The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-20


To the Editor of the Herald and Maa:
The county is indebted to E. T. Jour
ney for the bountiful and refreshing
showers last Wednesday. Mr.. Journey
killed a rattlesnake and hung 1t up, bu
he says he doubted the propriety of it.
| for Sam Butler says it will not do tC
hang up a rattlesnake, but notwith-
standing the admonition of the Gener.
al, he burg 1t up and that same night
10, the rains descended and the floods
| came and beat upon that snake but i
| fell not, for it was hung upon a thorn
| bush. The next day the clouds began
| to gather about o'clock p. NJ, and the
rain began to fall in great proiusion
and continued 30 minutes, when Mr.
| Journey, seeing it was about to prove
| destructive, was Obliged to take his
snake in out of the wet. This is the
fourth rattlesnake that has b ell killed
on the river from Long Island to J. W.
Littlejohn's farm, the space OF about one
mile, this season, and also tho second
by Mr.. Journey, the last being the
smaller ofthe two, it only having nine
rattles and button.
Messrs. Watson and Harris sued ono
Fitzpatrick, COL, for damages, and were
to have the trial before Esq. John Dow
ell, but the trial was put Oft until Satur-
day next, when it will be tried at Col
ler's shop. It seems hat the said Fitz-
patrick had been using innings that didn't
belong to him. Capt. J. B. Murphy was
the defendants counsel. There was
another damage suit commenced last
week, but was compromised on condiN
ton that the defendant pay the cost.
1t seems that COW had been troub-
ling negro on the Gillespie farm, and
getting tired of being troubled, he
resolved to get rid of his pest; where
upon he threw hot embers on the COW,
which acted like a charm. The owner
OF the cow being indignant at seeing
his cows hide entirely spoiled, took out
" warrant and sent Deputy Johnson at
ter him, but JohL son failed to fLd
hIn. The plaintiff met the defendant
and compromised on the aforesaid
terms.
The grasshoppers have comme need
their depredatiOns in this neighbour
hood. We notice on he farm of George
darker the corn next to the stubble
land, that the blades are entirely eaten
up, until nothing but the stems remain.
I think the hoppers have come from the
worms that were so destructive to pas
lures in these parts about this time last
year, for when the worms disappeared
they went into the ground where they
were transformed to grasshoppers, or
D Imething resembling grasshoppers
very much. The only question is wheth~
or the breezes of last winter would have
k illod these transm Ited worms or not. |
Mr.. S. NJ. Akin, formerly OF this |
but now OF Campbell's !
Station, and Miss Luret ten. Bills, were |
married at the residence of Mr.. |
Frank Speed. Mr.. Akin is nice young |
nan, and bids fair to do much good in |
he future. May their union be long |
and happy.
Some of our farmers are offering 10 |
sell corn in the field at two dollars |
Der barrel. Ii we just had tho hogs,
We would have plenty to eat next year,
out there are not hogs enough IN the |
.4th district to make meat to supply the |
people.
Thomas Tucker, of Columbia, was at |
Rock Spring last Sunday. Come again
rhomas-it rained SO she did not get to
,huI CHI.
VIM. Rummage, Sr, and DR.. Long
AVE settled all their Difficult tiesi before
hey wont tar enough to be troubles
ome.
Last Spring Mr.. K. sold the DR. some
eed supposed to be German millet.
When Mr.. RS own seed came up he
discovered it WAS Hungarian, the seed of
which is two dollars cheaper than tho
ierman. Mr.. Rumnage went imme&
lately to the Doctor and explained the
natter. LOUIS.