The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


= Bob Matthews" our ten RATHER is or
! hand, and sings beautifully for ALL
| I'VE learn that there is great deal G
sickness along tennessee river agapesJor
| Citizen.
-Yank Taylor, white man who wa
| put In the work-house for six months, wa
| released last Wednesday.
| Capt. Thos. Gibson sold two fine South
down lambs to Capt w. ID. Bethel at tn
Falr last Wednesday-ewe and buck.
-"Dawse," asks Wiley Embry, "why is
| kiss like sewing machine?" Don't know
| Wiley, unless it's because it seems so good.
| Dave Goad, delegate to the state Con
Lee Bullock elected Grand Worthy Chic
Templar Ofthe Grand Lodge of the State.
| Capt. ThOs. Gibson had on exhibition
| at the Fair his fine Longwool ram, import
| ed from England. The Captain thinks il
is as good as any ram in the world. 1t tool
-'fStOnewaIl, why are you studying sc
| hard?" why, to keep up with Jimmy An.
drews and keep ?, him i'm from ron getting ahead O
| Stonewall, If you want to be President.
| Miss Hughes, the beautiful and accom-
plished daughter of Judge A. M. Hughes
| OF Columbia, has been on a visit for several
| days among her numerous relatives of this
vicinity.-ReUiesO and journal.
| The Perry county fair offers a premium
| for the "best sucking mule colt, three years
| old or over" also, "best sucking mule colt,
any age" We quote from the published
premium list WdynesborO Citisen.
| -Er. Marsh Mayes brings us the largest
ear of corn we have yet seen. 1t was raised
Oh capt. "A -. Mickey place, and on Door
but well cultivated land. Mr.. Mayes says
Capt. Hickey is one of the best farmers he
ever saw-improYing his farm and making
nne crops on 1t all the while.
1t Is little singular that DIR. Smith was
the nrst knight Templar that ever died in
Columbia, although the order has been in
as J. Polk was the last knight Tempiar
buried in Maury county previous to DIR.
Smith.
We return many thanks to our friend,
Mrs. Theo. Lpscomb, for some OF the finest
apples we ever saw. One was pretty enough
for any ones sweetheart, and the others
Six weighed six pounds:
Maj. Dick Mccain, Morgan's pathfinder
during the late war, was represented at
chfvalrous daughter, Miss Cheatie, who
captured a c(K)annon during the meeting
without any effort scarcely ON her part.
The piece was sent back to Hurricane
Switch.
DIR. Polk, of Decatur, Ala. was in Maury
last week, attending a wedding. Several
weeks ago we asked drummer where was
the best cooked beefsteak he got in all his
travels, and he replied, "At the Polk House,
sponsibIe for the good beefsteak and coffee.
Mr.. 7. j. Walker, of Centreville, came
up to our fair this week, and brought with
him beautiful Prince Pulaski colt, "Dar-
win," which promises to be good match
for Joe Bowers. 1t is well muscled, and
PAGES as level and beautiful as a bird flying.
Darwin" will prove successful In the con-
test of the survival of the flttest."
Mr.. Franklin A. Burke, citizen of Hur-
ricane Switch, Maury county. Tennessee,
was in town last week. He used to live in
the Knob District of this county, and has
since his sotourn in old Maury become very
of the noted justices of the peace in that
rich and intelligent county. He subscribed
for the "Old Paper" as every WilliamsOnian
does who resides in foreign parts.-RerieU
and Journal.
Our former fellow townsman, Mr.. w.
III. Williams, has bought drug store at
TgrV tour
running it. We regret to lose him from our
town, for he was an excellent young bust
ness man, full of energy and enterprise, and
bid fair to aid greatly to build up our town.
He had an experience of ten years in the
drug business, and is well qualified to car
~ 1T on. While we regret to lose him and
his excellent wife from our town, we wish
him great success and prosperity in his
new home.
"A beautiful meteor was seen by some of
our citizens last Monday night. 1t was de-
scribed to us as ofunusual size and brillian-
cy. 1t started in the northeast, and flashed
with fearful rapidity across the sky at an
the horizon in numberless particles. This
is the season of the year when these beau
tiful visitors are most frequent. We would
be glad If our friends would look out for
them and report such as are remarkable.
"A great deal of sickness is prevailing
in the county, and much of 1t is chtlls and
fever. Our druggists have sold vast
quantities of quinine, and have had to send
on frequently for new supplies of the bitter
supply tie Hickman county, which county is
said TO be greatly afflicted with fever and
ague. Col. Goodwin, over the river, has
been quite sick; twas thought he had a
cOngestive chill. The Colonel is a valuable |
citizen and a worthy man, and we trust he |
will have no more of that kind of chills.
I'd like to be a edytur,
An in my sanctum stand,
The door a Standin' open
An a big club in my hand;
Then let the cuss who didn't like
Some article I'D
Come softly DER the threshold,
I'd reckon he'd get hit;
I'd hand him one right on the gourd,
Among his brains and things,
And send him fiumixin' up thar
To sport pair of wings.
While at the Grange meeting at BaiIey's |
those present was a gentleman who, from |
his general appearance. was far distinguish |
I'd from the balance of the crowd, though |
here were number of gentlemen present |
hat were spleEdidly dressed, and showed |
marks of superior intellect / en9pired OF
7ou know the COunt9' i remembe in
ny sChOol-bOy days of reading in history |
'omethlng aoouI Sonnt fnIaski, anu 1 askeo
Columbia. He continued that a man had |
10 pass through terrible ordeal to become !
a Count; had TO spend his summers travel
Ing in Europe, submit to be shaved by a |
barber twice day, eat rare beef at the ho-
tel. and sometimes wear a coat with tail |
like the forked end of claw-hammer. |
Laying joking aside, there is not a gentle |
fleman in Maury county his superior for his |
ovial spirit and fine business qualities
RsBislO dndJOurBql.
DO you know Hume r. Field, Colonel of |
the First Tennessee Regiment of Infantry? |
Drawer man never lived. When the war |
was over he moved his family 10 Martin |
Mills on Indian Creek, and went to work. |
During the war several companies OF FEEDER |
al soldiers were organic, on Indian Creek, |
and when Col. Field came there they or |
iered hin. to leave. He didn't go, and they |
got friendly and worked on his |
mill-dRm. While thus engaged, boy, |
dressed up in a grey jacket, came where |
they were working, and they all stripped
him, rent his grey clothes into pieces, and
two or three would take hold of piece with
their teeth, get down ON their all-fouTs, and |
growl and pull like dogs. Next day Col. |
/ ield heard of il and discharged them all. |
A fter this the Radicals held a meeting at |
the mill, and the Colonel thinking they |
might feel a grudge toward him, took his |
Did six shooting CUP opt With himn-the |
same old gun with which he put fpmpa- |
ny of Federals to flight, in the noun tains of |
and killed several of them. But |
the Radicals did not attack him, and he |
soon moved to DbiOn county, where he is
getting rich raising corn,