The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01
ASB8WOOD ITEMS.

The waters Of Ashwo0d have drled up.
Parson Williams well supplies the town Our
water works. won't commence again before the
fall rains.
J. II. Eoge made q 1-2 bushels Of wheat to
the acre.
The weather IS very fair for saving hay, but
the farmers are needing rain very badly. The
crops of corn and cotton are very promising
but are needing rain.
The whoopng cough is prevailing in this
section among the colored people.
Shady has a very fine roam flly that goes
by the euphOnious name of Hat Rack.
We have heard of several cotton bolls
opening.
The crop of German MiIlet aud Hungarian
grass is very fine. The oat crop is fine; but
one thing that we miss in this section, thai is
an entire failure, Is fruit. The melon crop is
failure. Potatoes fine.
Nothing new, except yaler dOTg with a can
to his tail is the principal amusement of the
village.
On Saturday, the 10Th ult., at an early hour
the denizens of this burg were aroused from
their apathy by martial music of three drums
and two flies. We knew that something was go
ing to be done. Presently a cavalcade of
hOrsemen, with banners, sdshes, and decora-
tOns, filed along the dusty road then we
were certain that something was going to be
done. Then came carriages, buggies, wagons
fOotmen, and hOrSemen, but happening to OBJ
serve very closely, we found that they all be-
longed to the Hamitic race. They were go
ing to a sunday school celebration at Ark Val
ley. Well, times seemed to be so stirring and
lively. we followed along, expecting to get
our dinner anyhow. When we arrived on
the ground, we were greeted with martial mu-
sic, and the stentorIan voice of nd " as
heard above the din of the fife and drum. The
children were marching and making their
grand display before the speaking should be-
gin. Felix Mayes was Grand Marshal of the
day, and was mounted upon his superb
charger and war horse, Bedford Forest Joe
Armstrong I'd Marshal; Peter Fleming, Con
ductOr of Ceremonies Elisha Burnet Chief
Principal of sunday school; Sol Wade, Ora
tor of the day. Mr.. Elisha Burnet made
few appropriate remarks incident to the oc-
casiOn, and grew very eloquent before he had
finished. He is worthy and deserving man,
and much praise is due him for his interest
and industry in the sunday school at Ark VAL
ley. Mr.. Sol Wade was then introduced. He
opened with an Outburst of oratory and elo-
quence, and for full fifteen minutes he held
his audience entranced. After him followed
a few speeches and dialogues from the child
rem, and then singing from the school, but be-
tween each and everything that said or
done, there was martial music. They were
hired by the day, and that was the way that
they got their pay, and well they may, for it
was soul stirring and grand. At about one
O'Clock the procession was again formed, and
the sunday school marched to a spring hard
by, and RECALLED aud refreshed themselves IN
der the shade of the trees, and with the cool
waters of the Ark Valley spring and martial
music. The large pile OF saw dust was set
atre and the huge column of smoke as eended
upward, fumigating she atmosphere and dis
injecting any malarious diseases that NAV
have been lurking around, The suffers and