The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
FOUNTAIN GREER ITEMS.

Mt; BernaFd Stanley, ana Miss Mimi
Stanley, OF Lucan Province, Ontari,
SIanaaa West, uncle and, sister of the LAT
y ion A Stanley arrived In opryillage Q
visit 70 the widow of our late fellow either
Nh. Stanley IS q hne specimen Of what
termed an aEnglish country Gentleman.
| II Miss Minnie is specimen of the ladies Q
/ Canada, they are blessed with fine lookin
women in that cold region. Mr.. Stanleylef
on the 9TH for his home in Canada, 1eavinj
his niece with her sisfer-in-iaw, Mrs Johi
1 a. Stanley. 49, -
1t rains almost ineessantIy, and the farm
ers have done com parativeiyr nothing to
wards preparing for the forthcoming crop
The roads are almost Impossible forve
hickles Of any kind, and the consequencei il
QUE saw mil men are not doing much. ~
The wet weather is making our wheai
HOOK nne. The present ndications are. thai
we viii have a large crop of that cereal
lage the ID Instant, taught by Mrs G. A.
White. Out Of twenty-five scholars, two
thirds are beginners. This is enough to try
- BEAR CREEK ITEMB.
The ginners out here are about through
ginning lost years crop of cotton. The
number of bales each one put up, is as fol-
lows: Scott Stephens 25; r. a. Ogilyie,
ter, l4O; and James Dooley, 100. Making in
the aggregate $50 bales, averaging 500 pounds
each, which makes $4,000 pounds of lint
pound, giving our farmers the handsome
The farmers are very busy sowing oats
and grasses, and from the scarcity of corn
IN this valley, we judge there will be a
large crop of the above sown. Everything
indicates that the working season (spring)
Corn is selling at 81 70 per barrel in the
valley, and is very scarce. There are but
enough of this grain To iast them Til oats
come in. We hopethey will exercise a little
Judgment this year and raise enough If this
Indispensable grain for home consumption.
Raise as much cotton as you can and be
sure to raise enough corn.
We sincerely hope at the next meeting of
the County Court something will be done to
improve the unsatisfactory road system. We
urge upon all to do something. The pres
emit condition of the roads demand it; the
people demand ii, and never will our coun-
try be what she ought to be until we have
good roads.
When you enter this lane be careful,
Though seemingly IL looks passable,
mere are holes in 1t, deep and dreadful;
VOW 1t is not Balaamable.
rom the above you may draw some con-
lane. We saw an old darkey riding the
above named animal, and when he came to
the mouth of the lane he suddenly stopped,
Threw Dack his long ears and refused to
ouoge another inch. This downright stub
bornness of the Nightingale" caused a
but in vain his strength and
might were exhausted; in vain did he give
vent 10 his indignation. The Nightingale
had got 1t into his head that if he went into
the lane he would never eat any more grass.
We suppose this was what he was thinking
about judging from his looks, Any way.
me OLD darkey couldn't pursuade him to go
through. -
Did you ever rob bees of their delicious
money? Yes? A young Bear Creeker cut
Town bee-tree last week and they were
he maddest bees he ever saw; they wer'nt
he least pit particular where they stung |
aim; they would crawl up his breeches legs,
10 fnor 1t
re tell you 1t required no small degree of |
to get that honey. He didn't get |
way from that tree, however, until one of |
MS eyes had been entirely closed, one ear |
wollen to an enormous size and neck di- |
ated until his shirt collar would stay but |
oned no longer, and when he looked in |
he mirror at home he imagined he looked |
Ike SUIT Lovingood's dad did the day after |
'ut plowed him through the yellow Jackets
hest.
Mr.. Scott Stephens left one day last week |
or the Lone Star State. He expects TO be |
one month or two. The object of his visit 1
; to look at the country. If pleased he will
5 little doubt but that the fertile valleys,
nd broad, picture sque prairies will tickle
Our two young friends, Dick Ogilvie and
ielville Akin returned Monday, LIST inst,
rom weeks visit in the neighporhood of
II. Pleasant. Dick says he and Melville |
vent down there to purchase some sheep,
ut this is too thin, Dick.
MIR. Vim. Mitchell, one of our best farmers |
as De0n quite SICK IOT several weeks past, |
ut now is now rapidly improving, and ere
his goes to print, we hope to see him with
he flush of health returned to his cheeks
nd entirely restored to that strength and
igor characteristic of the man.
Capt. b. A. Rodgers, of Spring Hill, and
lr. I. MITCHELL of Giles county, the latter a
)n-in-law of our valuable citizen, ESQ. |
phraim Davis, were on a short visit TO Bear
reek last week.
A young "city gent" riding a bald-faced
ICED along the Bear Creek road last Satur-
ay, had better fetch our mud back, which
e carried off after his Steed tell down.