The Pulaskian., 1919-12-19
DOWN ON THE BIG MAuMELLE.

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DOWN ON THE BIG MAuMELLE.
When I got home the weather look
cd so pretty went down on the Big
Maumelle. I stopped and collected a
subscription from Mrs NJ A. Martin
dale, daughter-inlaw of the noted
bear hunter. She informed me that
her boys tat the Neimeyer Camp told
her if I would come over there
could collect cash in advance FROM 4
lot of folks up there. Well, boys, get
a bunk ready for me at once for l am
coming up soon.
/ Capt W. L. Herrick I found busy
eating dinner. I refused to help him
because I had just eaten with Henry
Whitfield The Captain claimed t
was too wet and muddy in the wood;
for the lumber business and that he
could find more agreeable occupa-
ton at home. Being informed that
the Big Maumelle had washed all the
foot logs away I rambled down to
the covered bridge to cross. l found
A. A. Thomas had taken a day off
from killing deer and turkey to kill
hogs spent the night with Lon
O'Neal He thinks, considering the
wet weather which has rotted about
200 busheles of corn and one bale of
cotton for him he has done very well
as outside of that his farm made So
600 worth of stuff Notwithstanding
the excessive rains his place did not
overflow. Ben Stickley moved his
subscription up to 1921. Ben got his
feet badly frozen during the war and
the government is Offering him
about $125 a month 10 attend a voca-
tional training school, He says if his
wife thinks she can attend to the kids
lie may attend the school, but he
thought himself too good a farmer 70
attempt to learn another trade that
will equal his present calling. Not
withstanding his crippled feet lie
said he had made a good crop this
year and is we'll satisfied with it.
Horace Harding was present and paid
me $1.50 on the Pulaskian He saws
all the farmers of hi community
made good crops this year
Squire Ackerson, who has bought
the Stewart place, was moving onto it
as | came by. The Squire started
bottoms and if he keeps on he WI
soon have regular Arkansas river
plantation here. This land is the
equal of Arkansas river bottom any
way. Jno. Clifton was so busy killing
hogs that I could not get him to stop
and talk with me even by threatening
to stay and eat dinner with him. He
only said, "All right, go in the house
and you will find the daily paper
through" The three hogs he was
dressing made eleven he has killed
and he has eleven more to kill. They
weight close to $50 pounds apiece and
he is getting twenty cents a pound for
them. That is about $50 each or Il
total of say $500 for them. He is say
ing some for meat and I throw in the
odd pounds and dollars for good
measure. These hogs are fat on the
hicknorv nuts which grow abundantlv
from his home to ard beyond Wye
IIe kills them out of the woods and ii
has not cost him cent to fatten
them. They run nearly to Wye. In
hunting for his hogs he can across a
number of the open A brand of cattle.
which are advertised in The Pulas
khan. That ad of the Fourche ranch
has saved them many dollars worth
of cattle 1t would pay other people,
who have cattle, to advertise their
brand in the Pulaskiali. Even II i
| has Leen in before people forget who
! to write to when they see the brand