Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16

iect of "The Good Ruler"
We presume that everybody has
been charmed with the beautiful
weather of this week, and therefore
we just concluded not to mention it.
-Messrs. w. H. Ross and c. 7.
Thurman, who had been East for
three weeks buying their spring
stocks, both returned home last Tues
day.
-Ritehey & Bostick are selling
second crop Early Ross, earlier and
better than any northern grown po-
tatoes. Country merchants supplied
at close prices.
Mr.. Ben H. Martin and his sister,
Miss Sue Ella, of this county, left
here last Tuesday for Lexington, KY,
to attend the Commercial College of
Kentucky University.
Mr.. G. B. Armistead, represent
ing Herman Bros & Co., has been in
terviewing the merchants of this
county for the last week. His wife
is at the Warren House.
Mead & Ritchey will pay sc per
pound for Hens, Ducks and Turkeys,
and half price for BOOSTERS, every
Wednesday until further notice. Re-
member, every Wednesday.
The special bonded warehouse at
this place now contains about five
hundred barrels of apple brandy. 1t
will probably have two or three hun
dred more within the next month.
John Hayes left a beet on
Ritchey & Bostick's counter this
week which weighed 9 pounds. AS
beets grow well in this county, it
might pay farmers to grow more Of
them for cattle food.
Here is the appropriate form of
invitation to "tacky party"
"We'uns want you'uns to be sure
and come out to Mr.. Blanks to our
party day night.
"P. S.-Bring your gal"
Miss Mary Bone, of Texas, a
pleasant and accomplished young
lady, has been on q visit to Mr.. Clay
Faulkner's family for a couple of
weeks. Her father was once engaged
in the drug business in McMinnville.
Wide Awake for March comes
up with its usual quota Of fresh and
sparkling intellectual draughts. 1t
has several features appropriate to
the Inauguration month, and many
articles of interest to both old and
young. d. Lothrop Co., publishers,
Boston.
We call the attention of all stock
breeders to the advertisement of F
G. Smart & Co., to be found in thi:
issue, All of their animals are toe
well and favorably known to require
any recommendation from us. Theil
records cannot be excelled by, any
other stock in Warren county, anC
breeders will consult their best inter
: ests by giving them their patronage
The STANDARD is worth more t
a family of children in a year thar
any other education you can Civ
them for five times its cost. Viii
. you give your children the benefit o
= it? If you are a subscriber and you
( neighbour is not, see if yeu can't per
suade him to subscribe. We will
8 send the paper free one year to an!
Q person who will get us up club O
, five ne,o subscribers. There are man.
neighborhoods in the county wher
clubs could be easily raised with
> little effort.
t Are you talking to your neigh
bors about that bridge matter? w
6 hape the people all over the count
: will discuss this question thorough
for the next two weeks, aid let a
the magistrates in the county com
to the April term Of court with some
. thing to say on the subject. If tn
{ court will take hold of the questio
. vigorously the work can be accom-
plisned without any hardship on ia
n payers. Will they do it? The coul
o ty is we'll able to build them. Tai
e bridges. BE enterprising. In II
language of the soap advertisement
l.. "don't be clam"
10 The business of the McMinnvil
h Foundry and Machine Shop is rapi
ly increasing under the managemel
of the new firm, Eastwood Bros.
:" Carson. They make a speciality
~ building sorgho mills, and have no
= on their books enough orders to ket