The Pulaskian., 1918-05-31
Observation-Disclosures

pink color There are also white and
blue roses. Then the yard is full of
the sensitive plant, the kind that has
the pretty red balls on them gilded
with gold. There are also Sweet Viii
liams and yellow and white wild flow
ers in great abundance with luxurious
wild grasses and bushes. Across,
south of the Big Maumelle in Saline
county, are high mountains. Brusny
especially looks big through my open
door. have got pop corn, sugar corn,
sweet and Irish potatoes, water mel
ons and cantaloupes and tomatoes in
my garden. The strawberries all
died out, but there will be few Hymn
alaya berries. There are a few dew
berries, but the birds watch them and
never leave a ripe one for me.
The quail are real impudent, often
eating up all my dewberries. They
come to the house and abuse me.
was sitting at my back door yesterday
when one lit on pine stump not ten
steps away and commenced calling for
Bob White to come and help him
whip me. He said I was lazy and good
for nothing or I would raise enough
berries for the birds to eat and if the
rest of the quail were of his opinion
they would help him to peck my eyes
out. Failing to get the others to help
him he began calling me to come TO
him. I did not not go, but he kept
on and wound up by saying whip
poor VIII, come hyar Whip poor
VIII, come hear" | told him to go OH
off my name was not Will, but Will
liam
My place Is regular birds retreat.
There is a hooking bird singing now.
There is martin box. There are
singing sparrows and oil other kinds
of birds, including doves. It is a toss
up which has the greatest contempt
for me the quail or doves Possibly
it is not contempt though, maybe it
/ is friendliness. have no dog nor cat,
so I can have all the birds I want and
have as many as I want or more.
The cow bells tinlle pleasantly, the
grass is good and have good neigh
bors. Lieut.. Geo Reding is my near
est neighbor and there I get all the
nice fresh buttermilk and butter and
eggs I want. At another neighbors I
get the incest Of canned fruit, jellies,
etc. There are two stores and the
Wye postofice, not too far away
have nice spring of water and
if I wanted to go fishing it is not
very far to nice little creek that rs
unknown to the world at large.
AS have no cat the mice are plen-
tiful, so I am going to bring in a pig
fiat rock, put some live Goals on it
and pour sulphur on the Goals. That
should run the mice out and then |
will try to stop the holes they come
| in at and / will be rid of them Sui
phur smoke kills all the grippe and
other disease germs. 1t will also kill
! the bed bugs. Before making the
smoke ! will hang up my bedding and
chink the holes so as to purify every
thing. Now, don't say I have bed
bugs, for that is an insult. Bed bugs
are nasty They make people sick
and cause all kinds of diseases. l
have never had a one on my place SO
far as l know There is no reason
why I should have them when a dimes
worth of sulphur will kill them all and
run all the mice and flies away, too,
as we'll as the disease germs. / know
/ have some grippe germs, but after
I burn the sulphur the air will be as
pure in my house as on the mountain
i tops and will enjoy breathing it.
Where people do not disinfect their
houses they are apt to be subject to
all kinds of grippes, colds and tuber-
culosis, but they must be careful
| though, for sulphur smoke will cor
| rode metal and even fade the eofors
in clothing, rugs, carpets, pictures,
etc. / don't know any way to avoid
that except to remove such articles
from the rooms, but suppose our ex-
cellent state health officer, DR. Garri-
son, can tell us of ways to disinfect
without using sulphur. and / hope he
will, but as for me, nothing can take
place Of sulphur because after using
it the air appears so pure that just
love to breathe it.
| l am awful glad our state food con-
server is cutting out the soft drinks.
When that is done completely then
there will be a demand for pure fruit
juices. Then these hills will be set
out in vineyards and people will drink
unfermented grape juice. It is healthy,
possibly not SO healthy as grape wine,
but there is no danger of getting
drunk on it. Grapes will grow here
almost without cultivation or atten-
ton. In fact they do grow wild in
great abundance. but there will be
more money in cuItivatino Them