The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-10
Bethel.

There Is still some cotton and
corn in the fields and the weather
is so disagreeable that we can't
make much speed in getting it out.
We have but little wheat sown and
it looks like slim chance for bis
cults here next year. Corn is O
ready sale here at 35 cents bush
ell. Spectators are buying it and
hauling it to Athens, Ala.
L. p. Davenport has purchased
DR.. Edmundson's interest IN the gin
house and lot. He contemplates
getting a steam engine and new gin
by the next season. He has also
bought j. Mat Marbut's wagon and
team.
John L. Langford and Ed Wilk-
erson have started jockey yard
just across the creek from our vii
lage, they have snapped cows twice
recently.
Mrs. Adeline E. Jones, of Buck
Island, Ala, is visiting this week al
her son-in-laW's, DR.. j. S. Edmund
son. Rev. Mr.. Woodward's father
is now on a visit at the parsonage.
Mr.. Willie Hardeman, of Athens,
Ala, made flying visit to relatives
in our town this week. Mrs. Mat
tie Marbut is visiting her mother,
Mrs. M. S. Watson, in the neigh
borhood of S. S. Williamson, esq.
Nat is keeping bach.
John f. Smith, son of Bryant
Smith, has returned to this county
after an absence of five years in
Arkansas. John looks exceedingly
well. Joseph B. Gregory has also
returned, after about 4 or 5 years
absence in Mississippi. Several of
our young men have left US in the
last few years, but they all come
back and are willing to remain with
US.
We have a few boarders attend
ing the institute and think there
will be more as soon as the weather
gets better. Polk has a good
school and is well liked as a teach
er. But he will go to the jockey
yard in Pulaski on first Mondays.
Master James Waters, of Pleas
ant Hill is boarding at DR.. j. s. Ed
mundson's. Miss Thompson, of
Minnow Ford, boards at Mrs. Ann
Browns at present and will board
at DIR. V. o. Edmundson's as soon
as he commences house keeping,
which will be this week, if it is the
right time of the moon to move.
Miss Mamie Legg, of Shoals Mills,
is boarding at j. G. Smiths. John
Gray, of near Elkmont, is boarding
with Thomas Whitfield.
Mr.. f. M. Potts, of Prospect,
says he can't stay away from Bethel
every Sunday as long as he and she
are both single. He says he has
the Brown-chitis.
One of our townsmen had q run
away with his team last Saturday.
Might have been q serious affair
had it not been for the two brave
young men, John Becham and Fawn
Brown, who ran before the horses,
caught the brides and checked them
before any damage was done. 1
will not tell the name of the owner
of the team, as he wants to trade
one of his horses.
Msr. Westmoreland, wife of Mr..
L. L. Westmoreland, has been quite
sick for several days, bat we under
stand she is improving slowly at
present.
Mr.. L. L. Westmoreland says his |
son Willie shot and killed a rabbit |
l few days since, brought it home,
skinned and beheaded it and put il
n a tin pan. A few minutes after
ward Mrs. w. heard a noise, she
ooked toward the pan and to her
the rabbit was kicking |
md jumping. He tells this for
he truth and not as joke.
a stray dog,supposed to be mad,
passed Mr.. G. w. Harris last week |
md bit his dog. We need the dog
aw. PHRANQUE.