The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-17
over The River.

NTH DISTRICT, Sept. ii.
Now, if it was not for the heavy yield
of corn and the good wheat crop garner
ed, the people in this country would still
be wearing blue" faces, for the cotton
certainly is very interior; fine stalk, thai
would do credit to the Mississippi or Ar
kansas bottoms, but no bolls. r. L.
Mitchner and 4 Harris have the fines
cotton in our section-cight or nine hun
dred the expectancy.
Eli Harris is weighing down one side
of his trowSers with greenbaCks, expect
ing and earnestly hoping to buy all the
cotton seed in Maury, Hickman, Lewis
Lawrence Wayne and Perry. So bring
along your cotton seed! your cotton! 80
bring along gOur cotton seed
Judge Gordon will beat his counter
scales and weights into plowshares, and
go it while he's young, on the Gregory
place, next year. Hired labor is his mot
to. The Judge was never known to make
a mistake in any euterprise-the grease
Genes right out of any squirrel he lays
hold on.
The horses of Doctors McEwen and
Cunningham have not had dry hair on
them in two week-a very large scope OF
country to travel over and considerable
sickness May this cool weather bring
about better health, SO these two clever
gentlemen may get rest for themselves
aud beasts.
Rev. Green Withersi Don is teaching a
Writing School in the Chappell Church.
The pupils are rapidly learning to sling
their pens, and in a manner to do credit
to themselves and instructor.
The weather has been too warm for
"spare-ribs, but 1t does not matter how
hot it gets, the boys will occasionally
hunt ribs of another kind. John Flowers
stepped over into Williamson County last
week, and when he retraced his steps to
Maury there were two Flowers ofthem-
got married, lie did, Dave Elder, who is
elderly, ana whose thoughts assumed q
splicing shape, was more fortunate tha/
John in finding one closer ito hum -
Miss Gilbreath stood alongside Of Dave
before the Rev. Mr.. Frazier at Ghe resi-
dence of John Gilbreath, the brides IA
Their When they partook OF the elegant
supper Il few minutes afterwards, they
were man and wife" What this cool
September may bring about i'll the way OF
matrimonial pairs, you can guess by the
smiles which some OF the Reverend gem
tlemen and Magistrates are wearing.
Don't you know that boy was struck?
The day was one OF the hottest; the dust
was of the deepest; the lane was of the
longest--Pshaw what cared he for dust,
heat, paper collar or anything ese, when
q beautiful blonde was in sight? She had
Just passed him in carriage driven in )
minute style. Quicker than "redskin,'
he slid off IS horse, not stopping to secure
the faithful animal, but with 2:40 strides
he puTsues the vehicle with It's fair Occu-
pant; with perSpiration in great drops on
brow and leaking through his linen dus-
ter, he succeeded in Overtaking the object
of his pursuit. OF course the seat by her
side was no longer vacant. The three
miles ride vas pleasant as could be-but
to walk that distance back with tight
boots on was GWJUi. And then to find
that ever to be trusted old mag gone
home Gracious Tightsboots Blister
ed Eeelsl Nostrils full of dust "Thun-
der and lightning! How can | stand it
Three miles more. Oh, if | had my
northumberland How | do sweat
In order to dry some bay that had been
housed too green, Jack G. pulled the
boards off his barn, thinking perhaps it
would be less troublesome, but the atOre-
said J a,k is not one of the best weather.
witches, nor does he often see the DULLES
tin board with "Old Prob's' warning to
l.ake hay while the "Sun OUT or TO dry
the same with one eye up. So cloud
gathered just over the open top barn OF
farmer Jack, and before he had driven a
dozen nails the hay had received
the watery contents gfthe rambling cloud,
and gotten thoroughly soaked. WITH
bended head and hands crossed behind
his back, he leisurely picked his way
through the falling rain 10 the house,
Unfortunate nan that am says he to
his wife. The good woman paf'ed him
on the head-but twas 10 use; lie cX-
claimed as lie dropped himself into 2
chair
"0h wife, OH wife, must say
That open top summing viii NOT pay.
I've lost nails, boards, iaDor and hay;
All Oh account of this rainy day"
He dosed oft, and after gentle slum-
Der of an hour, his wife says he wac muen
more composed NJ, i. JUG,