The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-24
SPRING HILL ITEMS.
CAPT. HENRY p. POINTER, (

CAPT. HENRY p. POINTER,
Who has turned his attention to stock
raising, has about five hundred acres
sowed down and finely set in clover,
blue grass and Timothy, and devotes
more than usual care to the saving of
hay, and to.the wintering of his stock of
every kind. 1t is noticeable fact that
his horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs
are fatter, and look finer than any in the
neighborhood, where there is a large stock
Nowhere, short of the blue grass region
of Kentucky, can there be found such
evidences of good feeding, good shelters,
and in short every thing that it takes to
bring stock of all. kinds, in the shortest
period of time, to their full growth and
to that state of perfection which always
commands the best price in the market.
And why is it so? Simply because he
gives his own personal attention to all
these matters, and takes pleasure in do
ing SO. Not that he feeds all his stock, or
any part of it himself, bpt he exercises a
general supervision over the sowing of
his grasses and clover, the cultivation of
his crops, the saving of hay, and the feed
ing and sailing of his stock, and sees that
they are sheltered from the inclemency
of the weather, and that they are always
on green pastures with plenty of good
running water, and it is no matter of sur
prise that his stock look fine. But there
are other reasons why they look fine.
He has devoted much attention to the
selection of the best breeds of all kinds of
his stock. His hogs are of the purest
Berkshire stock, his sheep are of the pur~
est breeds of Cotswold, Southdown, and
others; his young horse stock is OF the
best saddle and harness stock of the
country, and his young mules are large
oil IS 1o
are now, just at the close Of Winter, in
fine order. His nearest neighbor,
MR.. FoUNT oDELL,
Is In some particulars most remarka-
BILE man. His motto is, and he sticks to
it, "Never spend a dollar until you have
made it." He never goes in debt for any,
cesSity may be. If he has not the mon
ey by him it must wait until he can sell
something or collect it, but he does not
generally have to wait long, for If he hap
pens not to have the money, he is almost
sure to have something to sell, that will
bring it. No man provides more liber-
ally for his family, or lives better than
he does, and whatever he purchases is
always of the best quality, and then it is
taken care of. He is one of the best farm
ers in the neighborhood, and very sys-
tenlStlc, uses none out tne very DeSt
farming implements, and has them in
good order, and everything about his
premises shows thrift and good manage
ment. When he works he does it with
all his might, and when he plays he
plays-drafts, and can beat almost ev-
body at that game. He knows what but
few men of this day and generation
know, and that is, how to make money
and how to take care of it, and yet he does
it so quietly that a casual observer would
not notice it.
FINE SADDLE STOCK.
Two of the best bred and finest moving
saddle horsesin the State, "OlJ Slasher,"
and his noble son, "Slasher, Jr.," made
their appearance upon the streets of
Spring Hill on last Saturday. They
both go all the the gaits, and both are
very fast in all, but the young horse has
The advantage of his sire in greater reach
and more elegance of movement, and
shows better training, but the old Nurse
has great reputation as the sire of the fin
est saddIestock The old horse is the
property of MIR. Samuel A. Pointer, and
the young horse the property Of Brown d
Cranberry.