The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-05
OVER THE COUNTY.

Mound CITY, WASH cultlNatcS aDout
I25 acres OF Mr.. Webster's land in cotton,
fifty of which he tells us is like the stalk
he brought us, and the balance about
four feet high: He has about ten hands
under him, and we doubt not will real
ize good profit. Instances ofintelligent
management on the part of negroes Is so
rare that we mako particular mention of
this. Mr.. j. j. Webster is now in our
county and wants to get about twenty
five hands to goto Arkansas in about four
weeks, and help him pick out cotton. "a
THERE was nevcra greater premium
paid by nature to labor than there has
been this year. Where the land has been
well cultivated, the corn is looking mag
nificent, while the uncultiyated is full of
weeds and grass.
TIE keeper of"Pluck-cm-in" grocery,
near hardison's mill, took the mania q
potw, took off his clothes, belled himself,
and went up and down the road below
ing like COW. His wife went down to
pacify him, but he jumped on her and
placed her in the same condition as him
self, and beat her badly. Two of the
Shycrs boys, Street and Jake, happened
to como along the road, and the demon
ted man commenced to throw rocks at
them, whereupon they jumped down,
and not knowing the old mans condi-
ton, Jumped on.him and nearly beat him
to death 1t proved to be good thing
for him however, as he soon after recov-
crcd and is NOW as well as ever.
JOHN Montgomery, and Jesse Checks
are going ahead with their new mill.
They say they are going to have the
finest mill in the county. They Will
have the american Turbine" wheei,
costing $3.50 at the foundry. They will
also have a fine corn mill, run by the
same kind of wheel, costing $50.
BEAR CREEK is one of the most genu-
inely hospitabIe neighborhoods I'D the
world. We do not know whether this is
the result of the fact that large number
of the old citizens are natives of Virginia,
or not, but the fact remains that they
are very hospitable. Hospitality is such
a rare good thing, a thing so suggestive
of divine grace in the heart that an I'M
position upon it is a crime. We are
sorry to say that some of tho young men
of Bear Creek do impose on good nature
in this respect. They are as grcgarious
as wild ducks, or geese, or sheep. and
when one of their number starts home
with Young lady from church, the en-
tire crowd, ten or twenty-five, follow
hard upon his heels, and the poor fellow
has no chance TO talk to her. Tho worst
part of it is, they stay for dinner. A
few SUNDAYS ago friend of ours coun-
| ted "a saddles at ne'ghbor'S house.
Just think of twenty-four persons stop
ping in unexpectedly upon quiet fam
| ily who have their own cooking to do!
After church they all go LONE with one
young lady and stay until the COCK
crows, to the great annoyance of the old
folks. They are the most honest, clever
and virtuous, moral young mon in the
county, and they ought also to be dis
| Greet.
"More rain, moro grass grow, massa."
| Mr.. Thos. c. Sowell, Of the head wa
| tiers of Bear Creek, has opened Singing
School at Blanton's Chapel. He gives
two lessons every Saturday.
| AT tho last March election for consta-
| BILE i'm the 10Th district, held at Aliens
| School House, one of the candidates re-
| ycrsed the natural order of things. ALI
though before the war large slave own
or, when a negro rode up to the polls to
vote, this candidate would run up to him
and take his horse and hitch it for him.
TIE people in and around Spring Hill
have been visiting Blackman's Springs
every summer for several months past.
They have built cabins at the springs,
and during the dog days they go out
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settlement is settled down among the
most romantic hills. The Sulphur and
Cbalybeate springs arc pronounced very
GOOD. There is also natural curiosity
i'm the vicinity i'll tho way of a spring,
which falls over bluff twenty-five feet
high. This cascade is so blocked in by
hills that there is but one way to get to
il. hence il is used as Shower-bath.
These springs are situated eight miles
west of Spring Hill on the Santa Fe
road.
THE Bigbyville people have had quite
a round of parties this summer, but very
few chops" were brought into action.
THE people of the ncighborhood be-
tween Hampshire and Mt. Pleasant have
secured the services of Mr.. w. A. Carter,
Jr., of Spring Hill, to tako charge OF
their school. He is nice young man.
THE Carter's Creek folks are making
extensive preparations for tho grand
barbecue Picnic and Bran Dance which
is TO come off at that place on the 18th,
Everybody is invited. u4o.H
THE Neapolis Mills are said to have
no superior in tho State. McLemore d
Rodgers have spared nothing to make
| them first-clasS. They pay NASHVILLE
prices for all kinds of grain. o'
regret to learn that Mr.. VIM. Polk
on Green Lick Creek, met with quite
serious accident on last Friday. lie was
repairinc the roof of his mill, and aoci-
dentally fell 10 the ground, rome fifteer
feet. He lit en- his feet, which were very
! seriously bruised. At last accounts ht
, was much improved, although his fee
, were still very sore and painful.
MIR. James Hodge, at Hope Mill, OF
Lick Creol, saws that he lost last sprin:
= good many shoats from eating greer
oats aai
PARsoN Baker, of Concord Church,
! goes this week to Clifton, TO attend IN
meeting OF the Prcsbytcry. "
Mr.. Dan Anderson, on the Graham
: place, near Columbia on the Santa n
pike, is cultivating twenty acres in tn
, Castor Bean.
' OUR estimable fellow-citizen, II. L
Ledbetter, recently went to kentuck.
: for the purpose Of getting good hogs
G He bought Berkshire pigs, from MI
I Laytham, of Bourbon county, two 10
q himself, one for w. Ii. Ramon, and tn
other for John A. Miller. The latter
q highly pleased with his pig.
ONE of the bachelors of Sawdust wcl,
: visiting one day; this bachelor was &C
$ customed of going in the cook room in
]. stead of the parlor. He asked the COO
g for water. She told him there was Wa
}. ter on the shelf, to help himself In
!, stead of quenching his thirst with wate1
he quenchcd it with slop.
h REV. Frank Stone breaches at M
q Crcry's Corner" near the mouth OF ri:
o Creek, on the first and third Sundays l
Is each month. He will commence PR
u tractcd meeting the Saturday before u
q second Sunday in August, assisted .
y Rev. Mr.. Doss, The people have bcGu
ID Sunday School at the Corner, we
u Loftin, Superintendent. There had bee
is no preaching nj the church for two year
until Yves Loftin went TO that neighbo
Y hood and succeeded in getting up an IL
terest in the matter.