Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-12-20
MURRAY, KY.
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Mr.. Editor: 1t has been sometime
since l wrote anything to your little
paper, and would not trouble you this
time, but knowing you to be nice
and truthful man and always found
on the right side with truth and jus
tice, | appear again to see if | can help
fill the pages.
"Wild Bill" came out last winter
with yarn as long as the moral law
about the snow ON the ground and our
old friend, "Hardscrabble" took her
to task over it, and thought he had
about put stop to her big yarns, but
i see he has failed, and so will try 1T
this time. Now, Mr. Editor, "Wild
Bill was never in Arkansas and
knows nothing about the old man i'll
the wen nor the old blind horse either
The fact is, it is all lie, about the
man going in the well after his hat
There isnot man in Arkansas but
what has better sense than to go into a
well after his hat. | have been to Ar
kansas and never have seen a man
with hat over there yet that was
worth risking a fellows life to get
out of well or even go very deep in
mud hole after it, But this is no re-
Election on the Arkansas men. mean
hats are cheaper there. Now, Wild
Bill, why don't you tell us the truth
about the old man chasing you two or
three miles. 1t was not because you
pushed that dirt over into the well
with those big feet of yours. 1t was
because you passed his house and scar
ed his children with that ugly face of
yours and he thought you were wear
ing false face and didn't know any
better, until he chased you down and
after pulling at yournose several times
he was convinced it was your natural
looks that had frightened the children.
l think if I were you would get some
/ one to go and fill up those big tracks
you made while that old man was
] chasing you. Although it has been
about year ago ''Wild Bil's" foot
prints are plain to be seen and we are
reminded when looking at those much
worn tracks of the great giants we
read of that used to travel the country.
| But let that be as it may ''Wild
Bill' knows something about praying.
Well do / remember when she was fore
ed to pray. After eating twelve big
roasting ears of corn over at friend
"Hardscrabble's' one Sunday ''Wild
Bills" prayer was something like this
after calling the family to kneel: "Oh,
Lord, this is the first time [ have ever
called on you for anything in my life
and if you will just take care. Of six Of
those roasting ears of corn have in
my stomach, will manage the rest Of
them, and will promise that l never
will ask you for another favor as long
as live. Oh, my Someone hold my
head. am so sick--I feel SO much
better now, Lord think can make
it through without your help, so
will close by saying that blame Hard
scrabble for all this trouble. He oughf
not raise such big corn. He thinks i
is smart to raise big corn, so his wifi
can't feed it to the COW, but don
think hard of me for troubling yol
this time. ] may never have the priv
ilego of calling or you again, and 81
while | am talking to you I will jus
use plain words and tell you about til,
musk rats that are eating up my ccrl
{ on the river If you don't do some
thing with them / viii kill every on
: Of them, so this is all ask for thi
time
, So now it seems to me, wild Bill
ought net to say anything about th
| Old mans prayers. and l hope she vii
g tell the truth next time. In spite 0
4 all "Wild Bill's' big yarns [ like he
f and still have hopes of her repentance
My. regards to Hardscrabble.
SCrabblCharder