Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-04-03
The Legends of Leman's
Hollow.
For the Fayetteville Observer.


rated In sorrow. Porterfield, a:
you have learned, was a survey
or, and he found that his old
friend had settled ON a section
that by number was school Sec
tti0n, and Leman lost his home.
If these two men ever met again
! / am not informed of it. j am
not informed as to when or where
Porterfield died. / am not in
formed as to his descendants; /
think he was related to the Full
ton family of Lincoln County.
There is a Porterfield connect
led with a National Bank at
Nashville; l can't say that he
is descendant, but 1 am con-
vinced that they are related.
Some years after this the peo-
pie built school-house on the
spot where Leman had made his
first settlement; it was built Of
hewed logs and covered with
shingles and was called the
shingle topped, or Leman's
school-house in honor of the old
pioneer. The school-house is
now gone. When the commits
sioners laid off Moore County
they made the Southwest cor
ner as near where the stump
stood that Leman's wife beat
her meal upon as could be as
tertained. And it is now called
Leman's corner in honor of the
fidelity and industry of our pio-
neer mothers.
Leman was a considerable
man, he was called Doctor; he
was seventh son. He perform
ed many strange and wonderful
things. Good mothers of that
day took their babes to him; he
cured thrash by breathing into
the little ones mouth; he re-
moved wens and cured white
swelling oI>king's evil as it was
called by the laying onef hands;
he would cure the worst form.
of tooth-ache by drawing a lit
tie blood from the gum on a
stick, take a lock OF hair and
carry them off and hide them
aud the patient was cured. He
kept the witches from the nelgh-
bcrhood by mailing an old horse
shoe on the door-steps. When
any of the children were be-
witched he would cure them by
putting a small silver coin a.
round their necks. He cured
many diseases among men by
causing them to carry a buck
eye in their left pants pocket.
He did many other wonderful
things that | have not space to
but this is enough to-
convince the most incredulous
that he was a wonderful man.
The people built up a -four
ishing school for that day, or
for any day, in numbers; in at
tendance there were usually
from so to 100 pupils. Young
ladies and gentlemen attended
in great numbers. Assistan:
teachers were unknown; If the
teacher was pressed in hearing
his classes he would call to his
aid the most advanced scholars
to hear, a few classes. The
teachers of that day were gem
orally bachelors or widowers.
They had no permanent home,
but boarded with the patrons
of the school. The children in
studying their lessons would
spell and read in this style,
baker, shaker, horseback, lamp
black, sign, signer, signing; and
read as follows: A tiger will kill
and eat a man. Horseback is
pleasant exercise. The mastiff
IS large dog; he will sometimes
AXE down a man and hold him.
The scholars would meet at the
;chool-house on the morning of
he last day, fasten the door be-
.ore school hours. When the
-eacher would come and could
lot get in the house the pupils
would demand a treat; if the
.eacher refused they would take
lim to the creek and plunge him
II. They called this turning the
eacher out. You would be as
onished at the scholars this
school turned out. They made
anmers, lawyers, doctors and
,oets. l will quote you few
ines from a poet Of the Gimlet
"In the fall Of twenty
The coons met al MaBsfieId's shore,
The younger ones had not to fear
But the older one bit off Barg's ear.
Old Milly Marshall went by guess
And swore be God they'd killed her jess.
Nanny Dunn came weeping round
And caused the eoons to leave the ground"
KalidRs and Grammar 0aecdote
50years ago
There was one drawback to the
school and that was the
Legend Of Leman's Hollow"
The chil.lren from this side were
lfraid TO be belated in returning
rom school, in consequence of
he darkness Of the hollow and
he many things that had oc-
,urred after night in that hollow.