M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-07-27
4 ScTSnOn On EGcaTGs,
QuarIcr EIOssCs, Fiddles,
and FOOlila' with the
Gals.

| Oh! Their minister was certainly
a study, he had just such face anC
air as a clover artist might have cho,
sen to characterize the bell.wother o.
some canting Abolition flock. Ii
snort, it was stern, hard, and uucom
promising. Nor was his garb less
singular, for he ,sported, ,s(may, we be
forgiven TO- the phar5o,) a snufy,
brown coat, of strange aud antigua
tod cut, which bore bat two evident
tokcns OF long aud not over careful
usage. Tho combinations were oi
yollowish grey cloth, with stoye.pipo
logs, built like an Irishman's hurri
cane, 'Straight up and down." and
ehcAsed below tho knees in Bervicea
blc>looking buckskin riding lcathcrs,
well stained with Missouri mud; add
to these Il pair Of Buffalo ovorshocs,
q surprising shirt collar, and n Won,
derfulIy starchod linen crayat, whose
complicated folds and puritanical
Stiffness would havo broken d "New
York washurwoman's heart at frat
sight," and you will have a very &c
curuto dclineatiou OF this reverend
Igontlcman's outer man. We must
not forget, however, pair Of wide
bowed horn epccliclcs which divided
thoir time between tho top Of his
venerable head, and the bridge of an
independently cooked up noso, there
f! by adding not d littlo to tho grotes-
queenosS OF thia somewhat uuclerical
Ituot cnS9DJle,
The lirst selection from this par
son'a discourse is as follows;
"Yce, my sin>strickon brctherin
and sisters, thar Lord only knows
how I'm to b,ing this hysr congrcga-
ton ont the gall of bitterness and
the bonds of iniqnily; whaf's the
sense Of my wrastiin's in prayers-
whaf'S The good Of my grosnin's in
spcrit whar's tbc u5a of my ridin'
Ilown hyar every Lords day mornin',
an thar cordc7oy mighty bad at that,
TO try An save those hyar sinners
from the birthstone as is to como?-
WARS the scEse, cay, my brethcrin9
ior | tell ycou all, an | just allow
that than Lord knows it too, that
thar's some ofyeou a scttin' hyar,
that dance out thar toes in week
all thar religion that thar minister
kin hammer inter thar heads, LET
alone their hearts, with prar-meet-
in'e, an preachin' an singin' of
psalms, through a hull year round
Yes, my brethorip and sisters, it's
thar wickcdness Of Christmas week,
thar dancin', and thar nolir', and
thar drinkiu', and thar gamblin', that
does thar devils work hyar: an
whnr will ycou be my bretherin3-
yes, whar will yeou be, say, when
Satan comes o huutiu' his own, or as
is remarked in thar Scripters, like n
roarln' lion IA goln' round to SEQ what
he kin devour? take keor, my breth-
erin, take keer!"
And again--in allusion to the
prayer meeting business:
"Whar's the good in invitin' yeou
inter prayer meetin's. whom yeou are
always excusin' yeoul selves and nev-
er thar3 Eff it war a corn huskiu',
wouldn't ycou be thar2 Well, yoou
would; and jest knOao ei it war a
hoss race. yeou'd be sure to be thar,
But how 10 it, when we want yeou to
serve the Lord, and call on yeou to
como up an help us, are yeou thar
tdoa? Well, YOU amt, bretherin,
an' why amt youl Why, because
thar aih't no keards, nor quarter
hoascs, nor fiddles, nor dancin', nor
foolin' with the gals, thar's the why.
An how was it 'tother night, my
bretherin, when Deacon Graves and
yeour preacher war all thar? We'll,
1t rained, s'pose it did-air yoou su-
gar or air yeou salls And wouldn't
yeou hOv gone, ef yeou had bcen au-
gar or salt, if it were to a troIics-I
Well, you would. Yeou air travelin'
tho broad road, tho hull on you--it's
dreadful nice now--it ain't steep and
hain't got no rrts inter it, but yeou'd
better DO a goin' tho narref one--
yes, eff ii were all corderoy and hog
wallow, yeou'd do well to bo a goin'
Ufit--for when thar folks as travel il
air shoutin' glory and halleluya, whar
will you be9 A wailin' an a nashin
lof yeour teeth, thar's whar."
Aud again:
"When lgo inter a thar house Of