The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-13
OR BEGINNINGS.


erino however. that we live in State
where a certain portion OF the married
couples are, SO to speak, born divorced
and of the remainder many achieve Ill
vorcement. and some have enforcement
thrust upon them, the fact that we are
very much one in heart and life, after
seven years Of marriage, might be con-
sidered somewhat singular and eXcep-
tiOnal.
Do not understand me to say that we
never disagree, for we do, upon one sub
iect DIR. Jerome has a theory about
wood. and persists in the practice OF
brIyinr a load of dry wood and at the
same time one Of green, requiring me to
mix It as | burn it. Generally speaking
don't mix il: and viii submit the ques-
tion TO any Jury of women and house
kpcpcrs whether it comes within the pale
of feminine possibilities to put green
stick in the kitchen stove when dry
one lies lust beside it. This matter OF
the fuel is the ulcer through which all
tbe unpIca-ant humors of our domestic
system is discharged, leaving everything
pure an lovely after each eruption and
its attendant dressing of mutual conceS-
sions and endearmentS.
II was on the second anniversary OF
our marriage. a balmy day in April,
that jerome said:
Rose dear. let us leave this place and
go West" -.
had been looking for proposition
of some kind and was ready to acceed
to ANYTHING | told him so, and we set
about our preparations for removal at
once and at the end of n month from
the time the subject was first broacheu
between us we found ourselves here III
this lively Young Western town OF Crum-
mclsyillc.
inst eighteen months from the date OF
orr arrival i'm CrummelSyllle the ground
was broken for our new house. To be
SIRE. the lot was not quite paid Tor and
the house could not be finished that year;
Int we lunred so for home of our own,
and Jerry said we needed something IN
which to deposit our surplus cash (.), 10
preyent extravaganza. How Jerome
worked those DAYS, and what talent he
developed for collecting debts. Where
there was no money, he would take pigs,
fowls. grain. wood-anything that his
debtor could be induced to spare. 1t was
orr only salvation. So much labor toI
nothing ANYHOW! So many poor who
could not pay, and so many better OF
who didn' care!
One dav accompanied the doctor on
a long drive through the . hoop-polt
country" rs a certain timbered district
was called. On Orway we encountered
q beayily-bearded man wearing fox
skin cap and carvings long riile. While
he was vet at some distance Jerome said
"There comes Tim Frost. He owes me
seven dollars and a half and am going
to make him pay it now"
Il don't believe he has a cent in the
world" | remarked.
mo matter: I'll take dicker.'
80. please don'tr' | exclaimed, think
inc of an old watch and shotgun a
home that he had taken rs . dicker' OF
accounts. Il wouldn't take the poo
fellows GUN. It's all he has to make
living with.
Just then the man came up, and salu
tations were exchanged.
"How are YOU, limp
"How are YOU, doctors"
Lets see. Tim: it is now about 81,
months that you've owed me that littlt
bill. How would YOU like topay today?
Tim swore he would like to pay it eX
ceedinglv well. but he was - dea'
broke. = 4" Not a darned bit of use Il
talk about pawn to-day, doctor; but je
YOU wait till my corn and taters com
off, with an encouraging nod and wink
You'll need all the corn and .pota
toes you'll have" said jerome, dryly
He had seen the place where they ough
to be growing. Il want to get you on
of debt to-day. Are both of those dog
yours that | hear barking off there"
..Sartin.' said Tim.
Couldn't YOU spare me one @
them?''
well. maybe l mought, but eff You I
wantin dog. now. rale smart chicke
dog. there Jake Morrison, down on tn
bottom
Never mind Jake Morrison and hi
chicken dog" interrupted Jerry; -
want that pup that's barking now-nC
the other one. Listen, There, now
that's the yelp. IN give you seven do
lars and a half for that dog, and tax
him on his bark.
WHY. that : Chunk, sad Inn del
recatjnGlv. I'D rather not part wit
Chunk
Bat Jerome was hunting under tn
seat for piece of rope, and Inn tro'
whistledu his dogs. Chunk was Selecte
and secured to the tail-board Of ourwae
on. Then jerome wrote out on Leaf
his prescription-boolS a receipt in full tc
FroSt's Indebtedness and pasSedlt to tn
woodman. who deposited ii in the 10,
skin cap and expressed himself ver
well satisfied with the transaction.
80. Jerry, how could you?' | said. {
we drove on. TO think of taking int
the family dog raised as that dog ha
BEEN
jerome cave one of his unconscionahI
laughs rs he looked at my forlorn fac
and then back at the horrible thicl
bodied little beast that came bouncin
along in cur rear.
Never mind. Rosy" he said; "tf
doc sha'n't trouble You and one Of the>
DAYS I'll turn him into a cow
/ confess had but small faith tn
such transformation could be etiecte,
Chunk was tied in the stable and car
fully fed by my husband.
About a week later he had another ca
which would take him into the yel
heart of the ''hoop-pole country. Is
fore starting he took the old watch %
fore mentioned, hung the guard abo