Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-12-19
HICKORY GROVE.
Special 10 che News.


News that Cold Wave says be fooled
the old lady and broke her some
what Of quarreling. lie says be cut the
limbs of of bush close to the house
and hung his coat and hat on it. She
saw 1t and thought il was him and hol-
Tered and squalled for him 10 come and
bring her a bucket OF water and he was
in the room in bed all the time.
All, Cold Wave we know the reason
you fooled the old lady that time. She
did not have her spectacles on, but
some of these cold mornings you Will
have that old coat on and the old lady
will have her spectacles on and she Will
suddenly dash in from the kitchen with
bucket in one hand and the broom in
the other and she will order you to
bring bucket of water and she will
| just break that broomstick over you
and hang that fee to that old coat tail.
Then you will be fooled, won't you?
! The way for you to get out of the riot
| is to run in the direction OF the spring
with the bucket in hand as though you
were in haste for water and just as soon
AS you get out of the old lady's sight
throw the bucket down Und take out
your rocket knife and cut your coat
! tail off Just above the fees mouth and
that will release you from the fee.
After you have done this 90 to the
Castle Rock and take view, but don't
go home till late in the evening when
the sun is getting low. You had better
carry loa0 OF pine knots to the house
with you for blind. Should the old
lady ask you what made you stay at the
! spring so long tell her that she and the
flee got you on a stampede and you were
running so fast that you missed the
spring and could not stop until you
reached Castle Rock, also tell her that
you were scared so bad that you don't
know where you left the bncket.
Let me tell you Cold Wave, about
fooling people. / is one of the hardest
things you ever tried. / thought |
would fool my father once when was
a little boy but got fooled myself in
stead. Father and all of us boys were
in the field cutting corn and | had not
been working much prior to that time
and the sun was so hot | could hardly
stand it. In fact did not like cutting
corn at all and so | decided to tell far
Their that was sick and see if that
would not work nicely. | picked up
courage to tell my father the falsehoOd
aud be told me to go to the house.
went to the house and got an old gourd
banjo that belonged to one of my elder
brothers and went to bed and was lying
there playing it and having as thought
a rattling good time.
After a while father came to the
house for something and heard me play
that old banjo and he quickly made an
expert diagnosis of my case and rushed
in into my room to my bedside ready tt
treat my case before knew be was a.
bout the house. He took the old banjo
out of my hands and bursted it over my
head and drew me out of bed and gave
me few more blows with the mech
part of the banjo. Then he told me tt
90 to the cornheld to work. He did no
have to tell me twice. went and wa
,, glad to go and have never had any ust
for banjo from that day to this. WheI
+, we boys were growing up father neVe
, allowed us to have a gun, pistol, fiddle
, banjo deck of cards or anything els
: that had a tendency to create idlenes
or lead to crime. We boys would some
times make banjo or buy a fiddle blu
they would never live very long whel
the old gentleman got sight Of them.
now see where he was right but coulC
not see then. Riddles and banjos Great
idleness which is the mother of al
crime and crime kills the person.
My advice to parents is not to allo,
children to get hold of fddles and bar
jos out of your childrens hands. Their
are other musical instruments that ar
safe for children to handle. What /
g more disgusting than to see a youn
: man with banjo, fiddle or game chick
v en- under his arm just after a shove
of rain?
!, Lige Grayson was in this vicinit
d Friday. He says be will move here i
b the future as he does not like to live q
q the Chapel.
Cora Griffith went to Whttwell FIR
" day.
c William Burnett went to mill Satul
a day. That is the way to keep meal i
:, the barrel.
John league and family, of WhitweI
i stayed over night with the formers faI
= ther-in-law, Doc Griffith, Saturday n
turning Sunday evening.
James Worley, of Sulphur Spring
took dinner with Jones Williams SUI
day,
R. L. Basater and family were tn
i guests CT Bob Barnett Sunday.
Mike Miller was visiting his parent
=, at Sunnyside Sunday.
Floyd Norris, Gillian Hudson an
= wife, of Browns Chapel passed throug
S this vicinity Sunday evening en- rout
to Jasper to attend court
William Griffith, of Browns Chape
s is very sick with the fever. DIR. Jane
: way is the attending physician.
n DIR. P &. Grayson is manufacturer
, considerable rheumatic bitters and pu
ting them on the Whitwell marke
o The bitters are giving satisfaction.
DR.. Burnetts wife is troubled with
very severe hemorhage of the lungs
Miss Ellen Powell, daughter of Franc
Powell, of Red Hill is very sick
DIR. p c. Grayson went to WhitweI
g Tuesday.
10 Albert Holland is building ne,