The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-02
THE I1ERA Id
Troy, NO. APRIL 2, 1873.

ther who had come before him, and set
'leu 10 some Of the "diggings' iu that
part Of the country.
Pat was strong man, q true Roman
Catholic, and had never seen the interior
Of Protestant church.
ingalls, was pous man. lie told Pal
he was going to church, and invited hi.
rev made friend to keep him company
,hlihCr, his destination being q sinai
meeting house near by. There was d
great revival theie at the time Cne o
the deacona, who was small man iu
sts,uie, invited ingalls, TO take seat in
his pew.
He accepted tho invitation, followed
ty Pat who looked in vain for the altar
~. After be was seated be turned
around to Insalls, and in whisper
that could be heard all over the house
he inquired;
Sure aud isn't this hereto church p
'llush," said ingalls,, "if you cay u
word they viii put you out
"Divil word will say, al ali, replied
Pa.
The meeting was opened by prayer by
the pastor.
Pat was cycing hin very closely, when
an old gentleman, who was standing in
The pew directly in front Of Pat, shouted
"Ameu!'
Hist, sc divil" rejolucd Pat in his
loud whisper. which WAS heard by the
minister, be daccn,, and don't make a
blockh head Of ycself!'
The rarson grew more fervent in hi;
devo,ions. Presently the deacon uttered
un audible Amen"
"Ilist, Sc b!acksuard! have you no
daeency at all ?" said Pat, at the same
time giving him punch in the ribs,
which caused him to lose his equilibrium
The minister stopped and extended his
hands in a supplIaut manner saying;
brethren, we cannot be DISTURBED in
this way. VIII some ono put tina, nau
uut q
"Yis, your reverence" shouted Pet,
III do it."
And suiting his action to the word he
colured the deacon, and to the utter hor
'or Of tho pastor, brother Ingalls,, and
the whole congregation, lie dragged him
up tho aisle, and with tremendous kick
sent him into the ves,bue Of the church
Love IN a BLAZE We have already
made it a matter Of printed record that
house was set on fire BY carrying heated
bricks to bed, and that young married
couple were "scorched' by heated "sadi
rons." 1t now becomes our duty, as o
faithful chroniccr Of passing events. to
record q freak Of active caoric under
peculiar circumstances where en- i'm
prom?'u vyro on the broad plains OF
iowa almost became matter Of painful
history. Withou. holding the reader in
suspense any lon-er, we proceed at once
with the relAtoa. One week ago last
Sunday (,he news has been sou.e time
reaching us) Mr.. Fosariy and Miss
Kennedy, of Pilot Grove, eight miles
north Of Independence, resolved like
ico Christians, to go to church. The
morning was trish. and bitter cold, as
every one will remember. No fair
weather Christians we're this worthy
couple, but as pcrsevcling as BuDyan's
ideal therefore they heated goOdly
,zed chunk of cord stick in the stove,
ehucLc! it into thc bottom Of the sleigh,
jumped in themselves, wrapped their
quilts and blankets around them, and
drove on. The miles soon began to be
gathered up pretty rapidly under the
ninble feet Of the horses The bells i'm.
sled, and everything began, no,wlhs,aud
ing the keen, biting air, to be "lovely and
divine when suddenly scent Of some
thing burning began to fill tie air. The
lady was the first to scent it, and immedi
I,ely called the attention Of her partner
10 the very palpable odor. A momen,
after column OF smoke was seen to issue
from behind their seats Fire both ez
claim, and, jumping from the sleigh, cacl
discovered the other to be allazc. Il
jumping out as WAS natural they should
Nr. Fogarty jumped out on his side, aud
Miss Kennedy on hers. The danger was
lmminent, Mr.. i. was on FIRE, Miss X
was on fire, aud the sleigh was on FIRE
With q commcndablc presence of mind
Mr.. L. snow ballcd himself out, ard thcr
rushed to the rescue of Miss X but BY
that time tho fire had got under sucl
headway that her garments were con
.umcd TO Ler uudcrclothing, even the
bone st.ys Of her corset were cri. ped
ilr +. rolled her in the snow, and soor
had the satisfaction Of knowing that
although she was reduced to very pri;n
llive garment for a covering, her person
had actually escaped from very serious
harm. Our informant did not state how
Mr., Fogarty got his dulciuia homo. =
Dubuque Times,
A WOMAN DENoUNCEs UNCLE SAM -
A female areonau, Of fearful vitality,
'al and extremely ugly female, called al