A TENNESSEE LETTER.
Tipton, Tenn., Aug. 5. 1901.
Woodruff County News,
McCrory, Arkansas.
Dear Editor: Thinking that
the old Tipton county people who
read the News might want to
know something about the dry
weather over here in Tennessee
I thought I would try to tell
them something about it through
the valuable columns of the News.
It is still dry, notwithstanding
we had a pretty good shower last
Tuesday evening which extends
pretty well over the county. It
improved the condition of cotton,
late corn-peas and sweet potatoes
but early corn is so far spent no
amount of rain would improve it.
The rain was sufficient to enable
farmers to go forward prepar
ing their land for a second crop
of irish potatoes, some have even
planted. Wheat growers are
able to begin preparations for the
fall sowing of wheat.
There will not be more than
25 per cent, of an average crop of
corn made here and from present
indications not more than 50 per
cent of a cotton crop. However,
farmers are not so much discour
aged as one would think. They
are looking on the bright side of
the picture if it has any.
Picnics, barbecues and Ice
cream suppers are just as com
mon as if all had good crops.
Protracted meetings are absorb
ing all attention just now. At
som€f places they have had great
revivals of religeon, and seeming
ly much good has been done.
Tennessee has come to the
front with some remarkable
partridge stories, but before I
tell them just let me say that the
good old state is capable of com
ing to the front with anything
that is good, great or grand as
well as small things. Now for
the patridge stories. Only a few
weeks ago a gentleman in our
county by the of Mose Vaughn
found some partridge eggs inhis
wood-lot. He took the eggs to
his wife. She put them in a pan
and set them in the pantry.
She forgot about them. About
a week later she happened to
think of the eggs, and to her
great surprise when she looked
into the pan, instead of finding
ten eggs she found ten partridges
looking just as healthful as if
they had emerged from beneath
the mother-bird’s wing.
Now, Mr. Editor, this must be
a fact because the source from
which we have it is as good as if
we had it from an editor like
yourself and all other editors
whose veracity is impeachable
unless put to a very severe test.
The other is about like this:
Last Sunday evening while two
gentlemen of religious habits
were wending their way to Sun
day School across the broad
acres of a neighbor’s cotton field
(I suppose in search of the fruit
of the vine—watermellons I
mean) a partridge fluttered off
before them cackling just as
they always do when an enemy
approaches their young brood,
and looking about them for the
young birds they could see noth
ing but a little white chicken that
was trying to make his escape
through some scattering grass.
They caught it and after an ex
amination they set it free and
pronounced it a thoroughbred,
tohite leghorn chicken. After it
was released from its captors it
went off in the direction where
the mother partridge was cack
ling. Much interest is felt in
the rearing of this chicken. As
we are ail Democrats here, if by
instinct when he becomes a
grown up fowl, if he crows like a
chicken we are going to have his
picture placed at the mast-head
of our Democratic banner in
1904, especially if Senator E. 0.
Carmick of Tennessee is on the
presidential card. But if by
adoption by his foster mother he
learns to whistle "bob-white” we
will have nothing to do with him
for we will know he is like the
Republican party—full of all ini
quity, guile, subtlety and deceit.
Wishing success to the News,
its staff and all its readers I wish
to remain, Respectfully,
H. H. Hudson.
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14, at 6:20 a. m., giving ample
time to visit all the springs and
other attractions, arriving at
McCrory at 11:40 a. m., Monday
the 14th. E. Edwards, Agt.
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