The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
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A few weeks since, during the hurly-
burly and heat of the blowing season,
Mr.. John Edgin, who is a farmer, and
lives in close proximity to what is
known as the Drip Spring, on Duck
River, being scarce of horse feed, as was
the case with all other farmers this
year, let them browse about upon the
commons of Sundays and other odd
times when their services were not i'll
immediate requistiOn. Failing to find
one OF them so easily as he was used to,
he had some misgivings as to the cause
of it's mysterious absence off it's usual
beat. However, he continued the
search with unabated vigor for several
days; at last found it in one OF the bends
of the river in the direction of Column
bia, where one S. H. (whO belonged to
floating party at that time engaged in
floating rails to COlumbia) had turned
it lose after riding as far as he wished;
Sill having had business at home some~
time during the day Sunday, made the
trip upon foot, and was compelled to
return that evening, and also always
had been even from boy too lazy
to walk. Fer then he always las we
have been infOrmed) kept the little
calves broken down from hard riding,
but for all this, sometimes he would get
most umercitully chastised, as the
calves would not unfrequently throw
him to the ground with such violence
as to knock him breathless and
make him think that Jordan is
hard road to travel" But if any one is
so Skeptical as not to believe that riding
calves is hard way of travelling, to be
convinced they have only TO mount
one, and they will very soon find them-
selves hurled through the air with
velocity not in the least anticipated,
| playing the part Ofpair OF winding blades
| adjusted in vertical position, and at
last striking the ground with such force
as to knock their sensibilities $50 to eX-
| press it) into the middle OF next
! week. But now to our story. Our hero
having natural love for riding, and
/ ...s..4.,, W. nurse as sUaIeu ABOVE iced
ing upon the commons, and seeing no
/ one, he made bride OF hickory bark,
putt upon the horse, mounted his
bare and bOny back; and in this ludi-
crOus manner made his journey to the
float Afterwards, hearing Mr.. e. men
ton the circumstance of the missing
horse, he very innocently remarked
that he saw him Sunday evening near
| Mr.. Jones' house as he passed going
down to the float.
The threshiug season has passed, and
the farmers have garnered by far the
largest wheat crop eyer housed in this
| country. 1t has not been injured by
the wet weather of any consequence.
Mr.. Rally Hill correspondent and
ourself have an invitation to a bat kill
ing on Pumpkin Greek. The person
who extends the invitation deposes
that he saw one day last week between
day eak and sunrise, bats entering a
hollow tree at two places; at some OF
said places he counted the bats as they
entered, the number being thirty~three.
We recently met an old friend who
is iourneying down the shady side of
fifty, and says he is failing fast in every
particular but one, which is his stOm-
ach, it being as good as ever; he having
missed but one meal since the war on
account of sickness, and says he should
have eaten even then if he had thought
OF the hunger he endured during the
war.
The Sorghum crops will be very i'm
portaut this year in this county, as
there,will be several thousand gallons
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