Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-08-03
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Some one killed rattlesnake last
week and hung it up by the side of
the road. 1t was AZ inches long.
James Cheek said he measured it.
James was in from Nubbins Hill with
nice lot of ginseng and handed me
the news. This is about the largest
rattlesnake that has ever been killed
here.
was at Coalmont this week and
heard drummer state that there was
an immense crop of Irish potatoes in
the lower part of West Tennessee, the
largest Gro that had ever been raised
He said the farmers were glad to get
25 cents a bushel for their potatoes.
Growers will have to do like the cot
ton growers, reduce the acreage one
half and that will remedy the prices.
The reducing of the acreage of cotton
in the south this spring has brought
up the prices of cotton to 10 and 10
cents. This settled the question at
once among the Southern cotton grow
ers. The same would work satisfact-
orily among the potato growers. One
half acreage will lower the cost of fer
tilizer one half and one half the labor
of raising, digging, marketing and
ing them to market value of one dol
lar. This will lessen the cost one half
all the way around and bring the far
mer more money for his labor. 1t is
time the farmer was looking out for
himself for there is no one else to solve
his problems for him. Everybody is
trying to get the biggest prices.
One night woke up sick. I had ate
heavy supper and lay DOWN. When
woke up l found my supper had
soured. got up and went to get
some soda and as I knew where Mrs.
Waterman kept it did not light the
lamp. l went through the dining
room, on through the cook-room, and
found what was wanting, as
thought. I got spoon and shoveled
out a spoonful and put it in my mouth
and at once found that it began to
pucker and draw my mouth like a
green persimmon. spit it out and
ran for the light and, as I was in a
hurry, ran against the table and
knocked over several chairs. This
racket woke the old gal. What in
the world is the matter2" You have
moved the soda and l reckon have
taken dose of that poultry food.
got the lamp and Mrs. Waterman got
up and took after me. We soon reach.
ed the spot where got the stuff. We
were both silent, not knowing what
the result was going to be. | had be-
gun to swell up and thought about
the Japanese oil. At this date | was
not used to taking poultry food ant
neither one of us knew but what il
contained poison. At glance we saw
that I had gotten my spoon into the
cicilid acid. What relief passed
through my poor beating heart.
There in my night-suit l gave Mrs
Waterman another lecture as follows
IF you don't stop such foolishness as
this moving things around you arr
certainly going to kill me. This il
twice you have got me into trouble
If this had been strychnine | would
have taken it all the same. l wan
this to be the last time you ever d'
this again l thought this was ONT
of the ablest lectures | ever gave IL
my life although the congregation wa
comparatively small This brough
about the desired results. You see.
did all this myself and blowed the OLE
gal 1t is hardly necessary to say
always get the lamp when get up a
night now.
A ticket half way to heaven is
through ticket to hell
Cleaye Ross and family visited hi
brother-in-law, . Geo. Laymans, las
week.
Geo. Laymans visited his father-in
law, James Ross, here last week.
Houston Bryant and sister Mary
Bert Palmer and two sisters, visite
at Daus.
Whittier and Houston Bryant CAV
me a call Monday.
Nubbins Hill folks were badly miss
ell at Sunday school Sunday last.
J. II. Ross and Marshall Tompso
we've badly missed at Sunday schoC
Sunday.
Mrs. Willis Lockhart was the CUES
of Mrs. J. L. White last week.
Geo. Ross was getting medicine fC
his mother, who is on the sick lis
Hope she will soon recover.
Circuit court is in session at Alta
mont this week. I have seen sever;
who said they had no business there.
1t is said that John Cheek has gon
to Bridgeport, Ala, to bring in h
better half. 1t wasn't necessary Il
him to put himself to all that troubl
l could have sent off signatures al
1 got him cook if he has anything
cook. 1t is unnecessary to ask W
man to bake your bread if you haven
got the material that bread is mat
4 out of.
l think Uncle Bill Dooley will be
he can talk right away and then
s Will get a letter from him.