The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21

march resounded through the
woods. All eyes were now turned in
the direction Of these martial sounds.
And soon were to be seen approach
ling the stand twelve armed men, head
ed by the Deacon of the church. The
arms consisted of eight muskets and
four shot guns. One horrible drunk.
ard, the free negro and two of the
Deacon's children () brought up the
rear. They advanced within few
PAGES Of the stand and called halt.
The three or four gentlemen who had
taken their seats in the stand with Mr..
White, very genteely and silly evac-
uatsd their conspicuous position
There was now a good deal Of excite
ment among the auditors, when the
speaker eIevating his voice, said "be
quiet gentlemen" ".Don't be at all
alarmed, | can take a big stick and run
such cattle out of the county. l
wasn't born in the woods of Kentucky
to be scared out by owls" Upon this
counter blast, the Deacon and his elev-
en- brethren of the church, fired their
war-like instruments into the air, and
with yell that made the welkin ring,
continued their march about hun
dred yards above the position of the
speaker. No sooner had Mr.. White re-
sumed the thread Of his argument than
he was again Interrupted by burst of
laughter from the audience. The sad
dest spectacle of humanity that the eye
ever gazed upon, was the cause Of
this interruption. 1t was Just such a
recruit as Falstaf would have gloried
in as being "food for powder" In
deed | think he was not so we'll off as
the soldiers Of Falstaff's company;
for they had piece Of shirt among
them. / don't think this fellow had
any. He had been too late, no doubt,
at the Deacon's place of rendezvous,
and had thus tattered and torn, STUN
/ bled into the audience under belief
that it was the Deacon's party. See
ing his mistake, he struck out, with
his hat brim Topping over his face
like the large leaf of the pond lilly,
looking through large rent between
the crown and the brim, and hurried
to the other party as though dozen
| of Indians were after him with scalp
ing knives. A shout Of laughter here
/ followed that almost equalled the yell
of the Deacon's valiant soldiery.--
| Mr.. White was soon interrupted again
| by Deacon-'s valorous company,
who returned to the bloodless attack
again by firing their guns as before.
| The only difference was, that the
drunkard have just described, with
one Just like him if not little more SO,
bore aloft at the rear of the company,
two large pine tops. Thus they pass
| ed and re-passed FIVE or six times firing
their pieces every time they came op-
| posite the stand. Tallow-face by this
time was getting distressingly thirsty
and called aloud for rations, "That's
| right" bauled out old Tatterdemalion,
"I'm as dry as a powder horn p
Whereupon the Deacon called upon
his men oground arms near the stand.
Il At this moment red faced fellow,
with sheep stealing sort Of counten-
ance, came out from a house near by,
with two tin buckets full of "ball-
face" and presented it to these quiz
otic heroes as a suitable reward for
their christian zeal and valorous chiv-
airy. Having emptied the buckets Of
this Brushy Mountain nectar--the
Deacon not forgetting to give his child
ren, a taste of it, the whole party
fired their last round, gave three saw
age yells and returned no doubt to the
nearest distillery to boast Of their
deeds Of daring, like many wiser but
less honest churchmen, to satisfy their