The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-26
NIT. PLEASANT ITEMS.

Wesley BriScO, cOlOred, of this village
had very fine bird dog to 90 mad a few
days ago. when first discovered he was
swapping at everything that came in his
way. He was finally killed by his owner
We have always had great fancy fol-
blOOded dogs, but a supreme contempt
for mongrels. The dog is phenomenon
a double ender, being the only animal
that gives expression to its emotional
nature by both head and tail Dogs are
peculiarly subject to a disease called
Hydrophobia This term one of our NJ.
DIS. informed US is derived from two Greek
words, Hud0r water and PhO6OS tear.
We have met many men in this country
having the fear of water, but it exhibited
itself more as fondness for something
else, than a disease. The chief objection
to dogs having the complaint is POSSIBLE
Ity of their giving it to men, and we have
the dog gondest' horror oft than of any
disorder known, except the Jim Jams. -
Now as to the terrors of this disease,
what can be more awful than the victim s
anguish, brief intervals of ease followed
by cOnvulsive paroXysms brought on even
by a breath of air, while in moments OF
relief from the spells, he is tortured by the
dread of entailing on those around him
a fate as terrible as his own. Human
inauguration can picture but one more
horrible exit from this world, and that is
being talked to death. Without advooat-
ing an indiscrlminate slaughter of the
innocents we would suggest a movement
tending to their gradual determinations
(the mongrels we mean that is to extermi-
nate all of the lady dogs, and impose a
small fine upon the gentlemen dogs. This
would dispose of the numerous GltTs, that
have neither merit, blood nor beauty, to
recommend them to public favor.
HAMPSHIRE ACADEMY.
We had the pleasure of attending the
closing exercises of Prof. Ussery School
at Hampshire, last Friday night, and we
must say that his pupils, showed that
they had been diligently engaged in the
improvement of their intellectual facul-
ties during the past session. Prof.
Ussery, has long been placed in close
and he is iudowed with all the qualities of
head and heart that qualify hin. to form
a correct estimate OF the mental and
moral capacity of those who come under
his charge One young man particularly
we were very favorably wi. impressed with,
ILLS was master JOnn VIII neusIey, MS
speech was magnificent and he held a
large audience in their seats, after long
sitting, with attentive delight When he
had closed his address they not only
manifested no signs of WEAKNESS, but gave
repeated utteranceS of their satisfaction.
His speech bore evidence of deep thought
and of a mature intellectual training
which fully attest the faithfulness with
which he had discharged his duties. Few
young men ever show brighter prospects
or a fairer promise off future eminence
or usetulness,-tb he.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE
One OF the boldest and most daring at
tempts at murder and robbery, was per
petrated in our village, at an early hour
on last Saturday night, upon the person of
our esteemed fellow citizen, Col. MART"
L. Stockard, while retnr"'-,r on;otIr -
HIS ho' '.-, as heretofore, about 9! O. clock
P. NJ. Immediately after divine service at
the NJ. f. Church. He was assaulted
while passing through his beautiful lawn,
directly in front of his mansion, by a
midnight assassin and robber who ap-
preached him from the rear, and striking
him with formidable club, just below the
left temple, telling him insensible, to the
ground. To finish his fendish work sue
ceSSfuIly, he gave him another blow,
which broke his jawbone and inflicted a
most horrible wound The fend then
grasped him by the throat, as scars show,
and robbed him of over two hundred dol
lars. Col. StOckard is, atpreSent lying in a
critical condition, but his many friends
are hopeful of his recovery. AS yet, there is
no clue to the would be murderer and fend
in carnate. This horrible outrage has
cast deep and lasting gloom over this
community, as such an occurrence was
never perpetrated in our midst before
Capt. John S. Brooks, of the firm Of
Brooks & Co., chief engineer and foreman
is running one of the very best and most
successful threshers in all the country, and
is rendering valuable service to this hungry
neighborhood separating the substance
from the chat, and turning out greater
yield than any other machine.