Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-07-31
IRVING COLLEGE,.
The Weekly Budget Of News from a
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] have been tempted once or twice
to discontinue my communications to
the STANDARD in consideration of a
change in the photography, pointing,
and phraseology of my communica-
tons. Once or twice the "typo" has
made me say things l did not mean
to say, but l suppose such is just
penalty for writing an illegible hand
writing. But feeling little loqua-
cious or communicative tonight l
will write few items.
havea good time going around
with the thresher of Etter&C Co. Have
worked any? Well, yes, and made
pretty good hand, too, contrary to
the opinion of those who think that a
school teacheris disqualified forevery-
thing else because, forsooth, he is
somewhat educated in books and
bookish theories. Did it make me
sick to go out in the sun and sweat
like other people? No, but rather
improved my health and appetite
the very end expected to attain by
taking some good vigorous manual
open air exercise. The sooner the
idea that muscular exercise and sun
shine are pernicous to those of seden-
tary pursuits is exploded the better
it will be for the physical health Of
those so engaged.
We have found the wheat crop
quite inferior in this section. In no
case have we found a ten bushel yield
and in many cases where the wheat
was not well cared for in the shock it
is much damaged by sprouting and
mould.
The yield of oats is good, though
there are many defective and rotten
grains, produced, as l suppose, by
those little insects extracting the sap
from the grains
Since the rain of last week, our far
mers are more hopeful of good corn
crop, though much of the corn is yet
small and the yield doubtful. SIT
One of the small children of Mr.. ID.
Boyd died and was buried at Smyr-
ma last week-ailment fiux.
S. l.. Cunningham and A. j. Fair
banks are both sick with the same
disease. Isham Ware isquite unwell
with something like typhoid fever.
Maj. f. NJ. Martin and w. M. Mea-
dows are on the sick list at this writ
ing. The youngest child of Capt. w.
G. Etteris also sick, and quite a num-
Der of Others in the community are a
little indisposed.
The mad-dog excitement still pre-
walls. Several hogs and two or three
cattle, bitten by the dog that licked
the hand of your correspondent, have
gone mad and died or been killed
since my last writing. l have ever
been somewhat incredulous on the
rabid dog question, but if there be
any such things we have undoubled-
ly had two or three up here this sum-
mer. The affection was communica-
ted by the bite and was of such a
character as to kill, but was not char
acterized by all the symptoms nor
suferings peculiar to hydrophobia.
Most of the schools will begin in
this district next Monday. Prof.
Hicks and f. B. Etter will again
teach in the college. 1t is important
that all expecting to enter begin the
first week.
Protracted meetings will begin next
Sunday at Smyrna, Hebron, and Shi-
lob. Two discourses at Smyrna, with
refreshments at noon; amnot inform
ed as to the order of the exercises at
the other places.
A young man of McMinnville who
has been rusticating with his country
kin, after amusing himself shooting
frogs in Mrs. Wagner's pond, fired
upon covey of tame ducks, killing
and wounding nine Of them-a good
deal of game for one dollar and
eighty cents.
What has become of the Warren
County Teachers Institute?
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