Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-23
VIOLA
The NeighbOrhOOd News from Our
Regular Correspondent.

AS we have been absent for some
time, we will now endeavor to give
your readers few items.
We will first say to you Mr.. Edi-
tor, that we read your letter of con-
dolence to your correspondents few
weeks ago, but when we read it, we
were already in such state of indie
scribable happiness that we couldn't
tell to save our lives whether or not
any of it was applicable to us. But
if the shoe fits us anywhere, we will
wear it and say nothing about it.
1 hope you and your readers will
excuse us for not writing under the
circumstances of which we have been
surrounded, and we presume they
are all aware of what these circum-
stances have been. Newspaper cor
respondents have hard time any
way, for when they do anything
themselves they would be proud for
the public to know, they just have to
be quiet about it or some one would
say they were writing about them
selves all the time instead of telling
what other folks are doing.
We are having delightful weather
for this season of the year. Farmers
begin to make some complaint Of it
being rather dry on wheat just COM
ing up.
DIR. E. H. Jones and wife made a
visit TO Smithville this week.
Messrs. Horace Brown and o. P.
X. Reynolds went to Nashville this
with some cattle for sale.
t j. r. Ramsey is visiting relatives
and friends in Rutherford county.
John Luster, who has been in
Florida for year, was mixingamong
his many friends here few days
ago.
Mr.. P. H. Ashburn, of Sequachee
Valley, who recently purchased Mr..
r. A. Mansfeld's farm, moved on
the place last Faiday, and on the
same night had the sad misfortune of
getting his house and almost all It's
contents burned. Mr.. Ashburn and
family have the sympathy of the en-
tire community; and in order to show
that they do sympathize with them,
everyone should lend helping hand.
Geo. Winton left on the 4th inst,
for Birmingham, Ala, where he ex-
poets to locate. We wish George
much success in his new home.
We have learned that Mr.. G. F.
Bonner and the party thatwent with
him to California, all arrived safe last
Thursday.
Messrs. H. B. and G. C. Ramsey
left Tuesday morning with drove OF
horses for the South.
Mr.. j. H. Potter, of Smithville,
who spent several weeks in our vii
lage, returned home Saturday.
A. M. st. John made a trip to Can
non county this week.
Messrs. John F. st. John, J. d.
Walling, and P. H. Winton made a
trip to McMinnville this week.
]. w. higgins, of Waco, Texas,
and w. l.. Garner, of isplace, went
to Huntsville, Ala, last week.
Elder w. A. Sewell has been hold
ing a series Of meetings in Coffee
county this week.
R. A. Mansfield and family have
moved to Hillsboro, Coffee county.
Miss Ella Winton, who has been
visiting in Nashville and Tullahoma
for two weeks, has returned home.
Miss Ella Rice, Of Cedar Hill, is
visiting Miss Laura Hoover in this
Vicinity.
Miss Malissa Merritt, of Cowan, i:
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. M. st
John.
The Viola Normal school CLOSED
last Friday and will be suspended
until sometime in January, when i
will open again under the manage
ment of Messrs Ben Jones and H. j
Phillips. 1t does look to us that W.
ought to have a school longer thar
three months in year.
Couldn't Go Back On the Boys"