Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-03-26
BACK ON THE JOB.
Norton Correspondent, Energies From
Winter Quarters, and Quotes In
Gle Rcmus-A Corn Raiser.


Gle Rcmus-A Corn Raiser.
Norton, Va, March 20.
Editor the News:
You wanted to know if this scribe
was dead. Well, it is sorter o'like this
When old man Nelson wanted to sell
old man Brown his cow, some time
back, Brown asked him if his cow
was with calf. 1t put Nelson in n
close place how to answer. He didn't
know whether Brown wanted COW
with calf or not, and so after clear
ing up his throat few times he said 4:
"Well, partly, Mr.. Brown; she's part
ly." It's been about partly" half
dead and alive with me.
According to Uncle Remus-when
the wolf and the fox copspired to trap
Bre'er Rabbit and do *away with him
the fox played dead. The wolf went
i'll haste for Bre'er rabbit to assist i'm
the burial, "but befol ole Bre'er rab-
bit would go in de house he made
mighty cautious survey. There on
the slab lay bre'r fox 'zactly like he
was dade. Bre'r rabbit, he up and
say, eff bre'r fox is dadc whar's de
mournin' gown? dona see no mourn
in gown. Den if bre'r fox is sho' nuf
dade he allus Ifs up his lief behind
foot"
Slowly the fox lifted his left foot
and old brer rabbit shot for crack
in the fence and skedaddled for home.
havnt see any mourning gown,
thanks to kind Providence, and these
few days of beautiful spring coming
between SHOWS, makes ussfeel>like lift
ing up n foot. By the way, we are
sweltering just now in ten inch
mushy snow. If the foregoing an
swers your query, then here goes for a
sort of scrambled news letter or what
ever it may turn out to be. First, it
is always Il good idea when Grating
to have something to crate about.
You no doubt, Mr.. editor, discovered
this fact last summer, while engaged
in the S, S. work. 1t also applies to
writing. One more illustration, briefly
told,-an old darby preacher, 'ripe in
sperience," was organizing n benevo-
lent society in country village, which
was pretty thickly populated with
those of his trace and color" The
main object of the society was the
payment of Il funeral benefit to all
members of good standing shutting
off this mortal coil "Now, den," said
the old man lecturing the chief Off
GERS before his departure. "Now den
brcdren, when you has funeral and
prade, whatever you do, be sho and
give every niger in de funeral pa
rade sumptin to do. Put somthin' in
his han to carry, if It's nothin' but n
rod. Yessur, hab whole heap oh
| rods on han to carry and I'm boun
| every member will stick and pay de
| dues, or bus wide OPEN" So it is with
the News editor. He believes in ev-
cry correspondent having something to
do.
1t seems also n policy of the News
to make its columns an exchange of
ideas between correspondents, the
bringing together once again old
friends long separated and some most
forgotten-a fine idea. The recent
letters which came from different sec
lions respecting that polished gentle
man, scholar and statesman, Thomas
Dunn English, were, am sure, read
with unusual interest by great num-
Der of people. That musical poem,
THE Logan Grazier," written by Mr..
English while on a visit to this coun-
try, | for one wish the News could
publish it. had copy of it some
years ago, which was highly priced,
but like the editors hoe, rake, and
moving scythe, it went "the way"
never to return.
Then there was the letter of Robert
II. Rogers concerning Thos. Dunn
English. 1t came from away out west.
| have wondered it the writer was n
near relative, perhaps son of Gil
bert g. Rogers, who built large old
fashioned house on the left of the
turnpike, just west of the Captain Jas.
). Peery home, two miles west of the
courthouse and the spot where | was
born and reared until fifteen years
old? There used to be large spring
where the old Rogers home stood,
perhaps 100 yards west of the Peery
residence and on the opposite side Of
the road. frequently heard my par
ents speak of that good man and
splendid neighbor, Gilbert Rogers. |
think he moved to Missouri. / can
Just remember the old house Just be-
forei was torn away. 1t must have
been built one hundred years ago.
What an interesting history Taze-
we'll county has! What pity it could
not be preserved. The writer would
have undertaken the task q few wears
ago, but the financial outlay was be-
You'd his reach. 1t should be done. for
so many of our good men have already
gone, who would have rendered valua-
pie service, notably Capt. Fudge, Capt
iom Bowen, Major Britain, and 9TH
ers. There are hundreds of fami-
lies IN the great west" who would be
glad to get such history. There is
State OF Ohio. City OF Toledo. L..