Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-13
From the Brunswicker.l
THAT TARNAL sREEP-FACED
PREACHER.
And How He Caused a Christian Conn
try sstrI to 'sFOIIer Arter alseF Idols:

An old lady came up to the office
Wednesday. She was worn and tired
from climbing the winding stairs, and
she sank almost breathless into the
Wastesbasket, putting the poems and
stories it contained to the only press
they will ever know. There was a
troubled anxious look on her face, a
pair Of green spectacles on her nose,
and a general air of exhaustion about
her that appealed at once to our tend
crest feelings. The feelings answered
the appeal and stepped respectfully
forward. After the aged female had
recovered her breath, she asked
is there a loryer's Office in this
buildfn' ?'' z-- .s-...ss
We answered in the affirmative, but
were sorry to say that the legal gentle
man was out of town.
"0ut of town, Ell? Well I s. pose I'll
have TO find some other iofyer. T
KEN in town a purpose to have this
thing fixed up, anil amt a going back
ontil know whether there is any law
an ekeity in this country" -ae
We yentured to remind the dame
that laWing was losing business in
the end, and should be restored to
only In the most aggravated cases.
Aggravated cases ?" she sereached,
and the manuscript in the basket rat
tied most violently. "Yo1ng man, it
is the most aggravated case you ever
heard Of You ken never know the
anguish of a mothers heart when her
only dorter goes astray an foHers ar
ter false idols"
"Your daughter has had trouble,
then =
No. it's me what's havin, the trou-
ble, but she's ncit-she an that
tarnal sheep faced preacher
"Ah minister il the case / think
I understand. Such things are becom-
ing too common; alas too frequent
The cloth is being brought into disre-
pute by. such scoundrels Who .steal the
livery of heaven to serve the devil in
Poor girl
pore nothin' lShe's brazen huzzy
to go back on her mothers teachn' !.
Lor knows I've allas tried TO raise her
right ri
"But you must consider, my good
woman, that your daughter had pecu-
liar temptations. You make allowance
for the fact that the tempter came to
her in holy garb, imposing upon her
confidence in the assumed character OF
a spiritual adviser, silencing the voice
Of her conscience with eunning gly chos-
en- scriptural quotations You must
not be severe on her."
"Well, Hammer was bedient girl
till he KEN foolin' around. He KEN to
the house purity often, but didn't
s'pose nothin' was wrong till week
ago, when Hammer tole me. Then !
guy himAa mighty big piece of my
mind"
''He denied it, of course ?''
mo, he didn't. He said it was his
dooty as Christian. An his eongre-
CATION are all tick1ed overit, an that's
what makes me bile
'Why, that is an aggravated case
That he should be guilty of such
thing is bad enough; that he shoulC
call it the performance of a duty is
worse, and that his scongregation should
uphold him in such vile practices is be-
yond belief"
''Well, it's so, an want to get {
loryer to issoO CONNECTION or inject
ment OF somethin' to stop it,
II fear there is no legal redress, un
less it is matter ofvery recent occur
renee. A bill passed the Legislature
governing such cases, but it won
work Backwards
what is that bill ?' asked the oIC
lady, her face lighting up with a new
hope.
''It makes it obligatory upon the
man to either marry the woman O
support the Chi"
"What % shrieked the woman, spring
ing up with suddenness that sent tn
basket of unacknowledged genius hal
way across the room. "You barri
headed idiot My girl amt no such
fool as that! You editors think YOU r
mighty smart, an you're allus s'posel
things Wasser'n they are. I've been
lifelong Methodist, and I've tried tc
!. raise my dOrter in the same faith, bu
that tarnaf 'Piscopaylyun preacher ha
got her to gree to jine his church. Tn
her material garjeen, an I amt agoin
to low her to do it. Eff she can't ge
along with the religion her mother
got, she shan't have any. That's tn
whole case, an there amt no marryin
nur s'portin nur Beecherin' in it,
From the way the old lady bumpe
along down stairs, we fear she wa
unduly aggitated.
We shall never jump to another con
clusion-no, not if it should lie With
an inch ofour nose, and pointed prooi
, we're pressing against Us on each sid
+ and behind.