The Placer herald., 1874-12-05

ssso LSOu-COmsuH " tue groom, Until tue udppy
yell Of the Dutch Flat school children lei
loose from their prisop-housc opposite the
Parsonage announced that the sun had about
reached meridian; then possessed of a spirit
of financial concern and worldly inquisilive-
lsess, he donned his coat and hat, and slipped
over to she hotel to learn of the irate landlady
that the ;rarnps had departed without wait
lug for soup. and for the mo, It part without
waiting for muf{ins. Repairing to the Dutch
Flat depot in quest Of the fueitives, he ar
rived at the Railway Saloon in time to be-
hold tho entire party ranged before the ba,
and indulging in round Of drinks known Ia
the Unlisted as whisky straight" Gazing
npon them through his glasses, he received
their gaze through the bottoms of their glass
es, but the lenses Of satan fell before the
mild glare Of the Parsons spectacles, and
the culprits sbsshed, silently elunk into their
sestss Then the Pastor epake unto them a
terse lktle sermon concerning the immortality
and wickedness Of going up and down the
railroad Of life and switching off at stations
to deceive and deiraud our fellow men,
pointing bis text by call ng attention to a
particular sojoum at station called Dutch
Fiat. Mildly he reproved them for the de-
ception practiced upon his cloth, and modesty
he portrayed unto them the privations he
must necessarily undergo from the robbing
Of his poor jeans, and patheticaIly appealed
unto them tor some measure Of restitution,
but without avail. And then with measured
severity he rebuked them for their unpaid for
carnival atthe widow hotel and for the raid
upon her harder. and for tie tumbling and
mussing Of her choicest rooms, and eloq uent-
y besought them to at least give up the wid-
ow's mite, but with like result as before.
Then be rebuked them exceedingly for the
hardness Of their hearts, and for their ten
dency toward drunkenness, holding up to their
visions certain images of cats, rats, snakes
and horned-toads that haunt the boots and
bed-clothes of the devoee of the bottle; and
for lying and false swearing, to "gooms over
in der mornings" be rebuked them, and for
the ungodlness Of their ways in general,
he moreover rebuked them again. Then,
in mild and silvered accents, like unto the
falling of the dew upon the Plains of Her.
man, he advised and exhorted them TO re-
pent and amend their shameful lives, and to
pray with all the power of their torpid souls
for the divine assistance necessary to enable
them. in the years that were before them.
to atone for their sins and depravties Of
the past. &C.," said the preacher, "Go
and sin no more" 81 goes shoost 20 soon
q der drain goon,es," doggedly replied the
German" "Bad luck to yez, for Dutch
divil, that got us all into this schrape," med
itatively growled the Irisbman. tipped for
ward in his chair, with hands furtively
thrust through his disheveled locks, and ap-
parently apostrophizing spi.toon. "And
i was sad joke that yez have played the
Parson; but I'm aflher thinkin' the joke is
not altogether on one side, for he has law
fully and lagally married yez for life to the
Shnow Plow.' Mind that now, yer Rivir-
ince." "Dst ish all right" merrily re-
sponded the German. "Gooms on now,
and we al takes drink NIT der bar-keep,
ehY
The scream If the noon freight train, 60
ing East, put period to this 'er true tale
There was rush and stumble out Of the
doors of the saloon. and the caboose car
swallowed up and irundIed away with the
bridal party tro,n Blue. Cauon.