The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-20

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Those stock men who have written to us TO
space in the Fair catalogue. will please bring
in the matter for the same as early as possible
Monday Of lat week heavy rain fell in th
Roberts Bend, doing much damage.
Last Saturday heavy rain fell on Knoll
Greek, aud among other damages done, Poll
Aliens patent fence was washed away
at an election in the 10th civil district las
Saturday, w. o. Gordon was elected Justics
| of the Peace to fill the vacancy occasioned b,
the resignation of u. McCaw, Esq. Gordon
received 50 votes, w. E. B. Green SO, and A
| w. Haywood AZ. Mr.. Gordon is good ciii-
zen, and will make ans excellent Magistrate
The Judges of the election weree Christopher
Harris, G. W. Irvine, and j. G.. VOORHEES,; Polk
Allen, receiver.
j. W. B. (Bulger) Thomas, of Little Bigby,
went over to his favorite angling stream, Big
! Greek, in Giles county, some time since, aud
had fine luck he caught thirty or forty trout,
| sixteen Of which were twenty inches long.
He was alone. as he likes TO be, when fishing,
He never allows anybody to fish about him un-
less they are as quiet as Deaf and Dumb Ha-
| ley. Mr.. Thomas says if Major Ben. r. Har-
ris means him, in regard to that Buffalo fish
ing expedition, he is mistaken.
A boy, aged about fourteen years, calling
himself John Henry jackson, and in very des-
titnte circumstances, sometime since, came to
the farm of Mr.. Stephen Williams, who very
kindly cared for him. But the boy not liking
work, left and went to one of the Messrs. Ro-
berts, in the same neighborhood, but staid there
only short time. He is now with S. Fl. Tim
mons. He says his parents are dead but does
not know where they lived.
Uncle Bacon Anderson is well now, but it
happened in this wise: "Kuklux," Mr.. Fox
all's smart little son, ran to Uncle Bacon and
said, "Grandpa, oh, Grandpa the bees are
swarming." The Major adjusted his specta-
Giles and looked up and saw that "Kuklux"
was correct, and he went off nimbly for tin
pan, upon which he beat lively tune, for the
purpose of collecting them. When they heard
the erphonious sounds that proceeded from
the tin pan, down they came and lighted upon
his head, and stung him nearly to death. His
head swelled up prodigiously, and he was laid
up for several days, so that he had to get Hugh
T. Gordon to attend to his business for him in
town, which is rare thing for him to do.
A question was asked Mr. Daniel J. Estes
in a recent number of the HERALD about the
"walking plow," or as some call it, the "cart
ploW." Mr.. Estes requests us to say that the
pillow in question works well. He believes that
a man, with two good mules, can take 1t and
cultivate sew enty acres of corn. The ground
mustfirst be prepared well, however. The
plowman cleans row at a time, which ena
bles him to travel over seven acres, at least,
in a day. Allowing two days in each week
for rainy weather, he plows seventy acres in
two weeks, which is as often as corn ought to
be worked. Mr.. Estes invented a cotton COW
erer last spring, with which he himself COW
cred twenty acres day. He has over four
hundred acres in cotton this year, and two
hundred and seventy acres in corn. He Guilt
Yates thirteen acres of cotton and corn to the
hand-eight in cotton and five in corn.
Harrison Tankersley, in "Sheep Neck" has
his farm in a better condition than anybody
else in that Bend. At least SO says one of his
neighboTs. We arc not surprised TO hear
that, how ever, as Mr.. Tankersley always does
that sort of thing John A. Loftin,- also of
"Sheep Neck, is said to have the best isld of
corn in the Bend. 1t is nearly as high as a
mans head, clean, and green as a caDebrake.
p j. Dooley is said to have the best piece of
cotton in the Check" 1t is full of squares,
and some OF it knee high. Love Loftn and
James L, .DooleY are SAID to have more grass
and weeds in their crop, according to their
farm, than anybody else in the Bend: In JUS
tice to them, however, who are industrious
young farmers, we will state that Love was
down sick at the most ritical time, and Jim
was thrown from mule and one OF his arms
hurt so he could not work. Mr.. Tom With
erspoon is said to have the best field of wheat
IN the Meek.
A Mr.. Anglin and pretty little Girl, named
Miss Bette Hood, daughther, of d. l.. Hood
all of the goth civil district, had determined
on being Joined in the holy bones of matIiD.o-
nv but there was one obstacle in the way, and
that was the consent of the parents of the
young lady, which they could not get. They
determined to run away the first opportunity
and place was appointed for the young lady
to meet friend of the young man, but the
friend failed to come to time, and the disap-
pointed girl repaired to her home. Mr.. ADg-
lin and the young Justice waited all night for
the girl, and not until daylight diu they
learn that the friend had made
'faux pas" But they were not to be ontdone,
and on Thursday of last week, Mr.. Dock Black
we'll came to the residence OF Esq, Wither-
spoon in great haste, and notified HIM that his
presence was wanted Immediately. The
young Esquire mounted his horse and repair
ed to the residence of G. I. Stone, where he
made them "bone of one bone and flesh, &C.
of one flesh" The brothers of the now happy
young wife, met Esq. Witherspoon on his re
turn home, and expressed themselves as not
being at all satisfied with his action in the
premises, but after reply from the Magistrate,
the wTathy brothers rode off.