The Monroe journal., 1922-12-01
GOOD COTTON JOKE

There are so many cotton bulls that
one arely strikes a real bear. accord
ing TO Cuts Company's latest cot
ton letter TO Mr.. J. E. Stack. local
cotton buyer. Only a few weeks
ago." the letter continues, ''the bears
were quite prominent and were ham,
mering the market right along. but
when they were struck by an over
whelming advance, they became more
liberal, which reminds me:
a small church was sadly in'want
of general repairs, and meeting was
being held 10 raise funds for that
purpose. The minister having said
that to do the work s500.00 would be
required, very wealthy land equally
stingy) member of the congregation
rose and said he would give one dol
lar. Just as he sat down a lump of
plaster fell from the ceiling and hit
him upon the head. whereupon he
rose hastily and called out that he
had made a mistake-he would give
fifty dollars. That was too much for
an enthusiast present who, forge;ful
of verything, called out fervently:
"'0h Lord. hit him again!
But it has been an unsatisfactory
season so far, particularly the ex-
porters in this section, and the fac
tors and brokers also suffered; in fact
the only fall suit some of US can af-
ford is a suit of underwear. And |
am told it was a cotton man that
was the principal in this little story:
One Sunday two lovers went to
church. When the collection was be-
ing taken up the young man explored
his pockets, and finding nothing,
whispered to his sweetheart: :" i have
MT a cent. | changed my pants
Meanwhile the girl had been search
ing her bag, and finding nothing,
blushed rosy red and said; "l'm in
the same predicament.'
However, so many want to know
the key to the situation, but if they
had the key it might not work out
without an extra key hole. Reminds
me: Mike had saved up little money,
and when Pat came over a few years
later the two brothers went into the
coal business. One day Mike bought
roll top desk and when it arrived
he said to Pat: "The one desk will
90 for both of us. And here are two
| keys, ole .or you, Pat, and one for
me. Pat accepted the key, but SEEM
ed to be studying the desk That's
all right Mike he said, but where
is my key hole?
However as it is so close to
Thanksgiving. we must be thankful
for our blessings whether great or
small and help those who are less
for .unate.
"'If you meet fallen 'feller,' help
him up;
If he's tired. sore and hungry, let
him sup;
Even if hes good for nothing,
And to you is only bluffing,
You have something, he has nothing,
Help him up
Each time Thanksgiving rolls around
I'm thankful for a lot
OF things | have and things I've had,
And some I've never got
We'll well, here we are back to
Thanksgiving again. We have had so
much trouble with Turkey during the
past few months, we are in doubt
whether we can have Turkey for
Thanksgiving but a friend said the
other evening: "'In thinking Of
Thanksgiving my thoughts range
backward-I think of Thanksgiving
as it was kept in the little country
town of Southern Georgia when | was
a boy; of how. about month previ-
Gus. the turkey which had been pre-
destined and fore-ordained as a glori-
Gus sacrifice was caught and penned;
how we fed it cracked grain with
boiled chestnuts, for we put the real
chestnut flavor into the meat-not
the dressing. How careful that turk
ey was basted and baked when the
proper day and hour arrived; that,
in and of itself, was sacred rite;
stuffed with dressing, which dress
ing was an achievement - bread
scraps (of home made bread) turkey
drippings as the meat juices began to
flow, chopped celery, handful of
rubbed sage, just a pinch of onion
salt, and-remembe this was before
the Eighteenth Amendment table
spoon of Madeira. After dinner had
been disposed of as a good dinner
should be, followed the dessert OF
desserts-and in memory there looms
up clear and distinct those glorious
wonderful pumpkin pies:-The pie OF
PIES (for pumpkin is to pie what red
clay as subsoil is to land, a base
without an equal upon which to build)
seasoned with cloves, spice, cinnamon
nu,mug, and oh. happy days--a wine
glass of r.ch Pc" 1t came to the
.able smoking AMI radil ing exquisite
odors; a royal pic, awakening a new
appetite. so with The prepara Jon anC
the whe,ted appetite. Owing to de
prcssica in business We may be forced
10 have 'Mr Jiggs corn beef anC
/. cabbage and play Turkey IN th'
Straw on the V.ctroia. Cotton i
twenty-five cen 5 and turkeys are 35'
rtr nound 'on de foot >
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE