The Grenada sentinel., 1899-07-29
MUNCHAUSEN TALES.
"Torrance" Tells of Strange Doings at the
Forks.


Having occasion recently to visit the
Fork l found the country still there,
the people calm and s,rene, and they
informed me that their corps suffered
but little from the Texas floods. The
''artillery well'' at Torrance, though,
seems to have felt the force OF ii, as it
looks as though it had caught its second
wind. Small sticks of dark color
have been forced through the pipe aud
Mr.. Tom Vanhoozer, scientist OF this
section, says that they came direct from
the Brazos river. This we'll is bless
ing to the boys Of this place-it fur
nishes water for them during the week
and on Sunday the pipe is extracted
and they have jolly time fishing. 1t
is supposed that an immense lake fur
nishes the supply OF water.
The crops of this section are very
GOOD, though the rains have been very
partial. Some have not had any rain
for six or eight weeks. We suppose
they are unjust. Que Of my friends in
formed me that he had always heard
it said that it never rains at night
in June. He recently found out that
this 10 correct. On the q OF June, late
in the evening he saw heavy rain
coming toward his field. 1t reached
his fence about dark and roasted there
with the intention OF going into his
field the next morning, but during the
night Mr.. Sebe's wind mill took in the
situation, started TO work, and by day
light next morning bad drawn all the
clouds from that direction. Mr.. Sebe
has found a new use for his mill. He
and Col. Bailey, in the near future,
will commence dairying on large
scale, the mill to furnish the motive
power for churning. Col. Bailey, has
had the cannon (the one presented him
by Secretary Alger) sawed off into
lengths Of three feet each and will use
them for churns. Cap: Pink Horton
thinks the plan quiet feasible and he
predicts for them fine business.
Col. BaiIeysis also raising bees on a
large scale. His bees are very large.
being an inch III length, breed Capt
Horton recently brought back from
his African trip. They are considered
.he most valuable bee in existence, as
they arc furnished with Il small
electric lamp, situated on the head,
which enables them to see to work AS
we'll at night as during the day.
Capt Horton, after experiencing
a good many hardships, succeeded in
getting home safely, but was unable to
bring more than i've miles of the Horn
home with him. He said the natives
were so exacting that he had to leave
the greater share OF the Horn with
them. He says the natives are the
LATEST set he ever saw. They are great
crap shooters, but they never throw
their dice. As earthquakes are so
frequent down there they place the
dice on the table, do their betting, and
wait for the earthquake to do the
turning for them.
Our friends of this section are plant
ing Bermuda grass seed quite exten-
sively and in the near future will be
able 10 furnish the State with the finest
hay in the world.
During the dry spell when everyone
hero was suffering from the intense
heat, and no one could say too much
against it. the "Poet OF the Fork" pro-
duced the following:
De watcmilIion am now gettin, ripe
'Tsint gwine rain no more.
Git out yer baccer and light yer pipe.
'Taint gwine rain no more.
We had our rain long in do spring,
'Taint gwine rain no more, a ..
We will eat watermillion while We sing,
'Taint gwine rain no more. \
The bull frog sing on top OF the log.
'Taint gwine rain no more, B.