The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
COLUMN OF NEWS
AND INTERVIEWS
Mr.. Lemmond Tells How Import.
ant Discovery Was Made in
the Good Old Times
WHEN JODIE MOVED FAST
Folks Are Wondering What Henry
and Mccormick Have Been Doing
With Extra Tractor Money
By L. K. Higgins

BY l.. T.. Huggins
Mr.. R. W. Lemmond may not be
as old as he looks, but he certainly
can tell some stories that would lead
one to believe that he lived in a
different age from the present one.
One of Mr.. Lemmond's latest "get
offs" is to the effect that when he
was boy people always went to mill
on horseback. Nothing so strange
about that, you say! But, listen! He
also says that the corn or wheat was
placed in one end of a sack and a
big rock or block of wood in the
other end to effect a balance when
the outfit was thrown across a horses
back. When neither a rock nor
block of wood could be found easily,
jug of liquor was sometimes used
for balance on the opposite side Of
the grain.
"But, hold on a minute" bystand-
er INTERRUPTED, ''when did folks learn
that the corn or wheat could be di-
vided and half the turn placed on
each side OF the horses back?"
| "Oh, WELL" responded Mr.. Lemmond,
one day fellow lost his rock and
happened to lie out of liquor and as
| necessity is always the mother of in
vention he naturally had to figure
out way to get home and the new
way was born then and there"
The crowd seemed satisfied with
/ the explanation and Mr.. Lemmond
proceeded with another Of his ancient
stories. This time it was in regard
| to the old-time log huts that people
used to live in. "Why," declared Mr..
Lemmond, people used to think they
must have a place in the front door
for the cat to get in, and in nearly
every one of those old cabins were
two holes. The builder of the house
originally planned to have only one
hole, but after he had made a large
one for the grown cats he discovered
that the kittens must also have
place to get and he proceeded to cut
a small hole for them" Nobody ques-
toned Mr.. Lemmond's philosophy
and every one went away in good
humor
Look Like the River Jordon
The heavy, continued rains this
week caused high water marks in all
streams in the county. Mr.. nj. U.
Bowman, carrier on route 4 from
Marshville, says the water courses
have been the highest since he has
been carrying the mail. On Tuesday
night rail on Gourdvine creek bridge
in New Salem township was washed
away and big tree washed down and
lodged against the bridge. When Mr..
1T. S. Lee of Lanes Creek township was
asked how the creek looked near his
home, he replied: at looks like the
river of Jordan"
Cyclone Passed Under Jodie
Mr.. Mokc Moore gets more out Of
good story than almost anybody else
He delights to tell Of joke that ne
played on Mr.. J. E. Thomas years ago
when the latter was conducting mer-
camille business in Marshville. Moke
saw Thomas standing in front of his
store door one evening about dark
and decided to have some fun. He
secured the services of big yellow
cat and tied paper bag Of peas to
the cats tail, headed him toward
Thomas and turned him loose. With
the first Jump the peas began to rattle
and the rattle of the peas and the
speed of the cat increased with each
succeeding leap. He ran down the
street and passed right between
Thomass legs before he knew where
the rattle with its velocity was COM
ing from, and Moke says Thomas
jumped about three feet straight into
the air but managed to land on his
feet. By this time the cat was gone
and Thomas never knew what had
passed between his legs.
! Talking About Tractors
Il Where have two hundred and thir-
ty dollars been going? That's the
question Union county farmers who
have recently bought Fordson and
international tractors are asking. The
! fact that both Ford and Mccormick
have reduced their tractors $3.50 ID
interesting enough to farmers who
expect to purchase tractors this spring
but to those who have "forked out"
the $500 over and above what they
are now ssked for the same tractor
the situation is entirely different. II
Mr. Ford and Mr.. Mccormick can now
afford to sell them for $3.50 less than
they formerly got for them, why
couldn't they have done it sooner? II
they are losing money now, they Ger.
tainly must have made cleanup"
. during the past few years or they
, wouldn't be in position to sell them
at loss now. But if the reductions
hadn't been made farmers who were
, |, able would have gone ahead and
bought them at the old prices and
nobody would have been any wiser.
Whether Mr.. Ford and Mr.. McCormicl:
have been Sailing down" too mucl
on their tractors or whether they are
now losing money on them make }
very little difference to the farme :
who needs a tractor. The reduction
, in prices is going to be a powerful
factor in stimulating the use Of trao .
tors and incidentally to the success 0 !
agricultural interests, and everybod.
ought to he glad of IL.