Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-12-23
To Miss Lizzie

A Coon JoKE.-A correspondent ofthe
Usage of Monticello" newspaper, publish
ed at Monticello, Ark, tells the following =
good joke on a clustering liquor seller |
Passing through Zenia, / learned from b
q fellow passenger the following incident, o.
with which l beg to close this scroll already !;
too long. There is in this place, a '
Methodist minister, pastor of one Of church t
es, whose. name is Moody. He is one of I
those bold fearless men, who fears God,
but not man, and shuns not to declare
the whole counsel. Last Sabbath be
preached against the retailing ofardent spir-
It's, and urged his church to take high !
ground on that subject. It also happened,
that one man, a liquor dealer, took ofense,
aud swore he would cowhide Moody, if the
latter should refuse to apologize. On
Monday morning he purchased his cow
hide, and spoke publicly of his inten-
.ftion to cowhide the poor preacher within an
inch Of his life. Moody was made fully
acquainted with the hostile intentions of
the other, and his friends entreated him to
remain in his study during the day, hoping
that the liquor dealers wrath would cool
down but Moody said, that he would go
where ever duty called or inclination promp-
ted.
Toward evening he started to visit a
friend and his way led him along the street
by the others place of business. The lat
ter was on the look out, and saw Moody
coming. Calling upon his friends, "Now
boys" said he, "hold on, and see him take
it," They crowded the street near by,
to witness the sport by no means all of
them being sure Of its accomplishment
Moody came. The other called to him, and
invited him into his grocery, Moody entered.
4 lie then asked him to walk back into the
counting room. Moody complied,-while
/ the windows were beset with a crowd
! The door was instantly locked behind them,
an apology demanded, and the conseanen.
ces of a refusal duly set forth, the cowniae,
\ in the meanwhile, fourishing over hii
head.
"Apologize y said Moody, 81 apologize,
TO such a craven wretch as you ? No, Sir
1 shall not apologize p xFhen, Sir, 1 shall
cowhide YOU" said the other.
"Look here p said Moody, putting him
self in an attitude of defence, "Look here
You know that | am a methodist, and, tia
kd~enomlpation holds on to falling frol
grace. I feel Ike falling now, and If
do fall, you'll catch a hoggiDg and no mi
take !"
what will you fight p exclaimed tt
liquor man.
eyes, in short order! Now, Sir, if "
don't want nae to fall, down with that co,
hide, and open that door !"
Down came the new eowhide at MOODY
feet, the door few open, and the preach
marched out triumphantly, the crowd
the meanwhile e%xulting in the liquor mai
defeat.
Tuesday his door was closed, he had 60
to seek new quarters.
/. A FRANK CoMMENTAToR.--Geol
Winston, says a recent Boston paper, '
!, a devoted Baptist of Mississippi, and
equally ardent Democrat. 1t was bard
tell which had the warmest place in his af
tions-his wife, his church, or his politi
party. On one occasion, he had sevt
friends spending the evening with hi
h;r, and before they retired, he took down
family Bible, to read q portron of Sc
tuTe and have a word OF prayer. Ii
happened that he opened the sacred b
at the Epistle of Titus, where the Apo
says, "Put them in mind to be subjec
-. p~rincipalities and powers, to obey ms
lgn trates, to be ready for every good wol
As it was q habit of his to comment
,ks: the text as he went along, when he C
le to this passage be took off his specta,
and with a gravity suited to the time
place, lie remarked
There, my friends, is where I q
from Brother Paul. Mr.. Jefferson tel
that the true doctrine is just the re,
of this that is, men in Office shout
ways be obedient to the people ar
agree with the great author of the d
ration of Independence. The Apostle
no doubt a great preacher and a
Christian ; but it is clear enough he
Lno Democrat"
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