Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-03-23
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As this is Sunday am all alone try
ing bachelors life. will give you
few experiences.
put up milk to churn and let it stand
all day in the corner all day without
fire. AT night thought would churn
and bake me hoo cake and have bread
butter, milk and molasses for supper.
soon set about, put on bread In bach
elor style on few Goals on the hearth
stone. drew out the churn and com
menced to churn. The milk began to
multiply and soon the churn was almost
full. Ihad seen my mother in gone-by
days pour in some warm water, SO IN
went some warm water. Ii still con-
tinued to increase. had seen mother
pour in cold water, so poured IN some
cold water. In few minutes | had
churn running over, so the old cat came
up on one side for her share and old
Mage on the other for his, and was
soon involved in cat and dog fight, but
held my ground. went and got
gallon bucket, took it out full and
churned on. In few minutes the
churn was full again. Next got a
quart cup and filled it. The churn soon
got full again. At this | quit churning
took up my hoe cake, and undertook to
eat the hoe cake and the quart of milk,
| and | soon found that had more than l
could eat, so after finishing supper | set
my churn aside till morning, said my
prayers and went to bed wondering what
had gone wrong.
| Next morning l got up bright and
early, looked in the churn and could al
most see the butter found about an
inch of milk in the bucket and poured
it into the churn. then poured in
boiling kettleful Of boiling water and
churned away and soon had plenty Of
butter. can't say whether the water
or the milk made the butter.
noticed in the first issue in March
where Aunt Katie thought was mis-
taken about something / said in regard
to timber cutting. remember when
Katie's father used to market pork at
Tracy City, and would bring from $25
to 500 home for the pork he sold. I'M
Gle is not doing that now but is buying
meat, the most expensive diet man
ever bought. Bees used to make honey
but now it is divided up among every
hive, and they have but little to spare.
Hogs used to stay fat enough for pork
all summer, now hardly make shadow.
Lying on the ground there is perhaps
So, 600 worth Of good tie, trestle and
framing material which will rot. just
keep on applying the woodsman's axe
and matches. A person that can't fore
see the result will be in the fire when
it reaches them. Aunt Katie said
ought to come up like christian man
and get my part, and be content. 1nev
er proposed to be a hypocrite. The
genuine article is the best. l am moi
called to be christian by God or angels
J or anyone else, but called to be saint
Now never did write to an old maid
nor any mans wife, nor do propose tt
correspond with them through the col
umns of the News. An old maid and {
bachelor is something God never inten
ded, and as Aunt Katie is an old maiC
but exceptionally reasonable l only
want to submit the above ideas for he
to brood over.
didn't know Tatesville had dock,
place to keep ships, until now. have
just found out am or must be right OIL
the seacoast.
Miss Hester Layne, Mamie Tate ant
viii White were guests of Miss Angi,
Ross last Sunday.
Whittier and Edward Bryant went t.
Daus on business Saturday.
J, L. White was the guest of Mrs, j
NJ. Lockhart Sunday.
Burl Hale is on the sick list.
John Cordell of Dunlap was the CUES
of R. L. White Sunday, and didn't leav
me out.
Fred Vonrohr of Daus, and Johnni
Barker gave us a call last week.
j. l.. Overturf visited his brother, L
A. 0verturff last week.
was in Whitwell last week an
heard many complimenting Watchma
on his Tatesville articles. Found o,
erything moving along nicely, the cou
pany operating the mines with no viz
lence on the part of the union. foun
the union men still in good heart tina
they would gain the day and they ha
plenty to eat. If you can't agree, don
fight is right. While there failed I
see Uncle Tom.
The stave mill is now operating /
Sourwood gulf, but making preparation
- to move. Watchma