The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07
OVER TIE COUNTY.


Henry Davis, COL, of Columbia, proposes
give one of his concerts at Mt. Pleasant, Sa
urday.
James A. Fleming and J, W. B. ThOma
made arrangements for a big fox hun
last night-to rendezvous at Bulger's. W
trust they had good luck.
ESQ. F. A. Burke, one of the Quorum Cont
of this county, was not present at the meeting
of the Court this week. He is attending tn
| Federal Court at Nashville, as Juror.
A man who rode in the same railway car
riage with bridal couple from Columbia Il
Nashville, heard her call him "dear Charles
just four hundred and eighteen times.
A. j. Akin, of Bear Creek, killed his eigh
months old pigs on the 5th of November, las
Tuesday, and they weighed as follows: "23C
pounds; 225; 227; 227; 229; 22S. Total, ll39
| Who can beat it, Whenever Mr.. Akin goes
out to feed bis hogs, he says aloud. al wonder
| where Masters pigs are?" and they all come
running to him.
! Sometimes sewing machine agents gel
worsted, but not often. Recently two agents
| went to house, in the country, and were told
| by the gentleman of the house to take seats
and his wife would be out shortly to look al
the machine. 1t was very cold, windy day
and after lapse of some three hours, the Ia
dy made her appearance, but the agents ting-
ers were so cold they could not thread the
| needles, and consequently could not show how
the machine worked.
I;%TIa Sop of IObp Napilay n
the Bigbyville neighborhood, recently digged
up very long t-potato-twenty-thr
inches long-and going with it to his father
said: "Pa, take this to that man that makes
the papers," Ifa little boy raises such pota-
toes, how big will those be he raises when he
is grown?
We regret exceedingly to learn OF the loss oil
our friend, Thos. S. Leftwich, whose steam
gin was burned near the Cedar Greek bridge,
last Monday, Fifty sor sixty bales OF cotton
were destroyed, belonging mostly to the
neighbours. Humphrey Hardison is reported
to have lost six bales. VIM. Leggett four, and
Simon Harrison a ew.
A good joke is told on a constable Of the Mt
Pleasant country, who is said to be one of the
best collecting officers in the Coun ty. He lev
led on the sorghum mill of an old preacher, d
very good man, but whose bad health made
him unfortunate. That night the pr eacheI
came home and found that the mill had been
taken of by the constable, but the evaporation
was left. The good man put it on his should
ers and carried it to the COnstabe's yard gate
about half mile distant, and left it there. The
constable had failed to levy on the evaporation,
and as soon as he saw,it he carried it back TO the
preachers. The preacher happened to come
out into the yard again, and took il back to the
constables, and left it on the gate. Coming
home'Iate the constable saw the evaporator and
carried it back to the preachers. Thus, IN one
night, the refner was carried to the consta-
ble's twice, and carried back twice.
About year ago, Esq. Benz. Harrison, OF
this pl ace, took Rev. Mr.. kimbrough, Bap-
fist divine of neighboring town, to Knob
Greek Church, in this county, TO preach. He
preached, and a collection was taken up. 1t
is said he usually gets happy when col
lection is being taken up, but on this occa-
sion he did not quite shout. He was very
much interested in the collection, however,
and when he saw the man carrying the hat
around preparing to sit down, he said, ''DOn't
quit yet, brother -; you haven't given that
red-headed man over there lii the corner a
chance to throw in yet" Late in the even
ing, as Esq. Harrison and Brother Kim
brough were returning to Columbia, the red
headed man who sat in the corner met them
in the road, and asked the preacher what he
meant by abiding to him in that very disre-
spectful manner-he did not like it a bit, he
didn't. The preacher replied that he was
generally very earnest in his manner on
any reflection on him at all by calling him
red headed. If he had wounded the feelings
of the brother, he was very sorry. The man
was NJ tsoftened by this modest apology, and
repes that he did not think he had been
treatee light; an uncalled for indignity had
been cast upon Linn. The preacher, who is a
large, broad shouldered man, was very much
nettled at this treatment of his apology, and
said, 81 have apologized to you as humbly as
l knew how, and still you are not satisfied
If nothing else will do you, l will whiI
| you, l will whip you before Brother Harri
son can separate u.s." And suitng the action
to the word, he commenced getting out of thC
buggy, but the redIheaded man, evidently as
tonished to find preacher so willing to fight
or else unwilling to fight minister, departed
before the preacher got out,
After all, there is no sport like the fo2
chase. What of your theatre going, or "trip
| ping it down" OF a hot summers night to thu
clatter Of tuneless pianos, split clarionets
cold iron trlangles, ETC.? No. Give lis
party of enthusiastic hunters-women, men
and dogs all spirited. Let there be ten wo
! men and twenty men. Let the country b,
open and the morning bright and frosty il
October. Start a red fox, aud have one morn
ing's happiness en- earth! On Tuesday morn
| ing last, such a party-minus the fair ladies
| assembled at Col. &. w. PolF's. Their
was but one lady in the party, but she wa
| spirited and handsome and graceful enough t.
make up for the absent nine. The day before
fox had been trapped. At o'clock tn,
party had gathered, and the fox set at liberty
An hour later the dogs were put upon th,
trail After two bours' run the fox was caugh
some four miles from the starting point. TIT
| chase was up hill and down hollow, oye
fences and across fields. Through it all Mis-
Sue Polk rode among the foremost, and wa
hardly second at the death. When all CAM
up, and for a while stopped to discuss til,
incidents of the chase, the picture of the hand
some woman surrounded by twenty cavalier
| her face radiant with the excitement of tn
chase, and their eyes bright with the eight O
battle"-batfles description. 1t is worthy Of
great painter.
An Apology IO"BuIgcr.'
Having heard of Lord Chesterfield, onl,
our notlsns Of the laws which govern polit
society, are crude, having never passet
| hrnnnh the refiner SO if we haHa causnI