The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
KEpRoN TENN, May 10th 1870.

Mr., EDIroR:-Owing to circumstances over
which had no control, | failed to write to you
at my regular time before, but think hereafter
that Kedron will be represented in your col
umns twice a month at least. Our citizens are
all quiet and attending to their own business,
and letting other peoples alone. Rev, T. JEFF.
Dixon is one of our citizens and ministers. II
you want to see a.msn up and all right every
way, come over and see him. will except one
act of his, which is very heavy for loyal,
mamie voted one of the largest and plaines'
written New Constitution tickets lever saw; it
was half sheet of paper. Don't you know he
will be marked, He is also delegate to the
general Assembly of his church, which meets in
Missouri. on tho 18th inst. A very good selec-
ton, and we hope he will have pleasant trip
and tust he win not vote as large tickets as he
has done. Jim. Diamond wants to know wheth
we are living under the New Constitution or not,
and he says five are he does not feel any per
senal change. We have black-bird to pick
with jim. He borrowed John Caldwelrs gun
to shoot some black-birds that are very destruc-
tive to our young corn, and went squirrel hum
ting and never shot bird. II Jim will prom
Sc to do better hereafter, that time shall npt
cunt; the next will count two, however.
Our wheat fields are looking fine, and prom
Use us biscuit every Sunday morning. Cotton
is looking tolerably we'll; corn is also looking
we'll. Do you know of any body that has any
old corns If you do, you know more than do
If there is failure this year in the grain crop,
we are gone up the spout the Confederacy went
in.
see in your paper tina someone is for con-
vention to nominate candidate for Judge. We
are for that here in these parts not that we have
anything personal against any one that has Off
cred for the Office, but We want our own men in
Office, as We have them, and why not put them
in office and let other folks do the besetheT can
as VIC had that to do once upon a timcs We
think the convention better, OF as well not be
confined TO the Judge alone. Joe Alexander
says he is and viii oppose smithson as Attor-
ney-GenerAl. Joe certainly has had something
to!do in court lately. Can anybody say wheth-
Smi,hson has been to Franklin lately or mott
W. II. Cooper has sold his farm on Ruther-
ford Creek and is going to Texas next fall
viii some one on the Creek suggest some other
man to act the gentleman and do the gassing
for the crcekg How would Joe Alexander, or
Crock Parks, or both do! We think it will
take two to take Cooper's place.
Hugh Brown has got No. lot Of year old
mules. H is also raising broom corn crop.
We wish him success. Parson Mitchell is in
for cotton. l think he would do well if he did
not Tide his horse so much after doing q days
work. Tell him to be as p'oderate as he pc,
bly, can, for there are great many girls that
will make good wives. Where does he 60 any
Creek. guess. met one of our citizens, an
early settler of this coun,y-not long since, and
soon entered into n conversation on old times
and then came ON down to the present. He tell
good one on Columbia. lie says he remem-
bers that on days Of election in Columbia, or
father the next day after an election man
could gather up hats full of eye balls. / dom
want to be at such elections as that, unless
had heavy pair of spectaclcs. He also sta
ted that gentleman from Murfreesboro went
to Nashville on bender and stepping into a
saloon he called fer drink. While the bal
Keeper was getting il ready he swore he was
going to whip some man before he left town,
and the bar keeper looked at him, and asked
him II he was in earnest. lie said he was. The
bar Keeper told him that the people there were
civil and did not care to fight, but if he would