Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-06-07
Arlington, Tex.

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Mr.. Editor and readers, how are
You all this morning.
We are having fine rains here.
We have bad q very cold spring.
Corn, wheat and oats are fine, as we'll
as everything in the vegetable line.
the peach crop is short, but the berry
crop is making up for the shortage in
peaches. Last Monday went TO the
berry patch and bought 50 gallons at
CSC per gallon, and madam and the
girls got busy and began to can for
the winter. They pressed the boys
into service. l got very busy making
a begun and Thought would not
have to help but about the lime l be-
gan to feel safe they called me in.
They said that could fill the cans
better than anyone else, so got busy.
/ broke one can and then ! was sure
they would excuse me, but oh, what a
mistake l. made, for the wife was right
there with another can, and said / had
better luck than anyone she knew, 1
broke so few cans, but, thank good
ness the berries gave out after so
long a time, but then they went to
canning peas and beans and beets,
and they are still at it, They don't
want me to do any of the hard work
in. canning vegetables. All they want
me to do is to gather them in, string
and break the beans, carry stovewood
and keep the fire going. That's some
on a hot day.
Say, what has become Of our breezy
writer by the name of Copper
Breeches'i Now. look here, Uncle
Dock, we want to hear from you the
worst way. Come on and tell Of your
ups and downs.
Say. sold joe" come out and help
me with my cotton crop. We have
a new kind Of cultivator here. One
man with good team can cultivate
40 acres in one day with it. My, does
MT that beat the old one horse way
I have one hundred acres in cotton
and can run over it in two days and q
half after a rain. break the crust apd
stir the top Of the ground to keep the
little vegetation down. So we can
take our time and pillow it good.
l noticed piece from "Lone Star,
In regard TO the war. hardly know
where to place him When the war
first broke out and we were having
our Mexican trouble, he was wanting
someone to fight and was saying
something about "yellow streaks, ;"
but now we are in the war and he Is
not satisfied. For fear someone sizes
him up like man did here at Dallas
I write this to explain. He was
down at the W. o. W.Hall one night
and there was a|big crowd there dis.
cussing some political question, go
"Lone Star" began to give his views
on the subject. A man asked what he
was politically. He said he did not
know. The man said, "You are an
old time Democrat" Well, that made
clone Star proud of himself to think
a stranger could see great big chunks
of democracy all over him. 40 he be-
gan to enlarge on the subject. and the
man said to him, II was mistaken,
you are progressive republican. So
"Lone Star" thought that was the
next best thing to democrat. SO be
began to make speech that Teddy
would not have been ashamed of.
About the middle of his speech the
man called him down and said, "You
are a socialist. Now. friend, think
how you would have felt in ''Lone
Stars" place, after making two big
speeches to be called down and call
ed a socialist. So he got mad and
repudiated part of what he had
said and added some other things he
hadn't said before. and was getting
warmed up to his subject when his
friend said to him, 81 was mistaken
from the first, you are neither demo-
crat, republican or Socialist. you are
like myself, just id fool" Now,
for fear someone else should make the
same mistake write this. All us fell
lows who we're raised up with him
knows that be is like sold joe and
myself, just any mans dog that will
hunt with us. we will bark for them.
So, "Lone Star" you Just start ION
the 3 o'clock train the 18th, and don't
disappoint me, for will be there and
there will be something doing il you
don't come. T. S. B.