The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-26
OVER THE COUNTY.

Esq. j. J. l.. Goodwin killed a hog, "a
last hog killing time, which had three
distinct and separate paunches.
| Our enterprising fellow-citizen. J. E
r. Carpenter recently shipped twenty
head of beef cattle to Atlanta, Ga
They averaged little over one thou
sand pounds each.
Willie Howard, of Mt. Pleasant, re-
turned on last Friday night, iron
Southern Alabama, where he carried {
drove of mules about one month ago
having been tanned by the Southern
| sun.
Rodgers * McI.emOre have removed
their steam saw mill from Gen. Eweli's
place to X. w. McLemore's, cast o
Spring Hill, and are prepared TO fill al
orders promptly tor all kinds of choice
lumber.
| George w. Moore, OF Culleoka, prides
| himself on having line turkeys, chick
ems, etc. On Christmas Day sixteen
| persons ate OF his turkey, and there was
| still enough left for the family to eat %
at every meal until Friday.
| A couple of imported chickens, o.
| what breed we know not, Were recently
4 SBfDDOu " lilt SlOit oi DtO. mdiltiIi
this city, for DR.. w q. J. Hunter, al
Mt. Pleasant. Our farmers are taking
| great interest in filling the coGnty with
improved animals, from the race-horse
to the chicken cock.
Jesse l.. Rushton, formerly OF Santa
| Fc, will open n school at Greenwood
| Academy, Little Lot, Hickman County,
OH the first Monday i'll February. lie
is young man of fine literary attain
ments, and will make an efficient teach
| er. He deserves success, and his Santa
| Fe friends desire us To commend him 10
the people of Hickman.
| The sporting mon of this vicinity had
A great shooting match, i'll the Brown
Lot, across tho river, on last Friday.
Turkeys were put UP on box, ana
| shot at at distance OF sixty yards, for
! fifty cents a shot; chickens ten cents.
| There were also five chicken fights on
the ground. Three or four hundred
| persons were present.. These same
scenes take place every Friday, wo arc
| told. Where is the Society for the Pre-
| ycntiOn of Cruelty TO Animals?
! We learn that our young Spring I'LL
| friend, Thomas n. McLemore, has gone
head and ears into Grape culture and
| the Bee business. lie procured some
excellent books on Bee culture, and
| Hussmar's "Grapc Culture" and after
! reading extensively, commenced build
ing an excellent Apiary, and burying
| cuttings. Success To you, Tom.
Mr.. White, of Spring Hill, has the
right to sell in this county ''Scat's Pat
ent Fence" Its one of the best .ieuCeS
we have yet seen. One OF the difficult
ties with BozaTt's patent is that strong
wind will blow il over. Seats patent
only takes up half the room that BoZart S
does, and cannot be blown over by the
most violent wind, as il is confined
hard and fast TO the ground 10y wooden
pins. This fence can be built either
with rails OF plank.
The Methodists of Mt. Pleasant have
beautiful new church editice, and ii on
ly lacks two things TO make it one of
the handsomest churches in the county;
i. G., a religiously toned bell and good
stoves. The church has 10 bell at all,
and when the congregation iaye ser
vice, they ring the Presbyterian bell. in
another part of town, which is apt 10
create confusion in the mind of Il stran-
ger. The stoves arc sickly things, and
the sexton. a cOlOred brother, got drunk
tho last time Dr. Green went there TO
preach.
Maury County has produced many
distinguished men, i'll the political and
judicial world, and she now puts in her
claim as the home Ofan artist OF genius.
There is little boy named Easley, of
Knob Creek, who is destined TO become
Il great painter,if he is afforded chance
to educate himself III Iii profession. We
are told that he never received any les
Ia, Il fNfe
career as painter IN the most humble
manner, and with tho meanest of mate
riais,-materialS which only genius
could turn to profit. He is yet a mere
boy, and his conceptions are, of course,
rude and sometimes faulty, hut his
execution is excellent. He has talents
of high order, and should be placed
where they will be cultivated. His last
work is "A picture ofthe old story of the
'Arkansas traveller, and the philusophi-
cal fiddler. The traveller is represented
as stopping on the roadside to inquire
the way, and IS struck with the uncOv-
cred condition Oh the house, and the
patient attitude of the owner thereof.
A number of children are protrudiug
their heads out of the door, and "A young
maiden is cOmbing her liaAcI trCSseS.
The traveller asks the fiddler why he does
plies, ave do not need it covered now,
while thosun is shining and whom it is
raining, it's too Late
Rev. Il. Hull, Yves Bate ana George
W. L. Mangrem, built a SCHOOL house Oh
corner of Dr. l.. u. Forgey's farm, Oh
Knob Creek last year. II is called
"Bat0's School House," and there is a
llourishing Sabbath Sch0 | held in it, of
hi 4 -
tendent. Three Of the pupils of this
Sabbath School, Miss Eugenie Mangrem
Miss Mary Bate. and Miss Laura Sell
lars, took the three premiums offered
in tho Christian Herald, a Baptist paper
published i'll Nashville, for the scholars
that would memorize the greatest nun
Der OF verses of scriptures, during five
months. \ great many persons con-
tested for the prizes, but Miss NIangrem
nIemorized over "A thousand more than
any other person, eXcep: Misses Bate
and Sellars, both of whom repeated
almost one Thousand verses more than
children Of other Sabbath Schools. Miss
Mangrem frequently repeats about Aye
hundred verses of the New Testament,
anu on one OCCASION she reached as high
as five hundred and forty. This Sab
bath School makes practice of requir-
verses rs he or sh3 can every SUNDAY,
and a Secretary, Fanny Mangrem,
makes a second of them. Since last
April children of the school house mem-
orized moro than nily-eiaht thousand
verses.
During last year negro, Henry
Hill, was sentenced by our Circuit Court
to the Penitentiary, for six years, for
l.
son. The lessee of the Peniteutiary
sent him, together with other conyicts.
to work in the coal mines. During a
small instruction, Henry made his eS-
cape, and of course came back imme-
diately to his old haunts i'll this county.
lie made his presence known to the cit
liens in more ways than one. Their
hog-pens, chicken-roOsts, etc, he spar
ed not, and he cared but little whether !
it belonged 10 a white man OK negro. !
lie had his abode somewhere in the |
dense wood on the old plantation of Col. |
Polk, and from there he would sally |
out, under the cover of night, like II
hungry lion, seeking something to de- |
vour. On one occasion, he made 4 raid |
upon the personal effects Of a colOred |
man living on the farm of Gen. l.. +. !
Polk, aud after one OF his arms was |
shattered with buckshot, he made war
to tho knife, and drove the defendant |
into his cabin. SO desperately wicked |
had he become that he would shoot off !
his gun nj little children as they passed !
along the road; but fortunately, thew |
were always too far away, or he was Il |
poor marksman, aud they escaped I'M |
hurt, without exception, we believe. |
Several months ago we gave Il short |
sketch of one of his night excursions !
down the pike, and his raid upon Ash |
wood Hall, Col. Wade's, Gen, FOLKS, |
aud Col Folks. We then stated that |
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