The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-16

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| dence, on Double Branches last Friday, a
ter a long Illness. He was well known a
| over our county, and wherever know
| honored and esteemed He was IN exceed
ingiy kind neighbor, and will be greati
| missed. Always cheerful ana fu
OF pleasant Jokes and wit, no crowd was eN
| er dull when he was in IT.. Though havin
I n manly form, it was for years pierce
/ through with disease.
| IT. IL HeImick, OF the Mt. Pleasan
country, offered to take LOFTY DuSnciS 3, {
/ the frost hit il down. II turned out 81
| hundred bushels. Another farmer sold hi
crop at the same time for an old cast irO
| shotgun, and II made IA fine yield.
| Last fall, Henry Murphy, renter Of
Mrs James III. WebsteT's place, bought sew
| enteen bushels of white wheat from Be-
/ Johnson. a renter on Major Ben Harlan
| place, and sowed ii on Mrs. Webster
| farm. He recently threshed IL, and IL turn
| ed out five hundred and seYenty-hve bush
| els nearly thirty-fOu bushels per acre.
| Garrett VooThies says Gen. Sam Butler
| who is six feet high, took measured sever
| foot pole, and standing on tiPtoeS, could no
| reach the top of corn in Esq. II. Il. Dain
woods garden. He also says John Collin
says the Esq. has cabbage heads which viii
-Rey. Joe SOwell was called upon at thu
late session OF the Savannah District Con
ference to give an account of his ,COrk dur
Ing the last year, He said his work haC
been very drduOps; that he had not had
hoe in his hand before in twenty years.
Your work as preacher" said the Presid
81 have tried to preach-have flashed some
times, but occasionally when loaded
have gone of; but have not been so loose
on the handle as formerly"
Judge w. q. Gordon brings us the big.
gest and finest beet we ever saw. The judge
Is hard to beat, either as raiser OF beetE, Ol
as Chairman of County Court which resPOn'
sible office he is filling with great credit 10
himself and satisfaction to the people.
One night last week the residence OF
DIR. Terrell was entered by a rOEber. The
Tobber reached the rooms In the second
story, and in his meandering around the
room, ran against wash stand, The noise
awOke tho young ladies', who very prompt
ly gave the alarm. The rObber raised the
window and jumped to the ground, and
made his escape. Keep shot guns.
Dave Goad, +. a. LeOnhard, :. NJ. Fisch-
er and others expect to go into BuZZard
ROOst Cave, above Wallis old mill, some
time soon The cave is said to be full of
bones etc, and larger than Greenfield cave.
IL has never been fully explored, because
the natives fear that the cave contains foul
air. Mr.. LeOnhaTd proposes TO let a man go
ahead with rope and candle, and II the
candle goes out and the man falls, those
behind will pull him out by the rope.
Johnny Estes said, last Tuesday, that
half the wheat crop had not been threshcd.
He saws Thos. II. Williams had the best
wheat crop that he has threshed; fifty acres
averaged twenty-sCvCn bushels per acre.
MT. Williams pastured "a large flock Of
sheep on this field during the winter, and
he now says the wheat would have paid
him for his trouble If il had not turned out
a buShcl.
The magnificent corn prospects cause
farmers to look around and lament that
they have but few hogs TO fatten. Last
Fall, when corn was so scarce, farmers kill
ed nil their hOrS fat and lean, rather than
have to feed them during the winter. Very
few farmers now have hogs enough 10 Kill,
and many have none at all. No doubt
many hogs will be imported from Ken
lucky OF Indiana.
The young ladies ofCuIleOka gave an Ice
Cream Festival on last Tuesday night, for
Z ~ M IN Masonic
4 great many were in attendance, although
the rain came down in torrents, and kept
many away that intended going. 1t was
success SO far as the cream and cake were
and the ladies deserve great
credit.
REV. JoscEh NJ. SoweII, of Lawrence
county, calls the Savannah District the
Blackberry District Sometimes he de-
seconds from the blackberry region and
comes down where they eat wheat bread
and pound cake. On one occasion, in going
to and fro upon the earth, and walking up
and down the modern Garden of Eden, he
came to the gOOdly country around Zion,
ing absent or unwell, Rev. Joe was request
ed 10 dispense the word of life to that peo-
pie. He consented, and on entering the
pulpit he took an old greasy Methodist
hymn book out of his coat tail pocket, and
gave cut hymn TO the Presbyterian con-
greCatiOn. The people looked at their
books but could not find the
hymn, and Joe had to sing ii all by him.
self He then took a Presbyterian hymn
~
ing towards the splendid new organ, you
folks know when to commence on that old
thrasheT; when you get ready you can
trhale in" Our infOTmantS name can be
obtained 10y calling on US.
Did you ever see such stalks of corn?
Some of them are rs big rs Arch Lipscomb's
heTCulean arm; they are absolutely prOdlg-
iOus Rain, rain, rain nearly for two weeks
Bragg says il il rains much more corn
will "OveTshOOt ITSELF Even poor spots,
where il has been kept clean, look black
|.
looks like II CanchrakC. y farmer
of that section tells US that that entire Coun-
try, embracing many square miles, Will Rv-
prage ten barrels per acre. Last week there
was a little complaint of dry weather in the
southport country. Mr.. Ballaniant says
the CulleOka country has not had as much
rain as other sections, but il has had just
enough; his field at the depot is said to have
the best corn on IL since the cane was cut
from IT. Billie LipScOmb's field OF corn on
his new ground, over the river from town,
looks as greasy and black as a mississippi
neg. q. But while the rains nre Denehclal
TO corn, and probably cotton, they are death
to unthTashCd wheat, and we fear that
much of ii has already spIoutCd, or is sert-
Ously damaged. Most, If not all, the large
crOns are thTcshed for the threshers take
such crops first, and the small crops are suf-
fering which belong mainly TO poor men.
"A number of young ladies and gentle
men met at +. NJ. Fullcr's beautiful yard
last Saturday. The ladies were: Miss
Sarah and Miss Charley kinnard; Miss Sal
lie Wood, of Kentucky; Miss Queenic Arm
Miss ROME Crump, of Williamson county;
Miss Susie Vaughn, Miss Jennie Davis,
Misses Dixon. The gentlemen were: John
u. Ashton, Philip +. and John Kinnard,
Nat Nicholson, Billy Scott, Wesley Smith,
George Cannon, De. Vaughn, and others.
They played CrOQuct, marbles, humble
peg and prOmenaded and talked. About
one o'clock, Mr.. Fuller spread n magnih-
cent dinner out doors in the shade, and call
ed the boys and girls up, and didn't say
grace. y large and handsome bOquet was
placed in the middle of the table, and after
dinner the young ladies tore itup and plac-
ed the flowers on the young mems lapels.
John Il. Ashton had to buy his flowers, and
agreed to carry the columbia Humming
Bird" to the SmiscT Bend and Bear Greek,
or In default to pay three peC&S of meal and
one peck of bran. About four o'clock n big
rain came up and drove the party in the
house, and they got up spelling match. NJ rS.
Dick Ogilvie was teacher, and the Captains
were Miss Jennie Davis and Miss >. Vaughn,
Miss Jennie's side beat once, and Miss Su-
sizes beat the SECOND time. ] he first time
Miss Susie's spoilers all spelled out, and she
had 10 borrow three of the fair opponents
spoilers, and Miss Jennie even beat her then.
WebSter's blue-back speliiuE-bOOk was
used AT six O'Clock horses were bridled
and saddled, and the Dung folks mounted
them and went home, each gallant with his