code: protected Counter createColumnFamilyCounter(final String name)
      {
          Counter cfCounter = Metrics.newCounter(factory.createMetricName(name));
          if (register(name, cfCounter))
          {
              Metrics.newGauge(globalNameFactory.createMetricName(name), new Gauge<Long>()
              {
                  public Long value()
                  {
                      long total = 0;
                      for (Metric cfGauge : allColumnFamilyMetrics.get(name))
                      {
                          total += ((Counter) cfGauge).count();
                      }
                      return total;
                  }
              });
          }
          return cfCounter;
      }
docs: Creates a counter that will also have a global counter thats the sum of all counters across
  different column families