The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-13

and came to show their gratitude. 1t
was scene never to be forgotten.
We see that some OF our big farmers
and agricultural officials at Macon have
been resolving again about holding cot
ton for higher price. They resolved
that same thing several years ago and
fixed the price at 12 cents, but cotton
kept on going down all the same ard
nobody needed the resolve. If a man is
able to hold and his Judgment tells him
to hold he will do so without the resolu-
ton. But II he is poor and in debt for
advances be can't hold and so the reso-
luton is of no good anywhere. Better
resolve that the New York merchants
be requested to indulge tho Atlanta
merchants and the Atlanta merchants
indulge tho Gainesville merchants so
that they cam indulge the farmers and
enable them TO hold their cotton until
next spring We don't know how it is
elsewhere, but tho crop in Barlow is so
per cent greater than it was last year
and the small farmers are selling and
paying their debts. Our town is lively
and the farmers are not dispirited. The
man who planted for ten bales will make
fifteen. and that helps out good deal.
Then his other crops are SO abundant
and bring such good price that he is
not discouraged about his prospects.
These Macon resolutions don't fit our
people-we have all got to learn econo-
my, especially those who are not
farmers Non-producers are having the
hardest time. am sorry to say am
one OF them. We are trying to put on
the brakes at my house, but it is hard
to teach an old dog new tricks. Some
times ! rip around and tell the cook she
uses too much butter and too much lard
and too much coffee, and my wife she
hears me and smiles. Aunt Ann gener-
| ally tells my wife when things are out
and my wife tells me, but of late she
makes Aunt Ann tell me and the old
woman don't like to do it, for she says
''he look so surprised-lool1 sorter like
his feelin's is hurt" started to town
this morning and she came slippin' up
to the front door behind me.
Wants two or three nutmegs, sir, to
fix up de slice potato pie, sir. She say
comp'ny comm fer dinner, sir" "All
right, Aunt Ann, III bring the nut
megs," and | moved on little. "And
she say must tell you de rice is out"
"Well, III send up some rice" and
took another step forward. "And l
hain't got nary later to make de pie
wild" Lord help u.s." said l, land
nary aig," she continued. And, and"
And what" said |. "Daro is ies'
enough coffee for supper but mono for
breakfast, sir. She tole me to tell you"
And she ran back laughing how she be-
gun on the nntmegs and finished up wild
coffee--and my wife was listening and
laughing, too. Every time | Try to be
serious or get desperate they put up
some joke on me. Had to buy hat for
one of the girls yesterday. She is just
obliged to have a hat my vito said
! Wanted a black felt hat with a black
bird and feathers, but no plumes, and
wanted a little border of bluette around
the brim-iust enough TO show she wasn't
in mourning. So went into milliner's
on Whitehall and meekly told my in
structions, especially about the bluette,
which my folks said was French
and meant little blue. The head
woman smiled and a black-oyed maiden
giggled when said bluette. whats
tho matter" said she. "Then reckon
it is bluetty," said l. and they laughed
more reckless. mo- said she, sit is
blu-a"-like bouquet, which is bolsay,
you know. OF course, | didn't presume
to argue the question for am no French
man, but I'm not satisfied and my folks
are not either. They say the word ends
in like croquette, an article Of food.
If am to be run over and made fun of
by these pretty women in the stores I'm
going to quit trading for my folks.
These city folks take me for an old
Populist, reckon, and they talk about
me after have gone. If there is any
thing do hate it is to be talked about
after leave. Sometimes ! stay twice
as long as ! want to for fear of it. We
used to have a club in Romo that was
organized to talk about people and
scarify EN-, and one OF tho rules was to
talk about every member after he left
the room. DR.. Miller was chairman and
the chief scariiier and ne never left tho
room until all the others had departed.
We had lots of fun but that was before
the war, when he had time to have fun.
Since the war there hasn't been much
genuine oldfashioned fun, aud I'm
afraid there never will be again.
BILL Ain.
81 dunno" said Chloe, as she went
| down into the kitchen. II dunno