Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-02-26
JASPER.
Special to the News.

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bascit full | will help fill her up by
givin a few items frum these 10 grouns
of sorrer Other correspondents don't
say much about our town, tina act as If
tina was ashamed. Tha say she is an
antiQuated town, | admit that she is 50
or 90 years old, but Tor, jest look at
what she has groan to. We hav / court
house, / gale, poastoiilce, or stores,
> white churches and / black one !
can't tell tho population, but can tell
how we can get proximate estimation.
The citizens have daily meeting at the
/ depo at SEQ pm. By goin at that hour
and counting the houses and allowin l
inmate besides the baby, and then
when the passenger train rolls out be
on the road and count the rest of us as
we file to the poastoftis, We have an
| academic in fiourishin condition, a
| trainin skule with or 3 teachers, and
8 weeks ago tina had 35 scholars. BY
this time tina ma have or 10 more.
Col. Ike Wypick and Capt. James
Griffith, two substantial farmers, were
on our streets da last week.
VIM Quarles, our poor house keeper,
happened in the other da.
Zebidee Barlew passed through our
town last Saturday en- route to the an
tiquated Blue Spring mill.
Jesse Thach is again able to be or
the street corners gatherin' news,
Prof Moore and Dan Deakins attend
ed one of our meeting at Depo 1 da last
week.
Chas. Brewer, former resident o.
Jasper, attended meeting here Satur
day and Sunday. BY the way | have
lately concluded that am old enough
to iine some meeting or marry, or some
thing. | thought I'd fust seek tht
kingdom of heaven, so Inquired in
to the doctrines of the different
churches to see which I'd like the best
The Methodists claimed the good ole
church that John Wesley fetched across
the great deep and whose spires thu
sun never sot on, but they could fal
from grace as often as they wanted tt
but that didn't suit me. Sum lowed PC
better get sanctifed. | thought any
thing that was pure couldn't get purer
and there would be no contrast between
earth and heaven. I'm doing mighty
we'll here, but | believe there will be
iugful of difference between this anC
that bright world, so that didn't suit
The Baptis commune is by themselves
They won't vide up, and besides wbeI
one Joins them, for fear they will ge
away they trot right off to the creek
and put him or her in, cold or hot
That is cruel and besides it is calcula
ted to throw a damper over a Teller
That did not suit. l then inquired o
the C. p Tha said | needn't bother
about iinin any church, for all infants
and idiots were saved anyhow Tha
suited me. Sum of my friends SAT-
that organs and quires and fine clos
and formallty did not save folks any
how. l said there was more truth tha
poetry in that, but if he wanted to b
poplar ter hush, After | found
would be saved anyhow l then turne
my attention to marrying. l writ
long letter full of love to gal RICH
here in town. said: THE rose is red
the violet blue, sugar is sweet and -
/ candy is, too" Well, that was mont
ago, and no anser yit. l axed he
mought cum to see her, and reques
ed an immediate answer. In the mea
time ! axed another moutent go HON
with her. l won't tell what all she sale
r anyway l didn't go. l then axed al
t other if she didn't want to marry. Sh
said Ger tingly she did if she could eve
5 see one worth having, and her looki
. rite at me. That let me out again. 5
you see amt in the church nor ma
0 ried mother. don't care for l am' e
in to Bellponte next fall, anyhow.
/ The correspondent who signed hi
name Guess Who, set me to dreamil
t And 10! man on red horse stood u
: der the myrtle trees in the bottom. an
t behind him we're two beautiful youn
ladies, and l said to the angel who tall
+ ed with me "Who are these?" and
t answered, one is the correspondel
from Let to the News, and the other
d her assistant, and behold it was all
dream, Peter Hunch.