The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-20

| broken piece OF ground. When gather
ing time came on he went to look at it,
J and being practical man. he wanted
! The wagon on level ground and nearest
| TO the crib when loaded. He went over
| the field and made his calculation that
so many rows in one place, so many in
another place, and so Oh, would max e
a load, and then the wagon would be
where be wanted it. The wagon started
in and was loaded before it got halt
round, and the old gentleman got right
mad about it.
a good deal OF wheat is being sown;
moro than last year.
During a thunder storm Tuesday the
10th, light ming struck tree in the yard
OF Mr.. A. r. Kerr, about ten feet from
the house. The tree was struck about
four feet from the ground. Some of the
family were considerably shocked by
The electricity. The night following the
above occurrence, the heaviest rain foil
in this part OF the county that has fallen
since the May flood in 1856. A great
deal OF damage was done in washing
away fences.
Some few OF our farmers killed hogs
last week.
Rev. Mr.. EVins baptized six persons
at Stiversville the first Sunday in this
month.
Elder e. G. Seweu commenced his |
''OCblhS at bh6 SnuTCu Ill bnlS |
place, on Saturday before the second |
Sunday in this month, and continued |
until Thursday night, preaching twelve
The result of the meeting
was twenty persons were added to the
gregation-nineteen by baptism and
one reclaimed. One lady wanted to be
baptized, but her husband exercised his
authority as head of the family, and
would not let her. She like good and
Obedient wife submitted to his author
ty. There are five brothers of the Sew
oils, and four of them are preachers.
Elder Jesse l.. Sewell has four sons that
are preachers.
r. Emmett White, son of Thos. White,
Of this place, who went to Texas last
February, and Miss Maggie Campbell,
we're married on the 18th inst, at the
osidence of the brides father, near Aus
in, in Travis county.
Ben Williams, after living in our viii
age about twelve months, has left US. |
he will be very much missed. Bob
jOggin will have no one to swap horses
With now without leaving the village.
a political storm recently passed
yer this district, the 9th. Not a yes
ige of the RAIDS was left. The SUPPOSE
ion is they are preparing to take trip '
D the head of salt river, if they are not
lready gone. The Democrats have |
lade so many trips to the above parts i
q the last fifteen years, that the vessel |
hey have been us;Lg is Pretty well 9
i0rn, and if the RAIDS go in the same t
Hesel, there is great danger of the old
hing going to pieces, for the load will '
& very he IVY; The heav lest since 1914 {
hOuld they succeed in making the trip v
ale this time, they had better go to l
-Ork while there and build a new yes
Il, and build it a good deal larger than t.
ne old one, for the year 1876. The in t.
ications are that there will be goOdIy t
lumber then to make the trip. The
cssel will leave the city of Washington fl
,mewhere between the first and tenth q
November, 1876, commanded by a
'me one appointed by Gen. Grant. "
On. Grant will stay behind until the Il
h of March, 1877, and the vessel will .
leE return for him and his household | b
)ods. u