The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-29
SPRING HILL ITEMS,

4 The fox hunters hereabouts, and theiri
.9name is legion, have had another most
Abrilliant race. 1t was thought that thei
j race of red foxes i'll this neighborhOod
Chad been eXterminated, but on las
3 Thursday another was started, nears
& Mac Campbell's. The Knights OF ChevyJ
&Chase under the leadership of Earl Per
ICY, never entered with more spirit uponj
1the exciting sport, than did the hearts,
AOf these hunters, on this occasion, unders
Sthe inspiration of the thrilling shOuts5
Got the huntsman'S horn and the rOuSings
2echOes OF the noble pack. Over hill and
5dale, i'll the direction of Cayce's Springs, I
aReynard being closely pressed perhaps
Sbegan to feel the need of the refreshi
Sintiuence of little sulphur water, butt
just as he reached the springs and befores
Che had time to taste of the sparklings
3iOuntain, Felix, the fleetest dog in thes
Spack, and the equal of any one in tbes
Estate, everhauled the willy dodger ands
Smade short work of him. Soon thek
YwhOle pack was up and by their prnuds
ltbaying said, as many bipeds have otteuE
$Others, 1--WE did it." The lovers of thes
schase are greatly indebted to Col. S. A, !
Pointer, for their sport. This red fox
s3waS caught in run of one hour and II
ahalf. Who can beat it?
d There was quite a flutter among thee
&colOred population of our town recently I
5On account of the arrest of two or threet
tOt the most prominent and aristOCratics
4 members OF the cOlOred persuasion
= The charge was rObbing of hen rOOstst
Eand the stealing OF several fine gObblerss
Sand pullets. Circumstances pOintedf
very strongly to the guilt of the parties, j
Abut the gentleman from whom the pOul :
Stry was stolen, kindly consented to re- /
I Please them upon their paying the costs. !
= The farms wara ra3IilV Oh and lp8
EprisOners once more walked forth freeE
3 las the air, and apparently we'll pleaseds
&with the easy conditions of the cOmprO-h
smise. The scarcity Of provisions anGs
of the times has caused an uu~s
3usual amount OF stealing. Almost ev-s
sery day brings to light, some new casek
7Of stealing. Since Mr.. Will Cheairs 'sE
SsmOke house was broken into and AZ
4large quantity of his bacon stolen. Col
i Patton of Thompson's Station has hadg
his wheat house tapped at the bottOms
awith an auger and much wheat abstracts
Sed therefrOm.
! What sad changes a year or two ofCeDs
AOring about. Two years ago there wass
: not happier family in our neighbOr-s
FhOod than that of William Grigsby 1
s About that time, his second daug hteT, l
shaVing married Mr.. Stanley, emigratedt
ssWith her husband and her brother Char
gle to Texas, and settled near Corsicana.s
ssCue year In6T6dII6r Mr.. GrlgSDy, IOP6tn-
Nor with his wife (who is a sister of thei
s5.gifted John L. HATCHERY and the balances
&of his family, moved out and joined his
sFchildren in their new home, all jOyousi
adnd happy. But how changed the scene;I
gin less than year, three of the chill
q tren, Mary Lou, Lizzie May and Chars
slie and the father are stricken down.
3Oy the fever of the country, and yield
Sup their lives to the fell destroyer. And.
ssnOw the widowed mother, with herr
4Chree youngest children and her married.
ksdaughter, are lett to mourn in sadness
IA stranger in a strange land" a be
sSreavement, such as few hearts are eVeri
y ;alled to suffer. May He who tempersi
" he wind" deal kindly with this distress
= ID family and afford them the only cons
s. olatiOn left, the hope of meeting their
s. loved and lost beyond the sorrows and
" troubles of earth.
Mt. Pleasant, too, has had its loss inI
81 the death of DIR. StOckard. The death of
IS such man is q public calamity. His
many friends in this vicinity desire to-
zmingle their sorrows with that OF his
&more Immediate relations and friends
81 1t Mt. Pleasant, and to offer to them the
y sympathy and coincidence of a mutual
81 grief.