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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-12-03

waves roar, but she will not be hurt. Would
70 the Lord that every sinner would make
peace What a blessed country this would
be. Then our penitentarfeS and jails might
! be leased out indeed.
We are sorry to learn that they have no
preacher at Lasting Hope Church. If the
departed ones that used TO worship at that
place Were permitted to come back and
speak, what would they say? No morning
voice Is heard there ON Gods Holy Sabbath
day, inviting our Maynard children to come
togJesus Dear sisters,:ye praying ones, what
thing? Jesus comforted Mary and Martha;
promised to be with the few that will meet
in his manner Come then and Storm the Fort!
Our Fathers worshiped in this mountain"
trusted and you rejOiced together.
On this mountain the camp fires were seen
In other days, when gray headed servants
bones are lying just out there; their tongues
Will no more be heard until the Trumpet's
awful sound shall awake them rom their
Xerted there7 are they all in distant fields?
Wnereis that one who took the second
tnought when in the act of going home,
checked up his horse and gave his heart to
the Lord' Where is Dixon, DIR. Molloy, and
most OF others that used TO pray and preach?
Surely they are not all gonei The aged one
who could strike hands with the sexton in
Heaven, My Brother, a few more struggles
and a few more winters and the battle will
be fought and the victory won. Having
been faithful as a servant of the Lords, en-.
ter in, you will be heard. Yes, Doctor, do
you not often feel that you will soon be
there; yes in heaven, the place prepared
for christians. Suffer on then q few more days
and IL will be said it is enough-come up
what happy meeting that will be when we
meet our friends In Glory!
THANKSGIVING day was observed at Mt.
Zion church on last Thursday, the 25th inst.
Mrs. Samuel WitherspoOn, of Carter Creek,
is still in bad health.
The tree alluded to last week was eleven
feet in diameter, thirty-three III circumfer-
ence-a slip of the pen. p.
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New Aelversfaemenfs.

Ashton & McGaw have their water mill
in a fine condition, and are Offering to sell
their flour, meal, bran and shorts. They
do custom grinding, and exchange flour for
wheat when desired.
Capt. LipScomb, our excellent Tax Col
lectOr, has done all he could to notify the
people to come forward and pay their taxes,
and save costs. Read his warning,aDd heed
il, ere 1t Is too late,
-EdsalI & McEwen Will pay the highest
market price for good dry, shelled white
corn.
John A. Engle keeps everything at lis
n use on the old Jackson College lot. He
also offers to pay the highest market price
for corn and other produce.
Mr.. Barr, funeral undertaken, not only
says he keeps trst-class hearseS, gentle
horses, &c, but he does put what he says
We doubt if there is better appointed es-
tablIshment than his in Middle Tennessee.
John B. McEwen Mortgage, offers to sal
on the 18th of December, fifty acres OF val
liable land In the 22nd district OF Maury
County. The land is valuable, and level and
rich. See advertisement,
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Then and Now.
To the Editor Of dte Herald and Mail:
THEN.


Ifam man wants to learn something,he must
travel. remember when a boy on seeing ~"
knobs beyond Mt. Pleasant, thought them
to be the largest mountains i'm the world; and
when we had gone up the ridge, Thought
that we had accomplished more thandid ev.
er Napoleon Bonaparte in his grand passage
of the Alps. When we came TO Buffalo Riv-
er, thought il the largest river I'm the world,
and when we got TO Wayne Furnace, / had
no idea that the world was half 80 big. ]
saw the Furnace in operation, and was
certain that we had come in sight of purga-
tory, and the negroes at work at the forge,
were the black devils that throwed the souls
was to turn back towards home, "the prom
ised land" We passed ON: new scenes pre-
scented Themselves, new Landscapes burst in
to view, until the world seemed 20 he one
endless continuation.
NOW.
A few weeks ago, left here on scion of
the animal that Balaam of old rode, when
he met the angel by the way, and that open-
ed his mouth and spoke. Well my mule
met three hundred and seventy-fve angels,
for he always wanted to stop, and get up u
little conversation, and he seemed to say
"lets lay down right here and take little
nap of sleep" But the rowels of two spurs
would make him "hump himself" and there
the matter would end. He was wise in his
own conceit; he knew the road, and he pre-
tended that he was well acquainted with
every hog path between here and Memphis,
and at every house he was certain that he
had an old acquaintance, with whom lie
must have a few minutes important CONVEX
sation. The consequence was, that we and
Balaam, Jr., fell out; he wanted To have his
way, and thought he was not competent to
be appointed by the courts TO be my guar
dian, ! tried to lead aim, but he was not
the kind of a man TO be led by the silken
cords of love, or any other man. When we
arrived at the home of that kind and hospi-
table gentleman, Col. Geo. W. Boyd, of
Wayne Furnace, / tried TO lead him into the
stable, but an angel must have spoken 10
him, for he knew what lac was about and
he didn't "hanker arter" them kind Of ar
n aVt1 no fWtff
cent, Well, | tried blindfolding, and then
instead of going forward he would go back
ward; so turned him stem foremost; and he
stepped In like he wished 10 say, aMyell Won
must think I'm q fool" Such il daily re-
cord of actual facts. The second day we
pNSsed on aud came 10 Green River, which
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LASEA. ITEMS.

