The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-10
LASEA ITEMS.

Mr.. Riley Tatum, who is Mrs. J. NJ
Sowell's father, and lives IN William
son county, near Riggs X Road paid hi
daughter a visit last Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. s. It. Hardison has boon visitins
his fathers family, (Mr j. T. Derry
berrY's) of this vicinity, several days
| She appears to be in delicate health
There is quite a contrast in her appear
| ance now and four years ago. Now pale
| and emaciated; then red and rosy, thf
very picture of health.
Mr.. w. d. Hardisou's little son, Wal
lsce) who has been Frustrated three OF
four weeks by what the Doctors term
cerebro- spinal meningitis, is recoYerir @
slowly, if at all.
We have learned that Mr.. j. Z. Cald
vel, who removed from this vicinity
to Texas year or two since, has late
ly been Frustrated by fever and now has
chills and fever. Indeed, it seems that
all our friends who have moved to the
west of late, when heard from are sick
if not dead.
Last Lords day Elder A. Hardison
preached a most instructive as we'll as
entertaining discourse at Lasea, on the
subject of prayer, and proved by the,
holy scriptures very clearly whom God
would hear and who he would not hear.
and also what kind of prayers he would
answer and the kind he would not am
swer. He read as starting point the
first ten verses of the second chapter of
first Timothy.
Elder ]. FL. Morton and Ed. r. B
Grimble, of Kentucky, will conduct a
meeting at Lasea, commencing Satur
day before the Sd Lords day in Septem-
Der.
Ed. J. E. Scoby, President of the
MurfreeSboro Female Institute, will hold
a protracted meeting at Riggs X Road
including the 3rd Lords day in this
month.
Mrs. e. Lumsden, of Marshall county,
is visiting relatives and friends in this
vicinity.
We learn with regret that Mrs. w. j.
Adkisson's school will close next Sat~
urday morning, unless moro interest is
manifested in behalf of the same. Now
to avert the above we would suggest
that The young ladies and gentlemen be
prompt to attend in the future, Tor we
assure them that their teacher is in ev-
cry respect worthy and competent, and
besides one of our best amateur singers
Mrs. John Doyle, of Marshall county
who has been visiting her fathers lami~
ly, of this vicinity, has been sick with
fever, but is now cOnValescent. Her
brother Crank is also sick with typhoid
fever.
Mrs. William Whitaker, who is visi-
ting her daughter, Mrs. J. w. Kinnard,
is sick with bilious intermittent fever
She is visited by DR.. John Mallard a
most worthy NJ. d.
The farmers have been very busy for
several days gathering their fodder;
thing which pays-"over the LETT" so to
express it; as the shrinkage of the
corn is so great that it's loss in value ex-
ceeds the value of the fodder saved, to
say nothing of the cost of saving. We
hope to soon see the time when to find
one who gathers fodder to be the eXcep-
ton, and not as it is now, tho opposite
The asserted necessity of gathering fod~
der should be obyiated by raising an
abuEdant supply of good hay.
Mr.. Thomas Sowell says that when
anything is missing in his neighbour
hood, the remark is made that it has
i'gone to the negro baptizing."
Some ladies who we're making molasses
The other Gay, also made some candy;
eating and pulling as much as they wish
I'D they deposited in their trunks among
their ruffies and laces. The result OF
his can be very easily imagined, es-
pecially this warm weather.
We know young lady who will not
sat cat fish; and we know no other
cause of her abstemiousness, than
hat she has become Disguised at GER
,ain large mouth fellows.
Whilst in Columbia the other day
,ur reporter noticed little white calf
walk into the First National Bank build |
ng, but it was very promptly end |
elected without having |
lis check cashed.
The sorghum crop, which is a very |
one this year, is now |
being made up; some people u.s.
ng cast mills and evaporatOrs, whilst |
,thers, who think one-Third too much |
o give for making or using wooden
Mills, kettles and boxes.
The other day while Mr.. John Davis
vas making molasses, squad OF fit
zenith amendments collected around his
urnace, and after a short time two of
hem began to quarrel and were soon
rom quarrel to fight. Mr.. Davis,
deserving the same, concluded that he
would board them, and did it: not at
30 per month, but with four feet
White oak board, on their launches.
me of them DOW says that Mr.. Davis
S as good hand as the preacher who
hreshed him last spring. And we
would state that the negroes have been
cry mute around Mr.. Davis premises
yer since that evening. So we say to
'Ou, John, board them again if they get
u fighting around Won.