Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-10
Long the .Jeen,s" IiI,er


Sir,-lt may appear lonesome and A
litclc backwoodsy out here. but. tukin,
II all In all. | guess wc are bout AZ
we'll off, IN a way. as Il lot OF Other
folks" This is the way my old friend
from the banks Of the old "Jccms'
River and kanawha Canal expressed
himself to-day.
You sec" he continued I'VE have
enough TO eat that we raise on tho
'nough hogs for meat, chickens and
eggs. milk and butter. canned fruits.
Vegetables and preserves and pickles
we put up. All these things took labor
but we must live by the sweat Of the
brow. and. ncighbor. let inc tell you.
IT'S sweat to raise and make all these
things. but VIC have the Satisfaction
and toll made EN-. by the help Of God.
We sell nonsh things to buy,cio'hcs,
SUGAR and coffee and othcr things wa
Yes. am thankful, more than
thankful for ! was in town. other dag
and heard man telepho,ninG to every
his stoves: said he rented ont some
spare rooms In his house. and If he
didn't get some coal in da" or so he
Ia heat his house. and that lots Of other
folks would have to do the same thing.
What took me To town was t" buy
six pounds OF sugar. ! had read in
the papers Il bank was good enough to
sell TO everybody as long AZ ii held
out. wanted a little extra supply for
things Well. sir. I saw that crowd
ut Fifteenth and Main standing round
and others coming in STEADY streams
from every point OF tho compass. II
looked Hike what read about tho Ger
man army In massed formation. just
stood round and looked. I thought it
was mighty good In the bank folks TO
try to help out. but | didn't get the
sugar.
IF our supply runs out VIC got some
mola sses on hand we can swceten COZ
fee with. I've seen the time back yon-
der In the sixties when we were glad
to have sorghum and long swceteninE
Tor coffee; the coffee was parchcd
sweet potatoes or pcrsimmon seed at
that.
Yes. sir. am SO thankful for our
blessings out here that don't miss
the picture shows and fine singing and
music IN the big city churches My
picture show ia nature, my music comes
my banjo and knock of Liza Jane.
Run. Niger. Run Dixie or some Of
the old timers
Say" he continued. "that Seen On
the Side poetry man on The Times
Dispatch must have "A big assortment
OF brains and his full share at that.
He beats any man I ever heard Of
grinding out poetry and a lot of 1t, too.
every day. Some of it is OF top-notch
order. too. If he was close kin to Poe
and had his name to bank on lie would
rake lin a. good sum for what he gets
off. OF course he would have TO di-
vide IL UP same as you sort over corn;
lOnS cOFn Snort corn 3nu nuDDtnS.
"'That reminds me, one OF my neigh
boru falls into poetry some times, and
gave me this he had written:
Made In-Germany War
Made in Gcrmany--the monster,
Made outside the pale Of law:
Made in league with hcl--must spon-
For this madc-in- C ermany war.
Some one was so unllind as to say
he was going down some deep after
them with hot stuff. that he had bet
ter be digging deep bitches in his low
grounds twould pay him better but
hc says he can work better after he
gets his versifyins out of Ills Sys-
TEN. You know steam boiler Will
bust IL ii amt got an escape valve to
let the steam off. That's how it's with