Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-05-24
Gruetli.
Special 10 tie Ne7OS.

Special 10 Me Ne7OS.
I dell you all apout vot dook blace
NIT me lasht summer. You know, or
uf you don DIT know, den | dells you
dot Katrina, dot is mine vrow, and
me, We keep some shickens for a long
dime ago and Won tay she salt to me-
"Sockery," dot is mein name, IVY
don you put some aigs unter dot ole
plue hen? | dink she wants to sot.
Veil, " / said, Maybe I guess | will. "
So bicked oud some uf de best aigs
und dook um oud to de parn fere de olt
hen make her nesht in de side uf the
hay NOW, apout six or five veet up.
Now, you see | nefer vas ferry pig up
und down but | vas putty big all de
way arount in de mittle. So / koodn't
reach up dill | vent und got parrel
do stant on Veil, klimet up on the
parrel and ven my he'd rise up py de
nesht dot ole hen, she gif me such a
bick dot my nose runs all ofer my face
nit plood und ven | todge backward
dot plasted old parrel hit preack und |
vent town kershlam. Ply cholly, | did
n t tink | kood go insite parrel pefore
put dare vos und | fit so dite dot l
koodn't git me out any way. My vest
vos bushed way up unter my armholes.
Ven l fount l vos dite shtuck l holler,
Katrina, Katrina, und ven she koom
und see me shtuck in de parrel up to
my armholes, NIT my face all plood
and aigs, by cholly, she chust lait town
on de hay und laft and laft til | got so
mat ] said, Vot you lay dere und laf
like olt xool, en-? Wy don you koom
bull me oud? Und den she set up and
said, Oh, wipe off your chin und bull
your fest town Den she lait back und
laft like she YOU'D shblit herself worse
as efer. Mat as | vas | fought to my
self Katrina, she sbeak English boot
V goot but ! only said nit my greatest
dignitude: Katrina, will you bull me
oud dis parrel? Und she see dot look
booty red und she said: OF course
will, Sockery. Den she lait me und dc
parrel town ON our site und took holt
| of de door sill und Katrina she bull dt
parrel but de first bull she mate | yellt
Donner und bitten shtop dot. By
golly, dere is nails in de parrel Yor
see de nails bent down ven | vent il
but ven l koom oud they shtick in MI
all de way rount. Veil, to make shor
shtory long l told Katrina to go unt
dell naypor Housman to pring a saw
und saw me dis parrel off. Veil, h,
koom und he like to sblit himself mi
laf to but he roll me ofer und saw d,
parrel all de way around off und | gi
up nit half parrel arount my waist
Den Katrina she say Sockery, Wait
little dill l get battern of dot new
overshirt you haf on. But | didn't sal
a wort. | shust got nife und vittl
de hoops off und shling de confounte
olt parrel in de voot bile. Pimepy vel
| koom to de house Katrina, she SAT-
so soft like: Sockery, don't you goii
to but some aigs under ole plue hen
Den said in my deepest voice, Katri
ma, uff you efer say dot to me agai
I'll git pill from you, so helf m
chimminy gracious, und l dell you sh
, didn d say dot any more
Veil, ven | step on parrel now
! don'd step on it. get pox
, We were very much disappointed a
Atty r. f. Powell not attending Sur
, day school Sunday.
All you can hear ont here is locust,
Best wishes to the News and il
readers. Old Sneaker.