McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25

-pub Sne mas COle me Sence tnaC sn
done a heap tbinkin, and wisht she,
a done a little more thinkin. That
all right about that. If Sal goes a
sweepin through the pearly gate
ahead of me she'll stand to one sid
and wait till ole Buck comes along
and then we'll 60 together to th,
Great White Throne maybe. hope
so.
! When we got in site of Tobes house
some of she younguns was out a-chop
pin wood. Some was a.sawin anC
some a-splittin and other a-swingir
the axe like men. Tobes childrens
mighty smart, and they help him &
sight. When they cotch sight of US
they tbrowed down everything and
come a-whoopin: "Grandad and
grandmams a-comin! Run and tell
nanny and pappvw The Oldest boy,
lzaer, helped us out, and the other
boys, Lige, Bud, Babe and Pink, took
out the boss aud had him in the sta
BILE in no time; the gals Rody, Sallie
and Ruth helped their graudmammy
through the snow to the house, and
our daughter was on the porch with
the baby in her arms. There was
more little ones, Nebuckadnezzan,
Abednego and Purviance, him that
was named fer the editor of the In
dependent. There was a big roarin
fire in the house; Tobe haint got but
two rooms tesides the kitchen, but
its log house, chinked and daubed,
and it holds the heat in. was
a-sEeating like a negro in a corDfeld
in two ninits. But nuthin would do
hut | must set down in the big rockin
cheer and let them younguns crawl
all over me. Their faces was all
daubed over with sorgum lasses and
corn bread, and their kisses was
mighty sticky, to be shore. but awful
sweet. And it went all the time:
"Grandaddy, look what Sanity Claws
brung mep and "Yis looky here,
grandaddyw Tobes pore feller and
haint got money to buy expensive
things fer all that crowd, but there.
was them precious gifts from ole
SANITY, jis ike ! nsed 10, git: rolls OF
;hnamoa bae. striped candy raisins
GUts, Some red and green painted
wood toys smeliia of fresh paiat,
some dolls fer the gals and ponies fer
ohe boys, and ore little &Oo!g sheep,
fer little Neuckanezzar thaG would
sq1awk when you squeezed it, The
smell of that cinnamon and the paint
on the toys and the heavenly joy on
them younguns faces brought me
back more than sixty years.
And nuthin must do but | must
wade in the snow ont to the barn and
see the new calf that come The night
before, and the colt that Pinks mare
got the other day. And even the lit
tie kid costs come in for attention,
and they're shore cute to look at.
And then there was the sows, one of
EN- a-piggin, and bringin as fine a
litter as | ever laid eyes on. Tobes
proud of his children and his stock.
Me and Tobe is a-goin into cahoots in
the hog bizness this year if nuthin
don't happen. There's money in it.
They say Glen Lea over at Selmer
has been a-raisin pork at three scents
a pound BY pasturin his hogs on clover
and stitch like. Clems got to tell me
how he does that. I've got 500 acres
Of GOOD creek bottom land and a good
start Of hogs and line a goin right
into it. Tobes children will help a
lot, and with Clems pointers that he'll
give me, and a little more good stock
from Miles Inman over at Purify,
we'll make a 90 of it, or bust a belly