The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The fishermen of Franklin, want John
NJ. Grow, of Rally Hin, for our next Float
IT, because they think he will engineer
fish law through the Legislature.
Jim Hood showed us last Wednesday,
the finest lot of sweet potatoes we have yet
seen. Some would have weighed more
than a pound, we are sure. Bud Ncstal, on
the old Ashton place, raised them.
DIR. f. {. Thompson, Geo. W. St0ckard,
returned from Swan Wednesday, where
they had splendid luck. Esq. StOckard
caught an eight FOUNDER; Many Guessed
the head, and next week, we will give
full description OF the way in which he
was caught. 90
Hon. j. l.. Orr furnishes our readers
with an interesting letter on the subject of
the poll-tax this week. The following is
reorganization of the important points in
the fetter lst. The poll tax is fixed by the
Constitution. I'd. Counties cannot exceed
state limit. Sd. II is the intent of the Con-
StitutiOn and Assembly to donate all poll
taxes to public schOOlS.-MdrshGUG Gzette.
We afeiniormed that while rs.Gilliam,
of the Parks store neighbQrhood, was gath
ering berries a few days ago, she was bitten
by a rattleSnake, from the effects of which
she died in a short time. the snake was
coiled ON the fence and sprang upon hep
without warning, fastening its fangS so
firmly in her breast that she had To tear II
Loose with her hands. When she threw 1t
., tho grour.l' - hit her again on the ANGLE
before She could get out OF It's reaC.. mar
EhdN Gazette.
Some fifteen days ago a man went to
Black s MoOTe'S livery stable and hired a
saddle horse, telling Rureh, The clerk
that he wished to ride to Mt. Pleasant on
business, and would be back before dark.
Not returning at the time stated. nor the
next day, the propTietors of the stable pc
ter the man and his horse, and he tracked
him beyond the first toll-gate on the Mt.
Pleasant pike; here he lost sight OF him sew
pral davS ago Black n Moore received a tel
egram telling them that their horse was IN
| a livery stable at MurtreesbOrO. Billie
Moore started Immediately after his horse
| and brought him home. he name OF the
man that hired the horse lis Wilson,, whe
was born ana raised within twelve miles OF
| Murfrecsboro. It is thought that he put the
| horse in the stable and did not have money
: "nnuGh to take him out.
| Many - Williamson snapped beau
| ties last week. The one IromifI NaurN Is pru-
! nette, whom Gen. Bullock says is absolute
| ly brauIiful." She is tail and graceful, 1.-the
| and pOeIical in her motions like startled
| deer; has a thoroughly Grecian contour,
| hair and a complexion like wine in thick
/ glass. The Williamson queen is just the
| opposite of the other; she shows her saxon
| origin in her sunny halr- complexion IKE q
ripe peach, and bright smile. She is as per
| feet in form as a Hebe, and altogether, she
| is perfectly beautiful. There are not in tht
| state two more beautiful girls than this
| Maury brunette and Williamson blonde,
| Horseback rides to sulphur spring, OF
/ Bear Greek, are very popular, especially If 8
| sun. DO You love clouds? \ wise Creator
| has so arranged the clouds that while they
| are necessity, and furnish our daily bread
| they also present 10 us gallery of pictures
inner than any painted by man, and always
| changing. Oh, The clouds, the clouds, how
| beautiful they arel Who has not, in thu
dreamy and poetical days OF boyhOod, lay
on the grass in hot midsummer day, anC
watched the white clouds as they float laziIN
hv In the cerulean vault above, and torture
| each particular cloud into some divine
creature with just enough of earth
about her to resemble his sweet heart.