Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-02
THE COLONY DIARY
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were enjoying the entertainment, IN
the evening at the opera house, it "a n
ed. Ii stopped long enough 70 let Us
get home, and then it raine- some
more. Nearly everybody took a rest
and breathing spell to day, preparing
10 go into the "spld" patch and cane
and clean up our farm crops for the
year. The new range arrived IRON
Detroit, (thanks to Comrade Dayis)
end Waters. and some Of the otkter fe!-
lows set it up at Tie hotel this pm.
Owing to the growing numbers at our
hotel, we will use both ranges until
we get time to build French range.
That will do US for all purposes.
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Monday, November 29-Owing to
to the rain, the potato diggevs did not
60 into the field until after dinner AS
the sun came out bright and shiny in
the morning, the ground Yves dry
enough by noon to allow digging. In
the morning, Anderson and Van DOH
lar, Lloyd and Herman, cut wood.
The Caron brothers continued to put
on the new roof at the hotel; Bros
from, Schrier, Shut, and Haynes work
ed on the. dairy barn. The three
teams of Van Nuland. Heym, and
Schrier hauled wood around the col
ony, lumber to the dairy, and helped
Comrade Merrill to unload his furni-
ture from the car and haul it to his
future home, in the colony. Comrsde
Merrill arrived with SIX new cows and
two calves, also his furniture, to make
his permanent home here as colonist
Comrade Merrill and Harold Kemp
drove the cows to the dairy after din
ner. Enough crate material was saw
ed out to-day to hold all the potatoes
we wish to ship and store. At least,
we think So. All the school children
including myself. Myrtle. Louise, and
Rose from the office force, pulled pea
nuts from the vines all afternoon to-
day. AS it started raining Friday we
hauled in the peanuts, husk and all,
and stored them at the granery; some
lof them got wet and began to heat.
$50 we called upon the ''life-saving
crew The kiddies who always re-
spond- and we saved the peanuts
from themselves. Atkins and Tackett
finished the brick flue at the new ev-
aporator. Waters had to give up the
lob and tend TO the sweet spuds. Some
times we have to switch cur crews
from place to place until it almost
makes US dizzy.
Tuesday, November 3O-Everybody
who could be spared went to the po-
tato patch to hurry the job through,
50 we can get into the cane and again
start the brick plant The teams are
all busy hauling wood; also large
consignment of feed from the depot
to the store. The Caron brothers are
still up in the air-on top Of the ho-
tel roof-where they are doing work
that is much appreciated Comrade
Roedemeister went to Leesyille on col
ony business to-day. He and Cantrell
went together. ! am Just wondering
what will happen to that fair city. with
those fellows trying to take it in to-
gether. | hope they get back safely.
am being rushed for this copy. and
at the same time debating letters, al
50 worrying because | promised my
large family of kiddies to come up
and help them with the peanuts. Here
comes travelling salesman; now a
stranger who wants to rent one OF our
houses; then Fred Schoettle. our bak-
er. calls and | must respond: so in or
der to please the most callous, I'll go
to the kiddos and see you in the morn
ing again. The card party was held
tonight as usual at the hotel, and a
large number s. eolonisi played, sew
eral visitors also being present.