The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
WILLIAMS PORTITEMS.

! Good news from r. G. Pickett, ESQ
lie las pumpkin that measures tivl
! feet two inches in circumference ant
weighed tifty-two pounds; and his wit
/ presented him with a twelve pcunC
| boy last week. Who but can say VIVA
! a prolific country this is?
! Little George Wells, an orphan boy
! OF this neigh borhood, died of putrid sore
! throat Saturday morning.
Mr.. Abe Whitworth and son, former
ly of this eighborhood, died near Ten
Dess8o Ri yer recently.
The epizootic is prevailing in mild
form among the horses of this section
They are coughing in all directions.
Capt. ID. W. Alexander, of the Bend,
contemplates making Hick man his tun
lure home. Good luck to him.
Rumor says Henry Johnson, Esq,
will soon reopen his distillerY.
Tho health of the Shady Grove neighe
horL God hes greatly improved.
A few nights ago one Cassie Quinn, a
rowing "sOiled dove" called at the
house Of Buck Thomas, colored, to stay
the night. While sitting talking of
passing events, three unknown men
called for her, with threat to the ne
groes to turn her out, or what they
would do. Out she went. The mes
grces say that the unknown parties
whipped her severely. Let her be of
ever so bad a character, it was coward
ly act.
JEFF. Lakewood and family left here
tuesday morning for the neighborhood
of Huntsville, Ala. jeff. says he thinks
That perpetual motion is already fixed
up in his head. He expects probably to
run it by the big spring at Huntsville.
VIM. Region, Esq, OF Hen Island
Bend, Hickman county, has grown
from one pumpkin vine tour pumpkins,
the longest measuring three feet and
weighing seventy five pounds; the oth>
er three feet two inches less in length.
Mrs. George HardisOn, the wife of
tenant on Capt. G. w. May farm,
had her leg broken by falling through
the floor of her house one day last week
Mrs. B. Gordon, the hospitable mis-
tress and inimitable housekeeper at Cot
tageHill, lis visiting Mrs. W. and Mrs. N,
daughters of hers who live at Hopkins
vile, Ky. Being alone she purchased
6drtoV k71ife as she passed through the
village to protect herself with.
The dry goods firm of J. F. Gray 81
Co., OF our town, has been dissolved by
mutual consent. Mai. Gray is going to
Nashville to live with the grocery firm
OF Byers &Fain. His family remains
with us.
Our popular druggist, w. T. Porter,
a full supply Of drugs purchased in that
market. He was a delegate from this
place to the Grand Lodge of Good Tens
plars that convened in Nashville last
week.
John b Bono, Esq, one of Columbia's
most wlda,awako attorneys, spent one
night OF the week in the village, on his
way to hickman county on professional
business.
Miss Emma Kittrell, winsome and
accomplished daughter of T. M. kit
trell, left our village last week to teach
school near Farmers Valley, Perry
county.
Onemorning of last week passer>by's
attention was attracted by the unusual
and shOwmanlike caprices of some one
in Esq. P.'s yard, which proved to be
the Esquire himself He was turing
dOu ble-s Omersaults back award and for~
ward, and then he would rise on tip
toe, and huzza Justify. Upon inquiring
what was the matter, he replied, "It'S q
bog and lCelghS ten pOuHdS!'
Our neigh Dor town Santa Fe, had
four fights in one day not long since.
Cause--tOO much Johnson xxx corn
juice.
Esq. G. W. Stockard has an ear of corn
that has tWenty-eight rows, and fifty
six grains to the 70 ", which makes fits
teen hundred and sixty eight grains
upon the ear. 1t is of the yellow spe-
cies. Beat it if you can.
The cotton in this neighborhood new
er promised more than half crop; the
frost has injured nearly half, which
makes it very short crop. We have
been informed by good authority that it
is the smallest yield per acre since the
war.
w. G.. HensIy, our new Methodist
pastor, preached for the first time at
this point TO full house on last Suns
day. His text was the whole of the 10Th
Psalm, and it was handled with great
deal of skill and appropriateness. The
was interspersed pleasantly
@ith many word pictures that were
drawn true to life, showing some of the
many trailties we are heir to in very
laughable light. 1t is superfuous to
say that Mr.. H. meets with a cordial
welcome both at this place and Nebo |
He and his family will reside ia the viii
lage.