The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28

popular and neither he nor his family
had any friends in the communit,
who were reputable.
KentOn.
JUNE. %, 1877.
Wheat has been harvested and ouI
farmers are busily engaged in killing
grass and burrs. New threshers are
being received and soon the noisy
hum of the machine will be heard in
land.
Rev. NJ. NJ. Taylor, pastor of the
M. L. Church here, was so very un'
fortunate as 10 lose his horse few
days ago; while filling an appoint
ment near here, the horse died very
suddenly and no one knows the dis.
ease that so fatally attacked it.
Our Good Templars will have a
celebration and public installation Of
officers on Friday, August Sd, and a
good time is expected. All members
of the order in good standing are cor
daily invited to attend. The lodge
is extending great moral influence
and is aiding names to the roll OF
Temperance workers. kenton has
three grog-shops, and we do sincerely
hope to see them all forced to close
out and seek more honorable calling.
Wherever q lodge exists and has an
influence, the rumseller is below par
with society, and the moderate
drinker ought to be rated the same
way. Moderate drinking is as un-
certain as the wind and as unfathoma-
bic as the abyss. 1t is the birthday
and birthplace of all the drunkenness
in the land. 1t is the "band of
union" betwixt little-drop ministers,
drunken publications and all enemies
of the cause. 1t is an inclined plane
of rapid decent, as smooth as marble
and as slick as glass and ends in a
whirlpool of destruction. We want
the Murphy movement in Tennessee,
and we want a healthy public opinion
that will, by proper legislation, force
the rumseller to forsake the hell-born
and hell-populating whiskey traffic.
If the legal voters in our civil district
or in Obion county had Il choice at
the ballot box tomorrow to say
whether whiskey would be permitted
sold, they would in thunder tones say
" NO"
Dyer Station had a "cock fight"
on last Saturday, aud from what we
have heard about il, there must have
been "man-figl or so on said &C.
casion. The public turned out to see
it and We suppose betting was engaged
III as usual at all such places. We
are not "church member" but did
not do ourselves the hOnor(?) to at
tend.
Rev Flowers breaches temperance
sermon at Concord Baptist church,
two miles west of here, on next Sun
day at IL o'clock a. m. PRIMUs.
bradford.
JUNE q, 1877.
The streets of our fourising little
city have been unusually quiet for
the last two weeks, in consequence OF
the farmers being engaged in harvest
ing their wheat, which is said to be
above an average crop in this section.
But Notwithstanding the busy season
there is great deal of produce sold
here every day. don't think that
there is a station on this road that
,an equal this for chickens. The ex>
press agent informs us that there have
been shipped from this place, this
season up to the present time, one
thousand two hundred and fifty dozen.
Can Milan beat that?
The closing exercises of Miss
Ioore's school Will take place next
Friday night at the Baptist church.
Essays, OratiOns, dialogues, charades,
will be given in excellent style. Miss
Moore has given general satisfaction
Is an able and competent teacher, and
las bnilt up a good school.
We noticed in the EXCHANGE
ew weeks ago that Milan has eight
nen whose aggregate weight is 1885
'ounds. Bradford can beat that
here are eight men here whose weight
ggregate 1850 pounds. There are
light ladies in and near this place
rho weigh nearly if not quite 1900
'ounds, So
Landrum, Smith d Co. have re-
eiyed their engine, which has been
o Cairo fof repairs, and are now sup
lying the public with plenty of meal
nd -four.
Mr. w. NJ. Mccall, of Milan, was
n town last week, shaking hands |
nth his numerous friends. Come |
gain Mr. Nc; our draught players
re preparing for you next time.
Miss Peoples of Trezevant and Miss
)eshong of Milan. are visiting friends
nd relatives at tins place. We wish
hem a pleasant visit