The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-23
OVER THE COUNTY.

| BILE, Milt VOORHEES,, was in the neighborhOod
| of Bigbyville, on official business. he had a
combat with cat, and as it was not the ''kInd
of cat" Milt has been in the habit of seeing
about dwelling houses, he was worsted in the
contest, and he now wears new suit Of
clothes, and his horse is in "soak" in Neeley's
mill pond.
Dir. Drake Clopton has one Of the best looks
ing cotton fields we have seen. His cotton has
come up more regularly than it has for farm
ers generally. 1t is looking well.
dog went mad on Mrs Ellen Booker
place last week, and scared the colored folks
very much. 1t finally went out into the woods
on Lytle creek and died.
Some dogs ran Mr.. Drake Clopton's sheep
up to the house last week, when he killed two.
If stray dogs don't mind how they straggle
about Mr.. Clopton's place, they viii get hurt.
As Mr. w. B, Ramon and Mr.. Turner Pinks-
ton were riding together the other day, the
latter remarked, 81 have a pair of bride
reins which have been using for seventeen
years; and Simpson Medley, of Columbia,
once made me pair of shoes which lasted six
teen years. Careful old gentlemen is Mr..
Pinkston.
Quotation from JEFF -, "Riding along
from church in the country, Mr.. Jones and
myself come to the forks of THE roads where
we separate; after get twenty yards on my
road, it occurs to Mr.. Jones to say, JEFF, won't
you go home with me and take dinner?"
Lew King, who never complains of bad
stands, ETC., has splendid prospect for cot
ton, corn, wheat, and pumpkins.
George Davidson, of the Southport coun.
try, and a pensioner of the war of 1912, was
an apprentice with Ezell 81 kirkpatrick, hat
tiers, who dug the vat found by the workmen
digging cellar of II. B. Titcomb, in this
place. Mr.. Davidson is a subscriber to the
HERALD.
Prof. Webbs examination exercises are on
the 28th of May, and close on the 30th with
an exhibition.
During the late District Conference of the
Methodist Church at Columbia, Bishop Nc
Tyeire tried TO get Prof. Webb, of CulleOka, to
make speech, but he begged off. Afterwards
he was drawn into making splendid speech
on the importance of academies preparing
their pupils for some particular University.
When he had finished, the Bishop remarked
to some one sitting near him, in a low voice,
eve have succeeded in getting good speech
accomplished Professor has made two very
SUCCESSFUL speeches lately.
1t is stated that one of the largest land
holders in this county never owned saddle.
There will perhaps be more announcements
for Office in this county between this
ald August, 1874, than at any other time since
the war. Every day, almost, we hear of new
parties who win become candidates.
Sometime since, the HERALD made mention
of the finding of new born negro child on
the premises of Mr.. Stephen Williams. We
are informed that the negro woman who pro-
fessed TO have found it, acknowledged after
wards that she was its mother. The child
died.
&c" a correspondent of the Memphis
Southern Farm and Home" an excellent
farm Magazine, writing from Maury county on
the subject of sheep, expresses a preference
fol the Southdowns.
Lately some valuable sheep were killed in
the Southport country, and the people are
down on those Justices who refused to vote
tax on dogs. Esq. Cbaffin of that district,
who voted against the tax, we understand, is
now in favor of it.
We are informed that Jno. S. LoYe, last
year, raised one hundred barrels of corn on
eight acres of land. The ground was never
broken up, and the corn was never plowed,
and was never hoed but once. The land be-
longs to Mr.. Crowell, and is located in Kettle
Bottom, in this county.
The temperance men had public dinner at
Smyrna church on the 18th inst. A large
crowd was in attendance, and excellents speech
es were made by S. P. Straly, II. I. Gordon
and Lee Bullock. Much good was accom-
plished.
Almost every daywe are asked by some one
to enter their names on our subscription books,
and that they will pay shortly. Our rule is
to enter no name unless the subscription price
IS paid in advance, and we do hope no one
will ask us to deyiate from this rule.
Mr.. Henry GoOdloe's house and kitch
en-, together with all his furniture and
provisions, were burned last Monday
night. He had just built new dwell
ing house near the one which was des>
troyed, and it was very much in danger
of being burned also. Men went upon
the roof with buckets OF water, But
the fire soon became so hot that they
let. After every man refused to get on
the smoking roof, Miss Eustacia, his
daughter, assembled a ladder to the roof
and saved the house. She is heroic
young lady.