Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-14
That Paper.
For she Fayetteville Observer.

U aug. oLSt ttietc appears COLL
munication, if it may be called
such, over the signature of Snukes.
In my communication ii July
18th, | asked you to explain or
tell US what the Farmers Club
was now | entreat you to just
give US definition of Suukes, and
We will release you from all oh.
legation to comply with our former
request, and as Snukes has vulun.
teered to tell what the Farmer
Club was supersedcs all necessity
for you TO do SO. l believe the
word Snukes has no place in our
common lexicons. Now, MIR.
Snukes, il you are so exceedil: gly
modest that you cannot own the
paternity Vt your scribbling by
sticking your real name TO your
articles, and prefer writing over a
fictitious one, do use q name in all
your future di QUESTIONS which has
some meaning and regularly de-
fined by our standards, You first
address yourself to Uncle Bill and
Old Dad and ray to them | would
like TO have your paper, but times
are SO hard | cannot pay for it.
You then say to me liz that 81,
friend Rural. My entire igno-
rance of your person renders ii
wholly out oi my power to answer
your question. Ifyou are a truth
ful man am bound to believe
you are unable to pay for it, rs
you say 50 yourself. | will not
call in question your veracity.
Perhaps Uncle Bill and Old Dad,
as they are doubtless Iibaral-heart-
ed men, will be kind enough tu
send you a copy free, but il you
cannot accept it on such terms
try them on the chicken trade.
You say you are sorry to hear /
cannot pay you for your paper,
and propose in the generosity of
your heart to give it to me. II
| am go hard run | cannot pay
for it, who gave you this informa.
ton, not me ! am sure. Neither
did know before you had q paper.
Where do you hail from. and what
do you call your paper? Is the
name as meaningless as your sig
nature? You started out with
an address to Uncle Bill and Old
Dad. | suppose you mean the pa
per | referred to, in case the con-
templated new county proves a
success. How now do you slide
of to me and your paper. You
say | can't take your paper as o
gift, and propose an exchange in
way of the chicken trade. | have
never said Iccu'd not accept it as
gift, if you think me unable TO
pay for it and feel charitable
enough to give it to me, and think
it worth reading, Just send it
along. But if your communica-
ton be fair specimen Of your
editorials, | beg to be excused for
declining your kind offer, much
less the chicken trade, for if the
chicken trade and your paper
were placed in opposite ends of
the scales, the chicken end would
60 down before you could think.
But even if your paper should
prove to be areadable one, / should
have to decline, as the old woman
lays claim to all the chickens on
the place. She thinks a great
deal Of her preachers, says. the
chickens have tobe saved for them,
and you know they are prOverbial
for chickens.
In my other communication ]
asked the editor if he would be 90
kind as to tell US what the Far
mer's Club was. Now un sked
you have forestaIled him and un-
dertaken to explain it. l never
asked you to do this, l wanted
our mutual friend Wallace to do
so, who is posted in such things.
You say in addition to knocking
men generally on the head when
they get drunk and cut up, the
farmers use the club to knock
down cotton stalks and kill snakes
when crops gets in a bad condi-
ton. | suppose you are posted
in such matters and know where
of you affirm. especially in refer
ence to crops in bad condition, and
killing snskes--don't know SO
we'll about knocking down cotton
stalks. If you are no better at
farming than writing for the press,
one would suppose you to have
had considerable experienceln the
use of the club in shaking your
corn and cotton before you could
venture into the weeds to plow,
and perhaps the printer has mis-
taken your name and printed it
Snukes when you intended it for
Snakes. As to tie cotton stalks.