Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-21

John Green, who fourished in 8
| certain river town in Indiana, some
Iyears since, forget not his own soul
in attending to the soles of his
neighbors. IN other words, he was
a very devout Methodist, and 3 caps
| ital maker Of boots and shoes.
It chanced one time that char
Eacter III the town, well known for
boisterous and fighting propensi-
ties, got John to measure him fora
pair Of boots. The boots were fin
| :shed, and at the appointed time
the customer called for them. To
make sure Of things, he tried one
Of them on--a'l operation which
cost him considerable labor and
some temper. "D--o it, he ex-
claimed, endeavoring to stamp his
heel and toe into the stubborn ope4
nings, T." d-n it, it's no ft4" The
pious bootmakcr thought perhaps
the boot would stretch, or slip easi-
er with d little powder: and jerk
ing it#off, he gave it 4 plentiful
sprinkling inside.
Once more the customer grew red
in the face in his endea1ors to-
sheath his pedestal IN its refractory
easement :; but it was no 60, and
what little temper he had prcserv-
ed after his first trial, now deserted
him entirely. z"I'ts no fit, I'm
id if it ISL he said heatedly;
!" and you know id well it's no
fit, and d-n me if I'll take the
boots anyhow" "W Ell, friend,"
the bootmaker, also begin
ming to betray some animal heat
8 you can doas you please about
the boots, but you must nj swear
sol don't allow any man to swear
in my house" +"
4 certain Jacksonian tWang in
the words "nust n't'' and j" don't
allow" brought things to a climax.
The customer swore most horribly,
cursing the pious man Of wax for
. psalm-singing hypocrite and 9th
er horrible things, and wound up
the whole by marching up 10 him
and giving him an open-handed
Z wipe = across the face. The re-
cipient Of this insultraised his eyes
as meeEly as the circumstances of
the case would permit, and sdrAwled
out solemnly, The Bible says if
! man smite thee onthe one cheek,
offer him the ether also!' with
which, IN the most bantering man
1er imaginable, be stuck out atthe
bully the unslapped side Of bis face.
The bully was not to be blufed and
yaveit q hearty spank after which
he turned to leave. gss. III
e Hold on minute, friend, said
he pious man, untying the strings
If bis apron J." the Bible says if a
nan snlite thee on the one cheek,
,ffer him the other also. Now I've
ollered the Bible as fur as it goes
N that pint ; you've hit=me on both
;heeks and as the Bible doesn't
;ay what q man must or mustn't
10 after that, I'm goin' TO give you
What you're spilin fur p
With which he " walked into''
he bully, tooth and too-nail--got
Tim out into the street-tulnbled
md punched around with him
md finally made him squall, the
worst whaled man that had been.
cen III that town for five years.
t is hardly necessary to add, that
(obn Green's aversion to swearing,
mi his peculiar method Of scriptu-
al Interpretation, secured him the
espeet Of all swearers from that
ime forward. 4
~ Capt. John ToWne, of Keene,
I. T., died recently, having anas-
ed large property. Last week
lis will was presented for probate,
nd it was tound to be singularly
lrawn, eyinclng 9 purpose on the
}art Of the maker to have his
Of as little use as possible.
o this generation. One-fourth OF
he amount is devised to each Of the
,ldest sons Of bis four sons, on
srriiving at the age Of twenty-one
years, or, III the absence of such
1eirs, to the Oldest daughters. II
both fall then the property remains
The heirs-at-law
contested the will, objecting to It's