The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-03
OVER THE COUNTY.

| Jacob NJ. Delk, of DeIk's Bend in one day,
picked 2041S pounds of cotton. -sr -
Capt, A. c. Hickey has shown us sweet
potato, of the Strausburg variety, introduced
| here by Mr.. J. III. Stratton, that measured
1 twenty four inches in circumference,
nearly eight in diameter, and weighing eight
| ounds and one ounce. 81 aaa
Farmers complain that corn is slim crop
this year, but Stanford Ray, genial ray from
the Emerald Isle, shelled one OF his ears, and
At measured one quart and nearly pint, and
weighed, minus the cob, two pounds and four
ounces. The cob was thirteen inches long.
| Billy Joyce weighed and measured the sheiled
corn
TT. & S. P. Perry, of the vicinity Of
! Bigbyville, are running their Gulletts Patent
Steele Brush Cotton Gin, by steam. The cots
ton Is opening fast. and they are doing good
| business, which they certainly deserve. .r ..
r.. P, Ledbetter, President OF the Maury
County Farmers's Club, was one OF the Cons
mittee on Permanent Organization, at the
Farmerss State Convention, and also on the
committee to draft constitution and bylaws,
and Capt. John B. Hamilton was one of tie
Vice Presidents. We, understand that Mr..
Ledbetter perpetrated q verse of poetry on the
occasion. -
An old farmer tells our reporter, in speak
ing of hogs, that speying and castrating should
never be done after dark,-fhey Invariably
die. lie never knew of SOW dying from the
effects of being speyed while sucking. If
YOU desire to feed your hogs but once day,
do so at night, never in the morning.
The following uamed gentlemen, from
Aaury county. went to the Farmers'sr State
Convention: Henry Jones. W. J. Strayhern,
r. c. Gordon, Capt. Thomas GIBSON, Maj.
Cam Brown, Thomas H. Williams, K Led
better, j. l.. Williams, J. B. Hamilton 5. w.
Scott ID. j Estes, j. j. Granbury, Nj. l..
Stockard, r.. Jennings. J. B Hamilton, of
Maury. elected one of the Vice Presidents.
At the big joint stock sale of Messrs. Gibson,
Brown and johnson, ard Cockrill Brothers.
at Nashville, on the 18th inst, at the fair
grounds, Major VIM. Polk. Of Columbia,
bought trotting Stallion; Capt W. ID. Bethel, |
of Maury county, bought Third Duke of
Richland," red roam bull, 2 years old, props
ertv of NJ s. CockrilI. for $3.50; and Capt. |
Thos. Gibson, Of Maury county, bought "Cam-
bridge Rose" yearling heifer, by the sth Duke
of ThoFndale. dam, Fancy, by Derby, bred by
r. A. Alexander, of Kentucky, and running |
into the family of the Rose of sharon, red roam |
in Uolor, the property of NJ. s. Cockrill for |
$I,0l0. The Rural Sun says this animal was
rhe flower of the flock. We are glad to see |
our wealthy farmers stocking their far ms
with the very best animals to be found in the |
aworld The day is coming when farmers will
come to Maury county to buy thoroughbred |
cattle, horses and sheep, as they now go to |
Kentucky and to England.
Three venerable sisters recently met at the |
residence of Mrs. Simpson Perry, in this
county, and spent week together: Mrs !
Simpson Perry, aged rs, Mrs. John Wright, of |
havergne, Tenn, aged 79, Mrs. Mclaughlin, of
Thompson Station, aged 70. Mrs, Wright |
had not been here before in forty years. An
other sister, aged about r. Mrs. Turner, Of
Johns0nVille, was absent. Their father, John |
Thompson, forted at Nashville, in the last
century. and lived on the farm now owned by |
Gen. w. G. Harding. These four sisters are |
the last of sixteen sisters and brothers. They
still have their fax wheels given them by their
father when they were married. One Of
them, Mrs, Perry, is the mother Of seventeen |
children, the youngest of whom, Benjamin |
Franklin, died during the late war, in 1863 :, in |
his twentieth year. q
Mr.. "Arter" Crawford as he is Familiarity |
called, who was married on the 18th ult., was
a soldier 10 the war OF lSl2.r He invited to
his wedding, Major john ID, Fleming, aged |
age Gen. Beast Butler, of Bear Greek, was |
not invited, but he says there was a fine dim
ner at Mr.. Crauford'S on the 18th. Sixty |
years ago, Major Fleming, then young man, |
went from here to the South Carolina coast, |
through Wilderness and broke the ice in |
Jhckamauga River and swan if, on the way |
just to get to see his sweetheart, The venera- |
cradle Major is still hearty, and full Of that /
which makes life pleasant. How many young |
meu, nowadays, would travel on horseb sex |
six or seven hundred miles, through wilder |
ness to see their Sweethearts? We fear some |
these days are not worth that much devotion.
Major w. j. Sykes is not only great rail-
road man, but he is feasible on all subjects. |
He appreciates good thing when he sees it,
from railroads down. He says that nowhere |
do the people live better than they do in Mid |
die Tennessee. The world does not furnish |
better dinner than is to be found at the homes
of our farmers,-the WebsteTs, Rdleys, Folks,
Gordons, Bethels, Flemings, FriersOns, Per-
rvs, Harlans, Giants, Mayeses, Jones, Tindals,
Strphensons, and hun ireds of others. And
the main thing that makes their dinners su-
perior-better than any hotel in the land-is
because the victualS are cooked as they ought
to be. Good dinners. consist more In good
cooking than in variety of viands. Majo
Sykes is right as our Fairs every year testi-
~. The dinners eaten at our Fairs are only
equaled by the warm hearted hospitality with
which they are dispensed
About three years ago, ten young men of
Knob Greek, came to a circus at Columbia,
and were SO much carried away by the aero
bate performances, that they went home de-
teFmined to practice until they were able to
DO the same athletic feats. They did practice
together for some time but finally they all |
quit except John and Bradley West, j. w.
Foster, aud Riley Haywood, who kept it up
until they attained wonderful skill. Last week
hey made their DEBUT at the Fair, assisted by
Frank Holler. an qttache OF the HERALD office.
There was such rush TO get good view OF
the aoFobats, when they made their appear
ance that those on the seats could not see their
feats and it was announced from the stand
that all who remained In the ring would have
to pay an extra half dollar, whereupOn there
was general STAN pede. Those who remain
ed near the athletes say that they xecuted |
many wonderful feats, which can only be per
formed after long aud rigid practice