The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15

To the Editors of the Columbia Herald:
Although one portion of your readers may
know how to harness horse, drive a moving
machine, lay fence worm, build house, de-
fend the innocents, relieve the suffering, and
warn the wicked to fee from the wrath to
come; and the other portion to trim their bon
nets, run their sewing machines, cook good
dinners, and enter tain company agreeably and
inteligently, | fear many of them are yet IN
Ignorance of the locality of Frog Trot, and
the many items daily transpiring here. To
enIighten them and the balance of mankind
on these two points is the purpose of your
correspondent. By looking on the map of the
United States, you will see that Frog frot is
on the Great South and North Railroad, 26S
miles from Montgomery, and 22l miles from
Louisville, and where said road crosses the
Santa Fe turnpike, and on the north bank OF
Duck River at what was once known as Book
er's Ferry. 1t is surrounded by the homes OF
such good and substantial citizens as Eben AL
exander and sons, w. H. Timmons and sons,
Tin Chappell, Tom Leneave, Parson Green IT.
vine, Parson FooTbes, Nevis, Harris, West,
Gregory, Hughes, etc., etc. In its immediate
vicinity are the famous Touring mills of <. II.
Spencer, and Pinkston d Collier, also the ia
nous cave yet UNEMPLOYED to the end, on the
Trough spring place, on the land OF Mr.. j.
Timmons. The village of Columbia is also on
it's suburbs.
The dry goods house of W. 0. Gordon and
the grocery store of R. NJ. Green supply the
wants of all. There have been eight or ten
new houses erected here this year, and the
railroad company are now completing
splendid building for section house, while
numbers of men find profitable employ
ment in getting up stone, repairing track
and building bridges for the company. These
facts, and facts they are, will show your read
ers that Frog Trof items are MOI to DE over
looked. But SO much space has been consum-
ed in defining the locality of your oorrespon-
dent, l must omit crop report and indIvldu-
al dOings, colored or otherwise, with many
other items of interest in this communication,
and occupy the remaining space your kind
ness allots to me in giving you an account OF
the great spiritual, political railroad meeting
held here on Monday evening. Although the
meeting was accidental, and the speeches ex-
temporaneous, the greatest erthgsiasm and
good feeling prevailed. The meeting was call
ed to order by our model farmer and foX-hunt-
er, MOrg Hughes, when John Johnson, Esq,
announced himself candidate for the Eegis-
lature, eloquently presenting himself rail
road man, and opposed to the aybird law.
He feelingly reminded his hearers that his
forefathers fought for liberty, aud his descen-
dantS had bed and died IN the last ditch.
Esq. West and Morg Hughes, with the big
tears in their eyes, saying, chats so, that's
sc" ~ was there myself" For these gallant
deeds Of his clan, he thought he ought to have
the Office for II years. Hughes and West
both cheering and weeping, responded, $50
do !, so 90 l." The meeting esolved unani
mousy In favor of railroads, in favor of john
son for the Legislature, in favor of building
up Frog Trot, in favor of increasing the circu-
lation of the HERALD, and they also expressed
the opinion that if too many men run for
Sheriff and County Court Clerk, some of them
would be defeated. The meeting then ad-
journed to meet again when the "spirits called"
FROG TRoT.