The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-28
OVER THE COUNT.

Joseph Ii, Dew ana Joh.l Black, two skill
ful anglers, caught IS trout at the Ashton's
Rutherford creek dam last Tuesday, in a
heavy rain.
Wheat is coming out. Much OF il was SOW
ed very late, on account Of getting out of the
cotton crop, and the extreme and persistent
cold weather kept it from coming up, which
caused many persons to fear it had been frozen
out. Some Of it is doubtless thin. A gentle
man tell us that Sam Delk has field large
and thick enough to hide rabbit.
Up to the present wriIng-MOnday-As
toms dam on Rutherford's creek, is the only
place in this vicinity where anglers have been
very successful the present season.
Mr.. Robert NJ. Nicholson, of New Ruin, is
building himself fine residence. Tom pnes
and Sam Dalton have eft New Ruin. and no
one lives there hqt Mr., Nicholson.
Prof. W. X. Jones informed US last MONDAY
that be and his little son intended to camp
along the banks of Big Bigby creek, at the
residences of his numerous kinsfolk, and
fish to his hearts content. Success to him.
There is family Of seven brothers around
Poplar Top and Sawdust Valley, the Sar-
gents. ell grown men, and not one of them
married. They sre-st least three of them we
know-are Industrious, clever fellows, and
able to take care of a'wife, but they are afraid.
Tom Jones, bluff, honest Tom, had occasion,
recently to e. TO Jack Fly's, riding skittish
huge blue dog, looking ss yicious as bl4s
lightning, come at him in the true country
dog fashion. Immediately Mr. Jones drew up
his legs, and The skittish horse turned around
like top. HIS saddle hsd 40 girtb to il, and
TO the ground he came. The antics of tbs
horse and Mr. Jones' acrobatic movements
scared the blue dog of. and he escaped being
torn to pieces.
We bid our correspondent Jack Daw' God
speed in his efforts to get church built in
Greenf .ld's Bend. The people should go to
work and build it. We learn that "Jack Daw"
sud The HERALD have done a good work in
Greenfeld'g Bend, which used 10 be but anoth-
er name for laylessnegs and sin in its most
hideOus aspect. Cut of fr9m the World by
the river on three sides. ap1 small noun
tain and barren waste on the other, crime
f1Ourished like the Jims0n weed, "Jack Oaw, y
at great personal peril, oourageously publish
|. ed everything wrong he beheld, and the good
results are seen everywhere in the Bend.
Many times his life has been endangered, and
his person cut with knives and bruised with
bludgeons, bat steadily he has kept at his
, brave work. DIR. Greenfield ought to give a
good FOUND suEs TOWARD building Jack
DAVIS" church, for the latter has greatly al
vanesd the price Of bis land by making it a
safe and pleasant plRse TO live iR,
Arunaway match took place at Sam Dial.
| tons, near New Ruin, recently. Lewis Dali
! ton fell in love with Miss FL Zabeth Hardison,
snd came TO Columbia, and bought some nice
pyesents for her, bale of snuff, roll of can.
dy, and dob for her baEy. Her father, Mr..
Joshua Hardisop, who had oppoaeI hi.p Eaag.
rying her. got after him with 8 sharp stick,
and ian him across the clover field. He gave
Lewis such lively chase that he dropped
the doll. Lewis andhis sweetheart appointed
to meet and marry at neighbours, farbry's,
and when he sent for her, she had gone to
bed. Next morning she went to Yarbry's
and he sent for her, but she would not 20
Without Lewis cams after her himself. He
came, and took her 10 bis fathers house,
where they were married. The crowd was SO
large they could not all get into the house, and
the bride and grsoua stood On cedar stump
in the yard SO that all the crowd could see
them. Esq. Geo. P. Whitaker performed the
ceremony in good style. After the marriage
the guests were invited into splendid dinner,
to which they did ample justice. Chicken,
| pie, pound cake, shoat, ham, etc, abounded.
| On Monday night following dance was given
to tae bridal party. by Sam Dalton, and q
large number of the neigaOys Tere present