| Show TENNESSEE TOPICS ooltewah terin tenn march 10 1935 things are arc humming on our farm now ant would be still more if only more cash w were avail available able tile the faill family y who 11 1 threat of torr na nial il rains tl the 0 writer I 1 to the place on oil simms shares this i year are doin doing g fine and being nicel nice quiet folks are company many an evening we wa have all sat around the tire fire and planned for crops and chatted they are living in an old windowless and house that the writer is trying to make habitable for them A tractor has been borrowed and two days work has been done with it no other land could be plo plowed ved last week due to rains but one of our I 1 ridges dries well and so we were able to work when others could coul d not I 1 last monday kno knowing wint a change of I 1 moon afoon was coming that night wili wih aliat of torrential rains the write tr the planting or of some onion sos seis bought on credit all hands ini in i eluding the writers writer s worked till hilll lark dark and over 1200 onion plants were set out and more te than a bushel of onion sets also nearly a peck of early greed areen kreen peas then the rains came for 24 hours in torrents as indicated at the same time work is under way on larger quarters for the writer messages indicated this to be in order but lack of money until the he down payment wita was secured delayed the process the owner of some lumber yai yards ds here and elsewhere paid tile write a visit and urged the buying of lumber now to avoid rising costs and offered to carry the cost for 23 2 3 months by which time some crops should be producing I 1 this seemed a wonderful example if divine watchfulness and help md and was immediately taden advant ice are of so that this lumber is now delivered continued on last pagel page TENNESSEE TOPICS continued from page 4 so WP we are getting by bv sometimes by the skin of our teeth but bt nevertheless getti gettier nr by and all that matters with thankfulness and praise we carry on in ili his name ERNEST PALMER |
