Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-12-02
whipping the Preacher.
BY CAPTAIN HOWARD.

HE must be tanned, boys" And Harvey
Ingsly brought his clenched hand down up.
on the large store box beside which he was
standing. ,'. .... ..I....
"You are right, Harvey" echoed Walt
Walters, the acknowledged bully Of Skid.
ton.
Right Right! ~ shouted the others.
"We will show those church going peo-
pie that we will not submit to bulyragging
from anybody, especially preacher, Old
Buell. was sent here to try Us, said VIII
Ashton, u rather handsome fellow Of seven
teen.
"He will find us hard customers 10 deal
with, III warrant! He looks weak, but the
muscle may be in him. o.
"Ayc, it is. boys" said stout Bob Graft.
II was at n mce,ng-a reyival--in Clarke
county. last winter; Old Buell. preached
We attempted to break it up, and created
quite disturbance. One night jim Sykes
and l put cayenne pepper on the stove;
Buell. saw US, and s;oppe,l preaching. He
came dosn from the pulpet, caught us BY
tho collars shook u ike a terrier shakes
r.,s, carried rs to,ie door anl pitched us
on, iG,n.he nov Tho other boys saw what
So "a he oi, ,f,i5,,, tli dll uot Interfere.
, Nas so.e It. week ;,.,erwapl and l assure
you. Loys tia, the m@- ting was not broken
up. All went on p3ace,p;y, and several OF
the boys joined, among them Jim Sykes. "
''lf he handled you so easily, Bob, he
must be a Simpson, said Harvey, as he
surveyed from head to foot the giant Bob.
Strong I think he il" resumed Bob.
His grip seemed to crush my shoulder
llade. " .- D.
II think can handle him." said Harvey
rolling up his sleeves to his shoulder, and
displaying a mighty arm, the muscles Of
which stood Oh: like whip cords. .,ga
when will We tackle him p asked young
Ashton eager for the encounter.
"To.night," said Harvey, who was the
ring.lcador Of the enterprise. "ile knows
nothing of us, save what the meeting folks
told him, and know they say nothing good
of Us. g.. ., .t.u.. &
'.Of course not" said the others. -
"Wasn't that scoring he gave us the
other night?' remarked Joe Gibbons.
"He thought so, at any rate" sneered
Bob. ......, .....,..r...... ,. .f-
"I know trembled when lie said those
gentlemen on the back scat. Every person
present turned their heads and looked right
at u.s." ..... .,
"You tremblc so often, Joe" said Walt.
"You remember when old Ransom caught
you in his melon patch? Didn't you trem-
bic then, eh p .. -.L-.
Don't bring that uphere, returned Joe
who wished bygones to be bygoncs. Lets
60 on with our preacher whipping. What
are your plans Harv?"
The boys gathered closer around their
leader to hear his plans.
'"They are as follows" began lngsly'
"We will 90 to the church tonight in
crowd, and act civil till services are con-
cluled when we will arrange ourselves out
side by the door. Old Buell. will come out
last, as usual, and l will step up and ask
him if he thinks our crowd cut his harness
IF he saws he does I will give him the lie,
and follow it up with good drubbing.-
You must be ready to assist me if necessary
and attend to members who may want a
finger in the pie"
1--WE will be ready, Harvey said Nath
Jones, laughing at the promised fun.
A minute later not one Of the plotters
could be seen on the corner; they had gone
to their respective homes to prepare Tor
their nocturnal adventure.
Skiffton was, ut the opening Of our story,
blessed with a gang of rowdies, n set OF
Young men who kept the good church going
rcople und all respectable citizens in ave OF
them. The set was, as VIC have said, leu
hy Harvey Ingsly, "a tall fellow OF about
twenty-five He laid all rlonsf6 tho Set
and was the foremost to execute them
Chickens disappeared at his bidding, ana
among other things the band was guilty OF
was tho declaration that they would break t"ls
up any meeting held in Walnut ,'l.a 1seS'