The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-05-25
LYNNVILLE.

LYNNVILLE.
Some Of US were a few days ago
counting up the vacant storehouses
and dwellings in this town, and
were astonished to ind that out o.
fifty of both kinds there are twelve
vacancies. OF these. four are dwell
ings, two are saloons, five are stores,
and one might be called jack Of
all trades, as 1t is used for anything
that comes along. Three more
years of depopulation at the pres
ent rate viii fit US as a town for be-
ing turned into a tobacco patch.
At the same time we have an I'm
provement going up in the shape of
DR.. Locks medical Office. Our
merchants are selling goods of a
quality and price which must event
ually attract business. And a good
deal of corn is being shipped which
seems at the present time to be
passing through the hands of Mr..
John Mitchell.
CROPS.
The chairman of our standing
committee of croakers, who is our
good friend Farmer, prophesies
failure in the wheat. We greatly
fear his representations will prove
correct. The exceptional mildness
of the winter has prevented the
usual development of the plant
Instead of branching of, the main
stem is high and will mature early.
The branches are too low to cut,
have very short heads and cannot
ripen in time to be saved with that
which is taller. A wheat failure
could have been anticipated from
the well-known fact that this cereal
does not succeed in southern eli
mates, and the last winter has been
a southern one.
STOCK.
The excellent article in the last
CITIZEN on the importance of good
stock reminded us of Mr.. VIM. Car
ter. We saw on his farm the other
day a Cotswold eve, for which he
paid about SIS at Spring Hill some
four years ago. She now numbers
twelve in family-lambs, grand
lambs and great-grandlambs, &c
worth at least $50 each. We have
this moment measured a lock of
wool he gave us from one of them,
which is of beautiful texture, and
which we find to be thirteen inches
in length.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. z. w. Ewing has been in our
town several times lately. We un-
derstand his business is to patch
up a compromise between the R. R.
company and widow of the man
Harrison Rivers, who was killed a
short distance from this place two
weeks ago. 1t appears the poor
creature got drunk and laid upon a
very short curve, where in a dark
rainy night it was probably impos-
sible to see him. With present
lights it is hard that the railroad
should be required to pay anything.
We have still a Bill Rivers and a
Jim Rivers, all colored, left in the
neighborhood. The assumption by
the darkies of the surnames- of their
old owners sometimes brings about
laughable results. Mr.. John Car
ter, one of Mr.. Lindsay's two very
nice and handsome young clerks,
was exceedingly i'll the other day
and at one time seemed in immi-
nent danger of having a congestive
chill. He recovered under the
treatment of DR.. Brown. Mrs
Capt. Towner has been paying s
short visit to her friends. The
Captain, who was with her for day
or two states, that he already has
| 40 boarders at Blount Springs
that most of his cabins have already
been engaged, and that the pros
poets for a good season are splen
did. He is a warm-hearted, gener
Gus, energetic man, and we hope 70
him and his noble wife all success
Altho' it is not connected with th'
affairs of our town, we must sal
your lawyer editor is winning 70
himself a good name in this end o
the county at least. We have hear'
during the last few days severa
most fiattering encomiums passes
upon him, as a speaker and risini
lawyer. I. L. N.
Call at the New York Store for bar
gains. 1t
ELKT0N,