Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — What a Boy Did in Ono Week. [ARTICLE]

What a Boy Did in Ono Week.

Monday—Had to dig bait for dad to go a-fishin’. He fished all day, and two men brought him home ’bout supper time. ( Tuesday—Club a tree to get a bird’s nest, an* fell out o* the tree on to the back of a mule that wuz grazin’ under it The mule didn’t like that an’ throwed me up Into the tree again. Wednesday— Proposed to Jimmie Johnson’s sister. Asked her to Fly with Me. Her mother heard me, an’ give me such a lickin’ with a shingle that I slewed by myself, an’ don’t feel tired enough to sit down to-day. Thursday—Fell Into a molasses barrel, which wuz oply half fulL Though we all have our Troubles and Sorrows, I must say that life Is Sweet to me. ■*» Friday—A barbacue was given to the Sunday school Children yesterday. We all had more than we could eat and carry away. It Is good to belong to a Sunday schooL Saturday—The new preacher come to spend Sunday with us. At breakfast he ate seven biscuits, one beefsteak, an’ a fried chicken, an’ drinked 4 cups of coffee. He asked me if I didn’t want to be an angel? I told Him that If He stay long, an’ his Appetite held out. I’d have to be one.— Atlanta Constitution. ' 'L. - 5