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More Penhooking tales from old Cane Valley days It was considered a good thing to get one over on a penhooker, the OC says, relating one such story from old Cane Valley Days. The truth only, not the whole truth, was all that was required. Click on headline for full story plus photo(s) By Old Coddger Larry Joe Murry's comment about penhooking tobacco brought back one more memory. This one occurred in the late 40's, in Cane Valley, in the building now occupied by Taylors Farm Store. To keep this short, the owner of the building at that time penhooked tobacco and resold it as part of the way of making his living. This gentleman was not known for offering the highest dollar for the farmers' tobacco. He had a somewhat captive audience, as not many had trucks to haul the tobacco to Lebanon or beyond. On a late fall day, a farmer from a few miles west of Cane Valley pulled up in front of the warehouse there in Cane Valley with his small tobacco crop load on a team wagon with the familiar side boards, which was pulled by his team of mules. The warehouse owner hurries out and takes a look the tobacco crop. After a close inspection of said crop he makes a lump some offer, which the farmer accepted. The unloading began and it was soon discovered that in the bottom of the wagon was the farmer's hog scalding box, turned upside down, which he was taking to the stove shop just up the road to get a hole patched before hog killing time. Needless to say, this box upside down shorted the penhooker, about one-third on his tobacco purchase, which he made him very unhappy. The farmer didn't lie, the penhooker just did not ask enough questions. It was always felt that for anyone to get one over on a penhooker was a good thing. Another true one. s/Old Coddger This story was posted on 2011-04-24 09:35:04
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