Miss jennie Speer and Miss Green, o.
Carter's Creek, paid us1 a flying visit las
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Davis, sister 10 Mr.. Evan Jones
the famous hog raiser on Duck River, has q
pair ofSpectacles that antedate the indepen
dence fthe United States of America.
Being very much exasperated some weeks
since at hearing that his only daughter
had run away and married against his will
a father called his other child, little son
remarking to him at the same time, 'be O
good boy, Obey, to your mother and pa
You are our only child now, your sister has
run away. She shall never have d-m
cent of our property, you shall have It all
only be good boy" "Hush! Mr." says
the mother; "you forget that you belong 10
the church" ThereupOn Mr.. - began to
cry and to say: "what is the church COM
pared to a mans only daughter" Yet never
theleSS the daughter was in few hours
thereafter at the fathers house in peace and
quietude again.
The Sanders brothers are being quite sue
ceSSful in their commencement in the mer-
camille business. The Esquire has had some
experience in the business, some of which
was indeed very sad to him. For he at one
time had his entire stock consumed by fire;
but we wish for him better success this time.
"By geOrge!" said the young man last Sun
day, and his cOuntenance Redeemed up to
blood heat when he aScertafned that she had
walked to church. Come earlier next time
and survey the situation SO that you will not
make such blQnderSS
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H ult., he had about all his worldly goods
burned. Mr.. Waldrop, together with two OF
| ~ miles south of this place. inst over the
county line, where they were gatherings crop
| of corn. The night in question he and his
hands were absent until about nine o'clock
He returned to the cabin alone about this
hour, and built up little fire and warmed
himself, and then retired to bed; about two
O'Clock he awoke and found the house on
4 tre. The first thing he thought of was his
pocket-boOk, which was under the head of
his bed He got that, and undertook to
make his escape; finding that he could not
get out at the door on account of the fire and
smoke, he returned TO the bed, got a quilt
and wrapped 1t around himself so he could
be protected from the fire; he then made his
escape with his hair sfnged and q slight
Durn on one hand. When he returned to
was burned. 1t contained four hundred and
eighty-five dollars in money besides all OF
his official :papeTs. Mr: Waldrop lis natu-
to walk with crutch. In the excitement
he lost his crutch; he got hold OF q piece of
plank and hObbled to neighpors hopse
night clothes on.
George CANT, of this place, while out cut
bmne eags aGG e1S
was the cause of the accident. He is going
on crutches. Mr.. Cant lost a horse short
time ago with epizootfc. This disease is
very prevalent, but in mild form.
All the cases of sickness that were in this
vicinity this Fall, have all got well, except
SSoIAO OntOC VI NOIAA anu ~ AOOAS AAS -! 70
impossible for these to shake off the chflls.
AT the close of Mrs. G. A. Whites school
she had spelling match. After all had
been spe1t out but five they went out on the
word sheer.
The late sickness broke up the Sunday
school in this place and it has not as yet been
resumed. This is to be regretted. The prob
abilities are that it will not open again be-
fore spEng.
The wet weather for the last ten days has
very much interfered with sowing wheat.
Some few of our farmers have not COM
menced yet. A great deal is being sown-
more than last year.
The way the trains run at present IL is
very convenient for those who wish to go
to Nashville and Columbia. Leave here In
in the morning at and go to the above
places, and get back at 5:32 P. NJ,
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The Young Man Who would have
Popped the Question.

There is a house in the village of Winsett,
which several of the young men, iwho live in
and near the village, have been in the habit
twisting: There is one, amongst the sew
eral, who has been visiting more regular
than the Others. Two or three Sunday
nights ago, this young man was seen at Mrs.
WIS, Of WInsett, cOnYerSing with two of the
bellies of the village, and was heard 10 say,
"SuppOse l was to die now and was to be
carried TO my grave, and you, with my other
friends was TO be standing around my grave,
and see my coffin let down in the grave, and
see and hear the clOds falling in upon my
coffin; ladies, how, oh! how would you
feel?' BY this time one of the young ladies
was very serious; the tears began to force
their way down the damSel's cheeks. She was
heard TO exclaim, "Oh! hush!' By this tiIne
a gentleman steps to the door and knocks.
The door was opened; he went in, and
stayed until this young man left. And the
serious conversation stopped here. We just
suppose, from the start he was making, that
he was going TO get them pretty serious, and
then pop the question to one of them. Be
ing as they were all three eminent friends 10
each other, the other would not tell on him.
But as bad luck would have II, this gentle
man steps TO the door and knocks, just as he
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MIsCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

y sixteen pound boy at W. IL. Lip
pmbS.
w. II. Elan recently shipped from their
tgnificeut establishment, stove To VIII
! County. Wonder what DR.. White will
We to say about that?
JEFF Haley died at Bailey : springs few
- agD. with drOpSN, with which he had
N afriicted several years. He was an cN-
lent young man.
Ashton 4 MctSaw's Touring mill have
1 through their smutting machine over
IT thousand bushels OF wheat for plant
rpurpOSes this season.
I'VE are informed that the conductors
a braScSmen OF passenger trains ON the
c have not learned what the uniform will
Duck River has been pretty muddy for
= last few days, caused by several rains
ring the latter part OF last week. Jack
tIIpT and Dick Gault will have to put on
tchinG that ten pound trout until next
Ths UJrlyy,e County Ciiizcn saws that land
that county advanced - per cent. when
=, result was known Of the success of the
ilroad subscription in the county; and
at when the road was built il wOuld adj
nee fifty per cent.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
m give an entertainment Tuesday night
seven o'clock, in their Session Room
lnittace: one pound Of anything they
Dose To bring. Those who forget TO take
lything, will be furnished a pound OF
netting at the door for twenty-five cents
In his open letter to Us last week, Rev
IN. StOddert said hc read our criticism
bout his abuse of the fair sex the same day
at he happened 10 say in a sermon that
pne woman working in "a church is worth
Frenty men," \ friend al our elbow sug-
H.Sts the question, Did Mr.. StOdderf read TIC
hiicism In the HERALD before or after the
Z. syery Of his sermon?
tie ben
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] The Cottingham Ironing Machine PROMISE
| TO do ten times rs much work rs one person
usually does with the hand iron. This IS :
| comforting assurance in the days of "higl
wood and slow work. Its introduction may
| possibly rob Africa of her frowning front
like great glaciers. n conId onIy I lei some
OF those Paper Barrels for packing purposes
believe moving would be much cheaper.
NOT that they would be needed for packing
pork, for with all my Partially for a litfIe
pig for roasting, "too young TO object 10 H.
yet with character formed enough TO make
his hams delicious" believe 1 could not be-
tempted, after reading of the horrors { I
Trichinosis. Then as TO sausages: some saw
age editor actually makes the startling sug-
gestion that the lost children i'm a certain
city met with worse fate than poor Charlie
Ross. But that editor is not DIR. Leftwich
nor Is the city st. Louis. The DR.. tells w.
all sorts of pleasant things, personal, litera-
~, scientific, and dramatic. San MARITIME,
poem by Lide,is noticeable for delicate fancy
anu si.C beautiful dlction, Since the days of 81.
simon, Syrian monk, who lived for thir-
Iy-slx years upon q pillar erected on the
summit OF mountain, monastic life has
possessed sort OF fascination for the disdl-
pointed. The Carthusian monks of san Mar
tino had taken upon themselves a vow Of
perpetual silence. This poem gives the sad
story of one of these unfortunates. Two low
ers, one of whom was fair as the flowers Of
Spring, hand in hand, with soft words spo-
ken in whispered tongue,
HWatch the &iream as 1t glides along
To its grave III the gray sea sand"
The years pass on. Victor Emmanuel
one, whose sad life TO its dreary close ais
drifting silently"
"Not one whisper, from white lips wrung,
rails on the listening ears:
FOR ne mas forgotton the crowding throng,
OF human hopes and fears:
Forgotten the sound of human tOngue
Through fifty silent years"
But at last there comes CLEAN of memo
~, his withered fingers tremble over his fec
bly, throbbing heat, and a whisper breaks
through his dying iips-"dO not take IT," I'm
der his close clasped hands they find a bro
ken ring and circJet of rduea hair. Thus
closed the career of a Perpetual Celibate.
Who wonders, Mr.. Editor, at the emphasis
with which You say, "Not If we can help IL,
Bro. Stoddert; not If we can help it."
MRS. SUE +, MOONEY,
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MT. Zion NeighbOrhOOd.


