The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-12-03
WILLIAMS PORTITEMs.

| The monotony of crops has silently pas
/ sed off, leaving the farmer with sad face
| no improvement on last year save q good
| crop of corn. Financially they are in a bad
| condition; the wheat crop, though a fair
| yield, did only partial good as to assisting
/ in paying limited amount of their indebt-
| edneSs; the cotton crop, only a drop in the
| bucket" and as long as they stick to it.
| sheriffs and constables will ever be ON the
| rampage. Some are forced already to go in
| to deeds of trust, bidding farewell to hOnora :
BILE credit, and so it Will be so long as they
continue to plant cotton in this changible
| Our free schools are daily closing for want
| of funds, everything seeming dull drag in
Miss Sallie Morgan and Mrs. MoIlie Blair,
| col, fought a running fight with rocks, last
week, on Green Plains farm, near the viii
| lage.
VIM Grimes, and son, whipped his wife,
! in Greenfield Bend, last week. A lovely
husband and son.
| Mr.. John Perixen, recently an inmate OF
the poor house, is in this section, a wanderer
without home Let every body pity the
| sorrows of the poor old man..
The recent rains have filed Duck river
| brim full of murky muddy water, the only
these parts, and most always breaks down
| his wagon. Nat says Bull has just returned
| from the Texas races. Call him to to time,
John.
Elders George Teasdale, McAllister, and
Winder, Latter Day Saints, held forth in
| POrter's school house, at this place, last Sun
| day. Mr.. T. was the principal speaker and
proposed to prove his doctrine correct in eV-
| er particular by the scriptures. There was a
small but very select crowd in attendance,
| principally gentleman, in fact none but gen.
| tlemen, all unmarried men except a few,
| who, we supposed, had managed to hood
| wink their dear better-halves, for the ladies
| as a general thing disapproVe of certain prac-
| tees of the Church, and endeavor to prevent
their husbands attending. Cross Bridges
was heavily represented from that vicinity.
We saw our esteemed friend J. w. Spoon
his attention to the sermon G,T was profound,
known to be original, and rather erratic in
| his views and opinions, some of his friends
| fear that the willy Mormon has made too
| deep an impression upon him; but real es-
| tate is very low in price now, and we do not
! think there is much danger of his emigra-
| ting. We also noticed, from the same neigh
borhood, another of our friends, ]. c.. H.,
| who owing to the surroundings forcibly IL
Illustrated to us the unequal manner in
| some can get a score or more of wives, and
| others none. We are informed that Mr.. H.
was under the impression that wives to any
amount, and of any age and quality were
| furnished members of the sect gratis and, if
| this was true, he intended to join immedi-
! atelN if not sooner.
Thanksgiving day passed Off very
| quietly, and we do not believe half of the
| apart as such. The non-Observance oft how
| ever does not bother us, for we know that it
| leaves more fat turkeys for Christmas.
| We gratefully tip our hat to Col. Walter
| Cross Owen Nat Jim Parker for his kind
| suggestion few weeks back and would saw
to him las some old wiseacre said to q boy
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| world), tend to your own knitting, nv son,
tend to your own knitting.
| near Mt. Pleasant, last week, Corn sold at
Sl30 a S135 per barrel, and pork at $3.50 a
| Sis per cwt., on twelve months credit. Tend
to your knitting, Colonel.
| William Region, an energetic end success.
full farmer, who lives near the mouth OF
| Leatherwood Creek, Hickman Co., has sold
| to MessrS Samuel Graham and Son, of Pine
wood, fifty pork hogs that will average 2OC
pounds net, at So cts. When every one
tried to go this route to the money, times
The singing in the Methodist Church, al
this place, was considerably improved, last
Sunday, by the addition of several new bass
voices.
S. q. Delk has gathered this year, from
thirty-five acres of land, eighteen bales o.
has only got thirteen hundred fbs. from
| twenty-One acres. This is the heaviest and
| lighteSt yield we have heard OF,
| Mrs. Matilda Robertson, who was almost
| ar octogenarlan, died at her residence, In
this vicinity, on the 9th inst. She was {
daughter of VIM. p Pool, one of the sturdy
pioneers who cut the cane, and cleared the
lands of this country, away back in the past
| when Tennessee was part of the old Nortl
| are passing away.
Col. ]. w: S. Ridley, the great mule dealer
was in this neighborhood last week. HI
purchased of E. L. Williams eleven of hi
| Iong-eared favoriteS
Maj. ]. F. Gray and his family left our vii
| lage Tuesday for Nashville, their future
| home. We part with the Major with many
sincere regrets, for he is gentlemen in the
| fullest sense of the word; always kind, alta
| BILE, and polite. He was beloved by all. We
hope he will meet with much success in his
| new home, for no one more justly merits ii
Il I. S. S. and w. f. Mex. phrenologiset
their heads with their fists at lively rat,
| Tuesday at Sawdust Valley
George H, Harlan, Esq, and hands, wer'
: | doing good work, ON Columbia and VIII
Transport road, this week, which was greatly
| needed.
viii the Pulaski Citizen please tell what i
/ A 4
man was seen leaving Maury, short tim'
| ago, with a pillow case full of sweet potatoes