The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-06-05
CRONANVILLE.

! the latest crops ever planted il
Lake county. Some have not f;
full crop of cotton, having planted
corn instead.
r. Thomas Dublin, wife and sor
Erie, of Slough, were in the village
last week as the guests of Mrs
Duolln's father, w. Tom Dublin
! he reports himself as done plant
ing his cotton.
Sloane Roper, one of Slough's
progressive merchants, is soon to
) be postmaster at that place. He is
, looking for his commission at any
} time. Mr.. Roper will be a clever
postmaster and we need an office at
his place.
The people of Slough Landing
vicinity will soon enjoy the conven-
fence of post Office. We will be
very we'll pleased to have an office
near us, but we have a real accom-
modating and efficient postmaster
at Cronanville.
Mrs. Hentie Dunning and family,
of Maxey, Dyer county, arrived at
w. T. Doublins Saturday after
noon. They are over to attend the
trial of John H. Cook, for the MUIR
der Of their cousin, Robert S. Dun
ming, husband of Mrs. Dunning.
VIM. Wray, Virgie Dublin and
Albert Tanning, after attending
Sunday school at this place. rode
over to Salem, a Methodist church,
and heard that excellent peacher,
Rev. B. B. Thomas, deliver one of
his able and interesting sermons.
DR.. w. T, Buck is laying up nurs-
ing that new boy who has taken
quarters at his house. Also he is
nursing a troublesome attack of
rheumatism. Nevertheless he hob
bles out to make a call whenever
called upon for professional serv-
ices.
No place in the state would have
been more convenient to your old
"Uncle" than Samburg. THE
City on the Lake." for The Com
mercial picnic, but we are doubling
an opportunity to be present for
about that date you would be very
likely to find us just when the
"scrapping and chopping" is the
thicking,
John Barleycorn" thinks it time
we were compromising our differ
ence, Now, don't that kill you?
We have never been angry with the
gentleman. We used as mild Ian
guage as our vocabulary contains,
and the brother receives it as boast
ing and insults. When our Irish
gets a little disgruntled you will
hear different ring to our voice.
No, dear "V1olet," never think
us guilty of chasing hogs at a cor
respondents dinner. We prefer a
little protection and would bring
along 40 rods of Elwood field fence
and stretch it around our table.
We mind off hogs! O pshaw. the /.
idea is sufficient cause to produce
an irresistible inclination to dis
card the robes of pleasure and don
the habilaments of woe.
Well, Johnnie, you may worry
over the disfguration (?) of noble
''Prowler," by being bitten by the
frost. Also wonder if Uncle Andy
and "Uncle Bi1dad" suffered any
from the same cause. We say you
may worry over this, but there is
one consolation for you, dear John,
and that is that you are invu,nera-
BILE to the icy fingers of Jack Frost,
as his severest frigidity has no det-
rimental effects upon the common
evergreen OF your immediate vicini-
-y.
From our very interesting letter
rom the newsy pen of that match
ess correspondent who calls him
self Cor herself) "Old Rusti;" he
or she) knows considerable about
he private affairs of several of our a
most noted correspondents. But
John Barleycorn' and his half t
-ozen immature "Barleycorns, I
low amt that enough to jar your n
mammals preserves? Excuse us if I,
hey are as vociferous as the origi- u
al "Barleycorn." 81
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