Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-09-22
FARRlOR SWITCH.


Special 10 the MriUs.
Well, Cold Wave, have a good tale !
to tell you. While was on the noun
tain met Tate Galloway, and be was
whistling. When Tate has trouble he
whistles instead OF bothering about it,
He is more full OF whistle than any
fellow in Tennessee do believe. When
his first wife died be whistlod for sol
id month. late came up, stopped whis-
thing, took seat by me on the log
and said, Tate, what's the trouble
now? You seem to be whistling right
lively this morning."
A little yellow dog came trotting
along the road and Tate jumped up,
grabbed chunk and threw it at the
little canine, who tucked his tail, yelp.
ed, and tore out down the road.
sob, hard luck came along this
week." he said. land gave me another
knock backwards, That there burned
little old yaller dog started all the
trouble, too. was driving my old nag
along down the road taking two dozen
goose eggs to town when that coniound-
ed little old impudent looking four-leg-
ged yaller devil that just trotted by
here got after an old Plymouth Rock
rooster and the old rooster Topped across
the road just in front of my horse. My
nag is awful skittish on the blind side
! somehow, and she purtended to get all
fred skittish on the blind side anyhow
! and by ding she run away with me
D She tore my wagin all to pieces AND
. flung me agin rail fence and knocke(
this left leg out O. iint
a well, the doctor laid me down on thu
floor and ketched holt and pulled all
n fred hard to git the leg in place again
4 He finerly got her in socket, but he un
tinted my right arm in dom it. The
& be said he had heerd wuzn't good pay
and tucked or mortgage on my crap {
l. terbaeker. While he was doing all thi
an old friend went over to my house an
allowed to my wife that I'd done &c
killed as dead as a homer, aud he pu
on to her to run OF and marry him, an
she, woman-like, believed him, bundle
up all the kids but one, and few wit
g them. and this kid got to playing in til
fire and burnt the house down. heer
ov it, struck out through the field Il
20 there, but while crossing the creel
1t the foot-log broke and l mighty mig
~ drownded before l could get out. WI
p. beginning to get kinder vexed by tn
RI time and borrowed.a neighbours shotgr
I'd and went over to shoot the little old d.
that started all this trouble. l sneakt
" around for two solid hours and final
be got shot at him as ne went over a ra
fence, but missed the dog and killed
,r, COW over in the cornfeld. wouldr
have hated it so bad if it hadn't turn
&c out to be my own COW that had jump
over there to get something to eat
er "Of course l amt kicllin', and al
got no grudge agin nobody but that dc
ay and you can bet your Sunday hat q
going to kill that COMPOUNDED impude
Ter looking little old yaller dog as shore
shore as am Twin, Well, I'll be {
ur- in"
So he left and started for the Swift
ere and it was shutdown before got hon
and didn't know which way my frie
his went.
John McGuirt and wife were visit
on at the Switch Friday night
Fl. Hancock was in Jasper shoppi
ing Saturday.
Mrs. Walker was in Jasper Saturd
her VIM. Berryhill passed here Saturd
en- route to Bridgeport.
on w. b. Rogers was in Jasper {
r if day last week.
Mrs, Addie Rogers and daughter '
got ds, were visiting here Tuesday.
Success to the News. AS news
lm. scarce will ring off.
way Cold Waves Chuu