The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03

4 Cards, b1llheadS, c1rt ularS, letterhead;
| noteheads, monthly statements, all neatl
printed at the very lowest living figure q
this office. Work promptly done and sal
John ID. Miller a liberal hearted gentle
men of Franklin, made our accomplishe
Chancellor, w. s. Fleming, a very accepta
silver.mounted pipe, with very long stem
made of the best of all materials for pipe
stems-fg. We don't know whether Jacl
Judge can sit on his lounge indoors an,
smoke and let his pipe be on the grount
| outside.
We regret to learn that a serious acct
dent befell Capt. John Galloway, OF the 9tl
Battalion Calvary, on the 25th of August
He was riding side wise on his mule, whel
the latter took sudden scare and threw
him, breaking his thigh near or in tn,
joint one report is that the socket is de.
stroyed. He is not expected to live. 1t Il
said he made gallant officer, and that the
same thigh was broken by gun-shot dur
ing the war.
Twelve years last Wednesday, will Ions
be remembered by the I'd and 4th Tenn
Regiments, they both having been engaged
in the battle of Richmond, Ky. The gal
liant commander OF the I'd, Col. Dick Butler
wounded; Jas. P. Scott and Ed. Harris, OF
and Gen. Lucius E Polk were Wounded
/ The I'd hat $50 killed and wounded there.
We We're sitting, the other day; watch
| ing JEFF. Reeves zebras" working the
road. We drew our biscuit " and averaged
| the strokes of three hammers, which was
| % per minute, which makes l,5OO for one
| hand per hour Is hands will make 1850
| strokes per hour, and working 10 hours per
| day; this makes for the Is hands 5000
per dsy They mak tSe a6oH ~ Sys
make mile. Now, making 225,OOO strokes
each day, they will make in 176 days 81, =
900 strokes. which is one mile OF pike. Peg
-Hanging like the Sword of Damocles
over the table where these truthful lines
1afRn NNrN, wNgfa ptnlky
raised on Capt. Henry p. Pointers place,
three miles from Spring Hill-and on an
GiG piece d o. a Snd at sna n Stade
special eye to holding the four large ears of
corn which hang from it like fat coons
rms Is the most striking evidence we nave
that Capt. Pointer has one of the finest
fields of corn in the county-One gentleman
Mr.. Ed. Williams anchored his canoe to
the bank, about one hundred yards below
the town bridge, and threw out his hooks,
baited with worms. He had balted the
hole with roasting-ears several days before,
and very soon he hooked one. ut Will
weigh five pounds" he said to gentleman
on the bank; then after a pause, Eyes, sew
en-" another pause, "nlne;" the fish gave
strong pull. and Mr.. W. said, Fifteen
pounds ANOTHER strong pull and he an
to the top of the water and Mr.. W. cried,
twenty-five pounds" He got MIR; lobe
Brown TO get into the canoe and paddle to
the bridge, while he held on TO the pole.
When he got to the shallow water above
the bridge, lobe took dlp-net, which ad
its native element. ThTee-quarters of an
hour was consumed in catching the big buff
falo. 1t weighed, on Al. Adeocks scales,
his scales were rusty, and he Is satisfied IL
would have weighed several pounds more.
Mr.. Williams has caught even larger ones
out OF the same hole.
The Wayne Citizen is doing valiant SER
vice for the Memphis and Knoxville Rail-
pOnentS of the railroad, il says: "Maury is
now building a railroad from LewiSburg TO
her county site. Does this look like her
people are tired OF railroads? If this road is
built from Lawrenceburg to WaynesbOrO,
Maury will build road 10 intersect it at
RtpPey's old stand. We have no more
that the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
Is not Giles helping to build the road from
Pulaski to Lawrenceburg? And yet men,
presuming too much upon our Ignorance,
say they are sick of railroads. Let us
build the railroad; come forward, men, and
put your shoulders to the wheel" Our con-
tenn Orary is correct In stating that Maury
Will build road to Rippey'S and connect
with the Memphis and Knoxville road, If 1t
is finished to that point. Instead of being
enYiOus of our sister county, Giles. because
she has had the enterprise necessary to
take the main line of the Memphis and
Knoxville through her borders, we COM
mend her for 1t. Indeed, 1t will be better
for Pulaski and Columbia, for the road to
run by both these towns. The rOadbed is
already built from Columbia to Mt. Pleas
ant, and the people of that town and vicin-
Lty will finish the road that far anyhow.
