Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-07
Of
christopher COrnfeld.

UT 10 manu- anu ..CpHbtlllF td'tlullN
noted, as the feller says. You say
you have just been fined seven
dollars and freight tor being in an
affray. SEEMS to me Il boy of vour
raisin would be ashamed to be
Cought in er-gambliDg place.
When | wuz your age Inever done
nothin' worse an play marvels and
| quit that when | found out it
wuz agin religion, a passie Of us
wus er playing marvels out in the
yard one day aud the circuit rider
rides right up on US fo' we seed
i'm. He look sad an mournful
like minute, an then rolling his
eyes up he says. Oh. brethren
ah-don't you M the good book
says-ah-marv not-ah," and
since then | haint teched marvel.
Well, as the poet says, Christ,
mas have came and went, and so is
my loose change, out enjoyed it
considerable My girl and me wuz
invited over to take Christmas din
ner at Major Humphrirs' and Of
all the dinners | ever seed that wuz
the beatinest | dressed up fitten
to kill in my best jeans and | had
on one of your biied shirts with q
Turnover col ar, and my girle said
it wus a plum sight to gee my
Adams app chasin' in an out er
thet high collar like ground squir.
rel in er nothole. When we got
thar the Major aud two city chaps
what's been courtin' the girls wuz
er settin' out on the piazzy and
Mrs. Humphries she comes out an
takes my girl off to get ready for
dinner aud leaves me ter talk ter
the men folks.
| sOt there in big rockin' cheer
a>talking prbout old tines an err
smellin' like turpentine soap an
blacken' an l never tet more plum
satisfeder in my lite Bimeby a
big buck niger thet wuz dressed
up nearly es good es l wuz er.
pranced out, an says, dinner is
sarved, sir" An the Major gets
up and with a low bow says, Walk
inter the dinin' room gentlemen"
We walked in an ] don't think
ever saw a purifier table in my life
all covered with holly aud miselt
toe an red berries, but there wus-
MT er blame bit err vituls. Says
ter myself they must think this is
the fust of April, but wont let on,
| wuz hungry es er saw mill steer
kase | had been er-starvin' up as ]
could do justice to the dinner
The ladies cum er-biin in from
the other room. and neighbor's
daughter, Miss Annie, had one Nv
them evenin' dresses as they call
them two feet too long at the bot
tom and about foot too short at
the top-looked like she'd kstch
the tail NV it in the door and run
half way outen hit before she could
stop. She sailed up to me hel
skirts er whirrin' and er-swishin
an Gays ter me, says she, ''how deU
yeu deu, Mr.. Cornfeld So dee
lighted teu see yeu." She had hel
right hand up in the air like she
wuz ersreaching fur sumfn, Sc
thinking maybe she had sore fing'
er | tuck her other hand and shuCl
it When we got settled thet mig
ger came dashin' in with a waitei
NV soup. 1t didn't take me Ions
to finish nine and Mrs. Humph'
ries axed NE il would have some
more, and | said | would. ] fn
ished thet one and wuz er-waitin
fur er.nOther invitation when thu
Niger took all the plates away
from US. My girl looked kinde
relieved an them city chaps wer,
cr GRIMM like two jackasses eslin
briars. In few minutes the mig
ger came er-tearin' in with a tur
key about as big as an ostrick an
then he brung in one thing an All
other till you jest couldn't resi-
i"Whiie meat or dark?" says tn
Major 1 passed the plate an,
said, "Yes'n,, and a little dab e
hav inst IN be fashionable. NJ