The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

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Irving was so ill on last Sunday, tha
he was unable to preach at Spring Hill
He is still suffering severely from
cold, but we trust he will soon recover
Horse thieves are at work over In
Williamson county. Col. w. w. Buforo
was i'm town Monday trying to ge'
some clue of the thief that stole his mule
on the Friday night before, but was un'
successful. Mr.. James r. Johnson
who lives in the same neighborhood
lost one few nights before that time
Constable James Cook, of Santa Fe,
brought to town and lodged in Jail, on
last Sunday, a young man, in his teens,
| from the Undertook country, named
George Kelly. Kelly says his brother,
| in-law owed him sum OF money, ano
as he would not pay him, he concluded
to pay himself, and took his kinsman :
pants. The loving brother-in-law mao
the young man arrested.
All over the county we hear of prep
| arations being made by our farmers o
| nlant large quantities of cotton. This
| is very unwise. The same preparations
are being made all over the South, un-
der the stimulus of the light crop and
high prices in 1871, and, unless 1877
proves to be a remarkably bad year for
cotton, supply greatly in excess OF the
demand will be raised, and the price
will fall below the actual cost OF Guilt.
waiting it, and those planters VINO plant
the most will be the largest losers.
Mr.. AL. Hughes, an experienced trap
per. caught large beaver in one OF his
| trans, several hundred yards below the
Railroad Bridge, on last Monday morn
ing, 1t weighed thirty-five pounds.
| Mr.. Hughes brought us the tail and one
! of the hind legs, which are quite curlos-
tiles in this section. He tells us that
| beavers eat nothing but greenwood and
twigs. He watches them closely, and
after finding out the kind OF trees they
| prefer. he sets bis traps near them in
the edge of the water. The traps are
never baited. Beaver and otter signs
are plentiful along the banks of Duck
River, but they are rarely seen and
scarcely ever caught. Mr.. VIM. Cher
nv recently saw one below the Big
Rock. Mr.. Hughes has caught quite
number of valuable animals, minks,
etc. He showed Us what he calls the
beavers "tooth-pick, but as 1t was on
its hind foot, we cannot see how 1t
could be use for that purpose.
A farmer. who is evidently not a
member of our Farmers Club, has just
received some advice from Horace Gree
lev. on agricultural subjects. The au-
thor of .What l know about Farming"
tells him that the best way to preserve
bees during the winter months is to get
a sixty gallon stone jar, and place first
a layor of bees and then iayOr of cot
ton until the jar is full; then pour over
the whole barrel of spiced vinegar, set
the lar out of doors ana let the vinegar
freeze. Horace says the bees will be
found in an excellent state of preserva-
ton if opened before it thaws in the
spring.
In answer to a question in regard to
the "best way to cure beef" he says 1t
depends entirely on what you want to
cure them of. Tit is kicking, he ad-
vises the club to tie their legs; If hook
ing, to saw off their horns or trade them
for mooleys.
He saws the best horses for this coun-
try are rocking horses. They consume
less grain. require less care and are not
subject to bolts or Tingbone.
He advises the farmers not to keep
too much poultry; but he thinks fifteen
or twenty merinos might De profitable.
He is opposed to taking off sheep
pelts until after the sheep is dead. He
says the practice of taking Oft the pelt
and letting the animal run, so common
i'm the west, is all wrong-especially in
the winter. If a pelt contains many
burs he recommends that it be run
through threshing machine.
He SAYS hot lemonade will do for cows
in the winter, but thinks it injurious for
work-horses.
He thinks the best way to make hens
lay il to tie their feet together.
On Thursday night of last week, at
about half-past nine O'Clock, an ac"i-
dent occurred IN the house of our fellow
citizen, S. III. TimmoIs, of Knob Creek.
All the family had retired for the night
except Mr.. Timmons and his wife. Mrs.
Timmons was sowing on her sewing
machine. A glass lamp, which held
about a quart of coal oil, and which
was full, was standing on the machine.
Tie lar of the machine in motion NOV
ed it gradually to the edge, and it fell
over and exploded. Mr.. Timmons saw 1t
MS it was in the act of falling off, and
exclaimed to his wife, who was leaning
back against the bed, and had not seen
the great danger in which she was
placed, "Lorsamercy; the lamp has fall
len over AMI burst; go and tell the
-.
pled in one hand that he cannot use it,
but with the other he ran through the
flames, which were ascep ling to the top
of the room, and took Mold of his six
year old boy, who was lying asleep,
and carried him to a place Of safety. He
went back after the other boy, but the
one he had already taken out followed
him, and started back with him again.
Henderson Erwin, col, came up At this
time, and made a great lamentatiOn,
"Isord have mercy; what is the matter"
Mr., T, replied. "Go there and bring out
nv other boy." Mrs. Timmons, who
had been out giving the alarm to the
household, returned at this time, and
hearing what her husband SAID, she
dashed into the flames, and caught hold
of the other boy, who was still asleep,
one-third of the bed being g'fiame.
Thos. Hughes, who was on the outside,
burst open a window, which drew the
| fame from Mrs. Timmons, and afforded
her an opportunity to get out: safely
with her darling boy. The next thing
was to put out the fire, and Mr.. Tim
mons ordered the negro man to throw a
bncket Of water on it, which put out
a large portion OF it. Water was thrown
upon the ire, until it was sufficiently
| sauenched to drag the bed across the
floor where the flame was.fisrcest. This
conquered he fiend, and the house was
j saved. Mr.. Timmons bad always heard
| that water, instead of putting out
coal oil fire, would make it worse, and
would not try it until the children were
saved, The bed, furniture, &C., was
destroyed, and the loss is about one
hundred and twenty-five dollars. Mr..
luminous is anxious for us TO warn PEG.
pls about the danger of coal oil. II
kills more people than pestilence oi
famine, and careless persons should
/ never be allowed to touch or handle it.
ALtst Of Jurors for she May Term OF
the Circuit Cosrt. is7a.
First Civil District, L. d. Potts
2, James Cathey :, A. w. DenhaE,
j, w. $. Embrey. 6. W. A. Watkins
II, J. w. Sewell. s, Thos. Mcclure
., I. ], Pickett. 10, w. II, Polk IL
s. H. Bratton. IL, r. d. Ricketts,. Ia
Dabney Goo1loe IA, Micheal Kinser
Is, William BifTle. Is. Steven Worley
IL, John Harrison. IS, Thompson Elem
ing. 10, Wesley Thomas. 20, s. Fl
Timmons- q, johnson Davis. o, w
w. Dobbin. q, A. Jackson, g, !
Bryant. %, John Glenn. Officer r.
wait on the Court, John b. Anderson
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