The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-05
Holror the Barrems.

The law prevents uuDlluG III iltNisg " dlne'
and Lawrence counties during the spring and
summer months-frOm the first of March to
the first Of September. A large party OF
hunters went 10 Lewis county last Fri
day and Saturday. in order 10 be ready for a
big hunt last Monday. The party is composed
of Major b. L. Harris, 'BulgerN Thomas, }. X.
kittrelI Hint Kittrell, Mann Dawson, IhOs.
Barrow johnson and Willis Long, Major W.
G. Ingram, NJ. n. Dickson, of Fla, Wise
TrousdaIe, Bulger ThOmas's two sons, Dr..
Walter Parker James E. Craig went Monday
morning They went to Piney Fork OF Little
swan, near Newburg, and expect to come
back tomorrow. We hope the boys will not
yet Of any more rough jokes ON 'Buiger'
Thomas. They used to put chestnut burrs In
his coat pockets, which prlCked his hands
badly when he thrust them into his
rockets after smoking tobacco, At 9th
a. times they stuck many pins through his hat
which made the "bleed' come when he thrust
lis old faded felt on his head IN his Rough,
raIncstway. Hugh T. Akin played the rough
est Joke on him, but for Hugh'S sake we Will
not tell it. The last joke played of on "Bul-
ger" was IN the summer of 1871, on IIney,
Lewis county, at night w. X, kiudel was
sitting down on a chunk smoking, and every
now and then some young fellow would slip
w behind him. and drop powder into bis ut
nine, which kept him in constant state OF eX-
nectatiun After while, "Bulger' took out
his pipe, and said, "Let me see whether they
can Tut any lONutE III iillLN- cav tAA'
MS. now dead, always fond of joking ''Bulger,
had slipped a handful of powder into 'Bul
grcr'S'' rocket, which contained about hall
nine full of tobacco. "Bulger' filled his pipe
with the powder and tobacco, lii the tobacco,
N. hirh hanpeuCd to be ON top, and then put
his hand 6,'eF il TO keep the bows from dropping
powder into it as they had done Mr.. klndel'
Presently the explosion took place, the pipe
.,oip.s Que way, aud "BulgeT' the other, the
latter exclaiming, Great God boys, I'm hurt,
and badly hurt" Sure enough, he was hurI'
The skin was all burnt oil his hand, and he was
unable to hunt any more on that trip. lie
never knew who put the powder in his pOcket
until Que day, "SaWney' Harris told he did u,
and that il was the last time he ever intended
to Joke his good friend. "Bulger' took 1t all
in good part saying he knew he never intend
ed TO hurt him. Poor Sawney died shortly
alterwaTd,
Another party left for CecIl's Camp. Lewis
county. Saturday aud Monday, headed by King
Rufus Polk, I. A. Harris, Billy Watkins, John
Brooks, Robert d. Ricketts,, Hugh Porter
Akin. Walter Akin said he would 60 II he
could get of.
MIR. Alfred Horsley, our ubiquitous
contemporary OF the Columbia Herdtd,
was out i'll a strong force at Pope s Camp
Ground last Sunday. He did not seem
so much on the qWi Ujre for locals as on
a lookout tor the feminine beauties OF
old Williamson. Our reporter says he
saw him beside a beauty, stargaZing.
Alas, Alas, that Benedictine Horsley
has come to this. But it Stays all men
sooner or later. HOrsley's time has
come at last. Success to We local OF the
Hc"dId.- Franklin Rerjetr.
The writer Of the above said, last SUM
mer. that Andrew Johnson would be
elected to Congress. We mention TINS
TO show that his assertions must be takN
1, nf allnUaIoRn
Public schools ina MaUFS County.
A correspondent in the Nashville Ban
gycr, signing himself STANLEY" writes
as follows in regard to his recent visit to
Maury county, and our educational pros~
poets
con arriving at Columbia found that
the Superintendent, Hugh t. Gordon,
was out in the county hard at work get
ting the schools into active operation.
He has thus employed the entire week,
except Mondays and Saturdays. ] had
no difficulty, however, in obtaining all
the facts need from DIR. Z. B. Rains, a
member of the Board of Education IN
Columbia, and d warm friend of popular
education. The following statement OF
the condition of things in Maury speaks
we'll for the interest felt there: A tax OF
mills has been Ieyied by the County
Court, making fifteen in all TO be raised
and expended III the county. Also poll
,aE Of enc dollar Is levied for education
Al purposes. This will bring into the ed
uCational fund OF the state from SIS, OOU
To $50, coo, which will be amply sufficient
10 carry on SCHOOLS for tenmOnths in the
clty of Columbia, when added TO the
sity school fund, and five months in the
county fhe number of schools which
will be opened within the next six weeks
will reach over ninety. The salaries %
-aachers range from twenty-five to fifty
dollars per month, the county ouperIu~
tendeut receiving 81 200. In Maury
county educational interests are being
ell cared for, although 1 did not have
- GOOD an opportunity to sci at the
public pulse as should have done had
The County superintendent been al
nome.