The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1897-02-13
PROSPERITY OF THE FORK.

Editer Having seen severa
letters from the Fork | will endeavol
to try and give you u description O
some 81 the leading men in the Fork
Here III the Fork you will find some ol
tue most Intelligent men in Grenada
county. Their dispositions are very
GOOD. and they seem to try to treat
every one alike until you stir their gi-
gantic minds; then some OF them can
slap the sweetening out ofa ginger cake
and never break the crust, while
most Of them are God-fearing men and
are trying to lead Christian life. We,
tthe Forkers) are well blessed with
having the gospel egpounded to us
h nearly every Sabbath, and have one
oi the finest Sunday Schools in North
Mississippi, and have prayer meeting
once every week, where young and old
take an active part. And our public
school ID the finest to be found in
North Mississippi. It is conducted by
Professor Jones, lone OF the most
highly and accomplished young mea
to be found anywhere. Not very
many Sundays ago, as hewent to escort
ahighly intelligent school marin OF
Grenada On the train, he concluded he
would try his skill as a trainman, so
ho waited till theitrain started and lit
off the platformagaye his ears a flop,
mot waiting to 60 to the steps, and as
he hit the ground he measured his six
feet OF earth. When he arose some of |
the boys lit cigarettes on his blushing
countenance. 49,.
As Xmas is over and the winter
months are almost vanished, the farm
ers are preparing for another years
labor. We have some Of the most
experienced and intellectual farmers
that can be found anywhere. They
gather during the year all the ingre-
dents that will help to improve their
soil. Some 60 further than others;
for instance, Mr.. J. f. Smith has ii
selected garden spot on which, for sew
eral years, he has been experimenting
with the red yam radish, which he has
been successful IN. some Of them grow
ing to such an enormous size and length
that early in the forenoon and late in
the afternoon yon can see their tops
quivering, caused by the Chinese pull
ing at the roots
Joining him lives Mr. Sebran Nc
Cormack, who is noted for his corn
raising. He fertilizes his corn with
all the ingredients that will aid in its
growth, and during the winter months
he saves all his old corn cobs, for early
in the Spring, when the corn begins to
silk, it keeps several hundred hands as
busy as II they were in one Of our
Mississippi mills. keeping the old ones
stuck on the ends Of the young, for the
grain natures so fast that he has to
assist in cobbing it.
About three quarters OF a mile from
him lives Mr.. D. B. Phillips, between
two gigantic hills, the valley between
them being as fertile as the Valley Of
Euphrates. He has selected spot on
which, for the past several years, he
has been experimenting with the cp.
on which he has made an
enormous profit. He fertilizes with
vinegar, which starts them to growing,
OF course. One morning he made
selection Of a fine seed and planted it,
aud for some cause or other he started
to run, and to his surprise the vine had
grown around his legs and he became
and fell. As he rose to get
his knife to untangle himself he pulled
4 picked cucumber out Of his brooches
pocket. About one mile from hir1
lives the celebrated stock-raiser and
farmer, Mr.. Billy Mccormack. He
has such success that ho had an
old family horse that he had 80 long
that i sore place came on his back, and
he could not cure IL, 80 he turned him
mt 70 '.rpot hog or die" So early one
spring morning the horse came home
IN acorn tree full grown In its back,
and i gang OF hogs following him, eat
[ng the fallfng acOrns. An acorn had
fallen into the sore and sprouted, pro-
ducing the tree. In one Of the sandy
lOam valleys be has fine potato patch
which he was bothered about consider
ably by an old hog, as he could not keepl
her out; 90 he concluded he would
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