The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
Cholera i'm CuIIeOkR.
Not Cholera MOrbus,
Nor Cholera Infantum,
But Cholera Chickenum.


George Jones old hen, familiarly
April the 9TH, with cholera. HO17ibit,
Webb's students. Poor George, he ha!
the sympatuies of the entire community,
| We reported last week that Jno. Green
zone of Prof. Webb's students, was af
hicted with solution of continuity at the
Carpal and metacarpal articulation Of the
| fifth digit-said digit is cOnvalescent.
Hardee Peoples, one of Prof. Webs
students, was reported as wounded
seriously by an incubating gallinaceous
| fowl Hardee files sundry objections tC
said item; first that he has not been
pecked in ten years-secOnd that he was
not pecked in twenty miles of Cullcoka;
third, that he is not tne only enpeck.
ed individual in this community. ] will
net, however, retract that item in regard
to Hardee; have hit upon the brilliant
idea OF at the same time manufacturing
and recording history and discard the
old fOgy limitations of time, place and
actual occurrence.
An old colored preacher announced to
his audience that they erere at liberty to
'dr questions at any time during the
be considered no interruption. After
taking his text he started his sermon
with the remark that the Lord made
fence to dry" Now" interrupted a
nearer, who made that fence?' The
preacher replied that eff fool niggers was
lowed to ak such questions as them,
'twould spile the best gospel sermon ever
was" Now, Mr.. Editor, | am getting up
items, and do not intend to have them
spilled by such questions as "where?'
''when?' or did they occur at all?'
Since my specimen obituary appeared,
l am so pressed by applications for obit-
uaries that | shall be compelled to have
several assistants. That new venture of
mine was happy thought, and no doubt
will eventuate in large revenues. There are
a good many applications for position as
assistants, and feel confident in suff
cient success in my new business to hold
out hopes of employment to all of them.
Here is another obituary. 1t is with
sincere regret that we are called upon to
announce the visit of death again to this
stricken community. BY the way for the
benefit of the uniformed will state that
Culleoka extends five or six miles in each
direction in ordinary items; but in cases
of sickness or death a little farther Will
liam was noble specimen of his race (He
was not one of Prof, Webb's students.
He was honest and upright, no dishonor-
able stain rests upon his fair name, and
with truth 1T may be said no foul mouthed
SANDER ever passed his lips; and be his
neighbor friend or foe, if he could say
nothing in his favor, he said nothing to
| his injury. His Sufferings were great but
| his patience never wearied, and in the in.
| tervals between the spasms brought one
| Dysenteric Hepatitis, of which disease
| he died. His look of resignation was
enough to melt the frigidity OF a stole and
| excite rapture in the breast Of a hermit
| C.. S. Williamson, who is a Son-in-laV
| of man who takes boarders for Prof
Webbs school, and his bereaved family
| have the sympathy of the entire commu
nity for who can tell the distress of sucf
loss, when in the strength of youth
with his days usefulness just dawning
| such mule as William lies down anC
! dies without cause, unless he was afraid
| of taking the mumps from Prof Webb
students2
For the Angel of Death spread his wings oil
| the beast,
And breathed in the face of William as h
And the eyes of that mule waxed deadl
| and chill,
| And his heart but once heaved and foreve
| grew still,
And then laid that mule with his nostril
all wide,
But through them there rolled not til
breath of his pride,
No more could he bray with his gras
searching snOut,
Like the gay hopes Of youth, he had gon
up n spout.
ICHNEUMON.
P S. We had hoped to report the deaf
of our sick kitten this week-but tn
train is in sight and he is not dead enOug
| Cor thic iona