Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-02-14
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Special to the News.
Well while the fee has mouse freed /
and the old lady is smoking the pipe l
can write with some satisfact on. BY |
the way am not done with the fee yet.
The other day heard him running ana |
knew IL was something unusual and
grabbed the gun and took stand as ]
did not know whether it was a bear or
one of Dallas Dixon's wild cats. Well
here it came straight at me and | took
Davy Crockett sight on it and the gun
fred and turned tia double winterset
You can name it. 1t had long ears and
cotton to its tail. waged 1t home and
laid it down in the front yard. The old
lady went to pick it up and the fee ask
ed her not to. The old lady said to the
fee Now Jack we have always been
good friends" Jack seemed to say we
are vet but this vapment found in the
woods, leave it be.
II these teams continue to draw tim
Der and lumber over such roads as
those up little Sequachee and Dixon
Cove roads, that colored man from Chat
tanooga will get several loads of bones
for fertilizer in the spring. Let your
teams eat so that they VIII have
strength to pull.
Ye writer has been very poorly the
past week with the hold on to it-no |
am mistaken it is la grippe, it holds
to me anyway. Our haudkerchiefs
have given out and the old lady uses a
fan to blow my nose with. Never mind
the wind will come down the cove and
then we will have our nose and ears
blown.
Did you hear about US killing that
wild cat? reckon it was wild. We
killed it last fall, He smelled strong
of onions and was spotted.
Imast tell you of joke got of on
Ia bar tender during the war. l drank
in those days and came by the saloon
early one morning. had my overcoat
on and pint cup stuck under my over
coat. stepped into the saloon which
was full of commissioned officers.
What is it" said the bartender,
handed him my permit and said "A gin
ger if you please" We privates called
them orders ~ you know no one can sell
whiskey to private without a permit
from ommissioned officer. He shov
ed out bottle and glass. got hold
OF the bottle and pulling my. cup from
t under my coat began pouring out th'
poison with Never mind glass, I
a pri vate ought not to drink out of glass
that an officer has drunk out Of"
, brand ahalf cup full and started out
Hold" he said you have not paid m'
for that whiskey." Neither do l in
tend to- Did not give you an orde'
from the Colonel for it. Give it bacl
=. to me and l will pay you" 30" said hi
that was only permit clearing MT
$ for selling it to you" The officer
laughed HIM back against sthe shelf
a and be told me to come back any tim
| wanted to without permit.
n We have some wood that Mr.. Ramsa,
and others cut by the cord 1t is mos
y all from three to six inches over a cord
S Johnson Tate was down from Dixol
cove Monday.
Rev Sam Allison passed down tn
road to Sequachee Sunday.
g Ye writer thought he would never Sc
e the sun rise any more with grip an
d rheumatism. In my bed there was n
one with me in the house but the Of
II lady and she was not able to go eve
n over to Coppingers. surely will hal
g to break up housekeeping. lean neiti
er do any work out OF doors nor in tn
house. cannot ask for medici
aidfor only get six dollars
mon th pension. With myself and tn
old lady down near all the time, OF
. wood supply is serious question.
y expect to get pension soon where ju
tice will be for everyone alike, whe
V. the paymaster's name is Christ Jesus.
a Mrs. Geo. Coppinger and children vi
tied her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mosier Su
day. She was accompanied by A. Co
pinger.
= We have Irish potatoes up six inch
high They are in a sack and in Il
D. house. COLD WAVE