Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
TAI. PERKINS
Trades for a Little Georgia Farm and
Tells of the Difficulties TO be
Overcome to Cultivate 1t
Successfully


Mr. Editoi;-After weeks can
yassing the county during the hot
weather am again sitting under
ny own vine and 6g tree where none
dare to modest or make meaatrald and
want 10 Danish from my mind every
thing that even smells like politics and
enjoy The peaceable fruits Of rightc-
BUSINESS for d season" ! am sitting
in my sanctum sanctoriun, collar un'
buttoned. and sleeves rolled up look
ing more like a rail splitter than IRer-
ary man. am smoking the pipe Of
peace and reflecting on the uncer'
,ainy Of human events the big yalIer
cat is purrins at my feet, and the old
hrindIe dog wags his ,ail and walks
around with az sir OF satisfaction
since all the members Of the family are
at home once more, Ny daughter
has put big boquet on tny desk, and
Jensha has killed lbe little spotted
rooster, ard il seems to me the sun
shines brighter, and the birds sing
eueeter than any other place on the
bsbitabIe globe.
unlocked the drawer OF my desk
containing all those postals sent me
last winter vhen was candidate
for Owl tiolIer correspondent OF your
valuable paper and was unanimously
elected. That touches q tender spot
in your UnqIe Els heart and ! am
tempted 10 talk about home and friends
and all the memories that cluster, like
dadems around these two words, bu
] must not grow sentimental, as am or
" talking tonight to hear my head rattle
and give you an incident or two tha
occurred while ! was absent in flesh
though present in spirit.
In my last, gave some OF the up
and downs of plain country man ii
big city and now ! want to SHOW
that | didn't sit idly down and lei thu
rushing throng walk over me but join
ed in the procession and helped Il
make life interesting as we passed
along. You know the preacher says
but one thing is needFul end that
religion, that will do for the countr,
folks, but in the city the one thin
needfuI is money and il you haven
Vot any your name is Dennis, and yol
don't amount to hill of beans, 50
took along a little patent to relieve tn
montony of the scene, and to gather il
some Of the needful, while the ma
throng rushed along with the same en-
in view.
While nerambulatinq around study
ing humon nature and trying to hnd
man with a patent head on him,
struck an old Georgia farmer, h
soon got struck on the patent and the
got struck on him, for felt con
suming to desire administer on his estat
Il didn't take long for natural Dor
mind reader to seperate his asset
strike balance and find that ther
was no money in the treasury, Br
this was small matter to a man who's
strong point is overcoming difficulties
1t didn't take long to learn that h
was possessed of little 80 acre farr
in Georgia. andstheD | suddenly r,
membered that needed a little farm
Georgia to give me that peace Of min
so much desired. He had moved
the city to put his daughters in socie
and let them take lessons in the hosier
mills, while he sot around and .chav
terbaokes and told old war tales
was not hard to persuade him that !
didn't need the farm and when
showed him how easy it was to
rich out Of the patent, with competitic
all cut out, profit 400 per cent ar
nothing to do but ride aroui enj
himself, he tumbled to the racket
fine style while he hnd> fortune
ready made lin his imagination,)
had long Eeli want supplied had
deed to the farm,
was in such hurry to trade d
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