Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-06-27

talk law in mixed company and they
have way OF looking round when
they make point, ~ il they were
addressing jury, that is mighty az
gray vating, rs once had occasion To
see when one of EN-, anil pretty
famous one, put mo on the witness
stand at a dinner party once.
The ministers come next IN point
OF talent. They arc tar moro curl.
Gus and widely interested outside o.
their own calling than either OF tho
other professions. l like TO talk
with EN-. They are interesting men,
full OF good feelings, hard workers,
always foremost in good deeds, and
on the whole the most efficient civil-
izing class, working downwards from
knowledge to Ignorance, that IS
now and then upwards, also,-tha.
we have. The trouble is, that SO
many OF them work in harness, and
it is pretty sure to chafe somewhere.
They too often assume principles
which would cripple our instincts
and reason and give US 4 crutch OF
doctrine. l have talked with great
many OF 'em of all sorts of beliet,a
! don't think they have fixed every
thing in their own minds, or are a.
dogmatic in their habits Of thought
as one would think to hear 'em lay
down the law in the pulpit. They
used to lead tho intcIli yenco
OF their parishes now they
do pretty well if they keep up
with it, and they are very apt to lag
behind it. Then they must have
colleague. The old minister thinks
he cen hold his own course,
sailing right into the winds eye Of
human nature, as straight as that fa-
nous old skipper John Bunyan; tho
young minister tails off three or four
points and catches tho breeze that
left the old mans sails all shlyerins.
BY and by the congregation will get
ahead of him, and then it must have
another new skipper. The priest
holds his own pretty well; the minis
ter is coming down every generation
nearer and nearer the common level
Of the useful citizen,-no oracle at
all, man OF more than average NOR
al instincts, who, if he knows any
thing, knows how little he knows =
The ministers are good takers, only
the struggle between nature and
grace makes some of 'em little
awkward occasionally. The women
do their best 20 spoil 'cm, as they
do the poets; you find it very pleas
ant to be spoiled, no doubt ; so do
they. Now and then one Of them
goes over the dam; no wonder,
they're always in the rapids.
By this time our three ladies had
their faces all turned toward the
speaker, like the weathercocks in a
and thought it best to
switch off the talk on another rail.
How about the doctors ?-I said.
Theirs is the least learned OF the
professions, in this country at least.
They have not halt the general cul-
ture Of the lawyers, nor a quarter Of
that of the ministers. l rather think,
though, they are more agreeable to
the common run OF people than tho
men with black coats or the man with
green bags. People can swear be.
fore 'em If they want to and they
can't very we'll before ministers. l
don't care whether they want to
swear or not, they don't want to be
on their good behavior. Besides,
the minister has little smack of the
sexton about him; he comes when
people are IN srtremis, but they don't
send for him every time they make a
moral slip,- tell lie for instance, or
smuggle silk dress through the Gus
tom house; but they call in the doc
tor when child is cutting tooth
or gets q splinter in its finger. So it
DOESN'T mean mnch to send for HIM,
,nly a pleasant chat about the news
If the day; for putting the baby to
lights doesn't take long. Besides,
everybody doesn't like to talk abo,ft
he next world; people are modest
q their desires, and find this world
s good as they deserve; but every.
,ody loves to talk physic. Every.
,ody loves to hear Of strange cases;
,eople are eager to tell the doctor
# the wonderful cures they have
leard OF; they want to know what is
he matter with somebody or other
Who is sald to be suffering from "a
Of diseases" and above
IL to get hard name, Greek or Lat.
in, for some complaint which sounds
.itogether too commonplace in plain
English. II you viii only call q
headache a Cephalaigia, it acquires
lignity at once, aud patient be-
comes rather proud Of it. So I think
loctors are generally welcome in
most companies.
In old times, when people were
more afraid Of the devil and of witch
's than they are now, they liked to
rave priest or a minister some
where near to scare 'em off but
if You could find an old
woman that would ride round the
.oom on a b-oomstick, Barnum
y vould build an amphltheatre to ex.
,ibit her IN; and if he could como
Icross young imp. with hoofs, tail,
md budding horns, a llneal descend
int of one of those demons" which
he good people Of Gloucester fired
It, and were fired at by "tor the best
,art of month together" in the
Tear 1893, the great Snowman would
AVE him at any cost for his museum
,r menagerie. Men are towards, sir.
md are driven by fear as the SOW
,reign motive. Men are idolaters