South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17


sighed when be 'hough ' of the alm~hause
III We could ool' got through the winter.
But who's To help u>g
And Uacls BsN an his wife were ~
reused from their s'upnr ct chi aud hun
ger by the tramp Of feet aud the hum Of
voices, aud very shortly the d ar of their
cabin was op ned, aud JOuN DIGBY and
his companions entered \ f-e speedily
bIaz d upon toe hearth, and good store OF
provision was opened upon the table
The oil man wondered, aud Tow Low
DEN made nu,wsr--
rs anrgb', L zee byN. This JACK
OIGBY's refor elus. We've stopped our
ra'ions Of spirits and tyb,ocn, and are going
10 invest The resnit ia missionary enter
pris". We want convert you aud Aunt
SALLY, If we cam
Convert Us, Tony
Aye, convert you to comfort aud peace
and, perhaps, a'So convert you 10 the be
lief that there's grin Of good left 10 hu.
mlDity still. We meau 10 take ynu ia
hand flr the wiotcr, aud you shal't suff r
il We can help IT,
The Buys didn't leave the cot until they
had helped the aged coup, to hear'y meal
aud had piled up fuel enough to last until
they came again and when they & lally
Withdrew, the song Of blessing was sound
ing IN their ears.
A1d 80 the reform Rs went on until their
nights work was done, and when they came
to separate, they declrei that they had
t'uGd such chi 'yment as they bad never
known before.
Daring thu succeeding week, three new
members were added to the club-men
who were willing to cut off expenses for
rum an! tobacco aud devote the proceeds
to the relief of the poor and distressed OF
the town
Aud ere long DIGBY's reform club be-
came noted institution 10 the town. The
projectors thereof could hardly credit tie
evidences Of their own senses in coniem =
plating the results Of three mont tbs labor
Two aud twenty members had joined, aud
the fund for relief amounted to almost for
y dollars week, as each man was pledged
60 pay IN weekly the exact sum his spirits
and toblcco had cost him. If he contin-
ued TO use tobacco, las took lower place
IN the company, aad the use of spirits as Il
/ beverage was sufficient cause for expulsion
/
+ VS. being done, they were anxious to give
! their aid and be counted 10 with the happy
crew; but the laws of the cub were fixed
no mcn'y could come to It's fund except
such as had been saved by the donor from
the conquest If some evil habit, or the cut
ting off of some useless luxury.
Il was a bright Slbblth in the spring
time, and il had been talked that PARsoN
MEEKLY vas going to preach a sermon up
( ou DGGBY 5 reform club, and the old meet.
ing holNe was filled to OVERT owing. The
clergyman read bis text from ST. John.
. GDspel-'can there any good thing come
! out of Nazareth? Come and see. And
when he had told the story Of DIGBY's club
and pictured the good results Of lis llbor be
proclaimed 20 all-'GD We and do likewise
OIce JOHN DiGBY AMI his compatriott
bad fnncied that it would be proud momeu
when they had brought the old clergyman
to recognize the worth Of their labor; bu
the blessings of those upon whom their
bounty had fallen had made such sweet
music in their cars, and the satisfaction o.
duties tru'y dono bad dropped 50 soothing
ly upon their souls, that they found %
room for the biser pr ie which they had
aforctime anticipated
WHAT \ Boy Knows ABoUr Grafs.-
Girls are the most unsccountable things il
the word-exccpt a woman. Like th,
wicked Fl a, when you have them they ain'
there | eau cipher clean over tho impro
per fracions aud the teacher saws do i
tirst-ra'c, but | can't cipher cot cir
proper or improper, and you can't ci her
Tue only rule in arithmetic thar hits thei
case u the double rule Of two. They ar,
~ full of old MEX as their skin can hold
aud they would dje If thoy couldn't tor.
ment somebody. When they try IN b.
mean, they are ~ mean as pnI-ey, though
they olo't as mean as ihey 1t 90 some
times, they are good doil meanpr tn,
only way 20 get along With a girl when IA,
comes 70 you with Der nonsense j. fo civ,
her tt for tat and that will numniz her
and when you get girl fummuxod 81,
- az nee az now pin. girl can SOW
more Wild oats 10 Day than boy cat
SOW 10 gear, bui girls get their wild ont
sowed after a while, which boys never DO
ana then they sotue down as calm AMI pIs.
CD as a mud-puiilr. But I ike Girl
brat rate, and ] guess The boys ali d..
don care how m,ny tricks they play or
mo-and they don't care either. The hoi
tytoiiyist girls 10 The world can always boi
over Ike glass n beer. BY and BY the,
VIII get into the traces with somebody the,
IKE, and pull as steady az 90 old stAq,
horse. That Is The beauty Of them. s.
let them wave, | sag they will pay Tor j
some day, oewiug on buttons and irving 8,
make a decent man out of a fellow the,
nave sliced on TO and ten chanches TO OBJ
II they don't get the worst of il.