The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
MT. ZION ITEMS.

The health of our country is improving
since we have been visited by frost. For
twenty years we have seen nothing to
equal the sickness we have had this au-
tumn 1t has mostly been confined to
the white population. We are glad to
say that for the number of cases there
have not been many deaths. A few old
persons and some children have died
Three widows died in less than two
weeks-Mrs. Whitaker, of Snow Creek,
Mrs. Passmore and Mrs. Jacobs. All
of them now lie beside their husbands.
Our friend A. Porter, ofSycamore Creek 4,
has been quite i'll; by the close attention
of his wife, and DR.. 81, Terrell to admin
lister quinine, he is now nearly able to be
out again.
Prof. Anderson, of Beech Grove, has
been quite sick, and is still unable to get
out to his duties as a school teacher.
Nearly every family in the 18th district
has been sick.
DIR. VIM. Maxwell, Master of the State
Grange, was at Mt. Zion on the llth, and
addressed the citizens and Patrons of the
vicinity. Owing to the great amount of
sickness, there was not large crowd out.
But to those that were present the adj
dress was a feast of fat things. 1t has
not been cur fortune, in long time, to
hear an address from any man that would
compare with it for sound reasoning.
The Doctor is in the right place, we
think. His eulogy upon the fair sex, we
venture to assert, has never been sur
passed. We only regret that every lady
and gentleman, young and old, did net
hear it. He is mot only wholesouled
Grange man, but he is a thorough SUI
day School man. When absent from his
class, he gives them the necessary intor-
maticn through the mail. This can be
said of but few men. In telling this he
did not expect to see it in print. Now,
a word about Grange No. 733. 1t is
live Grange and composed of the best
farmers and their wives IN the district,
and the largest real estate owners. Our
Grange is a social meeting. They meet
twice each month generally, have never
failed to have quorum to do business
except once, when it was prevented by a
storm 1t was organized in April, 1874,
and since that time we do not remember
to have heard an oath even in the yard
neither have we seen the least intoXica>
ton. 1t numbers over fifty members,
has good officers and good order The
ladies are prompt; we have several single
ones, by the by, which is, or should be
an inducement for some good brothers to
join, if they were only engaged in farm
ing. At our last regular meeting we had
quite a display Of the products of the
field and garden, &c. Three gentlemen
and three sisters were appointed as
judges Co decide who should haYe the
premiums-th gentlemen for the field,
of course: f. A. Pole, C. A. Walters and
Col II. A. Brown; Mrs. A. Oakley, Mrs |
G. A. Walters, and Miss Catharine
Stanley. Below we give the awards:
Mrs. c. B. Shaw, largest apples and |
best sorghum syrup.
Mrs. Mary Mckee, finest turnip and |
peaches.
Mrs. w. Galloway, best tea cakes
made of sorghum syrup.
Mrs, G. A. Southall, best variety of
garden seeds, ripe tomato catsup, apple |
butter and apple vinegar
Mrs. A. Oakley, finest boquet of flow
ers-present ripe tomato, and onions for
seed.
W. J. Jones, best stock corn.
G. A. Walters, best bread corn.
A. t. Vestal, best Southern Prolific |
potato.
P. H. Southall, best yellow yam pota-
toes; best wheat; best one ear of corn.
wife $50 grains; best variety of apples, |
P. P. Taylor; best Irish potatoes.
J. J. Rountree, finest Texas Bur