Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-18
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BY PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: One day was setting
under the front gallery at our home
up on the corner of Old Mill and
Cohea Street which was shaded by
two big Chinaberry trees, and
therefore all the more attractive to
the old folks, where l had built
my version of a railroad and
cotton oil mill with big and little
thread spools, a sort of tame ver-
sion for me of such things after
a rather disastrous experience with
a Cotton Oil Mill and a railroad
when becoming impatient or rath-
er curious after experimenting with
steam produced from a fire and
water l filled the tank up with
coal-oil kerosene to you) with the
resulting explosion that rocked the
neighborhood, came near setting
the house afire, scalded most OF
the workers" with somebody in
the scramble that followed knock
ing over a box of assorted snakes
and strange bugs which had as
sembled, which scattered all over
the place, a circumstance in the in
cident that scared my Mama more
than did the explosion. What l
started off to say though was
while was setting under the front
gallery my Grandma and Mrs. En-
ma Hayes, Of equal age and sag
acity was setting on the front gal
lery talking folks always set in
them days.. During that time one
of my younger and better looking
Aunties was having what folks
called at that time family
troubles" which was the subject OF
the conversation going on between
Grandma and MRS. Emma" as l
overheard during a lull in the
operation of the railroad and cot
ton oil mill. What my Grandma
was saying was, Emma! what's
wrong with their hyar new genera
ton of women is they waits to
git their husbands in the bed to
start talking about the wrong
things and that's howcome
you hyar tell of more family
troubles" now going on That's
what thought about when | heard
a Parish Streeter, over his fish
and beer as l was, telling a friend,
Man! you know l hate to 60 home,
my Ole Lady (his wife) is bout to
worry me to death. If l try to
stay at home everything start to
do is wrong l paid over $500
for a radio, if l turn it on its too
loud, 1 paid big money for living
room set, If l lay down on the
things, it's git-up-from-there don't
you know you'll ruin dat sofa :.
Man, and if / 60 to bed and touches
her if she don't may-lack she's so
sleepy she's dead, she wakes up
and starts talking about, Mrs. So
and-So, show did have on pretty
dress at the club meeting last Fri
day Yes, Sir, Grandma, and
Mrs. Emma sure knowed what they
were talking about when they said
the reasons there's so much fam
lily troubles dis hyar new genera
ton women talk about the wrong
thing when they go to bed.
SOMETHING THAT MADE Me
LAFF: Here this past Sunday !
was standing in front of one of
my favorite spots along the ole
avenue when along comes wom-
an dressed in a pair of them short
bloomer like breeches as she pass
ed by a fellow standing nearby
speaks up and says, I wonder if
she got sense enough to look in the
glass and see that them things amt
made for her.
ALONG THE OLE AVE: That fell
low that was greeting everybody
with that wide smile along the
Ole Avenue last week was j. G..
Thames. He is a successful real
estate broker out in Los Angeles,
California.