Since you received the last items from
this neighborhood, the farmers have been
busy Strengthening their hogs; and they have
killed some fine ones, weighing as high as
1854 pounds net. The most of the farmers
have enough and but little to Spare-but
few are selling any. Quite number OF per-
sons have only a few to make their bacon
but few will be left for another crop, only
pigs and shoats. The oldest citizens have
rarely ever seen hogs so scarce as they are
in:thiS country;you may travel for miles and
never see hall dozen hogs. They are even
scarce about the mills, creeks and hills and
dales.
ped. Some little excitement in the mule
trade. Our friend Mr.. Guthrie, from David
son County, is passing through buying the
surplus beeves that are for sale.
Mr.. r. Couch and VIM. j, Jones are feed
ing fine lot of steers, of which we may
know how to turn up the greenbacks
Ifnext season should be a good year for
wheat, and the farmers can get q good price,
IL will help our countrymen again, as they
have been sowing larger this Fall. We be
lieve it is the best paying crop for our far
mers now, as the laborers are 50 uncertain.
And every candid man will admit that it is
the best for our land, that is being so rapid
ly ruined by the cultivation of cotton.
Sorghum has been made this fall in many
localities in large quantities, ana with the
improved evaporators they have made an
excellent article.
The health of our village is rapidly inn
provingi most OF the bad cases are nearly
well. How thankful we should feel that in
our protracted cases, we have not been cut
off, But again we viii be permitted to go
out again and attend to our temporal ma at
tiers and visit Gods house. Yes, every heart
should feel thankful to the Lord for HES mer-
cy that endureth forever.
We were glad to learn of Bro. II. A. Jones
safe arrival home again, after his dangerous
trip to the home of his youth. We imagine
his feelings could not be described, when
again shaking hands with those loved ones,
when his face was turned for America. Yes,
farewell my native land, farewell, perhaps
never again to visit you. Farewell my
kindred dear, deep waters, high mountains
and vast plains will separate as, but by and
by we will meet you again beyond the Riv-
err. Storm after storm may beat against
the frail bark, but by Gods Grace I'll stand
the storm and we will anchor by and by.
Fight on then my brother, stand firm for
Jesus, and the next vessel you go aboard of,
may be the one our brother smith went
aboard of not long since. The old Ship OF
Zion, yes, the old ship, our Fathers and
Mothers went Gooard of. That isene vessel
that will never he lost at sea: Jesus il the
| Captain. The storms may beat and tile
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HICKMAN COUNTY ITEMS.

On last Thursday night DIR. Martin, Geo
Bird and Jack Moore went coon hunting
and each one reported next morning that ht
had caught four coOns. The question has
not been decided whether there was a dozen
or only four cOOns caught.
Married on Thursday the 18th of NOvem-
Der last, at the home of the brides father, in
Gray'S Bend, by the Rev. Mr.. Cherry, Mr.
Willie Huddleston and the beautiful and ac-
cOmpliShed Miss Pauline Gray. May the
sunshine of prosperity and happiness ever
illumine their pathway, and in their odd age
may many young charms huddle around
them.
Much excitement and sensation was man.
ifested at the residence of Mr.. Perry Prim N 5
on the 18th of November last. 1t is q beauti-
full and perfect piece Immortality, and weighs
nine pounds; its name is Thomas Malinda
Moore.
Our farmers have nearly finished gather
ing their crops, and have sown quite large
breadth of land in wheat and rye. They
have picked off and sacked the most of their
peanut crops, and a good many of them
have engaged or sold at one dollar per BUSH
ell delivered at the railroad or on Tennessee
River. The MesSrs. Cunningham have
bought at ninety cents and one dollar about
year are very fine and large, but the crop is
very small, not more than one fourth as
many as we generally grow. We have q
small crop of hogs, and what has been sold
brings eight cents net. Cotton is very good,
but the yield will not pay for the raising, q
number of farms not producing over one
hundred pounds per acre. Corn is in great
abundance, and commands from one to ten
dollars Der barrel
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SCOTS Mills,



