Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-10-20
DELPHI, TENN.

write. / will try once more. I am
not very well, thank you. have
creek in my neck, an ocean "a
notion) in my head, and | once
had a little spring in my back, but
that ish all gon, Delphi is close to
Daus. 1t takes both to make a big
town. Saving feed and bilin cane
JUICE, & pickin peas and publick
speakin & protracted meetins is the
order of the day l don't know
what to write about, unless l tell
of sum things what l like & of su IN
things what l don't like In olden
times Gods children was comman-
ded not to eat of anything that
dieth of itself, but, they could sell
it to an alien, Deut. IA: 81. | don't
like to see people keep up that old
fogie way of selin sich things as
tha can't eat. Further on in same
chapter they are told when lakin
their otferins to the place where
God hath appointed, if they are too
heavy, or it be too far, that they
may turn it into money, and buy
oxen, sheep, wine, strong drink, or
whatever their souls lusteth after.
I'm prohibitlonest and don't like
that way OF spending money tor
wine or strong drink.
We have law in Tennessee to
protect the game, one that we ort
to be glad to abide by. yet last
spring I noticed otherwise good cit
izens grlnning and winking at each
other, virtually sayin lot me git a
chance at a turkey & Pll take him
in, then prove it on me if you can.
Tha seemed to think it smart to
beat the law, and prided in it.
| don't like that wa NV doin, do
you?
Sum parents will punish their
children fur lyin & at the same
time are techin them by example.
Tha will tell little feller not to 90
to such place. There is bugger,
a big bear, or big dog there that
Will git him, or they will promise a
dozen times day to punish if tha
do this, that or tother The child
goes rite on and does the same
thing but bo punishment; or tina
will want a tea cake, and the reply
is well you can have one but you
cant have another to day." In a
few minutes he will whine a little
and gifts ernuther with a promise
to not git ernOther: Sometimes
tina will threaten to wear them out
or skin them alive if tha do so and
so any more. Why they have nc
notion of inflictin sich punish'
ments, ana the child soon finds il
out. Next thing you know the
child begins to talk that way
learned direct from the parents.
That | don't like
l like apple dumplins, specially
if tina is foatin in dip. Don't youi
| don't like to take dose oil ep'
som salts before breakfast, specially
in hot water. Do you?
| don't like to see acook start hel
coffee biler to goin the first thing
! in the morning, & let it puff &
foam & bile over till breakfast. By
that time the aroma is all gone.
don't want them to walt till break
, fast before tina put the coffee il
nuther. 1t has to draw awhile,
,, l guess you hearn about th'
! quilting some one gave away III
t the valley, and quilted out TIVE
| quilts agin one o'clock, Je e rusa'
l leml What do you all think abou
that any way? Was it not a slil
of the tongue, and should hav
3 been comforts instead of quilts. b
b. that as it may | would like t,
have had free access to the tabl
with ny omnivorous appetite aite
I those nimble fingers had done thei
!. due with them. Say, little Alec
+ have you found my cigar YETI
have hearn of folks who could Sc
the wind. Hereafter | will eonsid
: er that bad omen, specially if
t is a female who claims to see II
!. Something is going to happen i
three or four months. When
ask advice l go to one who ha
/. made a success but if l want it fret
: gratis, fer nuthiu 1 go to see on