Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-09-23

I"' HylnR Hen Souls, every rag al
remnant Of which is now regarded as
relic, as such, they may DO worthy Of
place in the Mirror. Sometimes the in
diligence Of his peculiar humor led hir
' beyond the bounds Of what would now b
4 consdered clerical decorum. For exam
a Ple!n worthy old lady, one of the Doc
!. tors congregation, whom shall cal
n Mrs A., was rather too fond Of talkin,
and running with news, without consider
ing what mischief she might occasiou
1t was thought by many that the Docr o
intended to give her lesson by his Jokes
| One morning DR.. Byles, in the course O
his walk entered the shop oil the black
| smith, who was likewise deacon 10 the
church. Deacon w. was "weIl 10 do'' il
the world, good tempered, and cheerful as
the bright fire in his forge, and likec
nothing better than gossip with his min
lister. On his way home, the Doctor cal
led at the house of Mrs. A. who was great
lily delighted with the visit. and hustled
about 10 make him comfortable with all
her might. But the Doctor was deter.
mined not 10 be comfortable instead OF be
ing pleasant and chally as usual, he look.
ed mysterious and solemn, shook his head
spoke Of the wickedness Of the world IN
general, and Of that town (for Boston
was then no city, in particular, with such
Lobbying JUNCTION, that it greatly afflicted
honest Mrs. A., more especially when he
remarked that, "for his part, when he
saw such things as he had seen that mor>
ming, and which he found had been done
repeatedly, in open day, he felt that some.
thing must come of it." "Why, massy
me, Doctor, what upon earth do you
meant" exclaim ed the good dame, "what
has somebody done, and who's been ado
ling of III" After several groans and in
functions of secrecy, he said, "Why, what
do you think of Deacon w having been
caught stealing this morningw "SIeaI-
ingm screamed she ;"whY, faint possible
'Aint you mlstaken?" Cant be mist a
KEN" quoth the Doctor, "saw him myself
But we must not say anything. I'll tell
you all bout it some other lime; but don't
mention it." "Dear me! WELL well.
shant mention it. But what was he steal
ing?" Thus said Mrs. A., as she saw the
Doctor to The door, who was seized with
deaf fit and did not hear, oratany rate
did not answer her question. He had
been gone but a few minutes, when she
"thought 10 herself" Us she afterwards
said, that it would be but kind, and doing
as she would be done by, 10 step over to
Deacon WIS and console his wife, and
hear all the particulars. She according
" stepped over 10 Mrs. WIS house. Mrs.
W., as usual, was merry and laxative,
glad to see gossip, and talking Of all sorts
of things but the subject uppermost in
Mrs. AS mind. At first she tried TO
look solemn, and sigh as Doctor Byles did,
but that not answering, she groaned at
every remark made by Mrs. w.; she
strove to twist her mouth into sympathi-
zing expression, and CALCULATED that she
did not know what the world was coming
to, and finally remarked, in her vexationt
atthe criminal composure and cheerful
ness Of Mrs. W., that for her part she did
not think it looked right for folks to be So
clipper when such thing had happened
81 don't know Of anything uncommon hap
pening," said Mrs. W.;"Pray, what is the
mat,er?" After few more groans and
expressions Of surprise that she had not
heard it, she disburthened herself Of the
secret, and informed the amazed Mrs
w. "that her husband had that morning
been detected stealing--what would come
Of it she Mrs. Az did not know, but he
would undoubtedly be expelled from the
church, perhaps be imprisoned" Mrs.
W., like a true-hearted woman and faith
lul wife as she was, Indignantly declared
the whole story false from beginning to
end. "That her good man had no occa
sion TO steal, thank Col he could make as
good living as his neighbors; that she
wondered al Mrs. A. for telling such tales.
That folks had better mind their own BUSH
ness, than trump up stories about their
neighbors, and If some folks were as hon
est and industrious as other folks, there
would not be so much nonsense talkedw
At this Mrs. A. fired up--"She did not
mean any harm, not she. She came
ever in the goodness of her heart to com.
fort Mrs. W. She could 60 home again.
That some folks would never have come
rear her; but she (Mrs. A. was u true
friend. As to her story being false, she
was sorry to say it came from TOO good
authority. Doctor Byles had told her he
was an eye witness; and, poor man! she
mus, say that he was quite overcome; he
was right down in The mouth about it, and {
no wonder. Mrs. w. might believe 1t or
not, as she liked; but for certain the min
ster told her so!
Mrs. w. began to feel qualmish, and
calling her Oldest child, told him to go
straight to his fathers shop, IA task diffi-''