The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-09
COUNTY NEWS.
Moscow.
THE BEASTS PRAYER.

oh man, my master. and my god.
| cannot speak with tongue like thee;
l only serve thy will, thy ways so great,
Oh be thou merciful to me.
Tis by thy will that exist
To serve thee. though cannot see;
To follow blindly and to trust,
Oh be thou merciful to me.
And though l cannot comprehend,
And though | be not wise like thee;
1 love and fear, oh, be my friend;
And be thou merciful to me.
And though have not voice like thine,
Oh master, heed my pleading eye,
My quivering flesh, keep me from
harm;
And be thou merciful to me.
For | have none save thee beside,
plead this voiceless prayer to thee;
And, If thou hope fol mercy from thy
God,
Oh, be thou merciful to me.
The following is worth repeating
-If there should be settlement start
ed where no one was allowed to speak
evil of his neighbor there would be no
trouble in selling real estate within its
limits.
That broad smile worn lately by H.
%. Harrison was caused by the recent
arrival of ten pound boy at his home
here.
Seems sorter like old times to make
note of the past weeks doings in town
during which time fight and shooting
scrape were the headliners. Nobody
hurt much but horse which received
a number of shot in the neck in the
shooting affair between two negroes.
Those Of our residents in Somerville
Tuesday were F. W. Piper, C. J.
Harris, j. D. Crossett and Mrs. F. W.
Piper.
The toad frog lives from ten to forty
years. Il has lived two years without
food. Never takes motionless, or dead
food. A single toad will in three
months devour 10. 900 insects. Evident
~ the toad is a valuable friend of the
farmer, gardner and fruit grower, and
should never be harmed.
Miss Legal Rich is attending the
Normal in Memphis.
.Collierville defeated Moscow ct the
former place Thursday. However the
local boys claim they failed to receive
decent treatment in the game and base
their defeat to that fact.
Local people viii give a picnic and
good roads rally July Is to which every
body is invited. Good speakers will be
engaged for the occasion which should
attract large crowd Of good people.
Moscow's famous Jessie James has
been returned to Hotel Jordan at SOM
erville after being out under thousand
dollar bond for some weeks. This
Jessie can't seem to get the sticky
stuff off bis fingers. and has the taking
habit, bad.
Every dog running at large at this
time of year should be muzzled. We
admire good dog. they are generally
mans best friend. For instance. the
favorite dog of William the Silent,
twice saved his master from assasina-
tion by its watchfulness. And In Scot
land shepherd dogs accompany their
masters to church. While in Belgium
before the war. dogs rode as regular
passengers with tickets on the trains.
One might think "E" the most un-
fortunate letter in the sIphabet. be-
cause its always out Of cash, always in
Debt, never out of Danger, and for
eyer in He'll. But when you become
better acquainted with "E" you will
never find 1t in War. and always in
Peace. Itis the beginning Of Existsnce,
the commencement of Ease. and the
end of trouble. Without it there ,
would be no Meat. no Life. no Heaven.
IL Is the center Of Honesty. makes
love Perfect, and without it there
would be no hope.