The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-28
RALLY HILL ITEMS.


20 been many cases; the disease is now aba
al ting The citizens always take such thing
as the measles and humps as a matter Q
o course. 1t don't disturb them. IN
d Cards
d Mr.. Willoughby jackson, Urofoun
e dly impressed with the many adyan
: tages to the people in the way of conve
nience and laboring for their future NOR.
n al good, has set dead-fall, price seven
ty-fve cents per quart. This hind Of spir-
4 itual consolation, however, is not very
: very much needed.
4 On the 3rd iRst,, Mrs Sallis Wilson
r died of puerpersl fever. Calmly and Sc
renely she met the destroying angel and
l joyously crossed deaths dark river, with
J \ words of affection and consolation for
her fearful friends and heart broken hus-
band; whom she babe not to grieve for
her, but rather to rejoice, that her spirit
soon would be free to wing its way where
tears and parting never come But a
few months ago the bride Of love, so soon
|. the bride of death. Sad and touch
ing was that death scene Aged nine
teen, young and lovely. La person loved
by all that knew her, her triumphant
death told more eloquently than tongue
can tell the strength that religion and
christian grace can give in life's last sad
finale.
The wheat prospect is still very fine.
If rust does not strike it and cut il short,
and the weather continues favorable, the
crop will be the largest ever grown;
the breadth sown is larger than ever
! known before. There was not as large
a crop of oats sown as usual, owing to the
scarcity of seed, and the high price. Nine
tenths of the oats sown were of Northern
seed. The prospect now is most fatter-
ing; they seem to be growing with unusu-
| al vigor and promise a heavy yield. |
| The present outlook for a corn crop is |
good, the ground generally is very fine |
| but there is some complaint Of bad stands, |
| which is generally owing to lack of prop /
| er preparation Of the soil; those that |
went back to old principles and covered /
with the hoe uniformly have fine stands.
The corn is now growing we'll The
amount Of cotton planted is not as large
as usual. The falling off in acreage will
be about one fifth. A great deal Of pains
have been taken, however, in putting in
the present crop. The vim with which
the farmers are working will bring the
crop up probably to more than the average
yield Squire J. n. Ellington, ore OF
the most energetic farmers on Flat Creek,
is planting the largest cotton crop in the
Rally Hill country; he has a hundred
acres in cotton.
There is not much complaint of stock
being too fat to work; there has net been
a single case Of founder in the neighbor.
hood this Spring, and there has been but ,
one horse run away with pillow, and that
was Doctors horse.
The lockjaw has been attacking the
horses along the edge of Marshall and I
Maury. They are generally attacked
while blowing, when they get near bush; =
the spell goes of, when the bush is gone.
A gentleman on upper Flat Creek in the Z
vicinity of Flat Greek Church has mare
that has this spring fOaled horse colt
and mule colt, both well marked and =
formed as to their different species. q
They are both doing we'll. The gentleman
name is Sledge who owns the mare. y
As the time is near at hand when RObt.
Allen Esqr. and Squire Ellington will be Il
round assessing dogs, the law is getting
lauseous to some of the citizens. Flat n
Creek has many dogs and few sheep; Il
uncle Jake Shires has taken in about all
If the five dollar hen dog hides. He has ~
row vat about full of Marshall county | n
md Maury county dog hides, II is thought ~
e will have 10 dig another vat 10 hold al
hem Ifhc does, he expects TO get
jlayte Moore to help him tan them. Iii
A mad dog passed down Little Flat
;reck on the 18th inst. He came into di
ames McNeily's field where they were
lowing and had three spasms He bit di
Ir. McNeiy's dog after he got over his
pasms. He bit one or two more dogs di
e(ore he was killed, as there he'd been no
ymptoms of bydrophoba among the dogs 10
! the ncigbOrhOOd before. The only Al,
lausible theory to account for this ezra. W.
c case is that he went distracted on &C. II
Ount of the dog law. Information wan
ID, to know when a pup becomes a tax 81!
BILE dog, as there are many opposed to
king pups unless the tax could be paid Ii.
extra dogs or Confederate money;
hich money ought TO be made on par di'
it'll Confederate Torbett issue, by spe.
] decree Of the Supreme Court, 80 that MI
~ might pay dog tax with it. There II
Ould be comfort in this, to the dog ow.
,r, The wool grower and mutton raj ncI
r have been comforted by the dog law. I
be bankers with their Torbett Issue, acr
I'VE had their nests feathered, and why J
1T tickle the dog owner some? HIS argu. 18th
ent against the law is that taxation J
Ould be uniform as regards property, acT
id that the cur is taxed unjustly, accor. o. -
A
the State and that the farmers dogs "a
Il be taxed to help reduce the tax on S
c rich man land, and is not constitu- u
NAL. sos
Not long since on the farm OF Capt. II
S, Cunditt, the excellent Deputy Sher- 3 10
O! Marshall county, the battle CRY n
freedom was sounded among the civil rise
,hters, and they had an: old fashioned -
ock down and drag out fight; from the 'oIS
lount of wool left on the ground, u 40"
,ked very much like they might have
d Mississippi mess-piGking. Combs chr
d cards have not been in demand With
"a since, acr,
A jovial party Of gentlemen from
ankfn have been fishing at Harrison acr'
lis. The party consisted of Col Nor. j
cal Puryear Messrs. Black Hawk Mic lot,
Is, Squash Nicely and Ed. Smith, Esqr. .,
ese gentlemen are tyros in the pisca M ~
ial art, and not having either Gault, est
Her or Priest, along, of course they II
not have much luck, although they ter
ought some very superior bait along j
h them done up in a jug II was Gre
,ker bait, and the suckers were shoal- 20.
:. The party only caught three fish, W
luding one eleven pound cat. little hsi
Re Shires was seen going to the party y
n
lionel was walked mp in his tent and acyi
that he had bite. Getting u
he caught the eleven FOUNDER. Messrs. tere
chols and Smith could likely tell how and
cat come to bite at the Coloners j
ok while he was taking his afternoon -
p. To compensate the gentlemen ID
their want of luck Little Jake sold -
; party all they needed TO eat while
Y staid, and sixty pounds more of fish TsO
en- they were leaving for home. The :
ateur fishermen Of Williamson ought Cror
have and cherish the kindesG feel Ko,
IS for little Jake, g.
At tines i'm time TO them OF need fart
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can Churches, and Clean People in #
Rev. DIR, Ino, b, McFoTrin, at the "a
sing Hill Conference, said he liked = r.
see clean churches and clean people ,iiio
them. He said 10 girl after having l al
shed and starched and irOned her sn'a
ess, wanted 60 sit on a bench In a Gus
urch that was covered with dust ney
nd, )" said no, 'if she is a deyoutly will
,us girl, she desires to kneel in TO q
urch during the prayers, but how can suH
g kneel when tho floor II covered com
til filthy tObaccoPi lie believes that 1,o,
'anlipeSs is next to godliness. His
k will do good Tho Snrin0 mn wiz