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

The farmers never know when trOubl
is over; the incessant rains have cause
cotton to drop its squares, the boil worn
is at worL too; every indication now i
| against king cotton; unless some relief II
this month, it will be very short; we neeC
sunshine and warm weather.
Grasshoppers are destroying cotton
aud corn in the Whirlpool Island benz
country, also on Williamsport and Co
lumbia road they are at work.
We had several showers of rain durinp
the day Sunday and Monday.
VIM. Young Esq, is doing the agreea.
bic as free school teacher at Pleasant
Ridge Church, in 18th district.
Mr.. Hughes, manager of the Green
plains farm, while sitting at the barn
spied young lad looking very intently
through the bars of the gate, and asked
him what he wanted. Nothing am just
studying that black gdHder." "You are
mIstakcn-a muscovy drake good morn
ing sir"
Joseph Anderson, COL, died of pueu.
monia Tuesday of last week, in the 18th
district, aged 60 years.
Flies are so troublesome, especially at
milking time, that a maiden being annoy
ed by her cows tail slashing her in the
face, caused tiny boy, standing near by,
to hold the tail. The cow, nothing daun-
ted, slashed away tail, boy and all,
knocking over maid and pail, and ran off
believing, leaving the maiden with ire
mendous tears streaming from her eyes.
ii. N-n, of the 18th district gave birth
% twelve pound boy Sunday night,
which rumor says, is web-footed. 1t
will surely make a good swimmer.
On the farm of Sam. G. Baker, ESQ,
near Shady Grove, Hickman county,
Henry Hawkins, COL, has watermelon
that measures four feet in circumference
and two feet long. That county beats
all others for good corn and plenty of it,
Thomas Benton Webb, Esq, has opens
I'd n two months select school on the
Nciraw road, near the village.
Money is not so scarce as we heard it
was, for a Hickman county man, came
over to pay Maury county some Mon
day, and he said it was not enough.
Good times coming again.
Mrs, Althea Fields, of Cairo, ILL.,, is Wis.
iting her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Badger. Mr.. Badger is ninety years Of
age, the Oldest person in our neighbor-
hood. He is still hale and hearty, and
attends to the business of his farm.
Mrs. Lou Brown (nee Miss Spencer)
who has been an invalid for many years,
is visiting relatives in the village.
John Estes is sorely afflicted with one
Of the most excruciatingly painful
things that human flesh is heir to. a bono
telon. DR.. Gray, of the village, relanced
it for him last Sunday. Lemons will cure
bone felons.
Wheat is moving-t to market,
and the merchants hope to add up
A larger account of collections than for
some months past.
Several colored free schools are now in
operation in this neighborhoOd, which
causes heavy demand for blue back
spelling books.
81 Mrs. Ella Banks, of Thompson Station
S visiting the home of her maidenhood |
near the village.
Jesse Williams, col, was drowned near
Hen Island, Duck river, while swimming |
IN last Saturday, and up to Monday
hight his body had not been recovered.
I'm old man by the name Of Perigan,
las been admitted to the poor-house FROM
his neighborhood.
Frank Todd, of St. Joseph, Mo-, Que OF |
he llvcIiest boys of the Northwest, visi. |
ed his relatives here last week, for "Chin |
Music Frank is trump; when in |
No, Kansas and Nebraska. He deals in
lotions No lie de PdriS-when in Ten.
lessee, in notions matrimonial.
The ]. o. o. G. T., at their last meet
ne. last Friday night at this place, held
n election which resulted in the follow.
nc persons being chosen: w. H Doss.
'. c. r.; Miss Ida Rooch, w. V. T.;
Irwin Estes, W. s.; DIR. G. w. Gray, w.
:. s; Jas. Dobbins, W. r.; Sandy Chap
ell, w. G.; II. r. Sowell, w, NJ; w. G.
HARLAN, ], g.; G. NJ. V. Kinzer, o. G; Miss
fannie Kittrell, r. II. s.; Maggie Erwin,
!. III. s.; Anna Adkins, W. A. S.; Lula
russell, w. ID. NJ; w. T. Porter d. G..
'. c. T. The order is in the hands of
ure and true men at this point; who full
: maintain the dignity of the order, by
urging their lodge of all the many bane-
ii inhuency that often work so hurtfully
1 the order.