The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-29
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE CROW.

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The following amusing anecdote,
which has ncveryet appeared in print,
sr ok me Ms contain nga point so kceDly
sa,rcal, that | determined to write 1t
down and have 1t placed on the records.
1t is told me by one who was both an eye.
and ear witness, and who, OF course.
speaks from the book. The story will
lose much of its ludicrousnesS N my style
of writing, and his Ct telling, but here
goes:
AT certain cross roads, in the State
of Alabama, stood small grocery or
"whisky shop previous to the rebel
ion, where "bust head ana "chain.
hghtning'' were dealt out 70 the thirty
uuwashed, a the small sum- i've cents
a drink, or twenty-five cents quart. -
The presid NJ genius OF this delectabIe
institution, was one ELL Strikes, who
among various other pets, had domes-
ucaed crow, black as the ace of spades,
This crow had learned, among Other
lhngs, to repeat quite plainly the works
'iauu yoa' which he, Of course, heard
frequently repeated IN the grocery
During the prevalence ot knock down
and drag out fight one day, however, the
crow was frightened from homo and low
to the woods, never to return again.
About three miles from the grocery
was Il settlement meeting house-an OLD
tumble down, dllapdnted affair, only
used on certain occasions when d circuits
rider happened to pass that way. In
this building went the ciow taking
peaceabic possession two days there"
after the church was thrown opeh for
preaching, and a large crowd assembled,
among whom was very old lady. who
was compelled to use cru ch, in Wa king,
who took her seat in the front pew, and
WAS soon deeply absorbed III the elo-
quence ofthc preacher. The reverend
gentleman scarcely got under full head
way, and commenced laundering bis
anathemas at all grades Of sinners, when
a hoarse, croaklng voice from above
uttered the ominous W rds:
'Dam yo4!'
The preacher and congregation look
ed agha,t at such profanity, and each
pcered in his neighbors face to detect
some sign OF guilt, Quiet was at length
restored, however, and the sermon pro-
ceeaed, but ere ten minutes had elapsed
the omimons damn you! again electric.
ed the audience, and just as the preacher
cast his eyes upward to search for the
delinquent the crow flew down from his
perch, and lighting on the bible, ca I'M,
survey ed the terrified crowd. aud he
gave another doetul croak; .,.
'Damo yoa' ..t.
The effect was electrical Giving one
sta tied and terrified glance at the intru
der, the preacher sprang through WIN
dow, carrying sash, glass and all witt
him and set Off az Il break-neck pace
through the woods, closely followed by
his ror,stricken conglagalion, who
had piled out Of the building pcll mel
after him. In the general scramble, The
old lady with the crutchea had beer
knocked down in the church, where shC
lay, unable to rise, and on seeing her, th'
crow. (who was after something to. eat
few down beside her, and cooking III
hi, eyes at her very knowingly, again
croak2d
'Dumn Y0u !! ..'
The old lady eyed him sayagely for
few moments, and burst forth IN a ton
ofrcckless defiance:
| Ves-0nd damn you TOO! l had moth
ing 10 do with getting up this Methods
meeting, aud you know It, too!'
a., The poor old soul had mistaken tn
] crow tor the devil and concluded t
/ plop,tiate, the wrath Of his Satanic ma
e Ijesty by dcfylng all completely in tn
, affair. The world is full OF just sue
!, people, Chattanooga gazette.
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