Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-08-20
Water Wagon
StirS Wrath
BrOtherly Letter from Jim TO
Bill Discusses Men and
Thing in Our Town

Dear BILL
! sees in ther Dimicrat ther er
teller down ter Lawrencebure tried ter
graft butter beans Onler corn so ss to
raise buItered roasting ears, wall, he
must have been lher same critler lhel
tried ter Iatlen his hogs on sawdusl, en-
thes es they got used 10 II, they died.
am having a nice visit, Gu this is
certainly some town, fer no town In
thsr state er Ter thet fact, in ther whole
country, has anything on this burg.
Fer instance, look at iher water
supply here. It's ther pride Of the
whole prohibition party Of the state.
II every town had as much and as
pure water, had it as cOpiOus and es
plenty, they would be no prohibition
party as none would be needed.
This town is certainly some proud
Of its water. II shore is. They put
it up In skyscraper tank fer all the
world to see, aud paint it every week,
while they lei the floors and roof on
iher city hall rot away. En- what do
they do when they get this water up
thar IN ther skYscraper, They just
let it stand. Another thing they is
proud Nv and that is their dust. They
have the finest dust as to quantity and
as Ter quality Nv any town this side Of
the great American Desert. 1t seems
that one Of the early settlers wus
named Dustin, and they accumulate
this dust as a sort Of in memOrium.
If any body of this thriving dust COW
cred burg should wake up some day
and find all ther streets sprinkled
their weeds pulled, they would feel
like they was in strange city.
Their men in this town, before they
90 down TO the drug store at night, 90
into their parlOr, write their initials on
ther parlOr table, so when they have
had little TO much Coca Cola and
come home, they can 90 into the par.
Ior and il they sees their name on the
table they knows they is in the right
house.
There wuS once fellow here, who
had some unheard uf nerve he said
that if the city would get a water
wagon and sprinkle the streets, men
would be afraid TO 90 out at night, and
il would make the city cleaner and
healthier. Besides it would give the
housewives less work TO do.
This smart alex wus waited on by
the body polite Of the town and last
seen Of him. he wus running down the
tracks towards Leoma. Their body
politics Of this town says thet such
thine must not be thought of, as this
town is prohibition and they don't
need no walerwaeOn en- that anyway
theV had too much water TO vast fer
the more they took out of the sky
scraper tank the more they would have
10 put back in the tank.
Say, Bill, If Utah or Arizona had as
much water as Lawrencebure they
would irrieate about millions acres
or miles of desert arid land and pub.
lish in every newspaper, how to be.
come a millionaire on 4 acres of irri.
gated land. All you have to do out
there is 10 pay for your land and col.
lect your crops when they happen TO
grow which aint often,
have always said since lost my
first wife, tht we don't appreciate the
things we haYe, en- thet is why, with
so much water they cant afford to
sprinkle the streets with Sprinkling
wagon. Fer not alone would they
feel lonesome with out this dust, but
letting so much water run through the
pipes will wear them ont
Hoping all is we'll, en- thet it will
soon rain,
49,, vOur hrOIher