The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30
RALLY HILL ITEMS.
From meath Winters icy wing,
The brightest flowers softly bloom

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They watt their sweetest perfume.
Time, in its ceaseless flight, has noted
down another Spring; in the calendar Of
years how many barks have been
wrecked and lost amid life pillows, tenn
pest tossed how many? Wreaths OF hope
are now lying withered and fading on the
banks of Times swift gliding stream; the
zephyrs contend with the chill winds of
Winter that still linger in the arms of
Spring; the rose peeps forth in lOvelness
the blushing violet yet blooms in modest
beauty in its native valleys as of old.
Time and nature change not, but each
succeeding Spring rings In its changes,
amid life checkered scenes; the old look
on llfe's panorama and trace out the ruin
of their early dreams. Imagination will
wander back Ger memorys track and
remount the river of their years fancy
will recall from out the waste of time a
distant Spring like this, when percbance
maiden fancies pictured out a future
scene of ideal bliss, bright tinted as the
rainbows of summer; memory responds to
the happy past and recalls manhood s
young ambition; when the form of beauty
lured him on to pluck for her the wreath
of fame from dangers brink But times
have changed, and instead of the ladies
now Turing the young men on to deeds of
high renown, some of the bright-eyed
madenS of Punkin creek, during this
April, have lured two Flat Greek boys into
eating cotton biscuits, which is tooth
tangling process.
Mr.. Cal. Hardison is sick with bilious
fever. Mrs. Mary Shires wife of Little
Jake Shires, is very strangely affected:
ten weeks ago she had rising about her
back jaw teeth, caused by decayed teeth;
since which time she has not been able to
open her mouth, owing to the rigidlty of
the muscles of the jaw
Death has again struck down one of the
old and time honosed citizens. Archie
Glenn died on the 9th of April of heart
disease and general drop8y. A large
concourse of sympathiEing friends follow
ed his remains to their last resting place.
He was buried at Mt Carmel, in William
son county. An eloquent funeral dis
course was preached by Rev. G. C. Rice,
the pastor of the Chapel Hill Circuit.
Mr.. Glenn was in his sixty-tbird year,
Mr.. James Lunn, of Corlett's Cross
Roads, recently had his smokeEouse jay
hawked of a barrel of -four and some
bacon.
Corlett's Cross Roads, Rally Hill and
Rock Spring are endeavOrihg to secure
mail route from Columbia to the above
named places, leaving Columbia on Fri
days. The HERALD does not reach Har-
dison's Mill until week after pqblica-
ton.
Rally Hill is increasing her population,
through the means of her industrious i'm
migration agent, Mr.. Lucius Wilson. VINO
is now feeling bettAwE, Ill Lis neighbors only
nad to set up with him one night. 1t is a
boy, and good looking one at that.
Mr.. Jack Miller, of Franklin, and his
fishing chum, Mr.. Richard Trout Gault,
came out to Hardisoh's Mill early in the
month, to interview the trout at this fine
fishing place. A small cloud flew o yer
the river, which rose suddenly and spoilt
the sport. Jack was also assisting Dick
in prospecting for his goose farm that he
is DESTROYS of purchasing. The citizens
around Hardison's Mills, hearing that
Dick was DESTROYS of going into the goose
raising business, through the Herald and
the ReUieIO are anxious for that celebra-
ted fisherman to settle near the Mills, -.
is thought by taking in a few muscovy
ducks that he can be supplied in that
locality with all the geese he will want to
stock his farm with. Some fine spec
linens OF geese eggs were sent into the
store for the inspection OF Messrs. Miller
and Gault. Mr.. Miller returned to
Franklin, while Richard stayed and pa
tiently watched the receding waters, and
pondered in his mind the gain and profit
on a well conducted goose farm. He was
joined, when the waters fell, by Messrs.
Perk Priest, Cages and Campbell. They
had a fine weeks sport, and caught
great many trout; three and halfpounds
was about the largest caught.
Little Jake Shires has caught great
many fine fish during the month. He
caught eleven red-hoTse On the 2lst with
hand pole, the largest weighing over ten
pounds, and the smallest four.
Some civil Fighters near Chapel Hill
have done some very good fishing; they
have fished out about three hundred dol
lars worth of bacon in hole. The hole
was in Mr.. Cowden McCord s smokehouse.
Red Samuel Wallace, the most indus
trious man in the 9th precinct OF Marshall
county, has been appointed Inspector of
the Loafers, to see that the Lazy Law is
enforced. As a consequence of said APP
pointment, there is not an idle man now
in the district,
The Flat Checkers are displaying unu-
sua activity in farming. The corn crop
will be pretty well planted by the last of
the month, and the ground in much bet
ter fix than usual,
The fruit is entirely killed, ofall kinds.
1t Is not thought that wheat is injured to
much extent 1t was not forward enough
for that the prospect for a large crop is
still very fine.
The Flat Crackers say they will still in