The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-05
HENRYvILLE ITEMS.

business in Henryville was very
brisk just before Christmas. Kelsey d
Kidd being the only firm engaged in
the, dry. goods business, have sold a
large amount of goods, and expect to
re1nitspain soon. They are both nice
yotIhg gentlemen, and the young ladies
always go there to buy their goods.
joek i'd has employed our old friend
! G.. rwittie, as clerk IN the family
grow business, land is keeping as fine a
stoe groceries as ever was offered in
the Hehfysiile market, and at prices TO
| suit the times.
j. j. Kiddy has emploYed Eli Craig as
his clerk. and has ayery pretty little
! cellent business. He recently went
north for new supply. -'-'-
n general change of places has been
| going on about town during the past
few weeks, preparing for the new year.
Several farmers are speaking of try
ing the Lawrence County soil for pea
nuts. We have no doubt but that they
VIII pay better than anything else that
the farmer can engage in, In the barrens.
There has been Considerable excite>
ment throughout the county in regard
TO few cases of small p0x, in and
around Lawrenceburg, brought there
by several Dutch families moving In
Rumor says that one of these Immigrant
families lost child at Clifton, and
brought the corpse in a trunk to the
Lawrenceburg hotel. Several other
members of the same family took the
lpathsome disease, and were promptly
moved out OF town. 1t is reported that
there are several cases of smallpox on
Crowson Creek, but, as is ever the case
cir Of fs
perhaps, "more smoke than fire."
a new paper, to be called the Law
renceburg Journal, is soon to be issued
at the county seat.
Katy,ia nice little daughter of Major
Pennington, aged five summers, died
short time since.
Christmas passed off very quietly.
Not man out of the way in whiskey in
town. Nothing of unusual interest
said or few Christmas tricks played by
the boys of town on each other.
a SHORT BUT SPEEDY RIDE.
Parson May lost his mare and saddle
one night, or rather they came up miss
ing. His search was i'm vain, until on
the following evening, when he was in
formed by some of the boys that his sad
die was at the rack. He went to see,
but it was nicely strapped on the black
smiths COW, which was tied to the rack.
The parson being a good humored fell
low, concluded he would carry out the
fun by riding his saddle, regardless Of
what it rested on. He procured paper
cap about footlong, mounted his kline
horse, DlIt the animal had different no.
tons about thirgs, and after long and
protracted scuffle, laid him down to rest,
the saddle turning at the same time to
the sub-side of the cow. We learn that
the probabilities are that the parson will
have TO ride tho circuit on foot, or pro
cure another saddle and horse with
out horns.
The latest EewS from the seat Of small
pox was that it had turned out to be so
small that it was no small poX at all.
Said to be "Vericello."
~ il. q. Noss is now on a flying visit to
Henryville, just in time to see how his
bee gum had run out some honey dur
ing Christmas.
On Chistmas day, ten or twelve of DIR.
b. x. Deason's particular friends called
to see him, and there they found one OF
the incest dinners prepared hy the Doc
tors wife, that ever was eaton i'll Hen
ryville- The guests were all old ladies
and gentlemen, and therefore know
good dinner when they see it. They
praised il sufficiently to mako glad the
heart of any good little housewife.