Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-01-26
TsTESVlLLE.


Pay day last week and everybody
short Of what they wanted, but got what
was rightly due them. Mans desire is
never satisfied
Visiting here has been scarce The
cold weather has kept most OF us sensl-
BILE people in the house. It's cold and
getting colder, and | can't tell how cold
it's going to get,
went to Coalmont Saturday and re-
turned same day, but like to have got
froze up. Mud froze to my wagon
wheels until it put on the brakes for
me and if had driven few miles fur
ther would have taken out and left
my wagon. Team couldn't hardly pun
it, When | reached home Uncle Tom
was there and greeted mo with smile
and said you nearly froza to death
Uncle Tom has gone to Whitwell.
/ The little Watchmans and myself went
to see him off. Several neighbors also
gathered in. and we all stood around
the Are, sad and heart-broken because
Uncle Tom was going to leave. was
the saddest of them all, as thought OF
the by-gone days and all tho coons and
opossoms we had taken together Ev'
erything came to my memory afresh,
as sobbed out Fare you we'll, Uncle
Tom" Finally he climbed in Well
packed buggy and drove off. followed
TO the door to get a last glimpse of him
and then the thought came to me that
he never more would be my neighbor.
How nicely we got along. 1t made my
heart fairly bleed to give up such good
neghbor wish Uncle Tom and fam
lily well at Whitwell Now that he has
gone / want to tell one on him.
Uncle Tom and | went out hog hunt
ing. We caught wild sow unmarked
and as she wasn't fit for pork told I'm
! Gle Tom to hold her and l would mark
her, for when the mast hit again we
would be in it. | knew this would
make her mad, and would have some
fun out of Uncle Tom, so when | got
her marked told him TO turn ner loose.
knew the nature of wild hog. I'm
Gle Tom was born the first, but am the
oldest. As Uncle Tom had the hog by
the legs told him to turn her loose
while l slipped behind a tree. When
the SOW saw she was loose she looked
around and when she saw uncle stand
ing there alone she made dart at him.
He broke with her after him. and just
a-dying with laughter. Uncle hadn't
hadn't gone very far when ! saw one oil
his new britches legs fly out. He ran
hollering "Soo-ee here! Soo-ee here.'
He made for big dead log lying on the
ground about waist high. Running as
fast as be could with the SOW still after
him he jumped on the log on his belly
for protection, when the log broke with
him and down he went. The SOW made
= a lick in his side, and heard Uncle
'' Tom holler "Oh Lord"
= was standing laughing and was 81
we'll tickled couldn't help any. Uncle
Tom soon Hounced out and made Tor an
Olu plHc lOB aOOhb . AhOnNH Oh oh'
ground. He jumped on it with botl
feet astride a short pine limb. Both
5 feet slipped from under him, and th
limb took out the whole gable end o
e his pants. He fell over the other sld'
of the log and lay close to the other sid
: of it, The sow could see him under tht
= log, There be was on one side OF th
log and the SOW on the other. The SOW
y would look under at him and turn he
head from one side to the other an
'r look at him and go "boo-ho. boo-ho!
Finally she gave it up, and went off at
II long lope.
:. Uncle Tom crawled out mad as a hun
CRY wolf and gave me ginger On
= thing he said was: ~ never suppose
b you would stand here and laugh If go
J. killed" l finally got him in home bu
he was short pair of pants, l fixed
IS up with him, explained everything an
talked him into a good humor, and h
q soon agreed was perfectly innocen
Tom is jolly good natured fellow any
W way. Watchman.