Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
IRVING COLLEGE.
The Weekly Budget of News from a
Standard Reporter.

Jno. M. Cunningham, whose death |
occurred last week, was buried at
Hebron with Masonic honors by IT.
wing Lodge, of which body John was
a valued member.
Sunday was "foOt-washing day" at
Hebron, but the work was postponed
until the fourth Lords day in July.
There were two discourses instead of
the foOt-washing exercises, both Of
which were highly characteristic of
the denomination to which thepreach-
ers belong.
The Sunday school at Hebron is
proving quite interesting because of
the friendly, kind, and yet spirited
discussions that are being engaged in
by the members.
G. r. Martin, wife and son arrived
few days since from Florida. They
say Charley is good nurse, but the
boy being so big and Charley so di-
minutive, it is a difficult matter to
tell (which is which,"
Miss Jessie Martin has returned
from Sparta, and that young man
can now find her at her riverside
home.
E. B. Etter desires me to to answer
the query of A. H. W., which was
induced by a statement made by
Jesse Barnes, but / will let him speak
for himself, which he does thus: Mr..
A. H. w., rather softly and warn
ingly inform you, (but don'ttell JESSE,
that that smith can fabricate and
forge a "yarn" as well as plow-share.
l expect he did see me devour part
of a fowl, prepared for himself as he
thought, and not for me. And blind
ed by love and piqued because of
} Jealousy he thought l was eating a
good many fowls and "winging" his
, "Ownest one" besides. Behold what
a matter a little jealousy enkindleth!
but it is to be hoped that when jess
, becomes a little older he will more
J prudently consider the nature of
things, and not call in question the
loyalty of his own because she cannot
. prevent a fellow from speaking to her
or eating chicken fried by her.
Geo. Willis is making a collection
: of very Anticipated relics. The last
one purchased of G. M. Rutledge
: swells his number to three, and he
now exultingly boasts that he has
three of the Oldest animals of the
r equine genus extant, and there isabout
as much profit in the boast as there is
5 in the "immortal trio"
Isaac Hill was around distributing
German Carp last week, which he
obtained from Hon. John G. New, of
Woodbury..
Inventions have ever shed a luster
upon men of ingenuity. Imperisha-
1 BILE fame will belong to Cyrus W..
;. Field so long as the antipodes of earth
: can stand upon the uttermost parts of
the globe, and converse as if face to
face. So long as the luminosity of
a the improved electric light illumines
human vision, so long will Eddison
r be in eternal glory, among men. But
: halo of glory of a more resplendent
n kind shall overcast that philanthro-
pist who will invent some kind OF
e an underground telephone, which
s will, in the presence of others, address
itself only to and successfully court a
IS young lady while the operator re-
: mains at his house Of business. Fol-
G further particulars address G. w,
n Parks.
Inobedience to the peremptOry man.
k date of law your humble correspond
ent has quilted his post of duty this
y week and is attending court-a new
business to him.
Il have kept my eyes open trying
to hear something of the mysteries O.
doing justice in court, About the frs
impressive discovery made was tina
there are quite number of "profes
SIGNALS" stationed just where the sher
ifs can easily find them in select
u ing "picked-up" juries, and the only
V qualifications possessed by many sucl
y are that they are house-holders anC
he free-holders and have had much prac
re tice in matters of this kind, and tn,
latter qualification was the only on,
ia recommending many of them. Henc
IL 1 am constrained to say that this glo
% rious privilege of trial by jury, whel
III juries are thus made, is not the bless
IL ing that it was intended to be.
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