McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-01
BUCK SNORT
Has II Out With Bill Hickory.
Bud, Once For All

| Since Wrltln about our ChrlstmaF
celebration, I've had it out with Bill
Hickorybud, once fer all. He wont
trouble me no more at least, not till
the next time.
Every Buck has his Bill. When.
ever man tries to do something out
of the ordinary run, or raise his head
a little above the herd, somebody
agoin to knock him as shore as guns
Bill HickorYbud and me never did
love each other, but he didn't git righ.
low down mean agin me till | got tt
writin fer the Independent. Nov
whuther it was jealousy or jist be
cause he wanted to nit head tha'
was little higher than hsn, don
know. But he's bin a-knockin me
like sin ever since took 10 Nritii
fer the paper. but he's quit knockir
now fer awhile. And this is how il
come about.
Last summer Bill wrote funny
piece fer the Independent about
ketchin me crackin spilled warnits
under tree, and my crops was al
taken by the careless weed, etc.
Well, jist to spite him, turned in
with my boys and raised the best
crop Of corn and hogs | ever had, an6
as luck would have it, while Bill was
arlookin after my doi1s and writin me
up (Which he never told the truth
half way ab0nt it) his stuff went to
Ghes b. d, ami he's a-bosr0gin every
ghor fer somethin to go on, and
would come to me if he wasn't ashamed
to doits He haint got.no more credit
at the store, and he has made his
farm over to his wife Il wouldn't SWAP
my mustang pony fer it tomorrow)
and the stores in Selmer that he owes
is about to sue i'm.
| Everything around Bills place is as
trlfn as he is. Ell you look hard al
one Of his old fop-eared houns Che
amt got but thirteen of UNI they'll
tuck their tails under their bellies
give yelp andskeedaddle out Of the
way. They're all suck-egg dogs, ano
he's got a couple of ole chicken
eatin sows that | wouldn't swap an
nannygoat fer at weanin time. And
them son-in-laws of Billsis so rotten
trifn that they're on his bones fer
their livin too. and honest to the
Lord, wouldn't trust um as fer as a
baby could throw my ole boss by the
tail. Wait and youth see what
mean
You know New Years day was
about the coolest spell we've had had since
the weather set in. Punkins frozt
solid under the straw and | had tC
build fire under the COW before
could milk her. 1t was a-snowin anC
a-blowin like all git-out when seeC
somebody a-comin up the hill, ane
sez to Sallie: who can that be- a-com
in this way, a-gin that wind?' SalliC
looks out and sez she: iii be blessed
ef it haint ole Bill iickrgbu5, and
tell We he ANT a-conin here fer NJ
good. No man with honest heart anC
4 good intentions ever wore his ha4 liz
| Bills a-wearin his. You marx my
words" Sallie's ole eyes is hard t
fool, and wimmin has a sort Of secon(
sight anyhow. Bot | knowed derI
we'll | could hold my own with Hickrl
Bill anywhur and any time, and so
sez, "let i'm come ahead and less Sc,
what he wants" Sallie said she didn
want TO see i'm. Her and Nancy Jan,
Hickrybud fell out about fellel
before the war, and never bad 30 US,
fer each other sence, and she don
, like to speak to Bill on that account
! watched Biz a-coulin Up the road
Slapd sh aoueh, he didrt loekrighe
sied stop anu spit onceil
agd that means he was a. haviI
mean thoughts, and he'd sqaint up a
the snow as it was comm down., anC
J scratch the back Of bis head. Al
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