Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-28
From Woodbury..

The great trouble in writing to the
STANDARD is to know what would be
of real interest to its readers, for see
some that is not worth the time to scan
over, then much learning and impor>
tant news from every neighborhood,
and for that reason some of the CORES
pondents are 10th "to take my pen in
hand to let you know that we in these
parts are cutting wheat, and corn is
very much in the grass, and aunt Jane
is sick and funeral is expected every
day, and on last Sunday brother Jonas
than Erudite preached to large and
appreciative congregation" You see,
Mr.. Editor, that such letter is quite
entertaing to all who may wish to read
something on Sunday morning before
Sunday-school, as you are aware that q
very large majority of the reading
community wish to read much that
would tend to pious thoughts on that
sacred day. And we would advise all
who may wish to read these random
thoughts to do so ON Saturday, as we
can't give much earnestness to such
bright ideas, and will try our hand on
murders and such like, and the city of
Culpepper, four miles west of this place,
is where the scenes of the tragedies are
to be laid.
There is a colored lady who resides
i'll Culpepper who was found to be very
i'll one day last week, and after some
stir the doctor was summoned. After
the usual preliminary examination, the
doctor asked, Where is ii :" She de-
clined to say just then, but after much
ado she said it was down at Jimmie's
turkey nest, but that did not pan out
right. The doctor and some others
took up the trail of some indelible
marks on the ground which led direct
to the well. They descended and came
up again with an infant babe.
Tragedy number two came off last
Saturday evening near the same place,
which was the killing of Frank Arnett
by John Freeman. The deceased was
fearfully cut in the left breast and
partly disemboweled by another thrust
of the deadly knife, and his hand nearly
severed in his attempt to ward off the
deadly blows Of Freeman. Arnett
e leaves a wife and six children to mourn
his loss, and great loss it is, as he was
poor laborer and their only depend
ence, while on the other hand, father
and mother, whose love never dies fol-
the child, are now weeping bitter tear;
over the waywardness of a son who
doubtless failed to listen to their ad
monitions, and who never heard the
prayers of a mother as he ought to have
done. Freeman is still at large, and ]
hear that Arnett's brother has offered
four hundred dollars for his delivery
This is about the fifteenth murder
during the last fifteen years, and mo-
one Of the murderers has come t
punishment except two poor negroes
one for manslaughter and the other fol
infanticide. So you see our courts lie
them 60 scot free, and no one need tt
have any fears of coming to such al
end in Cannon. But somebody may
say, don't talk so, you will injure thu
reputation of the county. But say
shall we be deceivers, or ought thu
courts, its juries and its witnesses re
form before the glory of our freedom
is gone, and the abuses of our libert,
sink us below Babylon of old and W
and our all be numbered with tn
things of the past. God deliver u
from such liberties, such courts, sucl
witnesses and such juries.
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