The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-15
OVER THE COUNTY.

Master Maxwell made one of his good
grange speeches last Monday at Mt. Zion
Grange to the Patrons and friends general
ly.
The CoIored Fair was well attended Sat
urday, there being at least eight hundred
persons present. About one hundred white
West Frierson. the fine dressed 18th
Amendment, attended the CoIored Fan
Saturday, smoking his twenty-five cent
cigar" He was the finest dressed man ON
Col. 4. Fl. Brown, P. p. Tayler and Oth-
ers are preparing 10 erect sugar mill on
Knob Creek. They intend to inVt st in this
new enterprise about 81, 200, and to have IL
ready in time to induce their neighbors Il
plant cane. We hope this new investment
will prove profitable.
MIR. Sam D. Hays, of the 24th district OF
our county, brought to our office twenty
ears of corn, which were weighed by Mr..
George Martin, and weighed thirty pounds
or at the rate OF fifty ears to the bush'l
One of the ears counted fourteen hunnred
grains. Who can beat this? Mr.. Hays will
furnish seed OF this corn, Which is OF TWO
kindS-pure gouTd-seed and strawberry-to
any person leaving orders at this Office, at
one dollar and fifty cents per busheI.
witnessed, was The "gander-pulling Satur-
day evening at the Colored Fair. The gan,
der was headless, the neck being plckeo
and CREASED. Around both of Its legs was
tied a strong piece of leather; ii was then
tied to a piece of timber near the band
stand, with its creased neck hanging down
ward, and projected about eight feet oven
the track Nine cOlored men entered the
ring on their Fiery and untamed Steeds."
TO pull the gander's neck of. Ihirty-thret
passes and pulls at the gander's neck salts
fled them all that "everyt thing was lovely
and that that old gander may always hang
high" President Webster made present
of the gander 10 our reporter.
During last week the Baptists had an
association or meeting, at Friendship, near
CulleOka. and number of eminent divineS
were present. On Monday night, Oct. 4th
James Evins, son of Rev. =. c. Twins
On the way they were married in the road
by Rev. DIR. Phillips, of Nashville. No one
was present, and not a soul in Culleoka
knew il until Sunday following, which
was Miss Elias birthday. big dinner was
given in honor of the occasion, and she told
and she had some news to tell them-and
told them that she and Mr.. Jim Evins were
married. Mr.. EVins was present, and con-
firmed her statement; and from Sunday
night they have lived as man and wife.
Mr.. Aleck Rummage, of the Rock Spring
informs us that there is great sick
ness in that neighbOrhoOd. Elliott Smith
and wife and Wesley smith, have been very
sick but are improving; Miss Dora RleVeS
is dangerously sick; John REEVES is sick:
Frank Speed is improving from dangerous
spell; Thos. :. Leftwichs wife is very sick;
Mrs. Primm and daughter, Miss Josie, Mrs.
Dark, son and daughter, are all down; Geo
Bankers wife is quite sick; Mrs. Bryant and
four children; Mr.. Shultz is considered |
dangerous; Misses NeSS are quite sick, but
better than they were. We have only men
toned the serious cases. There is scarcely a
family i'm the district that has not one or
more slightly sick. DrS. Sharber and Long
are riding night and day, and can scarcely
get around. Only eight or ten have died so
far.