Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-03
BILL DOOLEY'S LETTER.


Kind readers, was trying in my
last letter to describe the young
man that was raised without ever
trying to learn to work, and |
would like to complete his history,
but | will finish that hereafter and
try to describe some troubles / have
have had lately, the reason for not
writing last week.
In the first place | have been off
on business for ten days, and when
| returned it was too late to get in
my letter. And | have had other
reasons for failing, which | will
try to explain in this letter.
returned home last Sunday,
and found Mrs Dooley and the
kids-that is the small Doo'eys,
which we call the frying size Dool-
eys
On Monday morning began to
make preparations to go to the city
to get some dental work done on
my teeth. After getting up the
kale seed to bear my expences.
having been told that the railroad
officials had stopped taking passen.
gers without pay, | went home.
When | reached there Mrs. Dooley
was in great spirits, She met me
at the door and told me she had
engaged the serv ces of a dentist
and he would be at our house the
next moraing, and she was so glad
the work was to 0e done at home
so she cou d help the dentist, if her
services were wanted. So | could
do nothing but submit to her wish
es, never thinking there was any
conspiracy working against me
This was the day before thanks
giving and very early the so called
dentist appeared. and was ready
for business.
After he looked at my teeth very
carefully, he said he would have to
put me under the influence OF
chloroform, something | did not
want done, but finally | gave in
and he put me to sleep After l
woke up and became conscious OF
everything | found the so called
dentist was nothing but an impos-
ter, and had taken several stitches
on my mouth and then put Il
sticking plaster over the stitches,
and so my mouth was glued up as
tight as the bark on a hickory tree
: My first thought was to pull the
stickumtlght of, but my hands
; were securely tied behind my back
and so there was nothing left for
me but to compromise with Mrs
Dooley and on her own terms.
So on Thanksgiving morning
: Mrs, DOGGY came out with two
sheets of paper wrote in very
. small hand and says:
? "Bill, here Is an article of agree
D ment. will read it to you, and i
: you are willing to sign it I will un
: tie one Of your hands long enough
: for you to sign your name, and af-
ter that | will take that stickum'
tight off your mouth in time fol
dinner, and if you don't sign it
don't know what will be the re
+. suit"
IS So she read 1t, and | nodded my
e head, that being the best | coulC
e do, When she commenced reading
: she says:
o Bill you must go to the legiSla
D ture, and must pass such laws as
suggest, l have always wantec
you to 60 to the legislature, anC
your only excuse was that yor
a. could not get votes enough, whicI
!. was a very poor excuse. If yo
in had hoodled the clerks and judge
. as others do, the amount Of vote
e, would have been a small matter.
The first thing to be considere
is woman's rights. You must al
on that the first thing. You mus
" " pass law making it an offense f
.. for a husband to complain at an
ne demand his mother in law, or ol
ht madam sister-in law, may make @
III his resources. They must hav
~ the best horse on the farm, and Il
sr best carriage at any and all time
They must have sufficiant dressiI
at all times. Shoes not to cost le
than six dollars per pair, and @