The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

| Friday night the weather commenced
| getting colder, and increased so rapidly that
| by Saturday morning at daylight the Their
| mometer stood in the neighborhood of zero.
! DIR. Mack examined several thermometers
late in the morning, and found them rang
| ing from two to four degrees above zero.
The mercury stood at five degrees at the
AthenBum, and the lowest one-and-a-half
at Andrews q Mayes' store. a fierce north
ern wind made the weather feel like ii was
twenty degrees below zero. Prof Seavy said
he has experienced it that cold in the north
west, but never did it feel so cold to him as
it did last Saturday. Uncle Tommy, who
has been driving the coach Tor "fifty year."
says he never suffered as much from cold as
he did last Saturday morning. Scarcely
anybody came to town. The old wealth er
men say that it was the coolest day seen
here since the first of January, 1864. Others
say since January. 1865. Sunday morning
was still colder, but as the wind did not
blow, it did not seem as cold as Saturday.
w. NJ. Murphy, of Southport, says he exam
ined his thermometer at daylight Sunday
morning, and the mercury was down to two
degrees below zero. Monday morning 1t
had risen to six degrees above zero.
Notice to Col. Horsley and all other
NJ. l.. Andrews, our ex and excellent Circuit
Court Clerk, has just returned from his mill,
four miles above Pinewood, and while
there in the latter part of December, 1874,
went out trOuting and caught splendid
lot of trout, and just below the mill caught
one magnificent trout, weighing full seven
and one-quarter pounds. What do you say
to that, ye Columbia troutists? Horsley,
Mayes, can you beat that in December? If
you cannot, surrender the banner to the old
man. Speak out, Marsh Johnson, or fOrev-
er hold your peace Franklin ReUielU.
A strong effort is being made by the
friends of John b. McEwen, Esq, to make
him State Superintendent OF Public Schools
better selection could not be made. His
idea is, that flee schools are the best invest
ments that aState can make. He has been
a school commissioner for thirty and one
half years. without compensation whatev-
er.-FFankliH ReUie,g.
We are glad to chronicle the intelligence
that there is an improvement in the hack
line between here and Columbia, and now
you can go through to Nashville in one day.
We have been used to so much delay that
this almost takes our BREATH WayHesb0ro
ReUie,0.
Miss Gertrude Pillow, daughter of Gen.
Gideon ]. Pillow, OF this city, shot a bear
near Old Town landing, Arkansas, last
week. The young lady was attended by a
youth named Charles Mitchell, brother OF
Captain John H. Mitchell, Brutn received
two loads from double-barrelIed shot gun,
and turned over with a sigh somewhat akin
to a growl, quietly breathed his last. He
was ola very large size, and the steaks
were juicy and nice. Miss Pillow has the
or In ha of no
fowling-piece, and has brought down many
deer.-Memphis appeal.
We all talk too much about hard times
1t is true the corn and cotton crops were
small last year, but the wheat crop was an
unusually good one, and farmers can man
age very well to get along until the next
wheat crop. If times are moderately hard, |
don't make them worse by complaining
about them. Cracking and complaining
make hard times. Ii makes people who |
have plenty money hold on to it, instead OF
paying debts and spending it. Every hun |
bred dollars so locked up helps to make |
hard times. Go to work, and quit talking |
about hard times.
Williamson county, like Maury, is large
ly sown in wheat. \ gentleman well ac-
quainted with the farms around Franklin,
recently stood on Ropers Knob and count
ed six thousand acres of land in wheat. Be
ing well acquainted with all the farms, he
knew how much each one contained.
The last number of the T,uf, Field and
Farm, contains the following question and
answer, Mr.. Downing spoken of has charge
of the horses belonging to the Maury TrOt-
ting Association, and is giving great salts
ton, we believe. an. H, NashviIIe.-WhO
was it that rode and trained Harry Booth in
1868 and 1869, when he won so many hurdle
races? Some here say ii was VIM. II. Down
ing, the trotting horse trainer at Columbia,
Tenn. by answering, you would confer a
great favor, and decide a bet of so. 1t is |
left to your paper to decide. ANswER-W.
II. Downing trained and rode Harry Booth
in the years mentioned. He is now in your
State, and is good, honest, clever man."