Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-07-16
HICKS CHAPEL.
Special to the News.

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man whose name is Beargrass, BIZ; did
not learn whether or not he was the
one that repairs clocks We made an
observation, and 10, thorns, thistles and
nettles had covered the face of the
earth, and tho stone wall thereof was
broken down. We looked upon the
same eand received instruction. The
noted Beargrass OF the Srd district has
been tested sufficiently and has proved
to be an all round failure. EVerytime
be is turned loose in the columns OF the
Old Reliable to represent the people OF
the 3rd district he acts just like rhi-
noceros let loose in a cage Of humming
birds, or blind steer in flower gard
en- In short he ruins everything he
touches and scandAlizes every cause he
undertakes to champion. His life m OF
TO might be written in these words: 81
came, saw, played smash" lie has
slept so long that the country is out
growing him at rate of about thou
sand miles minute. Wake up, old |
lady and hear the news lie has
breathed the air Of superstition so long |
that the sound OF his snoring goes like |
pouring flint rock into copper kettle.
He is at least two hundred years be-
hind the times, but we have gotten him
to wake up bit His sleep has been
calm, so sweet and refreshing, like
showers of refreshing rain, notwith-
standing the loud snoring; but since he
has partially awakened and opened one
eye, we have gotten him to see big
maui and wedge that awaits him should
the no fence law come in force. II this
should happen during his life time hor-
row would take hold of him. AS the
good farmers are yet building good
fences and the legislature has not taken
notice of Beargrass' no fence racket
would advise him to 60 to splitting
rails and make good fence and when
he shall have finished the job to go to
school and study logic and then write
up a nice article on che no fence law,
making it glow with logic and high
rhetoric, and maybe he can influence
the legislature to enact law that will
make him build a better fence. We
did not skip over the no fence law as
stated by Beargrass. We endorsed his
article and gave our reason that we
saw where it would make him build a
better fence and be kicked like mule
in a hornets nest. OF course we did it
and said we we're not after Beargrass
but the bush-whacker behind the
branch. He says wo were trying to
disgrace him by saying be was the pro-
pretor of jack and that he rode it.
We did not think it a disgrace for any
man to own and ride jack. Some Of
the best men in our country do it, In
fact man is pretty big man If he
owns and rides Spanish Jack, but
Beargrass doesn't think so and goes so
far as to say that he can furnish two
afidavits that he doesn't own q jack.
We don't believe that there is man in
: the 3rd district of Marion county who
would be silly enough to swear that
Beargrass does not own jack but we do
believe there are men who would swear
that some other man doesn't own one.
Beargrass is correct about not being
the proprietor of jack for he has sold
it and now has nice clay bank horse
Beargrass passed through our little
. burg the other day with q one-horse
load of black berrieS. | walked out to
the highway with my breeches rolled
up to my knees and the hair Of my
b. head sticking out through my hat
- Said "Good-morning, Mr.. BeargrasS
Good morning" said he gentlemanly
"What have you," inquired l. BLACK
berries" replied he. He had fine one
horse wagon and had it full of black
berries. He opened a crate and gave
me handful of delicious fruit, such al
had never tasted before. l came very
near not knowing him as he looked int
and weighed about two hundred pounds
and had on a nice silk hat. heard tina
be was going to Whitwell to exchange
his berries for Postom. He had seer
all about it in the News and decided t.
try it as he believed it superior to Ar
buckle, and that he badly needed SOM
for his nerves, as the Chapel club woul
soon meet, and il he did not get some
thing for his nerves he would be gon
er
- Beargrass wants to know why OIL
Maid did not sign her name to my art
Gle. just because she was not the Gu
thor of it, but was the author OF tn
first, which was the bona fide produce
ion Of lady. She said she did nc
u want to contest with man that woul
ask for an article on subject and woul
assail it as soon as it appeared in th
News, and would ridicule a lady an
then try to crawtish out by saying tha
lot of boys wrote it and signed the
names Old Maid. Beargrass also wan
. to know why We did not write for on
selves. We are now writing for curse
, YES and Old Maid. and II he will com
- down TO the Chapel and give me anotI
er handful OF berries | will write f
him.
, Beargrass should grow berries but n