
; INDECENT neighbors.
: SEVERAL years ago one Of the stran
% est human creatures we have ever hea
of lived i'm the vicinity of the the o
N Hammer Mill, (now owned by the he
10 pitable and excellent Col. SowelD. H
| houic 10 THAI vi u tIlUt Vi UlTuS, COuSl
10 to the crows, and very inappropriate
20 named, because the birds i'm question ;
W ways 60 in immense droves, and the {
10 gentleman was so misanthropic he liy
30 alone and died alone lie had been de
% two or three days doubtless before an
" body found it out His little grands
went to see him i'm usual, one CT
winter day and found Rim stark and CT
II death. The old man was very inf
tunately constituted, and none of
70 children could live with him. Hewo,
sometimes take his rifle and start
'e through the woods, and he gone mont
,IS and years. Not word would his ia
lily hear of him until some day he wo,
Ill quietly and unexpectedly return, will
rs little concern as if he had only been g,
on days hunt. Not word as to
TT travels would ey er escape his lips.
THE Bear Creek people say they