The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-08
ASHWOOD ITEMS.

During the past week, the gentle showers OF
heaven have fallen at irregular Intervals, re-
freshing alike man and beast, and the fruits
and vegetation of old mother earth.
Jerome B. Pillow; jr., of Helena, Ark, Yh0
has been on visit to his parents, has return
ed, with his lovely bride, to the home OF MS
adoption.
settling at this place as manufacturer OF
Duggies, carriages, ETC., etc. He is hnlsheu
woI kman; there is no two ways about tnat.
lie has a small model, of his invention, jor
lowering boats, but unfortunately we have no
boats on hand at the present time to be lower
ed. But PinkstOn & Collier have a canoe, and
we wish him to try his machine on it. HOW
ever "a large cargo of boats are expected on
the Narrow Gauge Railroad, (which we are eH-
pecting daily, as Mr.. u. r. Dock Gillespie is
canvassing this section of the county to get
up So, 900 to buy the old bed of the Mt. Pleas
ant Railroad. Dock is q stirring man, and
will soon get it up if it is possible for any man
to do so.
Mr.. w. R. FriersQn says that the fish bite
splendidly at Linden when the sun is low, ana
the lower the sun the better.
Out of ten tickets in the Louisville lottery,
five drew approXimating prizes at this place.
A goodly number of citizens of this neigh
borhood have been visiting the various springs
of adjoining counties.
We live in the era of railroads and picnics,
q
day of last week, the young people In the
vicinity of Hunters Chapel gave large pie
MIC and bran dance. 1t would be Impossible
for us to give description of this magnlh-
cent affair, for we were not there. There was a
handsome middle aged widower there, who is
particularly anxious to get him wife, and
he had an eye singleto the fair sex on that
occasion. This thing of lOve-making Is very
charming and grand it is fascinating, but
when one has to come down to fat bacon, cab :
| bage and simblings, it sometimes knocks the
| romance out Of Il. There il a fellow that
| lives near here that says he came very near
marrying at one time. He asked girl 70
marry him, and she says please excuse nerI
| and he, fool like, excused her. Another fellow
| actually got married, and says that a week be
| fore he married he felt like he could eat his
| wife up, and week after says that he wished
| he had. This embraces both sides OF the
| question.
The colored people had q union picnic a
| Mrs. AmarIBtha Armstrong; on last Friday
| The Wilson Sunday school and the Ark Valley
| Sunday school participated. The attendance
was rather nall on account of the rain, Du
on the whole, it was a success;
The colored people OF this neishoofhoo'
are trying to rafse enough money to buy then
an acre Of land from Maj Will Polk for tn
purpose of erecting a church and buryini
grouId. On Saturday last they gave q barDe
| cue and dinner, at 80 cents ahead, for the pur
pose OF raising enough money W ouS UnI i"ii y.
but it was not as successful as they had anti
cipated, as most individuals dislike TO cOnten
plate their latter endAdeath. So long as the
can spend their money in frolicking, fddin
and dancing, they are happy, but dying-thcr
is the rub-thati is another thing.
VIM Russell, formerly of this place, and a
excellent blacksmith, is living in WaXahatchit
Ellis county, Texas May success oommet
surate with his merits attend him wherever
goes.
) Rev, Dr. Mitchell, of Columbia, preache
to the people of ZION Church on Sunday las
| from 10th chapter of jeremiah and SD vers
lie is an excellent, able and interesting pre- aci
J er, The congregation was delighted with b
sermon.
Rev. G. Foster Williams preached at Ne
r Salem, (at Zion, to the eolored prople.
Capt R. K. Polk, who has the gQnSraet i
= painting Beaver Dam SPRINGS will finish IL
q | lob next week,