Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-12-03
DYED IN THE OOL.
By JOHN JONES, IR.

An acute disciple Of Blackstone, in one OF our
hiianl,r cilj = tAat shall be nameleSS, had, by a
yours, OF active p,ullogglrg g. succeeded N filing
his pockets. Full Fork.ls enabled him TO assume
al imposing s,yl; uI living and the reputation oil
having Coilgn rich by practice al the bar, very
ua,,,rE \ iU,rcassdlht number oi his cllenS, aud
sva.i.I "a amount of his fees. s. soon
stood, - Number One" among his legal Lrelh'
Rrn.
Il asv one had pretty harl case FOR litigation
$ WIS his man, for u any one could gam
!, for blm. h, could. II not 0n.y under all
rb. cuIrk5 and turns ia the law, bu was i"rIIIe in
,rrinai rx1rdi nts. Thr goodness or badness oI
n cuus, was nothing 10 hluIi his business was IL
CAN'T f,r his client by any means he coud use,
iarar touI.
Atlh, are Of forty.fvc, from some cause OF
olh,r aot CIear.y ascerancd, s. became re-
liciousjy dlspo gad and joined the church. An III
fu.n,al man like him was not long suffered 10
r-mlIn inactive in the secuarIlles oi the church.
At the tr.l Iiulng opportunity he was made yes
Irynan.
S-had always been looked upon in COM
manly asa pretty hard case and the reputation
bv no means balird the ruth. The gazing oi
one like him over 10 the cause Of religion, was
therefore a source Of no uc congraIuatlon 10
those who regarded things spiritual and pIous-
and was looked upon as quite triumph over tho
enemy Of sonIs. There we're some, however,
who shruggcd their shoulders, and prnIessed TO
have lust abontss much conhdenca IN him now as
ever they had, and TO regard his religion, TO use
one Of their elegant expressions, as ''aII IN my
eye"
Matters professional went on pretty much in
the old wav. Religion, in the eyes of s.,
was 100 sacred thing TO bring down INTO the
world. where it must suffer violence, and be, IN
consequcncp. brought into dsrePute. lie there
fore kent his religion nicely laid up in lavender,
for Sunday, when ii was brought forth unspoued
from the world.
Ahoullwo rsaferS- joined church
il was thought by those who had affairs in charge
thai they ought 10 have anew and more impoS G
edifce Than the one they worShPped N, which
was. 10 saw the truth, ratheran ancient atllr and
and by no means such as the wealth ol the con-
pr.r,ion entitled them 10 have. s. was
nrominentinlhe malter-in fact, he was theprme
mover. and headed u subscription list wnha thou
sand dollars.
In due lime the church was finished, and an ell
Cram edfce it was. When the building was pro-
ieced and plans called for, sixty thousand dollars
ngcommuee and the architect managed TO run
the cost up TO hundred thousand dollars, and The
church in debt about seventy thousand. This
caused all concerned 10 feel, as might be suppo-
sad. rather serious on the subject debt OF sew
eutY thousand dollars was rather serious affair,
viewrd in any Igh:.
The first lhing TO be done was to have sale of
the pcws. This proceeded raherslowy ,nnd the
1. l. Il. = 4 /,
large as had been anticipated. From this source
only twenty thousand dollars came. An extra
subscription was then tried, but only ten thousand
dollars could be raised.
In this aspect Of affairs, $. who was
chairman oflhe building committee, and 10 whom
was mainly charg able the excess of cost over
the first estimate made for the church, felt called
upon 10 devise some means Of Iiquidating the hea
Wy debt.
"It could be done easily enough, If those who
ars able would come forward and buy pews at
far prices inst.al of renting lhem," he said 10 u
fellow vestryman.
Ii was freely admitted lhatlhis would certainly
change the aspect of affairs. But if members
pr,I,rred renling 10 buying, nothing could DC
done.
"ThoN ouahltobe mad, to buy," said S.
wirmv. "rhere is Preston, We rth thirty or for
tythousand dol arS at least, who, instead Of pay
ing n couple OF thousand dollars for the pew his
family occupies, is very we'll content 10 Ct ii at
weary rent of a hundred dollars. 1t is TOO bad!
/ would not give mu n for his interest IN religion
if he has no better way of showing it,"
"lle certainly ought 10 buy" was unhesI'atng-
ly replied.
HE shall buyl' said s.. swapping his
fingers as n sudden thought struck him.
"Do you think you can make him!"
"Yes."
elbow! What means will you use1"
"Never mind about that. But mark nv words
for il, next Sunday Preston will be the owner in
stead of the mere tenant Of his pew"
81 hope So"
"You shall not hope in van."
The lawyer went TO his office and sat down to
think After about half an hours cogiIaIon, he
said, aloud,
"Ycs, he's the man."
And Immediately writing note, despatched it
BY his office messenger. In twenty minutes
we'll dressed man entered, and bowed to the law.
yer with a respectful or rather delerenliaI air.
"Take chair Jones-l want 10 talk 10 you,"
The man seated himself.
"You know we've managed to get in debt con-
foundedly with our new church"
ayes; so it seems;" wasthe asserting reply.
"And some how or other we must manage to
get out of debt.
''lf we can"
"WeIl, think we can, if the thing is done
rightly. J believed have hit upon the mode"
'Ah! Well you are fortunate. Nobody else