The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-03-21
Where There's a Will.
There's a Way.

knowing you are friend to the
working people, and since the boys
left us it has been hard times at our
house making cotton to buy guano,
with nothing left for home comforts,
so | set about to see if | couldn't
improve things little, and now l
am going to tell you how l managed
for | meant business. [ made rails
ing chickens and eggs for market a
specially. Then you should see the
yellow balls of nice butter [ carried
in. / determined to be independent
if | could, and how we'll succeeded
you may judge, although I received
but little encouragement from the
''Iords of creation" After several
months of busy work, l called on
one of my neighbor women to go
with me to town, as she had a spring
wagon. Very early in the morning
we were loaded up to start. In ad-
dition to my butter, eggs and chick
ems I had as fine lot of sweet pota-
toes as you ever saw, from my own
patch | had forbid the bank being
touched, and I mustn't forget the
turnips that had been hilled up, and
were put in toe. A prouder woman
you never saw start to town, and in
less time than you would think, we
drew up right in front of Nc
Clatchy's store, for can tell you now
l had made up my mind, from the
piles OF goods l had seen Lucinda
Mays and my other neighbors bring
home and the prices they got for
their barter, as to where | was 60
ing. Well, l sold out right there,
and after they paid me up, they
asked me what | would look at. |
had been looking around and the
counters and shelves were packed
from top to bottom, such piles of
nice tins and the prettiest glass
ware ever saw, such nice meat
dishes all sizes, l felt bewildered, so
many things needed, but l soon
made my selections. | couldn't
leave without one of those pretty
lamps, colored ones, [ bought one,
only Scots, and a hanging lamp only
$3.50. I did want that pretty one
with prisms only S., and such pref
ty glass pitchers, a pretty covered
dish, and two little side dishes, then
I had to turn my attention to the
groceries. | bought some good cof-
fee already parched, some cream
cheese, good sugar, can of that
corn you only have to warm it over,
some dried beef ham, some of the
prettiest rice you ever saw Gmport-
ED, we'll whole lot of things, I
haven't the time now to tell you,
and all the time was buying my
neighbor was busy too, buying shoes
for her children, hats for the boys,
lot of good things to eat. Now if
l was proud woman at leaving
home, | was prouder on getting
back, and when my supper was
ready and l called the farmer" in
and gave him cup OF that coffee,
uncovered the dish in front of him
and he had tasted the nice broiled
beef Ham, and began to cast his
eyes over the table, then at the
swinging lamp suspended over the
table, he had to acknowledge my
purchases we're wonderful. (You
know if you want to please man
just give him something good to
eat).
| write this to you because | want
everybody to know where to go for
everything to eat. l saw such piles
of good things | felt as if l wanted
to 60 to all my neighbors for they
could save so much money, and also
find such variety, pickles, evapo-
rated apples, Dried fruit, fresh
fruit in cans, Tomatoes, Tomatoes
and Okra, so many nice crackers, |
1aava ~ for yoI m foil than and