The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
PERRY COUNTY ITEMS.

Giggipg by fire-igEtis & favorite way of
fishing among the people along the banks of
Buffalo in Perry county. They build fire in
The middle Of big dug-out canoe, out of pop
lar splintera, and the Sgger stands in the front
of the bl we. 4 man sits behind and paddles
the canoe. Some time since, Col. Lewis e.
Waggoner took it into his he I'd to go gigging,
and went over to +. J. Lewis, celebrated gig
ger, and propoSed that they go that night.
Lewis told hin it was likely that the wind
could blow, and of course no successful gig
ging could be done. The old Colonel how
ever, haG his way, as usual, and at night the
party, composed Of Col. WaggOner, Lewis.
W. w. Pyland, and E. A. Halbrooks, sta rted
for :" Tennysons' Bluff, - above town, and just
below the {" Rise Mill" Lewis stood in the
front OF the great conoe, gig in hand, Col Wag-
goner So grated by the FIRE, and kept up a
bright light by occasionally adding a few
splinters, IIalbrooks layed around loose, and
Pyland padded the craft They went up to
the end of the deep hole, and after replenish-
ing the light, started back, having Killed sew
erai fine fish. When they reached the deepest
part Of the hoe where no bottom has ever
been found the light began to get dim, and
Col. Waggonar began to stir around and mend
it up. While in stopping posture, lis face
towards the bluff, Pyland the paddler gave the
canoe a slight curve, which threw the adpose
Colonel head-fOremOst down into the cold and
fathomless water. He weighs about two hun
dred and ten pounds, and he went down like a
big rock. After awhile he came up, and Hal
brooks caught him by the coat collar. He was
SO heavy that they could not get him into the
canoe, and Hslbrooks held him by the collar
while PylaRd padded down to the ED of the
hole. Finally they landed, and built blazing
big fire for him. He says he went, ind ent.
and went, and thought he never would get back
up to the top, although he did not touch the
bottom. He says he was baptized right The
party killed ilne chance of fish, and gave him
choice, 1nd he chose big cat They laugh
ed at him, and he said, BOYS, you NAV
laugh now, but it was no laughing matter
awhile ago,-as John Lewis says IL was a
slatherin' calamity on the old man..
Mr.. Britton Pyland, OF Linden, is very fond
of the buffalo" fish, which fish probably
gave Buffalo river It's name. L friend OF his,
folly Lunn, is great fisherman, and caught
fourteen aud a half pound buffalo, and in
yited Mr.. Pyland to help him eat 1t. Patsy,
Lunn's wife, cooked it up in fine style. She
does not like fish, although she knows how to
cook them, and the two men had the four
teen and half pound fish all to themselves.
They ate it all up, and picked the bones
clean, and although they did not crave any
more, Mr.. Pyland said he could have eaten
some more had it been necessary. Mr. Lunn
is we'll known as a Baptist, ano many others
of equal character for truthfulness, will tes-
tify 70 this statement,
The farmers of Perry county are much
troubled. Many of them, buoyed up by the
large prices paid for peanuts last year, plant
ed no corn, and-now they cannot sell their
peanuts They are preparing to plant but
small crops of sanuts this year.
Mr.. J. c. Mickle and brother, are carrying
on flourishing school at Linden. They are
excellent teachers, and estimable young men,
and the people are disposed to keep them
as long as they can.