The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-11
WILLIAMSPORT ITEMS.

Mr.. John Perigen, aged rs years, il
now doing splendid work on Green,
| pl'ins farm. He has been married
twice, and had IA children by the frs
wife, and thought he had gained de
dided victory in marrying the I'd, fol
sho was to give him $500 dollars to mar
ry her. He says since he has lost thai
| victory, he wants the 3rd: so, old la.
| dies be up and doing, fix your caps anC
! sracks in order, for John is on the ram
! page.
Mr.. 1. N. Ward, OF the Napier Furnace
| WAS in this neighbOrhOOd last week and
SAYS said furnace is blowed out with 8
| large amount of iron on hand, for which
| there is no demand. 1t will not be
sta rted again until the price of iron
| gets better.
Mr.. II. D., not many days past, got q
! little triskev-after drinking several
glasses of =dd whiskey, and did a
| thing he never did befOre-raisod a
row in dry goods store, which caused
no. S to light on his pOsterior, after
which he said he felt quite inferior. Go,
Hugh and sin do more, as you never did
such thing before.
Fannie Watkins, col, died of cons
sumption on Greenplains farm Monday
night the 31st of May.
The queenly Miss Ida Lipscomb and
and the beautiful browu-eyed Miss
Hattie Webster, of Cross Bridges, were
in this section this week.
The beautiful and accomplished school
mistress of the village, Miss r. Belle
Russell, is this week attending the
Female College examination at Franks
lin. Her amiable sister, Miss Jennie
Russell, has charge of the school until
her return; it is in good hands.
The many friends of DR.. w. w. Joyce
viii be glad to- hear his health is inn
proving.
\ young man of the village, who is a
competent critic, said to our reporter
that Rev. c. Foster Williams preached
a day Sunday in the village Presbyteri-
an church.
Many thanks are due our clever and
70 mer Postmaster, Maj. John +. Gray,
for kindness while in office. None
could have borne it's trials with more
patience than he. May prosperity be
his guiding star.
flowers were seen in the Templars' hall
last Friday night. The village lodge
meets again, Friday night the 18th.
Let there be full attendance;
eacl member bring petition of some
friend or acquaintance.
Mrs. John Linch, of Greenplains farm,
died Saturday night the 9Th inst, of a
congestive chill, leaving little babe,
four months old, and was buried in the
village Sunday evening.
There was too much rain for farming
purposes, the latter part of last week
and the first of this week. Hot suns
shine needed.
The all absorbing topic among the
farmers of this section is rust on their
wheat. They are getting ready their
old and new cradles, reapers and thresh-
ers FOR the incoming harvest. Barley is
nov being reaped.
There is a decided improvement in
corn this week, as it was considerably
trenched, but the hot sun of last week,
and being thoroughly plowed, has pro-
duced a healthy change; cotton, where
properly brought to stand, and work.
ed, is doing we'll.
There is some talk of the cut worms
or army worm, wiggling around this
neighbOrhOod.
The village lodge of Good Templars
met last Friday night with quite slim
attendance, for so large a membership,
vet there are mitigating circumstances,
owing to rush of business in a farming
way, ard scarcity of saddle stock. The
lodge rarely meets without a new access
sion. The order is steadily growing in
favor from day to day, and may it cOn>
tinue to do so until the last dram drink
ers of the earth shall feel it's beneficial
influence and succumb to it's good teach
ing.
Maior Ben Harlan returned last week
from a trip to Hickman, Lewis and
Perry counties, where he bought two
hundred head of sheep, for next years
market.
DR. A. L. Arlington, of Shady Grove
country, was in the village last week,
and bought new suit of clothes. Some
thing up: success to the Doctor-wOuld
be glad to see him over this way often.
PRIMM's SPRING.
"DrOp by drop" it is running still,
Ready every body's stomach to fill. Let
them be, poor or wealthy, Ever ready
to make all healthy. 1t has new tenn
pin ALLEY just completed, and Capt.
John Cason says he will soon be there
with billiard table. He invites all
to come on, come ever, to roll on, roll
eyer.