Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-24
DIxON'S COVE.
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OpeClhi 10 Tue NEWS
Bill Dooley is still in trouble. Mrs.
Dooley is is sJil. bent on bringing an
action dor divorce, but she has changed
hor mind as TO the charge she Will
bring against me. She will bring suit
against me as being dangerous luna
tic and il she does Sue has got me sure
for Just as soon as the Court secs her
and hears the charge they will give
judgement in her favor, for this reason
they will see at once that man with
we'll balanced Judgement would never
have married off the way did. And
to further confirm their belief that my |
mind is unbalanced is some trouble
have unfortunately gotten into lately.
Corkscrew had been of somewhere, |
and on his return he came over and |
told me that in the city there was a
great demand for cats, common house |
cats, that they would give from 25c to
75c for them. So went to work and
made me largo frame and put it on
my wagon, with capacity sufficient to
hold 300 cats, and for lear the cat mar.
ket would 90 down started out to gath
err up my load before every body found
it out and glutted the market
1t was not long before | bad all the
cats my team could pull, which amour
ted to about 800. forgot TO say that
the cats in tho settlement had got 50
numerous that they had become a pub
lie nuisance aud 1t was very little trOu.
| BILE tO got them. On arriving i'll the
city people began to crowd around my
wagon to see whatI had to see, and sec
ing nothing but cats they began to
laugh and holler, and the dogs began
to bark. That scared the cats and they
began to squall and that frightened my
team and caused them to make a break,
and away they went with such speed
that 1t looked like they would to r eV-
erything up. This, however, Increased
the fun, and also made the dogs worse.
Everybody ran to the doors and win
dows and began to slap their hands and
ho,ler at tho top of their voices. The
old women thought that the thousand
years that Old Nick was to be chained
down had expired, and he had been
turned loose Tor IA little season right in
their own doors. About the time had
reached the centre Of tue city the noise
behind me had ceased, and on looking
back | saw a sight long to be remember
ed and meyer forgotten In the race Il
Stat had slipped out Of place and had
made IA holo large enough for the larg-
est cats to jump through and they were
popping out like popcorn would pop out
of a hot pan. And before | had gone
two blocks tHe cats had unloaded them
selves and the streets and side walks
were full of cats Tncn it was my time
to laugh until | happened to think that
how was to get back through without
getting into trouble.
soon thought Of plan | was salts
fled would work So took some hay
and rolled up bundle about the size OF
a man, and laid it Oh top of my wagon,
tore off piece OF red blanket for flag
and took all the quilts and blankets
had along, and covered up my bundle Of
straw, making it look as much like a
man as l could, nailed my piece of red
blanket on a stick, using it as a red flag
and started back through the city, boil
lering small pox, small pox" loud as
could scream. The streets were sool
clear Of every living thing, only cats.
So | passed through without being
molested, met the agent for DofetchiC'
Love Powders, bought him out, bough
his patent for making the powders. 81
l will manufacture the pc wdors mysel
but they will still go on the market un
der the old name of "Dofetchit"
Seems like am getting into a grea
deal OF trouble lately. When troubl,
comes but once in while | can stand il
very well, but when it comes twice an(
three times in a while, my patience
gives way. If could sell my trot linz
| would 90 west,
Yours truly, Bill Dooley.