The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
Mr.. COBLEiCH'S MOVING.

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May. We we're going through North
street when we met him with the insig>
mia OF the act upon him, viz, a looking
glass, clock and lamp. If we had sud-
denly discovered our own family moving
we could not have been more astonished.
He had lived in tie house whence he
was moving fora least eight years. He
sat the lamp on fence and propped the
clock and looking-glass against the
same.
"You are surprised to see me at this?'
he said, with an anxious look.
We admitted rs much.
81 little expected it at one time my
self" And he sighed drearily.
ANY trouble with the landlord?
mo, no."
"With the house then9"
"Oh, no, good landlord, and good
house. don't know ii III ever again
find Us good. I've lived there eight
years last iall. and might've lived there
all my life ii it wasn't tor the DANCED
tools in the world"
We looked our sympathy.
"You see," he went on. '.about six
months ago one OF those chaps who be-
lieve in a series OF sudden and unex-
pected judgment days-Second Advent
they call 'em-mOved in next door
(where Parker used to live). He was Il
peaceful sort of Il man enough to get
along with. but he was q strong Second
Advent. and SO is his wife. Well. they
hadn't lived there two weeks before they
got acquainted, and began to have revel-
atoms" He paused and sighed.
.'But why should their peculiar relig-
ious belief make you dissatisfied with
your home?" we ventured to enquire.
"Why?' he calculated. staring hard at
us. but then you don't know any>
thing about it. You never lived next
door to Il Second Advent, perhaps?"
mot that we can remember"
You'd remembered it you had" he
replied, with significant emphasis. 'I'Il
| never forget my experience. That fam
| lily got acquainted with Us, and then it
had its revelations. FIRST they borrow
ed q little sugar, and then little tea,
and then little saleratus. and then ,hi:
and then that. They said the world was
all going to be burned up in two weeks
and they didn't feel like going to the
expense OF getting u barrel Of sugar
when eternity was 50 close, and wouldn'
we let them have q small teacupful? We
let 'em have it. Then two DAYS attel
they came in aud said that owing to the
Immediate approach sf the end OF al
things they did't thick it advisable 10 lay
in ton OF saleratus. and wouldn't W.
just loan them n cupful? My wife didn'
believe, OF course. that the world wa:
coming to AN end. but she thought the
poor critters did. and she reasoned tina
when they saw there was no fire MOI
smoke on the day in question they,
pony up with the sugar and saleratus
and the one hundred and one othe
things. But they wasn't that kind o
Auvents. When the time came arount
and the performance dida't. they pro-
tesSed to have got sort of postcrip
with later particulars. and then thel
came over rs rampant Is ever. anu NOR,
so. In fact, every fresh disappointment
appeared to give them new zeal 10
victuals and other things, and it got $,
that they were over every day. and SOM
times twice day, after enc thing o
another"
'.Bu, didn't they return any of tn
articles"
Certsinly not. II the world was com
ing to An end what on earth was we
going to do with the articles? couldn
go through fire, could l, with the tcs
; cuptuls Of ssieratus, sugar, tea, etc
, hung to me? That's the way they res
soned. But they was going to make
all right on the other shore Was what hi
wife always said, told my wife that
we could only get back lU per cent. {
} the things ON this shore I'd cheerful
I run my chances tor the balance whe
we got over there. Besides all that. ii
prospect Of 80 much groceries wsitin
! me ON the other shore began after
: while to get very embarrassing. and
) kinder hinted 70 the chap something
this effect. but il did no g0od. He'd 2,
thas notion horsd night into his sk1l
and I'll - could - Was clouds Of xlol
; and angels. ard harps. and my sags