Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-09-21
SUNnYSIDE.
Special TO tie NS70s.
News is scarce in this vicinity.

MI. bllJan HUDSON mas son chilling
Two young men from Chattanooga
had photograph at Uncle win East
erly's Sunday. There was quite a
crowd there.
Mr. Adrian Bracken and family
from Whitwell, were visiting their
cousin, s. g. Chaudoin, Sunday.
! have been to Whitwell visiting
among friends and relatives. To tell
about that will be of no interest to
the readers, but it does me good to
tell my joys and sorrows to some one
so if you will give me space, I will
tell something about it.
l set my legs to go on certain day,
thinking / was going to get a ride
sure got defeated in that. 1t be-
ing only ten miles, decided to hoof
it. At twelve o'clock l drove up to
Mr.. Adrian Brackens. He was not at
home, but the clever little lady he
lives with was there / told her that
I did love to visit my kin, especially
about meal time. She thought / was
limiting for something to eat, so she
prepared it. After that little walk l
was prepared to do justice to the vi
ands, In the meantime street pa
rade was going on. 1t consisted of
band wagon and two other wagons
about sixty yards apart, with a boy
between them leading pony, and an
elephant and hundred men and boys
behind. The elephant looked to be as
high as my head, and I am over four
feet high. I thought if that was a
sample of the show, was sure not to
go. But ! went to the show ground
expecting to see many old acquaintan-
ces, which did. I met Mr.. Fl.
Vincent and his wife. They asked me
to go farther down the valley to their
home l told them that was not pre-
pared to get so far from home as I
might need billed shirt. He said he
did not have many clothes neither,
that he always went off in pet and
did not take many with him nor leave
many at home He got to laughing.
Laughing is catching and we both
laughed from away down. We were
in a big crowd and 1 guess they had
| decided that two fools had met and
they were not far wrong also met
my friend, W. G Hill, of the Sequa-
chez Valley News. When I first saw
him thought had seen that Teller
some where, and | looked until fixed
him up. He said he had been trying
to find out who I was We had both
recently been to the barber shop, hence
the difficulty in not knowing each 9th
er. Mr.. Hill suggested that we walk
over and see another friend of ours,
Mr.. G.. w. Lewis, who, as you are
aware, has been so afflicted as to have
been confined to his room for months.
He seemed as cheerful as any of us.
Besides other friends l visited Mr..
John Girdley. found him in the
midst of plenty and he and his good
wife know just how to entertain Q
Teller and make him feel welcome.
went to see where some boys were
coming money at the Merry go-round.
A friend asked me if I wished to ride
to bounce on and he would give me 8
ticket The phosphorus being gone
out of my bones had not elasticity
enough to bounce, but l climbed on
Next came along another old ant
tried friend in the person of w. G.
Spangler, who gave me ticket ant
told me to ride, so / climbed up a
gain. Next this same w. G. made fur
of me a while. He told some girl
that he would give ticket to the on,
that would ride with me. One o
them jumped at the chance and tool
the ticket. Then she surveyed me from
the sole of my head to the crown of m,
foot and concluded that she was to-
previous and gave the ticket back
Mr.. Spangler then went away amonI
some more elderly feminines He me
, up with grass widow of my acquain
lance from Jasper. don't knoy
whether she had married a wife Q
bought yoke of oxen, anyway ~
began to make excuses. guess sh
was afraid of falling off 7 told Bro
Spangler to call off the hounds an
quit the chase, that if l could not &c
! to ride with her, there was not a ghos
of chance for me. 1 found out Ion
since that I can't fool another woma
t into partnership with me in raisin
pigs, chickens, ETC., but it wouldn
have taken her but little while
ride five minutes with me- IT'S selt
ON fellow, accomplishes all his ain
in this life.
I think the following poem appropr
, ate in my case:
} "When young hfe's journey I began,
The glittering prospect charmed m
,, eyes;
D l saw along the extended plain
, Joy after joy successive rise.
/, But soon l found twas all dream,
, And learned the fond pursuit to shur
( Where few can reach the propose
z aim,
A thousand daily are undone.
, You win have to stop and catch You
, second wind to read all this tomfoo
= cry If this don't interest you\ an