The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-03-18

down to eat with them she was sorry she
"hadn't anything fit to eat" She had been
scrubbing. or washing, or ironing, or she had
been halfsick, and she hadn't got such and
such things, that she ought to have. Nor did
it matter how bountlful or how well prepared
the repast really was, there was always
something deficient, the want Of which fur
nished text for disparaging discourse on
the occasion, remember once, that We sat
down to table that king might have been
hap, enjoy. There was the light snow white
bread, there were the potatoes rreking with
butter, there were the chickens swimming in
gravy. there were the onions and the turnips,
and was sure Sister Scrubs had gratltied
her ambition once. We sat down, and a bles-
sing was asked. Instantly the good sister
begsn. she was afraid her coffee was too much
burned. or that the water had been smoked,
or that she hadn't roasted the chicken enough.
There ought to have been some salad, and
II was ton bad that there was nothing nice 70
offer us.
we. Of course. endured these unjnstltiable
anolooies az well as we could, simply remarks
inr that everything was really nice, and ps"-
Wing by our acts that the repast was tempting
to our appetites.
/ will now introduce another actor to the
reader. IL IS Elder Blunt, the circuit preach
er. Elder Blunt was good man. iiis re'',
ginn was Of the most genuine. experiments
kind. He was very plain man. ne nNe
Mr.. Wesley, would no more dare preacn
fine sermon than wear fine coat. lie was
celebrated for his common sense way o. ex.
hibiting the principles Of religion. lie wou,u
sneak lust what he thought, and as he ielt.
He somehow got the name OF being an eccen-
trio preacher. as every man, believe, a"es,
who never prevaricates and always acts and
sneaks as he thinks Somehow or nther. FL
der Blunt had heard Of Sister Scrub. aud oi
that infirmity Of hers. and he resolved 70 cure
her. On his FIRST round he stopped at
esquire Scrubs as all other iiinerants had
done before him. John, the young man, tonk
the elders horse and put him in the stable
and the preacher entered the honse. lie was
shown into the best room, felt very much at
home. lie expected TO hear something in due
time dsparsging the domestic arrangements,
but he heard il sooner than he expected
This time, If Sister Scrub could he credited,
her house was all upside down; il wasn't ~
10 stay In, and she was sadly mortihc to oe
caught in such plight. The elder looked
all around the room. as il to observe me 'er
/ rible disorder, but he said not word. by
and bv the dinner was ready. and the eide
sat,Inwn with the family toa well-sprrad table
Here, again, Sister Scrub found e,erythin:
faulty the coffee wasn't ht TO drink. and sh'
hadn't anything fit TO est. The elder liite'
his dark eve to her face; Tor moment NJ
seemed TO penetrate her very soul with ~
austere gaze; then slowly rising from the Ia
bic he said. j" Brother Scrub. want my hors
Immediately; must leave"
why, Brother Blunt. what Is the mat
ter p
+" Matter! Why, sir, your house isn't B
to stav in. and you havn't anything ut TO ca
or drink, and won't STAY.
Both the !" Squire" and his lady were con
funded. This was a piec. Of eccentricityen
tirely unlocked for. They were stupehed
But The elder was gone. He wouldn't sta
in house not at to stay in. and where ther
wasn't ans thing fit TO eat and drink.
!. Poor sister Scrub She wept like chill
. al her fully. She "knew il would be a.
! over town." she said, (" and everybody woul
/, he laughing al her," And then, how shoul
, she meet the blunt, honest elder again
! I" She hadn't meant anything By what she ha
II said" All she never thought how wieke
S il was 70 say so much that did't mean az,
5 thing. !,
/ The upshot Of the whole matter was. thi
Sister Scrub . saw herself as others saw her
! She ceased making apologies, and became
wiser and better Christian. Elder Blot
! always puts up there. always finds eyerythii
/ as il should be, and with all his eccentric
{ ties, is thought BY the family the most agree
! lble. as he is acknowledges BY every body
e be the most consistent ol men.