The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-03-14

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thar and know every inch Of the way jist
as good as | do the road homeland then he
turned round and round, and looked at all, to
receive a silent tribute to his superior Penetra-
ton.
Captain snggs was now the ilion Of the day,ll
Nobody could pray SO well, or exhort 50 NOV.
ingly, as 'broIher Suggs.' Nor did his natural
modesty prevent the proper performance ofap-
ProPFiate exercises. With the reverend Bella
Bugg Chin to whom, under providence, he as
cribed his conversionO he was a most especial
fagOpriie. They walked, sang, and prayed to-
gether for hours.
Come, cOmeruP; thaIls room for alln cried
brother Bugg, in his evening exhOrtation
'Come to the '%seut,' and ef you WON'T pray
yourselves, let me pray for your
'Yess said Simon, BY way Of assisting his
friend; its game that all win at! Ante
up! ante up; boys-friends | meau-don't back
out.} 4 9a gr,laa. gfgl s8 .+o
Thar ainta sinner here,' said Bugg, sno nat
ter Of his souls black as a Niger, but what
thar's room for hmn ya ape sss rosgs
'No matter what soyt Of a handiyou've got,i
added Simon in the fulAess of his beneyolenee;
take stock! Here an the wickedest and
blindesE Of pinners-has spent my whole life
in the saryice of the devil7-has now come in
on marry pair and won a pier and the Cap
tain's face beamed with holy pleasure.
'D-O-n-'t be afeardp cried The preacher;
'come along! the meanest wont be turned
away! humble yourselves and COMP
'NOn said Simon, still indulgingin his ia.
yourite style Of metaphor; the bluT game
amt played here! No runnin' Of a boIv off!
Every body holds four aces, and when YOU bet
you Winpa
And thus the Captain continued, until ne
services were concluded, to assist in adding to-
the number at the mournet's seat; and up to
he hour Of retiring, he exhibited such enthu-
siasm in the cruse, that he was unanimously
voted to be the most efficient addition the
church had made during that meeting. Az
The next morning, when tho preacher Of the
day first entered the pulpit he announced that
'brother Simon Suggs,' mourning over his past
inquiries, and DESTROYS Of going e work in
the cause as speedily as possible, would take
up a collection to found a church in his W
neighborhood, at which he hoped to make him.
self useful as soon as he could Preparehimself
for the ministry, which the preacher didn't
doubt, would be in q very few weeks, as bros
Their Suggs was "a man Of mighty good judge
r,ent, and Of agreqt diseorse.' The funds were
to be collected by brother suggs,' and held in
trust by brother Bella Bugg, who was the fnun-
cial officer Of the circuit, until some arrange
ment could be made to build a suitable house o.
Yes, breethiing,' said the Captain, rising to
his feet; 'Iwant to start a little 'sociation close
to me, and | want you all to help. Pm NIGH
ty poor myself, as poor as any Of you-don't
leave reethring'--observing that several of
the well-to.do were about to go off-sdOn't
leave; eff you amt abls to afford any thing,
jist give us your blessin' and it'll be all the
samenr II
This insinuation did the business, and the
sensitive individuals Ee-seated themselves,
It's mighty lille Of this worlds goods I've
goti resumed suggs, pulling off his hat and
holding il before himi 'but I'll bury That in the
cause any how and he deposited his last FIVE
dollar bill in the hat.
There was o murmur Of appreciation at the
Captains l~iberulity throughout the assembly,
suggs now commenced collecting, and very
prudently attacked first the gentlemen who
had shown a disposition to escape. These, to
exculpate themselves from any thing like pow
erty, contributed handsomely.
Look here, breethring,, said the Captain,
displaying the bank-notes thus received, bro
Their Shocks has drapt a FIVE VII me, and broth
err Snodgrass a ten! In course faint expected
that you that amt as Wen OF as them, will give
as much let every one give qceQrdin' to theil
means,
This was another chain-shot that raked as il
went! sWho SO low as not to be able 10 con
tribute as much as SHOCKS and snodgrassg
sHere's all the small money I've got about
me- said a burly old fellow, ostentutiously
handing to suggd, over the heads Of a half doz.
en-, a ten dollar bill.
tThat's what l call mag~nanimousp exclaim.
ed the Captain; THAT'S the way egery rich mar
oughtto dop
These examples were followed, more or lesI
closely, by almost ali present, for Simon hat
excited Che pride Of purse Of the congregation
and a very handsome sum was collected in
very short time.
The reverend Mr.. Bugg, as soon as he observ
ed that our hero had Obtained all that was t
be had at that time, went 70 him and inquired
what amount had been collected. The Cap
tam replied that it was still ~pnconnled, bu
that it COULDN'T be much under a hundred.
well, brother spggs, you'd better count
and turn it over to me now. Pm goin. to leay,
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