McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-22

and the soil is better than ever, as
attested by the big (now frostbitteD)
okra and artichoke stalks and ram
bling tomato vines Gearing those
sweet little cherry tomatoes, you
know and the peach trees back of it,
with the many seeds on the ground,
show that it is good for fruit as we'll.
AS child loved to slip into Aunt
Kate's garden when the onion blades
were big, and especially the seed
stalks with their swelled stems full Of
Juice, and | spoiled many a stem for
her. for liked that juice, and do yet
saw Aunt Kate milking; saw I'm
Gle Robert feeding fragrant fodder
and nubbins to the stock; heard the
groaning pigs outside waiting, with
shifting snoots. for King Corn, while
the billy-goat- that's enough about
the billy. His manners wouldn't suit
me if had a farm, and I'd Danish him
to the tall timber if had a crack at
him. Why is goat, anyhow? There
we're lots of black walnuts and per-
simmons, and enjoyed both to my
hearts content. A. short distance
away is the place where my mother
vas born. A big walnut tree stands
in the old chimney place; in the small
house there, | saw the daughter of
one Of my old schoolmates, Marcus
Sanders, a distant relative. That soil
had been pressed by the baby feet Of
the one who, of all this earth had
been nearest to me; she had played
under those gnarled old white-oaks
now shading the road, that even in
her infancy were hoary with age.
Not many steps westward from her
birthplace is the cedar-covered bury
ing-ground, remarkable promontory
Of level ground surrounded on all
sides but one with hollows; and there
she rests, with father, sister and lit
tie brother, while the wild honey
suckles slowly cover the mounds as if
the hand Of time were trying to heal
the scar Of grief. just so, time heals
and wells all things; We are all 60
ing the same way.
DR.. Henry Sanders makes his home
at the old place, with my aunt aud
uncle. Here is q model country doc
tor, modest and busy, self-effacing.
useful and reliable, shrewd in business
and prosperous accordingly; q mai
who would be a fine member Of the
state or national house Of representa-
tives, but who has horror Of politi-
cal and public life. Many have asked
him to run for the legislature, but he
can't see it that way, and | think he
is to Recommended for keeping out
Of politics. McNairy needs him at
home. II needs more like him and
his brother Gerry. also a physician,
who is one of the pillars Of Stanton
vile. Gerry has a lovely wife and a
| fine boy, and it would be q crime for
man like that to run off after poll
tics. Staying at the old homestead
also saw the sturdy boy Theodore,
an adopted son Of DR., Sanders. The
odore attends school at old Purdy,
but takes his weekend vacation at
Aunt Kate's. Here is boy with
genuine love for the farm, and who
will be smart enough not to leave il
when he grows older, as SO many
have done.
Banker Adams has not let wealth
wean him from the old-time diet, and
at his board | ate WE'LL His daugh.
ter, Mrs. Will Abernathy. showed ar
astonishing knowledge of live stock
interests, and you know when the Ia
dies take hold Of a thing there i
something to it. Some day. when 6
live stock company is formed in Sci
lmer, she and other wide-awake sisters