Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17
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Special to the News.
Some sage who is wonderful writer
and protesting to be very successful in
meddling with other peoples business
was recently in the the 3-d district and
saw many green things, but mostly for
age. Old Maid says that while the
great man was here he paid her call
and from him she learned that he had
never seen mirror, but had seen and
drank much Arbuckle. Moreover she
says that while he was at her home she
had him take a much needed wash be-
fore dinner, and sent him into the par
Tor to comb his head, which resembled
stump full Of granddaddies. When
he had reached the parlOr and had walk
ed in front of the mirror to comb he
spied himself tor the first time in a
mirror. 1t was very similar to a gorilla
or an ourangoutang, The sight 50 APP
palled him that he fled from the house
for refuge turning over about one half.
dozen chairs and thereby causing the
dog to pursue him as he fed Such hol.
! lering you never heard out of a man. 1t
was like July thunder, The man had
on old Prince Albert coat and it was
without spot or blemish in the back.
OF course call the coat a ham beater.
Mumblepeg could easily have been
played on that old coat tail as be sped
from theshouse. From the description
Old Maid gives of the man he reminds
me Of story once read of an old ne
gro who was riding on an old mule lam
basting him at every other step and the
mule going two miles an hour and a fell
low rode up by the old darkey and said:
"Uncle have you passed man going
up the road this morning riding Span
ish jack" The old negro replied,
"Now tells you, boss. | suppose
meets as many people as any man on
the road, but aint never passed moth
ing yet" just so with the Dixon Cove
sage, he is in mighty good shape TO
meeting folks, but he Amt passed moth
ing yet.
James Hudson has moved here from
Jasper
Bertha, Myrtle, and John Burnet
OF Chattanooga, spent last week here.
Had you heard that Rile Lasater Sc
up all night and held Lige Grayson'
Spanish jack to keep him from eatin
up his Sorrow corn crop? | did.
John Harris went to Whitwell Satur
a day, likewise Joe Rheal.
| Rev. Harry Eggart preached her
Sunday.
We are out of roads up here and on
commissioner will not even DE cleVe
enough to appoint an overseer. Their
are plenty OF men here who would wor
them if they had boss, but as we hay
no overseer we are all enjoying FIRE
country without roads. Wish SOM
thing could be done for the roads all o
er the county. We need good road
everybody wants them but few wou'
build them.
Miss Lucr5tia Pickett if very 10
with typhoid fever, Drs. Janeway al
Pickett of Whitwell are the attendiT
physicians.
Mrs, Nancy Yochem moved to Chat
. nooga one day last week where she wi
reside in the future.
: Dan Pickett, of Delphi, died Satu
day and was buried Sunday.
w. X. Grayson, of near Paramount,
spending few days here this week.
. G. w. White put barrel of frst-cla
sorghum on the Whitwell mark
- Tuesday; be says a call at his mill W
> convince the most sceptical of his alb
ity to make sorghum.
j. II. and Gillian Barker went
Whitwell Tuesday,
Lige Grayson passed up the 70
~ Tuesday riding a blue spanish jack a
carrying a dog, Wonder where he v
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