The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-10-16
PLEASANT HILL.

Wanted - To exchange an old
bachelor for an old dish rag; will
pay the difference. And would al
so exchange an old maid for good,
kind, loving human heart, and Will
take as the difference a 2OO-acre
farm and $4,000 to boot. The old
maid is Gods reserve. He has cho-
sen her to worship him, because
she is true and loving, forgiving
and forbearing. No community is
at it's best without the presence OF
the old maid. She is found in the
sick room. She is found helping
the poor, consoling the aged, bear
ing the burden of a community and
the criticisms of the base and wick
ed. God bless all the good old
maids and God pity the mean critic
who has no more sense nor respect
than to be always throwing criti-
cisms in the way OF the best, truest
and noblest of all Gods creation.
We have no apologies to make.
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Away back back in the sixties
when MILFORD Farris, of Union City,
and John Dickey, now of Grafton,
Tex, two we'll know characters OF
of the Pleasant Hill vicinity, were
boys, Just after the civil war when
it was fashionable for boys to carry
a dog to school with them, and
when Prof. Shropshire was teacher
at Pleasant Hill, he called up the
dictionary class one day to spell
before turning out for dinner 1t
so hapT ened that MILFORD and John
stood just in front OF the door and
the dogs jumped rabbit and run
it right along in front of the door.
MILFORD and John both jumped out
and halloed, g seek him, seek him, y
and Wiltord says, "Just look at old
Tige going over the hill and his
tail fairly dragging the earth.
About this time they happened to
think what they had done and
jumped back in line, just as if moth
ing had happened, looking as in
nocent as two young doves. Prof.
Shropshire said, Boys, do you
think with the assistance you gave
the dogs that they will catch the
rabbit. Now, the boys had from
all appearances become deaf and
dumb, and the Professor said at
was in you and you could not help
it, could you? Now, l will let you
off this time, but you must not dc
SO any more" Backward, turn
backward, 0 time, in your fight,
and make us boy again, just long
enough lot d CndSe'
Oh, yes; we remember meeting
YOU, Uncle Andy, and are bound tc
admit you are a good, jovial fellow
and fair specimen of the days o.
Auld Lang Syne on the fence ques
ton, but you must mind how you
monkey with our no-fence Gatlin&
gun. as it is loaded and liable to g
off at any time without notice ant
blow you into "kingdome come.
We are no candidate for the Legis
lature, nor will we be, but we be
lieve we could be elected if the tenc
question was the only issue, an
as for the three-w1re fence, 1t is
law now and will be until the Leg
islature repeats it. We thank 20
for the compliment and invitation
to call, and will try to arrange t
take advantage of your hospital1t
in the near future.
At the reunion at Rives, we me
our true and tried friend, Mr.. JAG
Harpole, of Dyer, who has been GU
fast friend since 1869, and well d
we remember when Jack used t
insist on sitting up with Miss Mo
lie two or three nights in a weel
sick or well, and the dear girl ha
to marry him to get rid of him
Jacks big old tender heart was S
full he could hardly talk, but ther
were two of us dropping a joytr
tear, and we couldn't help it, an
didn't want to.
We notice in the old rooms wher