The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
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ne canoio4tes for 0)unty ofhceS VIII speak
st Spencer's Old Mill o-morrow, being the
last of their published appointments. -
B Mr.. John c. Alexander hts threshed
his field of wheat, cont aiming sixty-Ave
acres, all of which averaged . bushe1s
per acre. Seven acres averaged 371z
bushels per acre. and at the rate Of. fifty
bushels to the acre sown; three pecks
having been put upon an sore. His Is
aeresof Lam as wheat averaged Is bushels
per acre; after the Army worm had des'
troyed what he thinks was one halt;
eight acres would have made 50 bushels
per acre. His ten acres of white spring
wheat yielded % bushels per acre.
w. H. Davis has been going around
with his thresher threshing wheat; and
he SAYS that Rev..R q. Irvine had five
acres that averaged "a bushels per acre.
Mr.. D ,yis thinks about one-fourth of
the wheat which has been subjected to
the recent rains, Is destroyed; snd
nearly all of it injured. ESQ.,. of,t
h John Will Thompson, of Leiper's
Creek, reaped 104 bushels from three
sown. Thompson Fleming, of the same
cree K, threshed a neighbours crop, and it
yielded at the rate of so bushels to the
bushel and q half sown. VI ( LfiHt +
Mr.. w. H. Davis says he raised to-
mato this year which weighed one
pound and a quarter. III
3 Mr.. John M. Ament, of this vicinity,
recently sent us some remarked bly, large
onions He says they are from seed I
planted on the 2Sth OF last March, which
were sent him by OR Congressman,
Gen. Whitthorne, from Washington.
Mr.. Ament calls them the "Whitthorne
onions;" because ''they are mild and
pleasant''like him. He also has a very
large cornfield bean which he has
named "the Big Whit" fFfts
II does seem that people will never
learn to fear kerosene. The latest acct
dent we have to report is that which
happened on the premises of j. g. Hors-
ley. Two colored boys were filling a
lighted lamp, Tuesday night, and, as
might have been expected, the oil in
the can was ign;ted, which caused it to
explode, scattering the contents all over
the room. One of the negro boys was
badly burned OF the face, breast and
arms.
We regret to learn that Big Bigby
creek has been seined this season. This
stream is usually filled with game fish,
and it is pity that they have been de-
stroyed.
Rev. A. w. Smith preached at Jones'
Academy last Sunday evening to a
large congregation. He breaches there
in the evening once month.
A very aged colored woman stopped
at Mrs. c. Bradshaw's, on the Shelby
Vile road, a few days ago, and asked for
something to eat, stating that her SON.
in-law, at Mr.. F. M. Vaughan's, had
driven her away. Mrs. Bradshaw kindly
gave her something TO eat, and gave her
permission to stay a few days until she
could thoroughly recover from the
measles. Sunday evening the old wo-
man had occasion to go into the loft OF
the kitchen, wheel she fell, striking her
head on the hearth, tearing the scalp
off one side of the head. A physician
was called, who sewed it together.
Geo. NJ. Cannon and family have gone
to Lake county, via Waynesboro, on
a visit to his son. ...i.
On Big Bigby creek many of the far
mers have the "goober" fever, having
planted largely, with fine prospects.
w. b. Tidwell, of Lytle's creek, rails
ed a cabbage head, this season, which
weighed fourteen pounds, and measur-
ed two feet and ten inches in circum>
ference. This beats all other cabbage
head competitors several pounds,
The Radicals of this county appointed
last Wednesday for grand Grant rally
at Columbia. Judge Houck was to
have been the big speaker of the occa-
sion. We understand that James T.
Moore, candidate for the Legislature,
expressed his determination to answer
HOuck on the stump, but Houck did
not come, and the Radicals did not have
their jollification.
Master Lem Padgett, son of John B.
Padgett, Esq, of Lytle's Creek, brought
us a twelve pound cabbage head yester-
day. He says he had several larger
ones some time since, but did not think
about bringing one of them to us at the
time.
specimens of the mammoth Greeley Corn.
1t was raised on Knob Creek, and measured
nineteen feet and four inches in height.
Mr.. r. il betting as high on his corn as
he is on Greeley.
Mr.. Slate, of Dog creek, killed large
rattlesnake at Primm's Springs, near
Mr.. d. It. Chappell's cabin. 1t
measured four feet and half long, and
eight and half inches in circumference,
and had eight rattles, az
Wesuggest the propriety of having a
Greeley and Brown ratification meeting
on the first Monday in August.