The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-09
ELBRIDGE.
The drouth is broken.
Plenty Of rain and ice.

Plenty Of rain aud ice.
We know numbers Of farmers who
have opened bank accounts this fall
who never had money on deposil
before. Our people are certainly in
a prosperous condition
Mr.. John Cunningham returned
from Chicago last Saturday. where
he had been attending the Interna.
tional Live Stock Show for several
days, and reports the show grand
in every department.
The close Of the international
Live Stock Show at Chicago last
Saturday closes the live stock shows
for the year. II will probably be
some years before another twelve
months witnesses as great and
grand series Of live stock shows
as has the past twelve months.
But that the interest will increase
we feel confident as stock shows
are highly educational, even If some
Of the great men of our county do
oppose them, aud we expect to see
in years to come fat stock shows
like the one at Chicago established
in other sections of the Union and
grand State fairs multiply rapidly
despite the howlIngs of the narrow
minded. But it will take the es-
tablishment of several State fairs
and other stock shows to balance
up with the great Worlds Fair live
stock show of 1904
How often ones fondest hopes are
blasted. We have been figuring
and planning for the past month as
to how we would spend the holidays
and what a great time we would
have. We had even figured on go
ing to Bolivar and forming the ac-
quaintance Of Coll Reeves, of the
Hardeman Free Press, and see if
we could not prevail on him to have
his friend, Cy Lyle, send us a Jug
Of East Tennessee moonshine lick
er," but alas, in an evil moment we
let our desire for money lead us
into snare that has wrecked our
fondest hopes and left us penniIess.
1t all came about this way; Ny
better half, Mrs. U-Know, grew
three-fourths of an acre of fine
variety of cotton this year, which
yielded extraordinarily well and
sold for a good price, out of the
proceeds Of which she kindly gave
me SOC, which gave us a nucleus for
a holiday fund Mrs. U.Know be-
came greatly enthused over her
successful cotton crop and decided
10 speculate some III the feecy
staple. So she purchased the last
picking of nearby field of cotton
and forthwith informed US that she
would let me assist her ia picking +,
same and allow me 75c per hundred
for all ! picked. The holiday pos
sibilities forthwith doomed up be- 7,
fore my vision in rosy hues. We /,
figured that we would gather 1000 !,
pounds Of the tieecy staple, which, !;
with the SOC we already had would !
make total of $500 So we HE'D
away to the field and gathered the !
first afternoon "a pounds, but with !,
The shades Of night came the evil
got to eliminating and !
ne figured that Mrs. U-Know was
to have our assistance IN /
gathering that cotton crop. so we
lecided that we would strike for
higher price and demand $1.00 per
Next morning VIZ z
promptly informed the madam Of :
'ur decision. Upon hearing our 6
ipeecn she gave as one OF those
sithering looks that always causes 2
Is to look for our hat, and said,
sU-Know. | will teach you strike e.
essen that will last you the balance Z
f your life, get your hat aud go to
hat cotton patch and pick cotton Y
nd understand that will not nav Z.
on one cent, but before you 60 get "A
le that soc gave you. I'll teach Ii
on how to strike" And all my
oliday hopes vanished as a mist :,
efore morning sun. Thus It is =
18th the human family, never con- !
mt to let well enough alone.
U-Kxow.