Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-03-06

seLf. But at lengthl yielded to his I'M.
lportunities, went home With him one
evening. intending to stay all night. AT
ter We arrived Issaw in minute she was
mad. aud the devil was in her asslarge a.
an alligator. and fixed my purpose and
determined on nay course. After supper,
he said to her. very kindly, {" Come, wife
Istop your little affairs. and let us have
Iprayer." That moment she boiled over
and said, al will have none of your pray.
ing about me- % l spoke to her mildly,
and expostulated with her, and TO rea.
son ; but no, the further went the more
wrathful she became. and she cursed me
most bitterly. |. then put on stern
countenance. and said to her. " Mad am,
Iifyou were my wife of mine would break
you of your bad ways. or would break
your, neck" s.. #.ss
% The devil you would" said she.-
you ?''' And then such a yolley of cur
ses as she,poured upon me was almost be.
yond human endurance.
:" Be STILL" said 1. " we will have pray
err But she declared We should not.
+" Now" said to her, f" if you do not
be still, and bshaVe yourself. LII put you
out of DOORS" At this she clenched her
fist, and swore she was one half alligator,
and the other half swapping turtle. and
that it would take better man than
was to put her out. 1t was small cabin
we we're in, and we were not far from the
door. which was then standing open. l
caught her by the arm, and swinging her
round in circle. brought her right up to
the door. and showed her out. She Jump
ed up. tore her hair, foamed aud such
swearing as she uttered was seldom
equalled, and never surpassed. The door,
was very strongly made to keep out hos
tile Indians shut it tight, barred it.
and went to prayer: and l prayed the best
could. bat | had no language at my
command to express my feelings at the
same time was determined to conquer.
or die in the attempt. While she was
ringing and foaming in the yard aud
around the cabin. started spiritual
song, and sung loud. to drown her voice
as much as possible, The five or six
children ran about and squatted down,
and crawled under the beds. Poor things,
they were scared almost to death.
l sang on, and she roared and thunder.
ed on outside, till she became perfectly
exhausted. and painted for breath, AZ
length. when sue had spent he force, she
became calm and still, and then knocked
at the door. saying. "Mr. Cartwright,
please let me in"
Will you behave yourself if let you
10 ?" said l.
80 yes" said she. "I will :" and
throwing myself on my guard, perfectly
self possessed, L opened the door, took
her by the hand, led her in, and seated
her near the Fireplace. She had roared
and fosmed till she was in high perspi,
ration. and looked pale as death. After
she took her seat, "O." said she, +" what
fool am -
eyes," said l, "about one Of the big
gest fools | ever saw in all my life. And
now." said |. you will have to repent
of all this. or you will go to the devil at
last" She was silent. Said I, Chill.
dren, come out here; your mother won't
hurt you now. and turning to her hus>
band, said, " Brother CO let US pray
again" We kneeled down. and both
prayed. She was as quiet as lamb.
And now, gentle reader, this is one OF
;he hardest cases ever saw on this earth.
l must record it TO the glory Of Gods
grace. lived to see, in less than six
months after this frolic with the devil,
this woman soundly converted TO God,
and il ever there was changed mortal
for the better. it was this said woman
Her Children. as they grew up, all, be.
lieye. obtained religion, and the family
became religious, happy family and she
was as bold in the cause Of God as she
had been in the cause Of the wicked one.
! PERFEcrLr IMPARr1AL.-Old Judge R.
WAS III soc'e respects very remarkable
man. He was never known TO speak well
OF anybody; and never suffered any one
to be praised in his hearing without rebu>
king the euIogist. and picking some flaw
in the character OF the person eulogized-
! whether it were John Sommer6etd or
George Washington. Yet the Judge, al
/ though cOld>blooded. selfish aud illiberal
| in the extrem WAS reckoned a man Of
sterlin! integrity in all financial or other
business matters, and for that reason.
with his undoubted good sense. enjoyed
the confidence Of the community. He
was for many years judge of probate 10
/ his county, and filed the Office TO the sat
isfaction Of the public. "How does it
happen" inquired one. of his townsmen
of another, " that such Grabbed lima
tured old Gus makes such popular Judge
of probate ?" Why" replied the 9th.
er. Its plain case enough-it is oW-
ing to the justice Of his decisions. He
can't help being perfectly impartial for
he hates everybody just alike r. The re-
mark sounds like joke. but it contained
the real solution of the problem.
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