Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-02
The Colony Diary
Being Daily Report Of Colony Life at Llano

/ Wednesday, November "a One
more day until Thanksgiving; and our
men are prone to recognize the day
other than with work. But we have
decided to work in the morning and
lay off in the pm. | suppose they will
Jail fix their suits for the Masquerade
Ball to be held in the evening. Max
ing of crates is in operation by Com
irades Bennett. Caron, Roedemeister,
and Won Scio, Synoground and Berg
man are doing the mill work on the
lumber. AL Satnan is running the big
boiler, two steam engines, and fills in
by keeping the steam pump and gas
Ioline engine going rest of the
time. AL just works. Comrade Tack
EFT is dressing our turkey to-day: he
had to go to the dairy for it, killed it
there and brought it to the steam
pipes, where he scalded, scraped and
cleaned it. 1t weighs about zoo lbs.
Oh! forgot; | didn't intend to say
that our turkey was just hog; but we
should worry. It's all ours and paid
for, no rent to pay and no butcher to
send in his bills. Most of the men are |
out in the sweet potato field, digging
sweets as usual. Caron and Van Nu-
land returned from SlagIe, where they
were successful in disposing Of wa
gon load of apples. They are in Lees
vile to-day with another wagon load.
These two fellows are real hustlers
and statesmen, and vote them
steady. job. DeBoer and Heuer re- i
turned from Luddington last night and
just as they crossed the steel bridge
they upset their car. Fortunately
neither was hurt and but little damage
was done to the car. The children
are harvesting their peanut crop, and
some Of them are herding the hogs in
the potato patch that has been dug
over. The weather is certainly fine,
and We are much favored in the har-
vest time this year. Phil Buhre and
lindsey are handling the sweet pota-
oes at the kiln ,and Comrade Dough-
srty is firing up there every day, Il
potatoes as the compart-
nents are filled. The office force is
me much diversified bunch. Bur +:
on is not only general bookkeeper, {
xpress agent, office boy, etc, but on
sunday was out saving wood for his q
'ttiCe, and then someone swiped the
foresaid wood from him. Mrs.
and Myrtle Kemp devote S
heir time to office work in general t
nd spend their leisure time teaching b
chool, working at the hotel, and help r
lg Burton. Louise and Rose, outside ii
f school time, are helping to get my "
caught up. With it all ii
lis office force never refuses to take a
n more work when it is necessary Il
it were not so, would soon see my B
nish. A friend when we need him o
a great "animule." The Democrat a,
being run off to-day, so George and el
S force can help eat hog at leisure pi
morrow, Geo. is English and wants ii
IS of time at such an important oc- m
sion. So do |, George. at least ten tn
lnutes. Scharrer. Heym, and Hayn- CT
are hauling out the material for the OIL
W barn at the dairy. | can see n,
lldwin smile now. Most of the hogs er
e IN the pasture, and few new cows tn
e on the road here; a new barn be- OF
g built; why shouldn't he be happy9 m
peranto class was conducted by tn
omrade Devine tonight as usual. ha
SHRN IL
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