The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-09-17

Best Way to Raise Children
Great Times In Alexander and
wilkes.
Correspondence Of The Caucasion-
Enterprise.
Bilkinsville, N. c., Sept. Is, 1908.
We air still in site ov the noun
tains, but hain't got to whar We kin
climb up an plant our flag on top
ov them yit. Betsy, she liz fist as
existed az she kin be. She wuz rails
ed down in the fiat country whar
they amt nothin' higher than a ta-
ter hill whar they put them up ter
save durin' the winter an she didn't
believe that the mountains wuz any
bigger than tater hill nor any taller
than one ov them fellers thinks he
IL when he gifts ter runnin' fer a
seat in the Legislator. But she liz
still sum distance erway frum the
mountains an when she gifts rite up
ter them an begins ter climb one,
that 220 pounds of independence an
patriotism that she totes erround
awl the time will weigh a ton, or
she will think so. She wuz talkin'
the other mite how she wuz goin' ter
climb mountains an lowed she
wouldn't be surprized If she had
Ter carry me up part ov the way the
very fust time We tried ter go UP
on top ov one ov them. Betsy liz
nifty conseeted sumtimes. The truth
| n hn hr4of t. h4A II.
ter climb any mountains; 1 have
done cut my eye-teeth at that sort
ov business. Betsy kin do the
climbin' n',-Tll ride Bob. I'll make
Bob believe that they liz a perlitical
rally or a prohibition love-feast on
up like blue streak That mule
amt afraid ov nothin' an he thinks
a perlitical meetin' ov any sort IL
better than eatin' oats an hay. The
reason ov that IL that so many polly
| tishuns used ter cum ter Bilkins-
vile an they would awlways rub
Bob an make a lot ov him,-an' az
he didn't know awl ov the ropes he
thought they wuz purity guide fellers.
I'd sell Bob If I could git erbout
81, 900 fer him. He liz gittin' ter be
too wise.
A lady wuz talkin' ter me the
other day an lowed that she he'd
read my letter erbout boys an girls
an that hit suited her exactkly. She
sed peachtree tea wuz the medisine
fer boys an girls an the more they
lgot oy hit while they wuZ small the
better hit suits them. She lowed
that she jist naturally hated ter whip
her children an awlways put hit off
az long az possible. But, after
watchin' close, she hez cum to the
conclusion that they liz but one way
ter raise children rite,-give them
plenty of guide food, some clothin' in
the winter, (but little in the sum-
mer), and plenty of switchin' be-
tween m -als; that IL, If they need
hit, an ten chances ter one they do.
The woman who liz the mother ov six
or eight children should not have
much to do except whip them, pro-
vided she kin manage ter git her
lhousework done between whippin's.
lOv course, the old man ought to put
in awl his spare time whippin' them,
at dinner time, after supper, and be-
fore breakfast. But az the old man
haz ter be in the field an away frum
home much ov the time the heavy
part oy the whippin' should fall on
the old lady. II they air real bad
children hit does not matter how
hard they air whipped, just so lit
tie life IL left in them. If they air
not so bad jist skin them alive er-
bout Two or three times day an let
hit go at that. II my plan liz follow
ed they kin sell the penitentiary an
! do erway with the chaingangs fer
, they will, hardly be needed.
That report erbout 115 brandy
stills in Alexander County an sump-
thin less than a thousand in Wilkes
County IL still havin' a powerful ef'
feckt on my friend Bill Moody. He
sez he jist can't stay in strictly pro
/ hibition territory much longer. He
: seems ter think that this is a new
edition ov the Garden Eden or sump
thin ov that sort. An Bill wuz sicl
la rank prohibitionist before thu
l eleckshun! I can't understand hov
t sum people change so fast. o.
q course a fe1ler that wurked fer th'
dry side, an then voted the ticke
must naturally feel purity dry by thi
time. I hev often noticed that tn
a fellers that air so dead sot agains
: ticker air the ones that air so ranl
n fer hit-between eleckshuns. 1t tn
!. folks would awlways vote az the
= pray this would be a heap bette
e country.
, Me an Bill Moody hev bin layir
k sum wires ter land in perlitical jo
4 ov sum sort this year. We can't de
!. side which ter take-the prohibitio
: Iside or the Farmers Union. Som
X seem ter be workin' one an sum tn
It other-sum both. I think I'll ru
fer some State job or fer Congress!
Bill don't care copper what he git
n Anyhow we air goin' ter timber u
,r an git ter talkin' strate goods te
" the folks in this part oV the mors
/ vineyard. We viii tell them erbor
how many millions ov people the d.
mon licker IL destroyin' every yes
an. insinuate that the only way te
ie put hit out il ter eleckt us ter tn
he or that offs. After gittin' that DIR