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

She didn't want to marry yet awhile.
And she didn't and she wOuldn't-so he
says now.
WHEAT
The prospects now are that there will be
Il very large crop of wheat sown; he bre" d b
Sown will be as large and probably larger
than last year. notwithstanding the re-
port that the lawyers OfCOlumbia, owing TO
10 the late large fry of young lawyers, the
spread of grangeism, the weak stOmachs OF
the hOrny-handed for chancery bills and
CertiOrari'S,t the pressure that Col. Dent Pen
H5HGtOn was bringing to bear on them from
ne West, and the curtailing of their prac-
tice ON the East by lawyer S OFT, of Fiat
Creek, these considerations had induced
them to all intend sowing wheat this Fall.
Mr.. Henry Clapp, aged about one hun
among the ladies of Flat Creek as Uncle
denry Clay, has been contemplating join
ing the church for about seventy years. Iii
rarly manhood he says he belonged to the
Presbyterian church i'll North Carolina.
New year came in on Sunday-sOme of his
brethren, he says, accused him of being
drunk and firing off his musket on that
day, and had him turned out of the church.
He now thinks he will join the Cristian
church.
death of Ira HardisOn, who died at his resi-
dcIcn near SOwell's Mills OF a complication
II diseases, including paralysis, at 10
years. Mr., HardiSOn was formerly a citizen
D Flat Creek. having resided a great pOr
Jin of his life near Rally Hill, on the
Ellington, where he laid the foundation
Of he fine fortune that he has left. He was
always industrious, energetic, enterprising
and an honest man, kind husband and
tffectionate father, q firm friend, a kind
and Cbliging neighbOr. We tender to his
bereaved and sorrow stricken wife and
iamily the coincidence of his old neighbor
hood friends.
Mr.. VIM. Taylor, the efficient contractor
and carrier of the mails from Franklin to
HardisOn's Mills,h has been for several weeks
pOStFated with typhoid fever at his resi-
lence near Bethesda, in Williamson cOun-
ty. Mr.. Taylor has won manv friends along
MS route by his courteous and Obliging
manner. We are glad TO learn he is cOnV6-
escent, and slowly recovering, and his
many friends hope soon to see him again
on his route,
From the head to the mouth OF F at creek,
md in the surrounding country, cases OF
chiils, bilious and remittent feveTs are said
o be more numerous than ever before.
The doctors have had all they could do,
having been kept busy most all the time,
Doth day and night. The amount Ofquinine
required by physicians and calOmel used Is
,Omething fearful to think of; the feveTs
generally yield easily to treatment; there
las been hut very little sickness of a ma
ignant type. There is scarcely a family in
he district but what has had more or less
If bilious or remittent fevers, or both, in the
family at the same time.
Mr.. Harvey clark, son Of Capt. ThOS, III.
Clark, recently lost all three of his children
by that tell disease diph iberia. They were
DIight Intelligent little children, and it is
arly bloom and childhOod's budding spring.
The mercantile face OF merchant Major
w. 5 Hurt, of Fayetteville, has been in the
ueighbOrhOOd on business, and looking af-
Ell his farm. "By George!" said the Major,
md his countenance fell, when he saw the
plendid crop OF crab grass and smart weed
hat Mr.. James Culver had raised on some
Of his land, about two tons to the acre.
Love will find its way,
Where wolves would fear to play.
On Tuesday the 9Th inst, there was an
e!Opement and marriage between Miss Sal
lie, only daughter of Major James T. Moore.
and Mr.. Doc Jones son of Evan Jones' the
champion heavy weight hog raiser of Mid
lie Tennessee. Miss Sal1ie was notably one
OF the most business young ladies ON the
creek; while Mr.. Jones is industrious and
energetic. May fortune gid their path.
Two bales of the snowy staple, the first
new, cotton of the season, passed Rally Hill
on the 4th, bound for Nashville. 1t was
IA Used in Marshall county, near Berlin.
1t is said that Mr.. James T. Wells, living
near Spring Hill, has field of eight acres in
arge and fine, has never had a bloom on it,
Our Spring Hill correspondent will please
iulOrs" us If such be the fact.
Hogs are fattening finely and taking on
fat and flesh fal more rapidly than usual,
owing to the excellence of the corn, and
re unusual care now being bestowed urOu
tie Logs. VIM. ShireS thinks that Flat
q eek can spare all the pork that is being
ia tened, as there is sorghum enough 10
alleits place. The pork hogs were gener-
small at putting up time. Mr.. VIM.
5hires has had lot of hogs OIL a small
piece of corn for four weeks; the corn is
still standing, the stalks being SO large the
ID gS would not tear it down. He has teen
hauling corn and feeding hem to get EN-
stout enough to break down the stalks-he
says.
Maj. James T. Moore has the finest cot .on
anywhere to be found, as pronounced by
all who see it. If the Major proves as lucky
i'll running for Sheriff as he is in raising
cotton, he will be an undoubted success.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Fed Watkins of Columbia, has been
out here on visit to the neighbOrhOOd, 1t
was his first visit to This part of the cOun-
ny. He thinks he will come again when
Indian summer sets in and stay longer.
Mr.. VIM. Bostick, an old grey-headed cit
zen OF Fiat creek, has bid his bOyhOod'S
home adieu, and emigrated to seek a home
in Texas. MIR. Samuel Smith is preparing
and will soon start TO find a home in the
same State.
MIR. samuel +. Cox is selling off his crop
and winding DIP his affairs; he will soon be
an Arkansas Traveller" as he intends to
move to the State of Rackensack.
Mr.. Edmond Ware, living near Oak Hill,
is row lying dangerously sick.
Mir. Joe Ring and wife have been serious
~ / with the fever; both are now slowly
Mai. j, Mat Reynolds says the 18th dis
f:ict Is III very bad condition, with diph
and muiGpS in the other, and chills and
fever q over.
lie had ncinorfhage," Purgatory and Gen
eraI Jackson" said newly married Mar
Shall county young man to his mother-in
law, on his return from Cayce springs,
" here he bad been imbibing freely of Hos
letters BiiterS, port wine, and mean whiS
ky He had The collie, and only took two
drinks; bat it made him feel worse. He
rode ny to the door and diSmOunted, looking
very prC and back-fOremoSt. Being car
rieJ il he pcgan to cast up his accounts; the
mixture of bitters and port wine looked
alarming, His affectiOnate wife thought he
bad bl OXEN a blood vessel, and had a hem
pirhage of the stomach. A rider was mount
ed and sent i'll hot haste for the family doc
tor. who arrived felt his pulse, looked very
solemn and wise over the case, gave him
an opiate, and retired. saying he would be
all right by morning he thought. And his
loving and cOnfiding wife sat up with him
al night and watched his peaceful and ia
nocent slumberS for fear he would have an
other of them bleeding spells, but she is
" User now,
And now drinking frOlic,
Can't fool her for the collie.
G'e&HRREWA FAIR