The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-25

corner With Sam we felt assured of in.
diligence and patronage, for though al
ways rigidly moral and instructive in his
turn of mind, he had that fellow feeling
for transgressors which is characteristic
Of the loose jolnted, easy going style OF
his individuality.
''Lordy massy, boys-yis," said Sam, vir,
tuously, in view Of some of Aunt Lois
thrusts eve ought never to laugh or cut
up in meetin,' that are so, but then there
is times when the best on us gets took
down. We gets took anawares, We see
even ministers does. Yis, natur will GIT
the upper hand afore they knew it,"
A"Why, Sam, ministers don't ever laugh
In meetin,' do they?"
We put the question with wide eyes
Such suppositIon bordered on profani
ty, we thought ; it was approaching the
sin of Uzzah, who unwarily touched the
ark of the Lord
laws, yes. Why, haven't you never
heard how there was counsel held to
try Parson Morrel for laughing out in
prayer time !"
Laughing IN prayer. time !" we both
repeated, with uplifted hands and eyes.
MY grandfather's mild face became lu-
minous with suppressed smile which
frightened it as the moon does a cloud,
but he said nothing.
eyes, yes" said my grandmother, "that
affair did make dreadful scandal in the
time ont. But Parson Morrel was a good
man, and I'm glad the counsel wasn't hard
on him." ...,.,, ......
WAL" said Sam Lawson, "after all, it
was more Ike Rabbits fault than twas
anybody's. Ye see, Ike he was alters for
gettin what he could out o'the town, anG
he would feed his sheep on the meetin
house green. Somehow or other, Ike s
fences alters contrived to give out, come
Sunday, and up weuld came his sheep,
and Ike was too pious to drive 'em back,
Sunday, and so there they was He was
talked to enough about it, cause: We see,
to have sheep and lambs ba.ain' and q
blatin' all prayer and sermon time, want
the thing Member that are old meetin'-
house up to the north end, down under
Burberry Hall? The land sort O. sloped
down, so as body he'd to come int the
meetin'~house steppiu' down instead O.
up.
"Fact was, they said twas put there
cause the land want good for nothin'
else and the folks thought putin a meet
in house ONT would be clear savin,-
but Parson MorreI he didn't like it-and
was free to tell EN- his mind ont, that
twas like bringin' the lame and the blind
to the Lords service.-but there twas.
"There warn't better minister nor no
one more set by ia all the State than Par
son Morrel, His doctrines was right up
and down good and sharp, and he gave
saints and sinners their meat in due sea-
son, and for consolin' and comfortin' wild
ders and orphans Parsor Morrel hadn't
his match. The women sot lots by him
and he was allus' ready to take tea round,
and make things pleasant snd comforta-
BILE, and he had good story for everyone
and a word for the children, and may be
an apple or cookey in his pocket for 'em.
Wal, you know there amt no pleasin'
everybody, and eff Gabriel himself, right
down out O. heaYen, was to come and be
a minister | expect there'd be picken at
his wings, and sort O fault fndin.' Now
Aunt Jerushy Scran and Aunt Polly Ho
kun they sed Parson Morrel Want solemn
enough. Ye see theirs them that thinks
a minister ought to be just like the town
hearse, SO that We think of death, judg-
ment and eternity, and nothin' else, when
ye see him round and eff they see man
rosy and clipper and havin' pretty nice
sociable sort Of q time, why they say he
ant spiritooal minded. But in my time
I've seen ministers that the most aWakenin'
kind in the pulpit was the liveliest when
they was out ont. There is a time to
laugh, Scriptur' says, tho some folks new
er seem to remember that are"
"But Sam how came you to say it was
Ike Rabbits fault? What was it about
the sheep?"
ooh wal, yis-Tm comm to that are.
1t was all about them sheep-I expect
they was the instrument the devel got to
work, to tempt Parson Morrel to laugh in
prayer time.
aye see, there was old Dick, Ike's bell
wetner, was the fghtin'est old criStur that
ever you see. Why, Dick would butt at
his own shadder, and everybody said it
was shame the old crittnr should be
left to run loose, cause he run at the chill
dren and scared the women half out of
their wits. Wal, used to live out ia that
parish in them days, and Lem Sudoc and
[ used to 60 out sparkin' Sunday nights
to see Larkin gals-and we had to go
right Gross the lot where Dick vas-so
we used to go and stand at the fence ard
call, and Dick would see US. and put
down his head and run at us full chisel,
and come bunt agin the fence, and then
I'd ketch him by the horns and hold him,
while Lem run and got over the fence
t'othe1 side the lot, and then I'd let 60
and Lem would boiler and shake a stick
at him,and away he'd go full butt at Lem,
and Lem would ketch his horns and hold
him till l came over-that was the wav
we managed Dick-but eff he come sudden
up behind Teller, he'd give him a butt
in the small of his back chat would make
him run on all fours one yzhila - -