The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-05

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old Dick he shook his horns and stamped al
him sort o threatnin'. Finally the deacon
he gave great bow and -broug ght his head
right down at him, and old Tick he set oui
full tilt and cume down on him kerchunk
and knocked him head over heels into the
broad ale, and his wig flew one way and ht
tother, and Dick made 4 lunge at Il as II
flew, and carried II oil on his horns.
Wal, you may believe that broke up th.
meetin' for one while, for Parson Morrel
laughed out, and the gals and boys they
stomped and roared, and The old deacon he
got up and began rubbing his shins--'OausC
he didn't sec the Joke ont.
go You don't orter laugh, says he, III
no laughin' nattcr-it's a solemn thing,
says he. Il might have been sent Into
'taruity by that darned critur, says he. Then
they nil roared and hAw.bawed the more 70
see the deacon dancin' round with his little
shiny head 80 smooth fly would trip up
ont, 'Ibelleye, my soul, you'd laugh 10 see
me in my grave, says he.
"Wal, the truth ont was, twas list one oil
them Dustin up times that nature has, when
there amt nothin' for II but to give In
twas lest like the Ice breAkiN' up In the
Charles hyer-lt all comes at once and no
whoa tot Sunday or no Sunday, sin or no
sin, the most on m laughed I'LL they cried,
and couldn't help It.
"But the deacon he went home feelin'
pretty sore about II, Lem Sudoc he picked
up his wig and handed II to him. Says he,
Old Dick wus playln' tithing.man, want he.
deacon Teach you to make allowance for
NthaR fntta that fVaN a1naHp
Then Mn. Titkins she went over TO Aunt
JeruShy Seran's and Aunt Polly Hokum's.
and they had pot O. tea over It, and greed
II was awful Of PArson Morrrl to set slch an
example, and suthln' had to DO got done
about II, Miss llokum said she alters knew
that Parson Monel hadn't no spiritooality,
and now It had broken out into open sin, and
led all the rest Of EN- into II, and Mn TIT
kins phe said such man want IT to preach,
and Miss HOkum said she couldn' mover hear
him ag'in, and the next Sunday the deacon
and his wife they hitChed up and driv eight
miles over to Parson LathIop's and took Aunt
Polly on the back seat.
"Wall, the thing growed and gowed, till
II seemed as II there warn't nothln' else talk.
cd about, cause Aunt Polly and Miss Titkins
and JeruShy scran, they didn't do nothin'
but talk about 1t, and that sOt everybody else
tRlkin'.
FINALLY, II was greed they must hev' a
council TO settle the hash. 50 all the wimmin
they went to o ch0pping mlnce, and maxim
up puhkln pies and cranberry tArts, and bill
In doughnuts. gettin' ready for the ministers
and delegates-'cause councils always eats
powerful-and they had quite stir, like
gineral tninin'. The HOSES, they was hitehed
all up and down the stalls, Itompin' and
switchin' their tails, ,.and oil the wimmln was
a.talkin', and they he'd up everybody round
for witnesses. and finally Panon Morrel, he
says: - Brethren says he, jesi let Inc tell
you the story Jest rs 4 happened, and II you
don't every one Of you laugh as shard as did,
why, then, I'll give up. ....
"The paBOn he was Il master hand at set
tin OF story, and afore he'd done, he got
'em oil In siCh q roar they diln'tknow where
to leave Of. Finally, they give sentence that
there hadn't no temptation took him but such
as Is common to man but they advised him
afterwards olleS TO pray with bis eyes sliet,
and the parson he confessed he orter a done
II, and meant TO do better In future and SO
they settled II.
$50, boys" aid Sam, who always drew
moral, "yc sec II larns you you must take
care what ye look at, IL you want to keep
from laughin' In meetin'.