The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-09
SPRING HHE.LETEMS.

In consequence of the continued rail-
there was no preaching at any of th
= churches on last Sabbath. The riDgin
of the bell of the Methodist Church 70
> evening service, brought out goo
: many of the young people of the tow
: and as the preacher did not come, an
there was not even an old member @
. tho church present, to hold prayer meet
Ing. they conluded to spend an hour il
p | rehearsing some OF the sweet songs O
P Zion. Miss L. NJ. presided at the organ
with her accustomed ease and grace
and was well supported by members o
the choir and others. The evening
passed off pleasantly and the exercises
were appropriate and the time was wei
spent.
A young gentleman OF tender sge, Of
fine proportions and handsome features
arrived, on Sunday morning last, at the
residence of Mr.. A. c. Alex ander, and
Hignified his attention of remaining
with the family Is long as his stay
might be agreeable and pleasant to
them. Already the warmest affection
seems to haYe sprung up between this
| stranger and the whole household. By
| q singular coincidence, he bears the full
name of the gentleman, whose guest he
is, and for this reason and others that
might be mentioned, he is carressed and
toasted without Limitation. "Vive lie
roi."
On Tuesday night of last week, DIR.
Lee, and Prof. Moffatt, was listened to,
with marked attention by the very
large audience, who turned out to hear
them. The address OF DR.. Lee, was full
Of interest, eVincing thorough acquain
lance with every thing pertaining to
agriculture and manufactures. The obs |
ject of the meeting, was to raise stock |
tor building Touring mill, of large pro-
portions, in the interest and for the ben
eft of the Changers, to be put up at
BaiIy Switch, upon the splendid farm of
Capt Thos. Gibson. A considerable
amount was raised, enough it is hoped
to insure the contamination Of this
very desirable object.
After a few days of beautiful weather.
Owl put /
forth, to prepare the earth for planting,
and hopes of a better time coming were
the hearts of the farming
again the rains have "de-
sc0nded and the floods came" and the
land is deluged with water, putting n
stop to blowing for several days. The
season thus far ia q repetition of the
last, and it lis fearful to think OF the sui
iering which would result from another
such failure in crops. 1t behooves all,
in view of the possibility of such mis-
frrtune to study and prsctice the most
rigid economy, not only in their store
bills, but in feeding their stock of all
kinds. This winter has demonstrated
hat wheat straw is pretty good SUBJ
,tftue for hay and that even corn cobs
map be advantageously fed to horses
and cattle. 1t is better that they should
be crushed, in Bark Mill or something
Of that sort, but they will be eaten
without this and will be
'Ound very nutritious. There is some
ianger in feeding them too freely, as
hey may produce collie. AS the season
"a perhaps too far advanced for the
\ moro seasonable one may be, in refer
snce to the coming crop of cereals,
Every field planted in corn, may with
,ut injury to the crop of corn, be
made to yield in stock peas, at least half
he value of the corn crop, and this
with very little additional labour, and
wnen gathered with the vine, is equal
% both corn and hsy for horses or cat
lie. In portions OF Alabama, Georgis, {
md Carolina, it is the principal forage,
depended on for wintering stock. ,
The darkies seem to have a very un-
defined idea of the extent of their rights
Under the bill, they think that it gives
hem q right to every thing, that is left
rom under lock and key, with this idea, :
IOme thirty or forty of them, of all ages, {
'exes and conditions, collected in the
urnip patch Of Mr.. p. worthy farmer
IF this vicinity, and were helping them
'elves to turnips and greens" Mr.. p. I
n passing happened to cume upon them
md asked by what authority they were I
upon his premises, at this,
stampede commenced, the more timid I
lying in every direction, bat, half {
dozen lewd fellows OF the baser sort"
With a lively sense of their "Civil I
Rights" under the law, deliberately laid
side their encumbrances, in the way !
VI buckets and sacks, and walked de- I
iantly up to where Mr.. P. sat on his '
lorse, each fellow looking full of fight, '
md muttering words of vengence
against any man who dared interfere !
With their rights. Here was a dilemma, s
DO had no arms with him and they were
six to one, but he saw that he had either
20 run or fight, choosing the latter, he
sprang off his horse and gathering .
stick, which lay on the ground near {
him, he dealt blow to the leader, a
huge fellow OF gigantic proportion
which brought him down, the next one
shared the same tate and the others
seeing the downfall of Civil Rights, took
to their heels and the scene closed. {
when negro mechanics, who have
upon the patronage of white
people, go far forget their obligations
to their patrons, as not only to neglect
their works. but show by both looks
and words, that they are pulled up by
Civil Rights, tits time to drop them.