Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-03-12
Third District
Sbeciaiko the Ne7ys.


The day is a lovely day. 1t is the
Sabbath and the beautiful springtime
and flowers have once more arrived.
The bees are humming and flying
around and the old bell cows are be-
ginning to hoist their tails over their
backs and look towards the beautiful
Walden's Ridge and Cumberland noun
tain range where we have put them
heretofore in years gone by when no
tick inspectors were known. Oh, what
a lovely and happy thought and consol-
alton to the good people Of the Bird dis
trict to think of the days when we all
belled our cattle and horses and mules
and took them to free range on those
beautiful mountains and laid out to
hunt and stay with our stock. How
my heart aches when [ think of those
good old times and Just to think now
we.can' go hunting fishing trapping
| and can't get to turn our stock out
or put them on the range that the God
| of the Universe created for us that we
| might reap the benefit of the same.
| Here we are now with our hands and
! feet tied together, can't help ourselves,
bucked and gagged with lawful guard
ians. The law says, you darned idiots
| of Marion county, we will have an
administration appointed and let the
tax payers pay him from the sweat of
| the face to attend to our stock, and
what little game we have and people s
own property and business in general.
| say, pray tell me what will we do
to get this burden off our people and
let us be free once more and breathe
that good old mountain air and lay out
and hunt and stay with our cattle, and
eat and feast on the game of the forest
and tell big hunting tales around our
camp fires on the beautiful mountains
of Tennessee with our cattle and good
dogs as we did long years ago. There
is surely something dead up the creek
and very rotten, about this internal
cattle and dog and game law of Ten
nessee. Please investigate it, voters,
before you cast in the booth your next
elective franchise, but look sharp. ]
guess by that time the dog and tick
representatives will see that you have
lawful guardian appointed to vote
lawfully, and legally and intelligenty.
Voters / will ask only one request of
YOU from now ON and that is this
Sleep at night with one eye open, fol
we can't trust our own people these
days as our friends. Well, like an OLD
saying, I am like cat tish-all mouth
and no brains
Old Mrs. Winter is about gone and
Miss Springtime is now dressed in
green and will arrive here in a few
days in due time to open up April the
4 first, and Johnny Doodlebug' an6
"Chalk Eye have made their appear
ance here after vacation OF elgh'
months and are now in the field driv
ing old Beck and Jim. There will be
something doing rightaway.
There was young man from gooC
family going to the river mill the 9th
er day and had pistol out shooting il
from off his horse and just as he go
through reloading it to fire the SECOND
volley, two young men stepped RICH
up in his face and took good look a
him and saw him put the pistol bacl
In his pocket. Young man, you haC
better put that old pistol in that oil
well across the field before it is ever
lastingly too late for you.
4 There is a whole lot of trading ant
trafticking going on up on the ridge Of
Sundays. You had better select som
+ more suitable day, people.
' There was quite crowd at churcl
I at Hickory Grove Sunday.
Everybody is in the field today bu
I the cook and she is in the garden
singing "Good Old Summertime. -
Julius Pickett has repaired the Robt
Pickett house and Henry Pickett wi
p occupy it this summer. He is movin
from Whitwell.
G Julius is one of our country hustlers
. He is like the saying, he plows dee
and late. He sure makes corn to Sc
and corn to keep.
Robt. Pickett has sold his two regis
tered boodhounds for good price to
dog expert of Flat Rock, Tenn.
Ye writer has just finished fiftee
hundred watermelon hills. My neigh
i. bors and l are expecting a good tim
= about August, and don't forget it.
: Johnny Burnett, son of DR.. E. A
- Burnett, is staying with mis- uncle, "
. H. White, this month. .w
! R. f. Rogers and wife attende
church at the grove Sunday.
I Those hound pups of mine are mai
:, ing such racket / am forced to clos
y this article, or otherwise l will ru
in the dog law discussion and thi
piece will land in the Editors wast
basket Representative.