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

AXTH DISTRICT, OCT. %, 1870.
Equipped, not as the renowned n.
Wit Jones was, irith q fence rail, but
MY saddle bags full Of winter grapes, to
pay my toll, l turned my hOrse's head
towards Cross Bridges. 4 twelve or
fifteen mile ride over an inferior road
after night is a considerable undertake
ing, but over smooth, good rOad-fOr
such is the Hampshire pike ROW-is
nothing unpleasant. After finding
said road in such excellent condition,
| was really liberal in handing out my
grapes: so much so, that my stock was
entirely exhausted. on my return I
substituted "black haws' and persim-
mons, and felt perfectly well satisfied
with having emptied one end of my
saddle bags at each gate, and made the
gate-keepers feel happy.
We are sorry to report the cotton crop
all along that line of road, and in that
whole section of country, almost an en-
tire failure. The crop of corn is actualS
" so large that it is a troublesome mat
ter to gather out of the way, so rs to
SOW wheat.
The cholera raging among the hogs in
Big Bigby and Hampshire country, is
confined to hogs brought from dis
ianCe-nOne among the native swine.
Mr.. Henry Cecil has lost some twenty
five pork hogs, ana Messrs. Orr q Son,
forty or fifty; Messrs. Akin 81 Co., of
Hampshire, lost out of ninety head pur-
chased in the Buffalo country, torty-tive.
DR.. Theodore Frierson is of the opinion
it Is chills and fever and not cholera.
Although ono of the healthiest lOca-
tions in this county, Cross Bridges has
had much sickness this fall.
There is no sign over his dOor-no
professional plate thereabOut to show
that he is NJ. D. Nor does he claim
~, al |, - 1, l, I,,F
toned from knee to chin, and at any
hour, it matters not, day or night, rain
or shine, you only haYe to say, "Dr.
Spoon, come" and he straightway fol-
lOweth and administers to the suffering
no milage; no charge for medicine.
OH, for such q professional OUer here.
They opened as thodgh the fox was
only a few inches ahead; it was race
long to be remembered. 1t was fine,
long race-frOm Sawdust Valley to Mr..
George Lipscomb's. Maj. Tom Crosby
"tip-toed" in his stirups, and said,
Boys, amt that gOod?" Capt. D. D.
McFaII remarked, Its the best l ever
heard;" while William McFal was so
delighted he could not get his breath
for following and yelling to the swift
running pack-the sheep had the best
George McFall.
At the sale of G. P. Webster, decd,
there were only three head of cattle
sold; so few in attendance and bidding
too low. Privately, a young thorough
bred heifer sold for ninety dollars. r.
c.. Gordon was the purchaser.
"HOME AGAIN."
Mr.. George Nevils and Eli Harris each
have been pleased to add to their already
fourishing little town, two new bust
ness houses. Lookout tor higher prices
q real estate.
OF our Duck River merchants has
bought "carryalI" and buggy, his
family is so large, and still he travels
on horseback and brings up the rear.
VIM. J. and Erwin McEwen have
rented Mays Il DodsOn's farm, and are
putting the most of it down in small
grain. Bill says the only objection
he has there is no house that suits to
carry a cook into.
II figures don't lie we have a very old
coin. BY taking 1861 from 1879 we have
ga, Just the date of the coin. Is there
older "tin" any where around?
A couple wild geese were captured by
Mr.. King, on the f. B. Craige farm,
last week. Mr. X. fired on the drove,
knocking one down and frightening an
other so badly it flew against a tree,
and with such force it was stunned, and
came down to ''never rise again"
There are three large steam and as
many more horsepower gins in our
neighbOrhOOd, all ready and willing
to do what a very small treadwheel
could dO--gin the cotton of the Goth dis
trict. Now blow. NJ. T, JUG.