The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-03-06

Or like u snow drop III the river,
A moment white then mclls forever
An uuucky Sabbath interviewed between
the ticket selling and the ticket drawing, aud
on that unlucky Sabbath, Pnrson Locke, the
Methodist minister, dsconrscd to them at
lelgth upon the mmoralities OF the day, the
wickedness of the age, aud OF the world III
general. lie had heard of the ''rombola' en-.
tcrprize and was by 10 means 'slow OF speech
when he reached that part of his subject. The
congregation was startled to hear him de-
nounce the whole scheme as a sort OF lottery
swindle, game Of chance. 4 hnmbug OF huge
proportions Many were the wlnks, mods and
sly glanccs among the staid and sober ones on
hat occnson--it was general iakc-dowll
broadsidc that swept some OF the most sober
old Me,hodSts "forc and aft" Some pious
old sisters who had invested nothing, and were
therefore unscathcd by the parsons sermon,
shook their heads solemnly as they passed out
of the church, and said, IL told you 50
know'd there warn't nothn' good comm outcn
that thing.
1t was cold, gloomy day and sister Will
dcrman was not at church, bnt the Major was
there, and his eyes were like dog,wood Bios
sons, and bis face lcngthcncd with every tap
the parson gave the Tonbola, and before the
discourse was half through his countcnnncc
was drawn out to long staple. With an agi-
tated step he hastcncd home, and was not
slow in communicating TO his wife what had
been said by the palSon Of the Tomboia.
Wife" said he as lac entered the house
and dropped into II chair, wife, the purson
has played the wild with the Tombola y
'Sakcs alive !" said sister Wilderman,
whats the waiter !"
"Why" continued the Major, che says il is
ii regular lottery a humbug, Il game OF chance,
and don't know wha; all He says it's con.
trary to all church rules, aud gives his mem
bcrS jessie all round,
"Wcll we'll, well !" said sister Wildcrman,
'.and it's lottery If that don't beat all !.
Sakcs alive! Major Wil'iermam you must 20
and get your money back.
"But they won't let me have it back said
the Major, "and besides, we're into it now
and well have TO stand it, and it wont DO 10
throw away ten dollars these hard times !;
besides, don't believe the parsons right any
how "
"Oh, yes he is" replied sister Wildcrman,
eyes he is, know he's right, but it can't be
helped, we didn't know that there was any
wrong in it, and SO we must make the best OF
n bad Job, and now III tell you what we'll DO,
what we cqa 90, we can bring good or OF
evil we'll give all the prizes We draw to the
, poor (The Major shook his head 1olrmnly J
) "IcS, yes continued she, eve mHsi, we wA
do that There's Ann Morris, she's poor
Girl, has Il taste for music, we'll give her the
piano, aud the buggy we can give to SOME
poor body aud 50 we can do good anyhow
With evident reluctance the Major assened
I to his wifc's plans, thongh it was degree o.
beneyoIcncc, a little beyond his appreciation
, Lookin" ut both sides, however, it was nc
great things for though the piano was wort
S4OO. IL would cost him at most Du t ten unc
I. so it was arranged that all the prizes draw
should be distributed among the poor.
Night, the last night before the romboI;
J drowing came on, aud sister Wlldrrman re
: tired once more to dream Of Tombola prizes
E, Varied were the visions of sister Wildernml
that night She had horrid dreams of red
+ haired cross Drained parson heaping fine rose
wood pianos and splendid silver-mouutel hug
!, gies on an altar, and setting fire to tie whot
u precious heap using Tombola tickets as k,ui
) ling wood And then there was Il swce
u dream Of hearts made happy by her grnerosi
{ tv--there was Il throNg of the poor and pen
& nileSs gather around her door, and she was dis
tributilg "'rombola' przes,-rch prizes Of sil
d yer plate and beautiful tea sets, and pianos ant
buggies among them, and their full heart
II were poured out in blessings Oh her goodness
i and she was happy-so happy that joyou
K tears were streaming from her eyes and--siste
'l Wilderman awoke and found That she hat
y been dreaming -awoke to feel that it wa
u more blessed to give than to rcceye-awok
e to find that the eyentIuI day for the Tombol
drawing had at length arrived, and she fe
II that her pleasant dreams of hearts made hal
rs by were TO be soon n reality.
J. The day wore on, the Tomboa tickets wcl
y drawn--the prizes were distributed, and siste
81 Wilderman drew--TEN TooTH-PIcKs
T. Her bright dreams faded before Il ndcrol
u, reaty--and this was her experience in til
- TombylA enterprise.
gs She says their investment in that schen
nc taught her that they had two geese ut the
nc house, and she thinks that tootll-picks will
~ the future cost them less than dOllar apiel
Id Geas- 1t may seem strange, but is is fac
that men are generally more afraid of womt
no than women are of men, and fearing to "brea
es the iceO is fruitful cause of old bachelorism