The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-16
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knock on the door. You see that looks
too stranger fashion, so 1 just pushed
open the door and there sat Jim warm
ing: himself by big wood fire while his
wife was doing the baking.
"Well Jim," says I, pretty chilly to-
day."
= eyes," says he, "pull you up chair
to the fire. I'm glad you come over.
l'Been wanting somebody to lone around
to talk with"
So we both fell in to talking about
first one thing and then another and all
the time l was watching Lizzie Diggins.
L hardly ever notice the women folks
business, but as L am fond OF pie just
| sat there and watched her wave the cover
over the pie to scare off the flies, then
the few weaker brothers she lifted out
with her fingers. You see, these cold
days, the flies can live all winter in
the warm kitchen. That's one thing I
can credit Lizzie Diggins with. She's al
ways careful to see that there's nothing
filthy left in the victuals.
So Jim and 1, we just kept on talk
ing till finally we got to telling jokes
and I says to him: "Jim, let me tell
you little joke and it's all true too.
One time I had spell of sickness. It
was typhoid if L remebmer right, but
here's the part l remember best: My
doctor, L call him the Bolas doctor, left
me some, I don't know what to call
them, for as they went down they felt
as big as five cents before it has ever
been used. And the things were green.'
"Well," says Jim, "did you cat them?'
No." says I, "but I swallowed one,
and it did what the lat did,
"What's that?" asks Jim, I:ut before
could answer, he took the hint and
told me to ''cut it out" before I made
him sick. Then says 1, eff that's the
worst thing you've got to make you
sick-but I've started, it and I'm going
to finish it. Listen Jim Diggins. Some
of them intarnal flies, I cant tell YOU
where they had been, but one started
to cross my dish of soup and he was
Wearing of the Green I guess by
that, he was an Irishman. But the
worst was, as he was crossing my soup
dish, 1 guess he thought he was cross
shore his suit of green was left on the
waters and he became an hyphenated
American and ever since then I've. had
no use for hyphenated Americans, and
Jim, I wish this county would appoint
somebody just as our cities do to see
that everybody in this county keeps his
home surroundings clean. Our cities
have a clean up day.. Why not the
country residents? Why not our coun-
ty have a man as demonstration of farm
work and clean up work com bined?"
"Don't want nobody showing me how
to run my business" says jim.
"Well," says I, "I, for one, would be
glad for somebody to give me a few
good ideas about farming or tell me
some easier way Of keeping my sur
SO my neighbors won't have
TO turn their heads the other way when
they pass my farm" and says 1, "dur-
ng the winter months swat every fly
hat happens in my house aud I never
lave any more till well up in the sum-
ner, when somebody gets more than
hey can feed, then they drive them
,ut of the house and close the doors
IN them, and they they come to my
louse.
"You confinded fuss MAX IT, says
Tim, you'd be ludin on me. 1 see that.
Them flies come to my house from 10
)otsons out yonder, and 1 didn't want
hem here" And then he got mad. But
didn't let on.
"Jim," says I, "you know old Dan
3iggs. Everybody calls him a queer old
uss. They say he used to own coun-
ry grocery store and he made his wife
weeten pies with molasses because he
ould sell sugar and couldn't molasses.
Veil, not pesky insect can you find in
lis house, and very often you can see
i'm, with fly swatter in hand, chasing
ny fly off the outside of the house
hat may chance to alight." "l;ow, JIM"
avs I, "can't you kill the things and
lot drive them on somebody else?"
"Jim Diggins," says I, ''talk this thing
yer with some sensible person that can
i've YOU some sound advice and tell
hem you're for clean Piedmont coun-
Y and you'll be helping me as well as
ourself."
Mr.. Editor, there's nothing like being
iplomatic, that is, saying the right
hing at the right time, so says: Jim
higgins, I'm about through with my
7ork now, and if you want any of my
sheller-you said you