The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
Sharon.

A little daugter of Nj. Jim Baker
has been quite sick but is now con
valescent.
Mrs. Dorcas Brunson has been
confined to her room Tor the past
hrce weeks with rheumatism.
Mr.. John Toomey had severe
stroke OF apoplexy last week, from
which he has but partially recovered.
Mr.. Tom Alternately has remod
eed his dwelling and made many
general improvements on his farm
of Late.
There is in this neighborhood an
old negro woman, old Aunt Seley
Brunson, who is one hundred years
old and who still enjoys good health
Miss Lizzie Toomey had her
hand very badly lacerated by dog.
The Jog had been on the place for
some time, and is not supposed to
be rabid.
Messrs Jim Cardin and Bob.
Birdsong started for Texas last
week. MI. VIM. Clack is in a very
low state of health. suffering from
general debility.
Mr.. w. r. Scales is building a
new house-a substantial frame
dwelling. Has been delayed in its
completion for the past few weeks
by the bad weather.
Newtil Brown has been suffering
for the past week or two from his
lame limb. A party of young folks
highly enjoyed candy pulling at
Mr.. w. j. Roden's last Friday
night.
The health of MI. Louis Brown,
one of the oldest and best citizens
Of our community, is failing rapid
ly. His aged companion is also
sorely afflicted, having been for sew
eral years partially paralyzed.
Messrs. j. G. Downing, formerly
of Lawrence county, and j. l.. Alb
crnathy. two worthy and energetic
gentlemen, have established a wood
and blacksmith shop on the old
Elkton road, between Sharon and
Bethesda.
Some thief, who certainly has
taste for sweet things, ventured out
one night last week and stole from
Mr.. NJ. M. Thomas, hive of bees
and honey. He had doubtless
heard that ''stolen sweets are al
ways sweetest"
Our roads are-but I'll desist
and won't say a word about the
rough, wet, dreadful, awful, muddy,
sloppy, miry, sticky, slippery. juicy,
and almost impa ssable condition OF
the roads. Suffice it to say that
they are bad in the extreme
Mrs. Martha McGrew, who has
been for several years sufferer
from heart disease, has recovered
from recent attack. Our neigh
borhood, l believe, can boast of the
largest woman in the eighth dis
trict-Mrs. Martha Rose, who tits
the beam considerably.
AS a general thing, Sabbath
schools in the country, at the first
blasts oil autumn, retro into win ter
quarters, but the members of the
Bethesda Sunday school have set a
worthy example by Drawing the
cold and dlsagreeable weather and
meeting regularly every Sabbath.
Rev. j. H. Bird song was thrown
from a wagon last week, and re-
ceived several injuries in the neck
and shoulders. For several days
his condition was such as to excite
the most fearful apprehensions of
his family and friends. We are
glad now to report him considera-
bly, better.
A school is the general topic OF
conversation among US, and the
people of this community are all
united in earnest endeavOr to obtain
suitable building and establish a
pei manent school. We wish they
may succeed, for our Immediate
eighborhood is sadly in need Of a
good school.
We have in our midst n second
Prof. Tice, who is known to US
only BY the sobriquet of "the
Frenchman." He claims that he is
inferior to none as a weather proph-
ct. He does not venture his opin-
ion as to January but predicts that
the month of February will be
mighty dry"
Rev. j. NJ. Ashford has a regular
appointment at Sharon in the
morning of the first and third Sun
days in each month. Rev. w. B.
Lowery occupies the pulpit at Be
thesda at eleven A, AZ, on the second
and fourth Sundays, and at Reho-
both at P. M. of the same days.
Rev. Bona Cobb has an appoint
ment at Sharon for the fourth Sab
bath in February CoRvUs.
Special attention given to wedding