The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-20
From Our Regular Cores
pendent.
DearSir:

The crops are excellent, health
good, and everything abundant,
except money and grace,-the
two latter being exceptionally
scarce with the young men.
Farmers are busy, gathering
crops. very little Wheat has
been sowed yet, nor gill there be
until it rains.
Some unfortunate fellow is
lost down here in the sea of mat
rimony every now and then
The last to go that way, were
Mr.. 10. Horner and Miss Hattie
Harrington on the evening of the
9Th. inst. Joseph had Q hard
time of it, a winning the girl, and
when she at last agreed to marry.
it didn't take him long to get
ready. He pulled his friend out
of bed at midnight to accompany
him to Cleveland, to get the Ii
cense. His friend (Rome John
SOM expostuIated and insisted on
sleeping till daylight; but 10.
Swore that i it wasn't daylight
then that it never would be, fol
it had already been the longest
night he ever saw, and Rome
had to so. They set out on foot
for Cleveland, eleven miles dist
ant, and arrived there in time to
rest a couple of hours on door
step before daylight. They got
the license however at the prop
or time, and as soon as 10. got
back and rested a bit, the twain
were made zone in the flesh"
jim and Isreal didn't find out
about the wedding in time tc
give them a %serenade.
Business seems to be improv
ing.
Our friend Wesly Hannah o.
the firm ofJones q Hannah says
they have shipped upward o.
three thousand bushels Of dried
apples, this Fall, besides q con.
siderable quantity ofother barter
But Mr.. Hannah says the best
trade, which is the 'Possum trade.
is vet to come; that the 'Possum
business promises to be livellei
than usual, since thes persimmon
crop is such an eXuberant one,-
the bare thought ofwhich, causes
Mr.. Hannah to weara constant
smile, as broad and as bland as
his sleek tailed friends wear
when he is shipping them to
market.
The boys are getting up torch.
pine, and putting their dogs into
condition for the Fall Compaign
and it is likely that many a POS.
sum, whose sober wishes never
feared to stray so far, will be con
strained to accompany his kins.
men 10 Atlanta; for the boy;
mean'busines, and nearly every
dog in the Corner is a 'possun
dog-this being what saved then
when the dog-taX was sending sc
many of their brethren. prema
~tureis to the shades of Pluto.
We have two citizens in the
Conner who are not intending tc
hunt any this Winter. These are
II ex-Constable and the champ
ion horse swopper Of the district
They do not hunt any more; 9nC
their faces betray unmlstakable
signs of disgust, when 'possum
hunting is mentioned. In form
er Season, when the hunting ex.
element was at its height, the
constable announced his intentior
of making a hunt that would
eclipse anything, Of the kind
ever known in these parts, anC
invited his friend, the horse.
swopper to go with him and share
The glory and profits of the enter
prise. With considerable trouble
and some expense they procured
Il dor which the constable declar.
ed had all the Spirits" Of a good
'possum dog, gabout him. On q
certain night, these two worthless,
with one or two others, started
ior the bluffs, where the 'possums
were said to be numerous. They
soon heard their dog open Oh 9
distant ridge and thitherward
they bent their course. The
way was so rough that they could
not travel very rapidly, but they
encouraged the dog to persevere
by following to. him at every
step. When they reached The
snot, instead of being greeted by
the smiling face ola 'possqm, up
a,simmon tree, they found three
fine sheep in the last agonles:'
and as the Constable expressed it
the internal dog "war dom, his
aurndest after the fourth" They
succeeded in driving him oil
with out further injury to the
flock, and addressed themselves
to trying to resuscitate the three,
INF i wos "no ro;n-they we're