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them; we have more respect tor oul
old clothes than to allow then
treated in such manner, so we
have shed them and will go to Rives
when we get ready.
Mr.. Tom Wright, of Rives, who
owns a fine farm out in Housiel
Valley, is erecting large shed tc
house and cure broom corn and will
plant thirty acres next year. Now,
we suggest that more go in the
broom corn business. Diversity
your crops more. At the present
prices there is nothing that will
beat it, and you can plant, cut and
market and have the money in your
pocket in 90 days. Is there any
other crop you can grow that quick?
The street fair or carnival as they
are conducted today is a disgrace
to Christian community, and OF
the two evils give us the saloon;
we can give good reasons for max
ing the statement. If we cannot be
elevated let us not be degraded and
disgraced. 1t was the only visible
black spot on the beautiful picture
at Union City's fair.
The new fall cloaks are disgrace
to the appearance of any lady
They look Just like old-fashioned
cotton sacks stuffed full of cotton
with the head of a female stuck up
on top and two little feet dangling
under the bottom. [ just can't love
woman while she wears one.
We saw one of our old Middle
Tennessee friends not long ago and
he said "Uncl. Jim Turner sent his
respects to you and family" Now,
Uncle Jim is about eighty years old
and when we were first married we
lived on his farm and rented his land.
We belonged to the devil those
days and did his bidding, while I'm
Gle Jim was a good Christian man.
1t was fashionable those days for
every farmer to have at least one
log rolling, but we fancied ourselves
mistreated and was mad at Uncle
Jim about log rolling time, and
wishing to exhibit the amount OF
devil that was III us would not help
him and did not ask him to help us.
We were pouting and wanted to
show how independent we were, and
there is more devil to the square
inch in independence than all other
things combined. But Uncle Jim
was preparing whipping for us
and trying to get the devil out OF us
and we did not know it. Can you
imagine our surprise when on the
day of our rolling Uncle Jim and
two other good hands were among
the first to come. He worked hard
all day, went home with me for din
ner, asked me lots of questions and
we did not treat him respectable;
fact is we lid not enj the day, tor
the devil was in us too big. He
knew | had about eaten up my
scanty supply at the log rolling SO
he killed nice shoat the next day
and sent me half of it which did the
work. We could not stand it any
longer and wen+ right over and
apologized; and 0 how mean we did
feel and how unworthy we were of
his friendship. 1t was the worst
whipping we ever had, and it did us
good and is still doing us good.
God bless the good old Christian
heart possessed by this man. We
can't help but fe i we still owe him
some apologies. May he live to
give many good whippings to other
mean, hard-hearted, reckless sim
ners, aud may his last days be the
happiest on earth.
We are reliably informed that
Mrs. Dell Harper, of Harper's Val
ley. has boiled and put up SO gal
Ions of pure sweet cider tor home
use. Now wouldn't we like to sam
pie that cider. Happy the man who
can and will become lawfully inter
ested in that cider and in the affec-
tions of it's owner.
Mr.. Editor, we would like to hear
from the Wolverine vicinity. That
is a fine and progressive neighbor-
hood and trust I have many friends