Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-07-21
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5, UNCLE TOMS LETTER.
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stories, / perceive has an idea in his
mind that he would like to be Sold
Ter. Well, Albert, don't wish 70 dis
courage You from being soldier boy,
but there is a dark side to everything
under the sun. It is not all sunshine
in the army, Albert; neither can You
do as you please as You may infer.
There is man that says to you to go
and You must go, and come and you
must come, and if you fail to obey
you must dig up a stump or mark
time in the hot sun for ever so long
and you know that wouldn't agree
with your rheumatism at all, and then
it wouldn't be as funny as sitting at
the dinner table throwing up to a
couple of pretty young ladies the reas-
on they never had married was be-
cause they never had chance. Then
it is not quite as funny as going in
swimming and staying half a day,
fixing yourself for another attack of
rheumatism should there be anything
to do next day.
There is quite difference in hav-
ing plenty of pie. cake and such like
to army bareback and lean beef,
bought up by army contractors to feed
soldiers on. Then again that pretty
little girl you think so much of, how
are you going to manage to leave her
for three or five years term of SER
vice with "Uncle Sam Don't get
discouraged for it might be possible
for you to become a general or sail the
wide seas in command of one of Gun
Gle Sans - vessels that would look to
you like city set on water and be
able to visit every nation under heav-
en- and see the beautiful women of ev-
cry cline. But remember your own
Sequachee Valley with its river in the
center is hard to beat and is not ex-
celled in any land or country and
while we would be proud to have it
said one of her sons had mounted up
the ladder of Fame and become Com
ander in chief of the greatest nation
under Heaven, still we would like for
you to consider both side of a soldiers
life. While you now love freedom and
liberty, still must tell you the boys
who so heroically and proudly uphold
the banner of liberty and cause it to
be respected the world over, do not en-
Joy the liberty you and possess. They
can't go when they feel like it, like
you and I. They must have permits
sion and what they eat is weighed out
to them. which we used to call ra-
tions, and sometimes, Albert, when
real sure enough war is on hand, ra-
tions get mighty scarce, and we get
mighty hungry. OF course, Albert,
the girls are very fond of brass buttons
and If you should have the privilege
of wearing epaulettes or a star on the
collar of your coat, all the girls would
| feel mighty proud of their Sequatchie
boy. Such a thing is possible, and it
may be your ideas and inclinations to
| be soldier are what is cut out for
you, but you'll have to wait about
four years yet, and in that time your
mind may change and you can stay at
home and tease the girls about being
old maids and making them miserable
as possible. 1t is fun to annoy girls
and most small boys about your size
and age like to do that very thing.
But Albert, in a little while the girls
will begin to annoy you and you often
will feel like thirty cents. You are
having your day now, but, sonny, in
just year or so their day will come
and la me how often they will make
your heart try to leap out of your
mouth, and you will have to close it
and grit your teeth to keep it from do
ing so. Then your 'Uncle Tom will
ha ha / at you for acting greeny. Yet
you are smart now and quite indepen-
dant, but are not half as smart as the
dullest daughter of Mrs. Eve. The old
lady wound Adam around her finger
and made him fool so that he actual
ly hid out to keep God from finding
out he was in love with Miss Eve. Ii
he hadn't told lie about it and tried
to lay the whole thing on Eve l guess
it would have been better for You and
l. But Eve when caught. just blurted
out the truth and didn't hide anything
or lay anything on Adam. So in ev-
cry contest of hearts woman has won
over Adam sous. You can laugh and
guy them now, but in little while
you will be their slave and forget
about being a soldier. A boy OF your
sunny disposition should choose diff
ferent calling to that of being sold
Ter. You should be able to sing from
the heart this song: "Oh, lucky, luck
day that it came this away, for to
be farmers boy. Oh for to plough,
for to SOW, for to reap, for to be far
mer's boy"
Yes, Albert, when you grow to be
man. take some good old farmers
daughter to become your wife and then
you may not only own the land but
have the daughter also. Can You beat
this suggestion. l hardly think SO.
Well, I didn't aim to spin out this
letter to column or more, but ! hap,
,,a,, "a ;rst turn loose my thoughts and