The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02
Over the River.
XxTH DISTRICT, March, 1876.

| AATH DISTRICT, March, 1870.
Persons who have q surplus OF corn
| will do we'll to read understa ndingly
| Proverbs 18th chapter, Goth verse; and
| while we invite their attention to this
passage, we do not by any means desire
they sho did neglect reading the proceed :
| ing verse and be benefited thereby,
Col. Goodwin has let out contract of the
building of his elegant residence at
| Duck River Station to Messrs. Goad a
| Co, who will make il one of the most
| attractive villas in the place. The work
is already under head way. This place
| is looking up, although the times are
| hard enough to cause almost any other
| place be on the "stand STILL" Ere long
the map of the county will have opposite
| tho name of Duck River Station quite y
speck or dot, marking its we'll known
whereabouts. Two other improvements
are soon to be completed Jim Hoods
slaughter>pen and the popular Eli Har>
riss hitchyard. Mr.. Geo. Nevils has
moved to Duck River Station, and it is
whispered around among the bust ness
circle that he will open a brokers' office
near the Harris block. One day last
week two men were seen near the
Duck River bridge scampering away
with very fine turkey gObbler. We
learn from Mr.. Crawl. Irvine that il
WAS his gobbler, and that he knows the
parties, and as they belong to respecta-
bic families he will not prosecute them,
II they will either return said turkey or
plank down the equivalent.
Since writing the above we were in
Yited to a Bachelor Dinilg, where we
met friend Crawl, and 10, there was
nothing that ''set-oln the table so IN dch |
as did the twenty five pound gobbler. |
Crawl. ate as much as any of US, and |
laughed as heartily over the good Joke,
aud said he was a little afraid his wife |
would briDgsuit against his two friends; |
but anyway he would take home the |
Parsons nose" and try to pacily her. /
Some one in this vicinity, heing desis
rous of cheating the country out of its
much needed revenues, is putting out /
poison, with the following result in
one instance SOW ate the lamb, n dog
ate tho SOW, a buZZard ate the dog, and |
not eTen THIS ulonstruus beauty 81 the
air is left to pick it's teeth and tell tho
tale. The poison was intended for some
hayward canine. This is very danger
Gus, and we hope it may be disoontin-
ue1.
Mr. IL. l.. Mitcbner is by far the most
nelghbOrly, or the most unselfish gen.
tleman in this country. He makes
from eight to dozen calls per day of
late among his numerous friends i'm
this notwithstanding ;Or taxes, though!
'ui NObBIoSsihan, Gen. W. q. WHIT
lhorne, has very kindly supplied our
neigh aprhOod with fine tobacco seed.
for which they are very grateful. There
will be good deal of the weed planted
in this part of the county. Mr.. Sandy
Gresham speaks OF planting some twen-
ty acres of choice smoking tobacco, for
he sole use Of himself and his many
friends.
Wheat is looking extremely well, so
much so it Is very hard to keep the
providing stock out, and smetbing re-
strange, no matter how fine a
mans wheat is, his stock will pass inya-
riably over to his neighbor
We understand from good authority
that our friend Thomas Leneave will
move back to Duck River Station this
Idll, when he will become candidate
Tor Mayor OF said town. We have not
learned whether he will have any oppo-
1ent, NJ. L, JUa.