The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13

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One farmer says his stock is SO re-
duced, that iic has only a stack of
cl.iinieys left.
Tho Southern States will fun nish |
their quota Of peanuts ills season as
follows:-Yirginia 100000 bushels /; |
Tennessee, 300, 600; and Georgia and |
the Carolinas, from 10000 to 100000
bushels. -,
8 Agentlcman who had a very deaf
seryant was advised by a friend to
discharge her. mo, no. replied the
gentleman, with good feeling; "the
poor creature could never hear of
another. situation r-,As
A hen belonging to a gentleman in
Genoa, Ohio, commenced sitting on q
nest Of eggs ON the LIST day of July, and
g the eggs did not hatch, she persever-
cd till the 10th Of November, and then
gave it up.
A couple were married at a Lowell
church, Sunday, who began q war Of
words, in which oaths were plentiful,
immediately after leaving the church.
The bride finally passed down one
street and the groom another, followed
by crowd. This Is shorter honey
moon even than Byron's.
Barnum recently told a correspondent
alluding to his proposed new travelling
chow " am nearly dead with eaaui.
have been playing the gentleman for
four years, with plenty of money and
nothing to do, and am nearly dead.
I don't want money; | mean to give
away every dollar l make. But must
| work or die"
| Over 100000 packs of cards are
| made in this country annually, and
they vary in price from the common
steamboat, star or calico back at SIS a
gross, up to the elegant great Mogul
cotton plant backs, with gold spots, ex-
ira super-enameled, at $50. Massa>
chusetfs buys more of the high-priced
cards than any other State.
A company is organizing in New
York for the supply of Chinese ser-
| wants, the members of the company
being Cinnamon, who will guarantee
the good conduct and respectful beha-
vior of the employers, they having re.
course to such means as personal chas-
tisement, refusal to return the offen-
der's body to his home after decease,
etc.
4 Agassiz says that it is tOlerably well
ascertained that within the last zoe, O0C
or 800, 600 years a strip of the coast, va
rying from five to ten or twelve miles
in width, has been worn away from
Cape Hatteras to the British provinces.
If the process is to go on for the next
zoe, 600 or 100000 years the situation
will become unpleasant for those who
j live five or ten miles from the present
coast line.
A little boy was advised by his faith.
er to use illustrations in his converse
whenever they should occur to him,
"for," continued the parent, "there is
no more forcible way of conveying OF
impressing your meaning" Shortly
after the boy was being lectured Oh
generosity. TITS better to give than
to receive, Johnny-far better. The
f Bible says so, and say So" Illus.
trate it, papa. / think / will under
, stand you better" Father could no,
. see the application.
u A man riding from Syracuse &c
New York recently informed the con-
ductcr that he had been made the
victim ola pickpocket. "But," adds
the victim, "herc are my trunk-chccks
keep them until reach New York
They were considered equivalen,
: to fare to the metropolis. When
, New York was reached lady ap
peared and demanded the trunks
Somebody had taken the checks from
her pocket. She named the article:
in the trunks and tho property wa:
surrendered.
England, says MIR. Lawcs, has made
! an unusually fine crop of wheat. L
| will average thirty bushels per acre
The eight while will average sixty
one pounds to the bnshcl. Yet tho
thirty-one millions of that kingdom
: will consume five and half hushel;
to the head. and needs all importa
ton of at least Z, 0OO, 600 quarters, 90,
100000 bushels. Last year they need
ed over 100000 quarters, that is -.
100000 bushels.
, PENALTY FOR o. ENING LETTER:
ADDRESSED To ANOTHEr.-Many
people seeing letters advertised at,
: in the habit of thinking there must b.
a mistake i'm the address and call for
and open letters belonging to othel
; parties. There are also letters tina
, occasionally, through haste or mis-
take, get into the wrong boxes AMI
: are opened by parties to whom the.
, do not belong. 1t would be as wei
! to lei our readers known that thu
penalty for any person opening a let
. ter not addressed to himself varie
!, from fine not exceeding 500 t.
Imprisonment for ten years.
The Platte County (AIo. Reveille ha
the following: "On Thursday of las
week Capt. John Wallace, prominen
: citizen of this county, met with pain
. full and perhaps fatal accident near tn
: residence of his son-in-law, Ben. Lig
OH, about seven miles south Of thi
, place. He was sitting on the. fenc'
! with his revolver in his hand watchin.
! for rabbit, when the rail broke, ant
$ he fell to the ground, the pistol bein!
n discharged at the same time. The bal
b entered the left breast just above tn
: heart, passed upwards, and was after
{ wards taken from his back. He wa
I immediately removed to Mr.. Ligon'
house, where he now lies in yer,
: | critical condition.