The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-03-18
Pn..um Hollow.

NEWS \ MOTH Nj But THE NEWS.
How often, q. how often, i'm the days
,ust have gone by, have We thought Of
writing some items from jhIS hOioa
place: bus ds nobody has ever writ
.I0iu mere before. E-n were almost 5iraid
they would NOT lee lat in print. some
may say the Httue - eu"HEh Tor tnen,
but let me tell NJE-tLa: has nothing
% do with the place. IJls lively little
town of some twenty or thirty lnhabl-
uauLS, situated OG Ine : Orth East corner
OF no Where. IL Is noted cor It's hand
some boys and pretty girls; ugly men
and big 'pySsUus. Every one that has
ever lived hero or even knows Of the
place, speaks IF 4 as il there were no.
place IKE ii. Eof instance, two 81
our young geutiemcu Went to Texas
sometime ago thinking of making that
Gheir future home; but biine by they
were seen hat n hand in long run TO-
wards the dopot-scTe&min all the
y"ay "Ehere's HD place Ike 'FJSsum
Hollow Now ;Fl.&u 40 you think OF
-h4t? one Of oar h3ndsOmest young
iiHu Who mas been at school in y ash
Viilc, mas returned. Ea"u and every
one gave hiIn = hearty welcome, as he
IL q faVC.Ito with all. "Bctsy' said In
ner lasE Iatyg- that the general belief
vas, hat ,Lr. Wilson had never had
front porch. II g says II you do not be
iieVo &C, Just come to see him and he
VIII snow yOu where ii ought TO be and
# VSu have uBy mercy whatever on
poor fellow, you Will repair 1t for MIN.
Last Sunday we attended church at
LITTLE place near here called Gull
leoka, and must acknowledge that we
heard a splendid sermon; but must
further say that 'POssum Hollow can
uOl be ieft there either. Not being ac-
cu-tOmed to their way of service, of
course, we showed a little ignorance.
| ~ men the preacher announced the first
hvmu, seeing some begin to rizs we riz
too; but again seeing that only a few
I'D III the corner by the blOw-machine
n f.Af
| ed establishment and took our seat.
! N @ afterwards learned that them peO-
/ u.e WHut T!Z were the QUire foxes. over
/ u this part Of the state when one Eel
/ low begins singing, the rest of us 1ol-
5 low him and chase him plum through
| the song. So sou Seas the dictionary
! tells. us-we must all live aud larni but
| 10 keep Won folks from making such a
! uiundsr whom you come to our church,
| we will tell Vgu right herB-that we let
every body sing that can and those that
| can't too. Some OF our braVeSt lads
/ vent 'PUssUm hunting the other night
! and COtch q coon. They were puJnl
/ ticilIed 10 death over it, and had little
( dispute as t. who should have it. jim
I said he seed il first, Allen said his dog
{ cOtch il, and lille they were carrying
I ON their dispute, Johnnie picked 1t up
/ aud run. Guess he had coon and taters
/ next day for dinner.
! saw ia your paper that a Columbia
! lady has been IN bed with her root.
/ We woaId i:Ao To know how in the
. name ot goadlt-s could sine be in bed
| without her il. Z.
oar Gt,lo village j. as peaceful and
/ quiet As solitude. 80 deaths or mar
. ri sges to report.
/ Ills Gf.t,u ls.o and we must ratI'iate-
IL oar :;a;H4 Escape the w1s e-bao-l-
/ This uur, we ,.i.' ne cucHU.dE u to try
/ .raiu ruL s. peak q tg 81 more words Tor "a.
iueigGh.rGnDI, bur viii sep asit"
! asld srlye '.B.tsv' "a chance next week.
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