1t has been several weeks since we have
written for the HERALD AND MAIL-we Will
try to put in few words, SO that our friends
may know what we are doing. We are
about through gathering our crops. There
has been great deal of wheat sOwed in this
vicinity. Mr.. w. w. Scott is building saw
and Touring mill, just above the old mill.
He expects to have 1t in operation by Spring.
We hope he will do good business, as he is
an energetic citizen, farmer and merchant,
and sells cheap for cash, and duns those that
owe him, but he does not wish them to think
hard ofhim for doing it, for money is scarce.
Mr.. w. A. ScOtts mills, in Giles County, will
not act, owing to the power not being suffi-
Client for the Turbine, but he says he has q
wheel that will dO-cne OF his own make, an
old fashioned over shot.
Mr.. Thomas Foster is about to finish gath
ering his fine crop of corn. He thinks he
will have to tear down his old barns and
build larger ones. He is about recovering
from serious dog bite which happened n
few weeks ago. He says he is in favor of the
dog law.
Mr.. w. w. Hackney, of Savannah, Har-
din County, has been visiting his relatives,
Mrs. Priscilla Coffey and family, and has
very much regretted, especially by his lady
friends, as he is complete model OF a gen.
tleman.
visit at Spring Hill, and has just returned.
Mrs. Louisa Gilbreath has just returned
from a visit to Stiversville, to her relations
Onr rambling bachelor has lust returned,
but we do not know where he has been.
Esquire Becknue, formerly of Mount Joy
Vicinity, HAS InON6u 10 ILLS
and intends going into business with j. n.
Swan, one of our experienced farmers. We
are glad to have him. He Is very useful
man, especially in the church. We have
preaching at the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church every first, third and fourth Sundays
in the month. First Sunday, by Rev. j. w.
Howard third by Rev. ]. W. king,and fourth
by Rev. w. H. Kersey. Revs. J. w. King
and w. H. Kersey are both young in the
ministry, and bid fair to make talented
men.
Mr.. Henry Duke is about completing
new building which he intends moving in
Henry? There is some girl, suppose, that
knows what it means. Mr.. w. c. Mckissicl1's
wife presented him with a nice present last
Sunday morning-a fine little girl, beauti-
full and lovely, but he says, poor mans
luck!"
The subject of marrying seems to be the
tonic of the day. We had a nice wedding
last Thursday; Mr.. E. H. Coffey to Miss Mar
garet Scott, by Rev. J. w. Howard. Atten-
dants: Mr.. w. w. Hackney and Mr.. John w.
Gilbreath; Miss Mary Scott and Miss Ida
Williams. The bride was altogether lovely
and handsome. She had succeeded in win
most energetic and talented young men. We
sympathize with the unfortunate, but we
think she has made q wise choice, for her
husband is one of our most intelligent, in
dustriOus, highminded and handsomest
Young men. We wish him and his lovely
companion much joy the balance of their
DAVIS, We hope some more of our young
IN en- will follow his example. We would
saw in conclusion that we would like to hear
once more from the Stiversville correspon-
dent. Yours truly
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Slowly, grandly, bothcd in glory,
sinks the duy-god Ia the west,
While these mounds 50 cold aud lpwiy
With his parting rays are blrst;
And the Autumn winds are signing
softly through the grand old trees,
While on every breeze are dying
Golden showers of Autumn leaves.
And sit and ponder sadly
over one 50 bright and fair,
As think Of all that's buried
Meath this mound SO brown aud bare.
And my Thoughts are backward turning
Through the lapse of by-gonc years,
And see your blue eyes smiling
Through "a midst Of mllng tear.
And your merry, ripping laughter
All! meetings. hear % nuN,
And I'm fancy sec the riuglcts
Clustering round YOUR fair N,,uur t,f,,t,s
And as think OfNOur words Of " istluiu,
Far beyond your youthful wears.
lseem 10 hear an angel whisper
cease thy sighlng-wi p" thy tear.
"Nclia was too fair q blossom
For this stained aud -iu-rur~rd earth.
So bore her spirit upward,
And in u new world gave 10 birth:
Far beyond this world Of ~orrpw-.
ON that bright and happy shore
Thou shalt greet Thy many loved one,
Who have OHiV g1Hc bgfurg."
And hail with heartfelt rapture
This sweet message uiuurht with inv
Aud my heart D. fiilvd with pindncss
Which no SurrOW can alloy:
Then I'll make my Journey hcavenwnrd,
Full Of 1aith, ana hope, AMI love.
So at last III Join the loved ones
In that glorious land above.