Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-15
UNCLE GID'S LETTER.

Some folks affect to be afraid of a
newspaper correspondent. | know a
lady that has got lot of very bad
boys. She is actually afraid for your
Uncle Gid to come around her home
much for fear he will give publicity
to the conduct of her boys. Well, my
dear lady, if | am of any benefit to aid
you in restraining your bad brats you
oughtn't to object.
And to the lady who was scared nigh
to death because | happened in early
one morning before she got her house
tidied up let me say, don't be uneasy,
your Uncle Gid is not fool more than
seven days in week, and knows what
hard time poor woman has with
half dozen squalling brats to contend
with, and no account husband
thrown in.
Of course | make no pretensions OF
reformer but if can be of any use to
any one in helping them along in life,
why am willing, but when | sting
dom t say its tother fellor he is hitting.
l never got personal.
But l have a way of finding out
things about folks they don't suspect
and if you don't keep a nice clean
house L II know it. Some folks live in
filth and dirt day in and day out. The
childrens faces look like mud fence.
My, my A man or woman who won't
take any pride in keeping their home
and children nice and clean are not
above the canine tribe, a cat or dog
will keep clean. Nothing but a hog
delights in mud hole. What pity
some human beings have no personal
pride Some women never sweep un-
| til they see some one coming, and then
the visit is spoilt by stream of apol-
ogies for catching such dirty house.
/ guess you News readers have heard
such stuff from slovenly house wives.
/ have. My, my what vast amount
of excuses the house wife can fix up to
cover over her laziness. Why not be
like an old uncle of mine who was one
of the LATEST men that ever lived and
aunt was no better. That was years
ago. | Just can remember uncle Jere-
miah. They had nothing, not even a
bed, cat or dog; slept in a bed OF
leaves piled up in one corner OF the
house. One cold, snowy morning as
they lay in their bed of leaves, Uncle
Jerry heard the neighbors calling their
cattle and hogs to feed them. Uncle
Jerry turned and grunted and said to
Sally, 'We are two of the happiest
people in the country. While other
folks are wading around in the snow
to feed their stock we have nothing tC
bother us. Just SO. some people never
have much because they don't try anc
don't want to be bothered with any
thing. In civilized land like ours
it is strange that some are still savagei
and live in a savage way and theil
homes are worse than an Indian tepee
/ knew fellow that was too lazy tx
provide for his family and lived IL
squallor and want. That was at tn,
close of the war between the State
when the Ku Klux were numerous ant
meant business. They called on thi
man one pretty moonlight night ant
wanted something to eat. John didn'
have it and made excuse that it was s.
far away to where he could get worl
that his wife (look how lazy mai
would slide behind a..woman) had rath
er live on less than for him to be ava
from home. The Ku Klux asked he
if that was SO. ''Y g s" she said
The Ku Klux told him they woul
come back the next full moon and the
wanted something to eat. John sal
all right. True to their word the
went back John had whole side c
. bacon, sugar and coffee, molasses, mes
and flour, the sight of which appease
the Ku Klux appetites so that they &C
over their hunger and didn't eat any
thing, but told John no telling whe
q they would get hungry and he mus
keep plenty all the time. John keI
plenty from that time on. He no
owns good farm. One of his daugl
! ters married a man worth 80 or
. thousand dollars. All this came aboJ
. by the persuasion of the Ku Klux {
. Three Stars Plenty of people woul
do better if little Of the right kind I
y persuasion was given them. Some me
' need it and women too. How muC
> happier, nicer and more genteel woul
many homes be if proper methods we
. used to reform them. A sloven
= housekeeper is not very attractive
4 anyone. Dirty, filthy homes my my
u UNCLE GID.