Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-08-29
butter, but no richer milk.

butter, but no richer milk.
Raleigh Brewer, our one and
only advocate of Mr.. Watson,
was there, aud said he not only
believed that COWS had the hollow
horn, but that they also had the
hollow tail.
Mr.. Moore said he did not have
time to argue this with Rol, but |
think he must have heard that
ROl was hard to convince anyway.
Mr.. Sanders said that the peo-
pie living twelve or fifteen miles
from the railroad would have to
have stock to make alfalfa raising
profitable that having hay this
far from the railroad was like the
boy who was hauling a barrel of
water with pair of fine goats,
in the mountains of North, Caro-
lima. The story goes that a gen
tleman met the boy, and said to
him
''That is a fine pair of goats |;
what will you take for them "
The boy told him that he would
take three dollars for the goats.
"Why,' said the man, "if that
pair of goats were in New York
they would sell for S25."
/" Yes" answered the boy, "and
if had this barrel of water in
hell could sell it for a thousand
dollars "
Mr.. Sanders is an optimist. He
said that-some day-we would
have good roads all over this
prairie country, and automobiles
would make regular trips to and
fro, carrying the children to school
in Macon and carrying our pro-
ducts to market.
| believe the credit of having
the meeting is due our public
spirited and enterprising citizen,
Mr.. Thomas Jackson, who is
largely interested in dairying and
the bee business. | understand
that he has 10000 pounds of honey
ready for the market now.
Our Mr.. John Q. Poindexter
presided over the meeting in his
usual happy style, introducing
both speakers and making a good
talk himself.
Your "Big Bud'' found out that
John is too quick at repartee to be
fooled with while on his feet,
speaking to the crowd.
The ladies Of the Exs Prairie
and Prairie P0iiit neighborh0od
graced the occasion with their
presence, and provided "a most
excellent dinner for all. 1t was
about the only dinner that | have
attended this summer where a
quantity of fried chicken was
left over, and some one said that
the reason Mr.. Sanders saw no
sheep was that they had all beenf
killed for this d nner..
After dinner we spent the entire
evening in social conversation and
all seemed to enjoy themselves to
the utmost. We had the honor of
having the Oldest man in the
county with us in the person of
Mr.. L. w. Smith, who, | am glad
to say, is still hale and hearty and
enjoys a joke as much as ever.
we are in the midst of "A
Presidential election, we hardly
ever hear politics mentioned at
any of these gatherings. Missls
sippi is so surely Democratic that
the boys think there is no use to
talk about it. All whom ] have
talked to agree that they would
rather have Mr.. Bryan defeat I'd
than to have him elected by negro
votes, if he has to promise them
any recognition, and want the ne
groes to understand that we en-
dorse Mr.. RoOsevelt's action in
dismissing, "without honor" the
negro soldiers who shot up
Brownsville, Texas.
am sorry to say that the cotton
seems to have fallen off great
leal lately, and does not promise
\ very large yield at present.
Good bye. BIG BUD.