Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-04
JOURNAL BUILDINGS,
LOCUST STREET,
sErwEEN FIEsT AND wATEB.
How Tom COrRIns Bid His Sister, OF
an ObnOxiOMs Lover.

Every one has heard Of the eloquent
pathetic, and humorous stump orator OF
Ohio. he was pronounced by Mr.. Clay
"a most complete authority TO be the
finest stump speaker be had ever heard;
and in this opinion Iuiost heartily coin
eide. after having beard Clay, C1tten-
den, Jones, If Tennessee, Polk, BepJ$
min, Soule, Randall, Hunt. Tom Mar,
shall, Gen Lemar, Bates, Douglas ana
q host Of others.
5 Well, this great Orator carried bis love
of fun into every department Of me-
To the private circle where ne kne" ey.
erv person, and where be unbosomed
himself fully, be was the most delightful
conversationalist ever listened to. l
do not know that be now, as age and in
+ trinity are creeping on, INDUCES this
procliyity to honor 10 much Is he used
10 do But some twenty years ago be
used TO tell with great gusto the follow
aIn early life-sso early that / cannot
remember the removal -- my father
:" pulled up stakes, and carrying with
him the household goods, vent from
Bourbon county, Kentucky, where | was
born, TO Ohio. Misunderstanding ropgh
Asnd tumble struggle With the world, I
5 haG hard time to-get on, owing TO a
srumerous and rapidly increasing family.
Well, family matters had not much i'm
proved when had reached my thir-
teepth OF fourteenth gear. a..
DAT this time therssIivedin The neigh
sborhood o young man by the name of
q Piekerines he had inherited q we'll
stocked farm, was good looking, and
made strong profession of religion.
This latter qualification caused him to
find peculiar favor In the eyes of my fa>
Their who always was blinded by profess
sions Of 1extrs.pieiy -
"This ssllow had - strong hankering
after one Of my siAters. whe vas q very
pretty gil. To her hfzwas peculiarly dis
tas efuL She seemed always an noyed
at his prPssnce Yet be waa ever at Der
side. She dare not dismiss him entirely,
for fear OF the pafernal anger things
went on this way year or Two, and as
parfook largely of mygsist rs hatred 70
. him, rtfolvsd ioasA3rid Of him some
way. cast about for plan for some
time, bnt nothing occurred which gave
ne the slig hteAt hope Of being success
fol 81 @fa
"At last returning home late one
summer right from mill, l found the
family at the nightly devotious. Pass.
Jog BY the windows of The room in which
they were assembled, saw that Picker
ing was there, and pretty soon discover
ed that be was nodding, and finally bis
head dropped Nov vas my opportuni.
~. stole slylya into the hall, and
reaching the hall door, which was slight
ly siar, and close BY which Pickefi6e
was" on Bonded knees" / reached in,
Z and quickly pulling bis chair from under
him, he rolled heavily, ne a sound sleep
or would upon the 6oor The noise
alarmed all. The old gentleman stop.
ped in the midst Of bis almost inter-
minable prayer, and saw the position Of
Pick ring. ALI the family laughed out
right; even nv mother sn led.
''P,t kering endeavored to pick him
3 self up as rapidly as possible, bet he
had touched the old man upon his tend
crest point II was evident from his
rubbing bis eyes, that be had slept IN,
der the old gentleman's miHistra ions;
and had not my father q reputation fsi
and wide for The fervency and strength
of his ministrations, and was not Pick
erire Bis pro(essihg brother Slowly
but most drgnifi, d!y, did the old nanep
proach him. "Begone hypocFite be
cri,d, IN thundering tones. Never en-.
termy house again. A@
Pickering was thupderstruok. He
felt that be could make no apology
which would not add TO insult He has
no suspicion of the extra force which
had sidad him 10 his fan He ut ono,
found his bat, took up his line of march
and, completely crest-fallen, passed b.
me as ! stood grihning in the shadow o
the porch. gaa asa ladw iFHl ~ a bsa III
-ao' "At suitable time entered, got mi
supper, Was told BY brother in hurried
whispers what had happened, and Their
stole of to bed, affecting ignoranee, aut
laughing most heartily, as ensconceC
myself inAthe sheets, at the complet,
success of my plansY WWWK,T
Next day cautiously impaired my
secret 10 my sister. She was in bel
own room at the time, and she threw
herself upon the bed, and rolled in ago
MES and convulsions of laughter. She
had been emsncipated forever from the
obnoxious lover, The old gentleman
did not hear the real state of the facts
. for foil twenty years afterWard. but when
he did he laughed heartily"