A recent communication to that excel
lent paper the Forest and Stream, written
from Frankfort, KY, contains the following
paragraphs: 1--WE have here q minnOw
which l have never seen in any other part
of the world, and my experience is that 1T is
more inviting to the small game fish, sal
mon, bass and silver perch than any other.
We call il q "steel back" because of its re-
SembIance to the popular minnOw of that
name, but it is not of that genus, on the con-
III,
more. 1t is generally found inIthe most Sc
Cluded creeks, in shady pools, and under
masses of flags, lilies and rhododendron. 1t
has on its back, and grayish white under |
meath. 1t has microscopic scales, like those |
of the brook trout, and is full of life and |
activity. To my mind tlSh who would re- |
that sp cies of barbarOus retribution is ever !
UNSUITABLE in any country" The minnOw |
this country as the "chub It is all that is |
claimed for it by the Kentucky correspond |
ent; for it is unquestionably the best min |
now that an angler ever put on his hook. |
| S merits are, tuicineSS, plumpnesS. tough |
mouth and tenacity OF life. And yet those |
who prefer the club are few. AL Adcock,
Gil BufOrd, Major Ben Harlan, VIM. H. Will
liams and All 5. HOrsley, are the only posi-
tive, unequivical friends of the "chub" we |
fin" large mOuth-which is really next to /
the club. Col. Geo. +. Akers, Esq. James I. |
Moore, Nat Holman, have no decided prefer /
ence. John d. Miller and II. Clagett favor /
the ''silver-side." NOrvel MerrelI the top
water" we believe. Charles HiIlman, Dick /
Gault and Perk Priest, the "stickle- back"
or 'steel-back," as is generally called. The /
"black-suckcr" has innumerable defenders,
J. (RunD r. Hodge the most prominent.
Our talented young friend, Ed. Wilson,
met with painful accident last Saturday,
while coming from Beaver Dam Springs He |
was in DIR. j. t: Atkins Democrat Wagon.
As they came down hill at the head of
Cathey's Creek, the wagon turned over, and
Ed, in trying to save one of Doctor Atkins
little girls, let the wagon body fall on his
left breaking II in two nlaPpS This
same arm has been broken seven different
times. When there is any act of bravery or
the cost, but goes in, and gets hurt. When /
the young lady, Miss Prewett, died at Bea-
yer Dam, at o'clock at night, he started
immediately for Columbia, to get hearse.
He rode all night. and then started back,
rode nearly all night again, and did not get
to sleep until o'clock. having done with
out both rest and sleep for thirty-slx hours.
Ed. il noble fellow. The ladies would not |
let Ed. leave the Springs until they all left,
him. When near Cross Bridges tn y broke
the wagOn-tOngue, which delayed them
some two hours longer on the road. Ed. did
not get his arm set until he arrived at this
place, travelling distance of twenty-One
miles with broken arm. over very rough /
road. lie must have suffered dreadfully.
He did not tell them il was broken until
near Columbia. Joe, Hendley had the axle
tree of his wagon broken the same day,
just before DIR. Akin. There were ten per-
sons In the wagon when it tuaned over. Ell |
was the only one nuTJ. he Is indeed very |
unfortunate young man. Two beautiful |
young ladies didn't dress Eds. wounds Tues
day evening.
The cotton prospects are much improv-
ed. The dry weather has put stop to the |
stalk, and blooms and bOllS have appeared |
in great numbers. Last week fields were
white with Blooms. late Fail, such as
we had several years ago, will give us a |
more than average crop of cotton. Farmers |
tell us that more top bOlls are seen than |
usual. Mr.. S F. Dyer, an xperi need Mis- |
stSStppi planter, recently removed to the |
Rock Spring neighbOrhood, tells us that |
greenseed cotton will turn out much better |
than the "bloOded" cotton, as he calls it, |
He planted some of this 'blOOded' cotton |
seed, which cost him S5.5T per buShel, and |
he thinks it will not turn him out more |
than four hundred pounds of seed cotton. |
Cotton was planted too thick this year-the |
wet season made it grow rank, and the |
ground is literally covered. The yiel will |
depend greatly on the Fall-if we have n |
late Fall, we will have more than an aver
age yield; If we have early frost, the |
yield will be light, because we had a late |
Spring.
Pearl Mills are running day and night, |
and are grinding new corn. They make |
good wheat and -four
We regret to learn from his friend and |
neIghbor, Charley McVay. that Major John
ID. Fleming is quite sick this week.
Mrs. n, Holman has a fine new stock of |
goods. See advertisement.
Real Estate Transfers.
W. NJ. McKisSack to II. K. West, Is
acres, district Z for $50.