HICKMAN COUNTY, TN - NEWSPAPERS - Hickman Pioneer, 1883
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  THESE ARE ARTICLES TAKEN FROM THE
  "HICKMAN PIONEER" NEWSPAPERS FOR THE
  YEAR 1883.   DURING THIS TIME, SOMEONE FROM
  THE COMMUNITIES WOULD WRITE ARTICLES
  ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.  THE WRITERS NAMES
  WERE FICTITIOUS.  THE ARTICLES INCLUDED ARE
  FROM THE COMMUNITY OF SWAN.
  Prepared by Ova Lee Sawyer    <OLSawyer@aol.com>
  
  
  
  FEBRUARY  23,  1883
  "SWAN"
     The people of this vicinity haven't done anything toward
  farming yet on account of bad weather, but are hauling
  saw-logs, and our little saw mill is on a boom.
     John Eason, Billie McEwen, Calvin Lewis, John Jones
  and other beef buyers have been with us.  Beef cattle is
  scarce hereabouts.
     Sam Bond has closed his school and will go to West
  Tennessee.  Miss Louisa Rochell will open school next
  Monday at the house Mr. Bond taught at.
     Vannie and Johnnie Stanfill, the other day, sold two find
  beeves to John Eason for $85.  Mr. Eason said he had two
  car loads and wanted these two to sell the others.
     Miss Mollie Hunter, a beautiful young lady of Maury
  county,  is visiting on Swan.
     Parson White is visiting Swan quite frequently.  Perhaps
  Misses H. H. and M.B.C. could explain why.
     A large party of the young people will shortly visit the
  rock house of the Rev. Andrew Peery.
     John Murphree of Centreville, was out to see us last
  Monday.  Come again, John.
     How consoling is the news of the new steamer! All praise
  to Little Lot!
     Whey don't the correspondents write?
  T. T.
  
  
  MAY  4,  1883
  "SWAN"
     Farmers are late getting their crops planted on account of
  the rain and bad weather.  Some are done planting corn,
  while others have scarcely begun.  There will be many
  peanuts planted on this creek this season.
     Wheat has come out and is looking very well.  Oats are
  fine.
     Health is very good, generally, with exception of a few
  cases of bronchitis.  Mrs. Arch Peery is very low with this
  disease.  Frank Peery with the same, has been right poorly
  for some months, but is slowly improving.  He says he
  thinks it is mostly laziness, and I don't doubt it.
     Mr. A. F. Aydelott has returned from Illiopolis, Ill.,
  where he has been some time going to and teaching school. 
  He looks hale and hearty, as if he had been getting plenty to
  eat.
     Mr. Wooten, agent for the celebrated Davis sewing
  machine, was in our neighborhood a few days ago on a
  fishing spree (?).  Guess some of the boys had better keep
  thier eyes open or somebody will get left.  Mr. Wooten is a
  very energetic man, and seems to be deeply interested in
  the welfare of his customers, as he comes about every two
  weeks to see that the machine is all right.(?), that he sold to
  a certain young lady.
     As the "gig" part of the fish law is repealed, guess it
  won't be long until we can hear the plunge of three prong
  spike.
     The railroad, I am glad to learn, is rapidly moving on. 
  Hope it will not be long until we can hear the iron horse.
  HAWKEYE
  
  
  DECEMBER  21,  1883
  "SWAN"
     Our farmers are busy picking peanuts and cotton.
     Mr. J. P. Grimes is having his house painted white.
     Mrs. Isaac O. Prince has put a brick chimney to his new
  house.
     Messrs. Little have moved to Columbia since getting their
  store burned at Swan Bluff.
     Mrs. Jane Sharp, wife of Dick Sharp, died on the 9th. 
  after a sickness of sometime.  She leaves a husband and
  several children.
     Prof. W. W. Litton lectured on Mathematics at Bond's
  school-house on last Saturday night.  
  B. B.


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