The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05


fellowship. He said nothing. bu
when Magruder sang,
s%Oh! bow ha@py aEs thsy
Who tAeir 0Ayiear obsy,
And Aave laiA ~ thslr treasure above
Tongue con nsvsr sxpssm
The sweet cam1nst anA psacs
Of soul II II sarllsse love-"
like shook hands with them al
again, bade them good-night, and
went home, about the time that hi,
friend Morton, flushed and weary
with dancing and pleasure, laid him
self down to rest.
CHAPTER XII.
MR. BRADY PROPHECIES.
The Mcthodists had actually made
break in the settlement. Dancing
bad not avsiled to keep them out L
was no longer question Of getting
s.shet' Of Wheeler and his Metho.
dist wife, thus extirpating the con.
tagion. There would now be q
"class' formed, q leader appointed
regular preaching. place established;
Hissawachce would become part d
that great wheel called > circuit,
there would be revivals and conver.
sions, the peace of the settlemcn,
would be destroyed. For now one
might never again dance At = "hoe.
down." drink whiskey at shuckin',
or race .'hosses" ON Sunday, without
q lecture from somebody. 1t might
be your own wife, too. Once let the
Methodists in and there was nc
KNOWN.
Lumsden, for his part, saw more
serious consequences. BY his oppo-
sition he had unfortunately spoken
for the enmity Of the Methodists in
advance. The preacher had openly
deficd him. Kike would Join the
class, and the Mcthodists would
naturally resist his asccndancy. Nc
concession ON his part, short Of abso.
lutte surrender, would avail. He re.
solved therefore that the Ncthodists
should find out "who they were fight
ing
Brady Was pleased. Gossips are
always delighted to have something
happen out of the usual course. II
gives them = theme, something te
exercise their wits upon. Let US moi
be too hard upon gossip. It is ons
form Of communicative intellectua
&C .ivity. Brady, under differen,
conditions, might heve been . jour.
nalist. writing relishful leaders or
'stopics Of the iime.' For what j,
journalism but elevated and organ.
lied gossip! The greatest beoefac.
tor OF an out Of tho way neighborhood
is the man or woman with = talent
for good-natured gossip. Such ~
one averts mental stsgnation, diifuses
intelligence, and keeps alive q health
ful public opinion on local questions
Brady wanted to taste some
Of Mrs. Goodwin's ary-al hoe
cake" That is the reason he as
signed for his visit on the evening
aflcr the meeting. He was alwsy,
hungry for hoe-cake when anything
had happened about which he wan,
ed 10 talk. But ON this evening Jol
Goodwin got the lead in converse
tion at first.
..Mr. Brady" said he, "what's go
ing to happen to us all! Thes,
Methods sets people crazy with thu
jerks. I've hearn tell? Hey? | hea
dreadful things about 'em. O dear
it seems like rs If everything come
upon folks at once. Hey? The fe.
ver's spreadin' ut Chillicoihe, they
tell me. And then if we should 81,
into war with England, you know
and the Indians should come and
skelp us, they'd be precious few left
betwixt them that went crazy ane
them that got skelped. Preciou,
few tell you Heyg'
Here Mr.. Goodwin knocked the
ashes out of his pipe and laid it away
punched the fire medita,ivcly cndeav.
oring to discover in his imagination
some new and darker pigment fo'
his picture of the future. But fail
ing to think OF anything more lugu-
brious than Mcthodists, Indians, and
fever, he set the tongs in the corner
heaying sigh Of encouragement
and looked at Brady inquiringly.
"Ye'rc loike the hootin- owl, Misthel
Goodwin; its the black side ye're
afther lookin' at all the tonne
Where's Morton: He aint been tc
school yet since this quarter took up. :
Morton. He's got to stay out
expect. Ny rheumatic is might,
bad, and I'm powerful weak. don't
think craps'll be good next year, and
| expect we'll have a hard row t.
hoe, partic'lar if we all have the fever
and the Me,hodists keep up theil
excitement and driving people crazy
with Jerks. and war breaks out with
England, aud the Indians come on
ns. Rnt here's Mort, now"
'.Ha. Morton, and We wasn't a,
ma,in' last noight: Ye heerd fwa,
tonne we had. Most Everybody
got struck harmless, excipt mesili
and few other hardened sinners
Ye heerd about koike? ] reckon
the Captains good and glad he's 60,
the blessin'; it's warrantee on the
Captains skull, maybe. Fwat would
We do for crony now, Morton, il
Koike come to be a praycher."
'sHe aint such a fool, l guess,
said Morton, with whom Hikes get,
ting religion was an unpleasan,
topic. ut ill all wear off with kikt
soon enough"
don't be too shore, Morton
Things wear off with you, some
tonnes. Ye swear yen never sweal
no more, and ye're willin' to bet tina
yen never bet agin, and ye're alway'
q talkin' about a brave life but the
flesh is ferninst We. When koike'l
bad he's bad all over; lickin' won
take it out Of him; I've throid it me
silf. Now he's good the divil ,'il
have as hard q tonne maxim hin
bad. I'm roight glad it's the divi
now and not his school-masther q,
has got to throy to handle the lad
Got livery lisson to-day, and didn'
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