Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-08-04
JIMMY K. JOHN
Gets Bit By a Toad Frog and
Has Many Other Troubles.

frog came along and there was mos
quito ON my foot, and suppose the
poor frog was hungry for he jumped al
that mosquito and nailed me by the
toe and thought he was going to
swallow my whole foot. Then l jump
ed up and hollered, Snake, snake. "
and the folks all came running to
know what was the matter with me.
l told them 1 was snake bit, and they
said, Surely not, here in the plain
yard. told them, Yes, was sure
snake bit and on examination we
found that it was only a toad frog.
The frog bite didn't hurt me but my
advice is to watch the little critters
and wear your shoes if you live where
there are any frogs.
Bill Dooley went to the store the
other day and got him some sticky fly
paper and brought it home, and spread
it all over the floor. He caught many
flies with it, but Mrs. Dooley had a
hen that was very bad for the house.
and she came in one morning and was
fooling around and saw the fly paper,
and l, just to have little fun, drop
ped few grains of corn on the fly pa
per. She spied the corn and went to
get it, and dropped sheet of the fly
paper on her back. and the one that
the corn was on stuck to her bill and
came back over her eyes and blind
folded her completely. Then here she
went. She went this way and that
way until she wandered off from the
house and there was a boy out hunting
and he shot her. Then here came Bill
and says, Look here, Jim, what does
this mean2" says, what does what
meanr' ''That You put that stuff on
my henY" 1 says. look here, Bill,
didn't put nothing on your hen but
some sticky fly paper, and that didn't
hurt her, and if you don't like it you
will have to help yourself, and
would like to see you do that for am
as good man as you are" He says
"Jim, you are liar and fool and l
can whip you before you are thinking
about it, - and sure enough he did,
for before l was thinking about it, he
hit me in the side and knocked me
winding, but / rose and came at him
and kinder crow hoped and struck
him in the stomach and then the
winding went the other way, for Bill
was winding around little bit him
self. Finally he caught himself and
ran at me like mad hornet and Col
ly he struck me all over at the same |
lick, and when gained my senses I
started to run and there was what |
supposed to be stump in my way,
and didn't have time to dodge it so l |
tied to jump it, and hung my foot in
the top of it, and down | went and |
over went the bee gum, and they all |
covered me and stung me all over
nearly. Then Bill, to get more re-
venge on me, grabbed bottle of his
liniment and here he came and I was
sure glad for the scent of the lini-
ment drew the attention of the bees
to him instead of me. They stung
him all over and bathed him with
the liniment. Then left and / don't |
know whatsbecame of BILL haven't
seen him since.
But that is not the worse of my
troubles. / got letter from Sal the
next day as follows:
Hello, Jim, you old good for moth
ing rascal. Have you ever got anoth-
ef hen into the sticky fly paper? Or
have you bathed another man with
that liniment with which you have al
ready had SO much trouble? Now,
Jim, once thought you were all there
was, but if you will do poor hen and
an old man that way, you would do a
lady that bad or worse So don't ever
call me your gal, Sal, no more, for /
am not and never will be any more.
If we should ever meet accidentally
you must leave the road till / get by
for | don't want to see you any more.
So close, hoping never to see or hear
from you again. SAIL
P. S. Please don t answer this let
ter"
Well, l was all tore up and didn't
know what to do for | loved Sal, but
ON Sunday after that I happened to
meet her, and when started to leave
the road / looked so sweet she could
not stand to see me go, and she says,
''Wait minute, jim" says, "What
10 you want with me- She says,
How did you like the joke" And /
says, "What joker" The one / wrote
you. says, why, thought that
was the happy natural from the way
you wrote it. ''Well, / did mean
t." she replied, "but you looked so
Iweet when saw you, l couldn't keep
rom telling you it was joke and SO
t is now, but | did mean it then.
Now you turn around and go back
With me and we will be better friends
md truer lovers than we ever were
,efore