Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-22
First District.
Special to the Ne VS..

AS my birthday is close at hand
must be hustling. In 1896 the gath day
OF February | was born. Sixty-four
years have passed and flown away.
remember when | was i've " ars old
better than ] can five years ago | was
married in 1855. | was a volunteer in
1862 in tho 9th Tenn. Cavalry comman-
led by Col. w. 3. Stokes. He was
GOOD officer and thought great deal of
his mem My company was Co. G. |
have sprn more than ever will again.
claim to be and am follower of the
Lamb thanks be to God
wish to inform the readers of the
HrNa JnaJ there will bs preaching at
my house March 3rd at early candle
light and at Burroughs Chapel March
4th. Bro. Hart W II preach Come to
hear him everybody that can.
Dont't forgot that separation. l will
tell you what it is'this spring.
Easter don't come on Monday, noith-
er does leap year come on sunday but
1t takes "A host of sleet and rain to make
our sunny days ashamed.
Can anybody tell me whether our
public roads are all rotten or has Ma
rion county forgotten. Smoke this in
your pipe. We go through the woods
out here TO Sunday school Ha, hA!
what fun We do have out here anyway!
Some one said that the wrong end Of
the road led to Tracy City every time
thoy tried to go to see their girls. Well
we don't mind these things. Remem-
Der We are growing old, our sight is
dim, and all roads now are getting slim,
| or you'll have them 10 swim. believe
when the company did away with the
punchouts they punched the the roads
as well. They are OUT anyway for u
certain man got scared out near Tracy
and from what we hear he tried to set
| them a-dre but thea did not buru.
Come to Sunday school.
Mr. and Mrs Potter buried their baby
last Thursday and we hear the mother
is very low.
Andrew Curtis visited Unclo John
Saturday.
A pretty good snow hunted us up Fri
day night.
Your correspondent was disappointed
meeting on account Of the snow
We hear that James Lockhart is Mt
better
If you have an axe to soft guess Sat
urday on the mountain would havt
tempered it. Saturday was 50 cold tht
horses did not neigh and the dog
couldn't play and when went to tn,
spring didn't stay / charged tile oil
lady not to talk much for fear she cOult
Mt tell the truth it was so cold, but
tell you she kept it moving so fast i
d not freeze.
Sunday evening. We have just re
turned from James Lockhart's. He i
some better. Jesse Brown and wifi
visited us Sunday.
Your correspondent and Scott Blan
sett was all there was at Sunday school
Scott found the verse. 1t was in tn
first epistle of Paul the Apostle to Tin
othy: But we know that the law
good if man uSe it lawfully" Tha
is two testament marks for Scott. Sur
day week, March 4th, our verse is a
follows: Casting all your care upo
upon him, for he careth for You" W
give a verso out every Sunday in TIL
New Testament for our ad vanced scho
srs to find during the week, the on
finding them oftenest is presented wit
new testament at the end of 81
months.
We hear that David Nelson is goin
to move back TO his home near the wiC
ow Blansetts, from the Col. Spear
summer resort, We welcome him bach
AS news is scarce will drop off tt.
chunk. Cold Wave.