The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20
ELBRIDGE.

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Mr.. Shive, of Union City, was il
our burg last Saturday talking in
surance to our citizens.
DR.. l. N. Johnson and Fl. c. Da
wilson, of this place, left Tuesday t
attend the Live Stock Breeders As
sociation which was called to meet
in Nashville on the 18th.
DR.. Cole and S. Biffie, two promi
nent farmers and stockmen of neal
Newbern, were here last week id
the interest of the fair association
which they and others are organic.
ing to be held at Newbern. We are
proud, indeed, to see our neig hboI
making a move in this direction,
and wish them unbounded success.
Yes. Cousin Gypsy, we took note
of Cyclones offer to Topsy and we
predict ere long we will hear of a
Cyclone collapsing before the fear
full tornado that Mrs. Cyclone will
likely raise. Cyclone says age and
ugliness does not always bar affec-
tons He may also point out that
youth and good looks do not quell
some tornadoes when once started.
A hint to the wise is sufficient.
Great progress was made last
week by the farmers throughout
this section and much planting was
done, but the rains of Monday will
delay further work for several days.
There is much corn yet to be planted.
The frost of last Friday and Satur-
day nights while plentiful did no
material damage. The cool wealth
er, while beneficial to the growing
wheat, is very detrimental to cotton
and other vegetation.
1t is indeed refreshing, after a
weeks busy toll, to take up The
Commercial and read the many
splendid letters from its band of
cousins. 1t can but inspire one to
nobler thoughts to read after such
writers as John Barleycorn, The
Bachelor, Gypsy, Cyclone, TopsY,
P. H. o., Mona, B1ldad and the host
of other able contributors. Among
the dozen or more papers that come
to our home each week, The Com
mercial is sought first by each
member of our family, and we will
be compelled to establish home
reading circle and have The Com
mercial read aloud by some member
of the family, so all can hear at the
same time what the cousins have to
say each week.
Last Sunday was observed as
Children's Day by the Zion Sabbath
school, at that place, the schools of
Cloverdale, Elbridge, Fairview and
Lane joining them. The big, little
old and young gathered at that
point and those who own them, did
not neglect to bring their dogs.
All passed pleasant, and we trust,
a profitable day. Rev. ]. B Cal
houn, pastor of the Cloverdale c.
p, congregation, delivered an able
to the young people in the
forenoon and Rev. Wagner, pastor
of the Fairview congregation, ad-
dressed the gathering in the after
noon. The speeches and essays by
the young people we're pronounced,
by all who heard them, to be excel
lent, as was also the music. The
house not being of sufficient size to
contain half the people present. and |
we being of rather small stature,
remained on the outside and spent
our time pleasantly shaking hands
with the host of friends we met
rom various parts OF the county.
We met and had pleasant CONVEX
'ation with Mamie Rather, an old
Pioneer correspondent, but among
he great crowd we failed to recog-
lize a single member of The Com
nercials band of cousins.
Cousins, we are thinking serious
y about bringing suit again S
Father Barleycorn for Islander. We
10 not care so much for his bur-
esque of referring to us as painter
nd poet, or his attempted eulogy
S to our being authority on fine
took or as judge OF ginseng, but
When it comes to the black snake
we call a halt. We are
ot authority on the black snake or
ny other kind of a snake save one.
We are afraid of snakes of all kinds
nd have fought shy of them and
ad no opportunity to study them.
tut the one snake that we do claim
0 be authority on is that dreadful
enomcus human snake-in-the-grass .
,hich We have come in contact with
yherever we have sojourned, and
therefore, we have been compelled
D study them to some extent, at
EAST. This human snake-in-the-
rass generally poses as leader in
hurch or society, and sometimes
9th, and is to be more dreaded
nan the most venomous reptile that {
rawls upon its belly. They are a
isgrace to the church and curse
} society. Cousins, you have seen {
1em. Are we right? But if Cou- !
IN John will send us few quarts
f those fine strawberries we will