The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-03-14
Where There's a Will.
There's a Way.

working people, and since the bows
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 l couldn't
improve things a little, and now |
am going to tell you how | managed
for meant business. made rails
ing chickens and eggs for market a
speciality. Then you should see the
yellow balls of nice butter I carried
in. | determined to be independent
if | could, and how we'll succeeded
you may judge, although l received
but little encouragement from the
''lords of creation" After several
months Of busy work, | called on
one of my neighbor women to go
with me to town, as she had 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 [ 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
Clatehy's store, for | can tell you now
l had made up my mind, from the
piles of goods | had seen Lucindr
Mays and my other neighbors bring
home and the prices they got fol
= their barter, as to where | was 90,
ing. Well, | 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, | felt bewildered, SO
many things | needed, but [ soon
raa2e my selc~slons. | couldn't
leave without one of those pretty
lamps, colored ones, 1 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
| had to turn my attention to the
groceries. | bought some good cof-
fee already parched, some cream
cheese, good sugar, a 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, ]
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
a lot Of good things to eat. Now il
I was proud woman at leaving
home, / WIS prouder on getting
back, and when my supper was
ready and l called the farmer" IL
and gave him a cup Of that coffee
uncovered the dish in front of hin
and he had tasted the nice broil6C
beet 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 were wonderful. (YOr
know if you want to please NAL
just give him something good tC
eatl.
| write this to you because / want
everybody to know where to go fol-
everything to eat. saw such piles
of good things l felt as if l wanted
to go,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 cana Tomatoes, Tomatoe;
and Okra, soNaany nice crackers,
leave it for you to tell them, anC
ALova 20 n c;ao c,,cnr;co - .ko~o e.,