Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-02

would take care Of me, so | got two
old town buns to meet at my sanctum
sanctorum every night and give me
history Of the town and when that pa
per came out ! had put a black mask
on somebody in every family in town.
When the papers we're mailed sat
down to enjoy the good work | had
done. In about two hours the print
er s devil said; Il see seven men and
fourteen women coming down the
street and you will be riding a rail in
fifteen minutes" forgot about the
Lord going to take care of me and
stepped out the back door. That's
been. % years ago; haven't been
back yet. The outfit belonged to them,
for they paid for it, and they wasn't
out anything but a one horse editor.
Ole Uncle Nose used to say an de
trufe shall set you free" 1t sot me
free from Arkansas
Now lets get hack to the thread of
our diccourse, we have a good coun-
try, a fine town the best people,
Of money and no pore kin. Some
years ago the ladies' organized a
Charitable Society," and had to go
out of business for the want Of
material to work on. We claim this
rich black land produces the
handsomest women in the world and
arc ready for show down at any
time. Soma 18 months ago the
marriage market got dull and | opened
up a marriage bureau and have been
doing a fine business. | have worked
of some shelfworn goods, (that had
about lost all hope) and prospects for
the spring trade are good. We have
no old maids. it woman don't marry
in our town its because she don't want
to. My charges are $500 to start
/. the ball in motion balance payable
at maturity-no cure no pay. Its
more important to heve arcIiabIe agent
% look after the marriage business,
than Real Estate, Life Insurance., etc,
: For blunder in ma ryng is the worst
disaster that can ever over take you
!, in lite. have a patent on my
bureau and am negotiating some
= large sales Of territory in the niph
$ future. If you know a good thug
r when you see it, don't fail to get in on
a the ground floor.
j People always look like the the
! country they are raised in. Go into
e country where the horses, hogs, and
S cattle are poor and you will find the
e and poor and the people ignorant and
d ugly, Nature let's the standard and
+ everything conforms to the surround
inqs We have schools, lodges,
, churches, and all the social and
1t spiritual machinerey that it takes to
p keep a live up to date wide awake
S town in running order. am struc k
d on the social receptions, where every
It body puts on their best clothes and
= goes sout to spend social hour with
a their friends and neighbors. If you
1t can shake hands, smile, eat cake and
II cream and drink at the punch bowl
you have all the qualifications nee es
n sary to make you a member in gooc
= standing, you must talk some. but il
S don't matter what you say as they al
:, talk at once and nobody listens.
g. We need a cotton mill, knitting
n mill and more hotel room for the
n travelling public. We have the money
s to build them, as our banks show
: nearly 100000 .on deposit subject tt
e check. That money ought to be pm
a in business channels where it woulc
It draw interest and build up the town
but everybody seems to be satisfied t.
). just let 'er rock along, and there 20,
d are.
d Well | must begin to bring thi
IS wandering epistle TO a close. Ou
o town is like the Queen Of Shelby
), The half has mt been told" Civ,
o the new editor helping hand. H
e has two phones. If any body ha
st married or died, or gone anywher