The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
INTENSIVE FARMING
LAGs WITHOUT TOOLS
The GeeyiIle Trumpet Blast OF
Freedom Loses Story.
Revises Big Story opo"
Return Of Proper Farming
Implements.
BY Ed MOTT.

Trumpet Blast Of Freedom once Que t
dav and without any preliminary re-
marks said: q
"no Won want a piece for your pa :,
peri" ..E.
replied that we were always glad /
TO get such: yes.
"weI. then" said she, you jest
MT II in your paper that Ann M r1ar |
s,ocum. late of Fishpole Holler' Is
po,n' to serve notice on to sam Slo-
| cum of Fishpole Hol1er that sue -
goin' to git deevorce from MN an
his he'd an board, on the GROUNDS Oh
accountability O. temper as to 1ar"-
| a., imn,ements. Put that in your pa
perl"
couldn't help but be mystlneo
somewhat over her statement anu
told her SO.
"WeI. now, so s'pose, come 10
think On to It," said the snappy httle
woman. "an' mebbe I had best sort
exn]ain It to you and give you the
hints fer you to Iced up to the piece
Tito You see, I am Ann M'r1ar $40
cum. Ann M'riar PepperWeH as was
Me n Sam Slocum was married some
thin like year ago. an wen. "
Fishpole Holler to live on Sans clear
In. where there amt tWo-leggeo
neighbor higher than two n11led. Less
It. mowt be them squaWk1n an
soueakin' spindle shanks cranes down
!. along the swamp run. But "a Ter TOUR
footed neighbors, they'm plenty
enough. Sassy enough, too, goodness
? knows. An familiar enough to come
an borry our pork an mutton an
chickens without as much as ask1n, II
we don't watch out. But l don't miho
: the havin' no two-legged nelgnpors
, none. I hain't much on company, any
a how. That's whatoI KEEP tell1n' sam
slocum when he come pester1n' OF me
: with his. but he wouldn't take the
= hint an I Jest up an married him TO
: git red Of his pesterin'. No. ha1n,t
= much on company, anyhow. AL, II
4 you hain't got no neighbors why you
don't have to keep runn1n' a1ter Tue
- natirons you lent 'em, an you Don
always have a cup o lasses or
drawin' o. tea, or a settin' O. turn
q nike Yeast or setch a comm to you.
i So / don't mind the havin, O no TWO
Il legged neighbors none. But mere
81 about six months ago was 1ogg1n
N home from town on the blackboard
Il with some tradin' I'd been dom, WneI
N something turned up that rumpled me
81 quite some.
W none.
W 81 was comm along by the laure
HI swamp. a mtled an a-half this side O.
M our clearin', when out bounced tWs
sS thumpin'. big wildcats an made afte
WI me an the blackboard an the moss
@ The boss was young cr1tter, an "a
4 nesky varmints skeert him so that
asM couldn't hold him in, an away
WI went. lickitty brindle, an never stoI
" ned till he got home an slam int
the wagon she'd can the wild cat
follered right along after us, scream
in an catterwaulin' like all possessed
n an never wunst cut fer the woods II
!, sprung from the blackboard VINE
> the boss had arrived with it to hom
Then guess they cut, consarn EN-!
,"I was mad, tell you, an to mah
me rufaed all the more, every viii
ION, stitch o. my trad1n' had been Joggle
W outen the wagon an strung along Il
lna road somewheres, an amongst 1t WI
Inc a new red dress I had bought to NAL
1ot IN fer goin' on visit to my folks
ne. over to Blarin' Ridge. Soon as cou
'ent -. 49, ~ h,rea did INV mind {
heh made up as to what I was goin' to q
but there | found that Sam had go
al off huntin' with the, rifle, an the
.aW- want no use O. nae fol1erin' the wi
'een cats without 1t, an SO had to let e
In 20. Yes, did. An me not bein' al
the to NOW them two varmints down
Trey good as cost us as much as losln'
buckwheat crop.
the well, sir, 1t want but three da
IN after that when Sam had gone
VINO huntin' ag'in, takin' the rifle, that
dol bear came slinkin' In lords our T
ence pen, an actly got into 1t, an "
eral levyin' on to pig before could
IL, IN the house an come out agin "
Ives the shotgun. / peppered MT. Bear
upie it. but, massyful Peter! 1t didn't h
g 81 him none, an If I hadn't made
him with the axe he'd KEEP right
de- an tuck the pig, whether or no.
and when he seen me an the axe con
wife fer him he ctum outen the pen
BRING skited fer the woods. An we
when that harvest jest cause I didn't h
hirey the right kind O. farmin' impleme
pota- .when Sam come home from b
cross in 1 says to him, See here, Sam
epot, cum,, saws. If Tn goin' to do
, the 4orno.n, while you'm out huntin'
ssas- SAYS. why you've Jest got TO leave
ness. the rife to do it with I says, an
the ..
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