The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-01-29
Lynnville Items.

olnce our ldSI report unGl within
the last few days the weather has
been "summery" and immense dam
age is done to the pork in pickle.
Some have lost every joint. None
with whom 1 have talked have en-
tirely escaped. This is very untor-
tunate, since few packed more than
enough to barely do. Some are
now killing hogs they had left over,
flattering themselves we will now
have winter.
We have several cases of typhoid
fever. Mrs. A. D. Boyd and Felix
Boyd are reported convalescing.
Little Bozie Wagstaff is reported
very serious. Col. Thomas K, Cor
don has had very serious attack,
but we are glad to learn he is in a
fair way to recover. He is SO years
old and has been remarkably ex
empt from sickness. Mr.. Solomon
Davis is very sick. We learn from
his physician that he is in a fair
way to recover. He is 81, and like
Col. Gordon has had little sickness.
He came here ir 1903 and has lived
on only two places since. Few neigh
borhoods can boast of two such old
and respected citizens. l hope
both will be able to attend the cen
tennial at Nashville. They both
take great interest in the events
connected with the early settlement
of the state of which they have vivid
remembrance. We see Mr.. S. d.
Anderson, of Haywood, visiting at
our Mr.. Alexander We hope
MISS Verona Wheeler is having a
nice visit here among her numerous
friends. She visited her Polk creek
friends and brought in with her
Miss Celestin Johnston, for which
she has the thanks of at least one
young man-indeed, of her numer
Gus friends here. Miss Mackey
Montgomery has just returned from
a two weeks visit to Pulaski. Her
friends miss her at the post office,
for we must say that for that posi-
ton no one would give more gen
eral satisfaction. Miss Lucy Comp
ton came back from Maury county,
after a two weeks visit to her
grandmother and numerous friends
there.
Some wheat on clover land is
looking well, but the late on stalk
land is looking very badly, In fact.
some must be total failure. There
is u worm that is eating up whole
fields. This is especially the case
up Robinson and on high lands, al
though other sections report the
same. The damage is done by a
worm of two kilds-one a little
white worm and the other and most
numerous, a black and striped
worm. They are found in count
less numbers uDder the rocks and
stalks. 1t was thought a freeze
would kill them, but Saturday
morning, after a hard freeze, they
were still lively. Hogs devour them
and some have turned all the hogs
in on the wheat, hoping thereby to
check the evil. Nothing like them
was ever seen here, unless they are
the worms that made such havoc
with garden vegetables last spring.
Travellers from Marshall and Bed
ford represent them worse there,
while T. F. Carter, just returned
from West Tennessee, reports the
crop there looking very fine. Our
hope was in freeze, but as that fails
we don't know where the trouble
will end Some are sowing spring
wheat now. Kline 81 johnson have
wheat OF which they sowed two
bushels in March last year and
made 80 bushels. They are selling
at 80 and can't supply the demand.
Professor CampbelPs school com
mences to day. A number OF board
ers here to attend his school, and
among others our little friend Hat
tie Townsend, of Alabama, whose
parents. we are glad to learn, are
delighted at the progress made last
session by their daughter.
Our Prof. Compton has gone to
take charge of the flourishing
school at Bohemian. He told US
more than five years ago that he
had a stick stuck up by little girl.
Now, Professor, our boys won't re
gard that stick much longer, and l
fear it will grow irksome to the
young lady.
Our mules and cattle are about
exhausted. Col. w. w. Gordon is
getting up car load of mules which
think will be the last. William
Smith made quick trip-only gone
four days-sold at good figures,
and DR.. Johnston who went with
him has not returned. Is down in
Georgia and Al ibama buying and
selling. Mule trading is a mania
with our Doctor. His friends de-
sire that he retire from that bust
ness and settle st the station ana
practice his profession. Maj. Roy
was In town Saturday representing