The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-05-02
The Old Woman and the Grow
By W. n. JOHNSON.

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Tie following amusing aneedote which
has never yet appeared III prlnt, struck mt
as containing f0'nt 50 kccnly satarical
that L determined to write il down ana
have it placed nn the records il was
told lie Ey one who was both an eye and
car witness, and Nho. Of course speak from
the book The story viii lose much Of its
lud:cFonsuess in my style otwri,ing, and his
Of telling 1t, but here goes: s:gfrsz-7 L.1-rs-.
/ Al certain crossroads, in the State Of
, Alatama, Stood a snail grocery, or whisky
shor," previous to the rebellion, VII, re
"lIr,t head and t'chain-lightning" were
dealt out 10 the thirsty, unwashed at the
/ mall sum Of five cents dliuk. or twenty
fir, ct nts quart The pre,iding genius oi
! this delectalle institution was me Bill Skies,
/ who amung various other pets, had do.
| meSticated crow, black as the ace OF spades.
4 This crow had lcained, among other thipgs,
! to repeat quite plainly the words damn
yonW which, he OF course heard frequent.
! ly used inethr grocery. During the meya-
l,uce at a knock down aud drag-out fight
! Que day, however, the crow was frightened
! fem III, home and few off into the woods,
never to return. ..A. .r asHsa - -a.a
About ihrcc miles from the grocery was a
settle ment meeting house--an old tumble
down, diIalidatcd affair, only used on GER
| tain occasions, when "ciTcuit-iider" hap.
reu' d 70 PASS that way. In this building
went the crow, taking reacedble Possession;
| aud two days thereafter the church was
| thrown upen ior reaching, and a large
crowd as. emllca amnrg whom was a very
Ldrl lady, who was compelled to use crutch-
| cs,in. walking, who took her seat iu It he
| l"fiqnt pew, atd was soon deeply absorbed
in the eIoqueuce Of he preacher The rev
ercnd pc,tl{n an Fad scarcely got under tlN
hradway, and nentea laundering his
anutEtuaS at all grades of sinners, when n
! hoarse, croaking Voice from above uttered
tth" nnrinouS words: 4.-.... f..-...... ,
| "DGniH y0W' 't =.
'''the rrpcker ard congregation looked
aeha,t a such Ir,taniIy, and each reered
in his neighLor'S face i'll vainto cetect some
! sigh pf guilt Quiet was .atltnGth restored,
! however. and the so,luon preceded but
ere ten miuu'es had elapsed the oninous
damn you!7 again clecrifed the audience,
and .just,aS the preacher cast his eyes up-
wards to search for the delinquent, the
cIrw few down from his perch, and, light.
!, ing on the Bible, calmly surveyed tie terri
fed crowd, as he gave another loleful crouk
+ :. Dunn you!Y--.s ,g,sar-.R .s.st-
The rfTyet was el,etrical Giving one
/, startled and terrified glance ut the intruder
| tllc preacher smaug througha window, chr
Hine sash, glass and all with him, and set
| off at 4 irak-ncck pace through the woods,
c!o>eiE fnllnved by his horror stricken con
gregatinn, who had piled out Of tie build
ing rdlEneiI after ,hin l" the general
scramble. III. o!dJady withihe crutches had
been knocked down in the church, wl,re
She lay, unable to rise, aud on observing
her, the crow who was after something d
eat few down beside her, and cooking up
his eye at her very knowingly, again eloak
cd |'a .' l-.'' I...
Damn youl'' 7 '
The old Indy eyed him savagely for few
moments, and then burst forth, in tone of
reck less defiance:
IS" Yes and d,,nn yo,,, foor' I had moth
ing to do with getting up Of this Methodist
meetine-and you know it, tool"
The poor old soul had mistaken the crow
for the Devil, and concluded to propititate,
If possible, the wrath Of his Satanic majesty
by denying i'll completely in the affair. :
The world is full Of just such people. =
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