The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-05-24

\ 9sitswoild please the company m1d6 better
Ill you yYoul swear 50 teFfib Itsa
very yFeng 10 gsatear, and II hope y;ou,)it
have respec for OH fee iis. Won shaint
otrespeet for your M n
! lfthe hoosier had been struck .wit IN th,;hs I,
der5and lightnin, he could Int been more
/ completely tuck aback He shut his
mouth right in the middle of what ne was
sayin, and looked al the preacher, While
his face got as red as fire. ys!s
"Swearin, ses theyold preach \. his sa
terrible bad practice, ,,and dtI,er ain'tno use. use
in it no how. The Bible ses, wear not
atal and 'spose you know the com. m,
mandments about swearin2 g q 4
The hoosier didn't open his mouth. Ss55ls3 81
s.,.'l know, = ses the old preac chez, d
great many people swear Without tbinkir,.
and some people don 7 'blieve The sBible...'
And then he went on to prea /, q rep,is ~
lar sermon. a agiDs swearin, !, and to quote
Scripture like heahad the whole Bible BY.
heart.h injthe course Of his argyInesltshe
undertook to prove tho Scriptures Is be
true. md told us all about the miracles and
9Prophechys, and ther fulfillment. The
old gentleman with the cane tuck; q. part
in the conversation, and the. hoosicr lis.
tened, without ever opening his mouth.
I've just heard ofia gentleman, ~ e s ses
the preacher, whats been to the Holy
Land, and went overthe Bible country.
It's astonishin to hear what wonderful
things he has seed. He was at Soiom
and Gonorrow, and seed the pIace whar
Lots wife fell!'' gi.
"Ah2" ses the old gentleman with the
cane. q.
"Yes, ses the preacher, che went 10 the
very spot, and what's the remarkablest
thing OF oil, he seed the pillar Of salt what
she was turned into!''
Ills it possible!" ses the old gentleman.
The hoosier's countenance Frightened
up, and his mouth opened wide. 81
"Yes, Sir; he seed the salt standing
thar to this day" !
"What!" ses tho hoosier, ssreal, gene.
wine, good sali2''
Yes, sir, q pillar Of salt, Jest as it was
when that wicked woman was punished
for her disobedience.,' 4 ( 4 isE Ss
a II but the gambler, who was snoozin
in the corner of the coach, looked at the
preacher,-the hoosier with an expression
OF countenance that plainly told that his
mind was powerfully convicted of i'm
portnnt fact.
Right out in the open air7" he axed
"Ycs, standn right in the open field,
whar she fell.'''' i1lis-, I.
.Well, Sir, all I've get to say, is, If
she'd drdPped in our parts, The cattie tpouid
a licked her up long agoi"
'he preaf.hor rni,oi IosL
slch an irreyerent remark, and the old
gentleman laughed himself in,o a fit Of
the asmelics, what he didn't Git over ill
we got 10 the next change Of horses. The
hoosier had played the mischief with the
gravity of the whole party; even the old
maid had TO put her hankerchef to her
face, and the young lady's eyes was filled
with tears for halfa hour afterwards. The
old preacher hadn't another word TO saw
on the subjects but whenever we cum to
any place orpassed anybody on the road,
the circus man was certain to ask what
was the price of salt. 81
PAT AND THE ENGINE.-The following
which we find in the Boston Bee, is capt
tai. ifthe editors have any more Of the,
'.same sort left, we hope they will send
them along. 8
An lrishman, day or two since, who
had been often employed as stcyedore,
was observed intently gazing at a steam
engine, that was whizzing away at swift
rate, doing his work for him, and lifting
the cotton out from The hold of ship
quicker than you can say aJack Robin.
son." Pat looked till his anger was bret.
" well up, and then shaking his fist at
the "tarnal critter," he exclaimed
"Chooog, choog, spet, same it, and be
bothered, ye ould child o'Satan, that We
are! Ye may do the work o',wenty. fer.
lers--ye may take the bread out 'iv an
honest lrishman's mouth--but by the
powers, now ye CAM uote, old blazer, mind
that, will YER
IRISH eddy, me by, did
ye 60 to the partly last night?"
"Och! warn't l there, darlin'l And,
warn't it a fine time we had Jemmy!''
"How many ov the b'ys did ye We thare!''
"Oonly foor.'
can who were they!"
"There was mesili, that's one; tharc .was
Barney Film, that's two;-the two Crorhans.
an that's thraa; an'-an'-faiv, ,hare was
foor." l-Gf fsf' "A
Teddy commenced his count again.
"rhe two Croghans is one; mesilf, that's
two; an Barney Film is thraa--s thraa--but
--thare tcas foor, oony how!''
Not satisfied with three, Teddy scratched
hislpate, and very emphatically recomaen.
ced his counting. ,s5
"There was Barney Film, that's one; an
the two Croghans, that's too; an mesilf,
that's thraa;--an'-an'-b dad there uas
foor--but can't t'nk o. the uthar one!"
You have got thin Shoes said Caro-.