Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-22
EVENING STAR.
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A LIVELY DISCUSSION on RELIGIOUS TOP
TLEMrN.
Iron the Burlington IF,r,rk- Fls1
III always smuses me-" Mr.. wlut-rhoth-
sm remarked. as he accepted half OF Mr.
bentbams umbrella on his way down Divi-
SION street, Ito see newspaper attempt 10
quote passage OF scripture It's sometnipc
out OF their line. Hs, ha, ha,f'
"oh, decidedly; dead language coIncId-
"Haw, baw, Eawi"
"Now. the other morning" said Mr. Win
tetoothsm, II noticed In the Hawk Eye an
attempt TO point some article by a passage
of scripture very good way when a man
"but when a newspaper man distorts and
mangles passage OF holy writ"
"Oh, 10 be sure" said Mr.. Winterbotham,
and then again the sbsnrdity OF the idea
overcame them. and they roared In chorus
again, "Haw, haw, hawi" Then Mr.. Win
terbotham went on: "But In the instance I
was about TO refer TO-" he said. sit was real
ly too bad. The editor, a well meaning fell
low, nodoubt, said, In an attempt 10 quote
from Isaiah, and they shall beat their
swords into ploughshares ard their spears
into pruning hooks whereas the passage
reads, all nations shall beat their swords
into pruning hooks and their spears into
plous hshares.' l am 80 sensitive about a
Interpretation that The slightest error snnoys
me be ond MEASURE"
And me. too" said Mr.. Bentham, land I
must therefore call your attention % a
n. ~
al peoples instead OF all nations and the
'sp' ars' comes first. making the passage
r, al, ali peoples stall beat their spears into
piow shares and their swords into pruning
hooks"
81 beg your pardon" said Mr. winterhot-
ram, but think my quotation is correct;
Excuse me. :" said Mr. Bentham. obut Won
are wrong, sir, decisedIy wrong"
"Pardon me-" said Mr.. Winterboiham.
drawing his breath very hard through his
In m a Ion, In h.a a.
near as bad a. the editors"
"If you Will permit me-" returned Mr..
bentham, stepping quickly across the gut
over his eyes with the umbrella. Il must
say that AZ would make the editor laugh ifhe
could hear you quote scripture"
You are donkey" snaried Mr. Winter
botham, 81 could quote scripture before you
could read your primer, and 1 know it's ma
TORS and swords"
"If couldn't remember what read better
than you do" said Mr.. Bentham, ara be
ashamed TO look al a bible, and ! know it's
peoples and spears"
"'N6tions and swords yelled Winter
botham, so fiercely that IL sounded as though
he had invented a new kind of oath. "Did
teach bible-class in Muskingum eight
years FOR nothing
"Isn't a man who has led the tunes I'm Sun
day school ever since he could sing expected
To know something about the biole?" roared
MT Bentham, ANY fool ought to know IT'S
-"You're fool yourself" roared Mr.. Win
terbotham; otis nations"
You're LIAR yelled Mr. Bentham, 81
tell yeits peoples"
"I'll slap your mouth, shouted Mr.. Win
terbotham, "tf you call me a heather, you
illiterate old blasphemer!"
"lll punch your bead with this umbrella"
shrieked Mr.. Bentham, eli you say that
again, you dissenting old reprobate; you
don't know enough OF the bible to get half
way TO heaven on"
you're a lying infidel," roared Mr.. Win
terbotham. land you couldn't say the COM
mandments III you was hanged for IT."
Mr.. Bentham was so mad that he shut
down the umbrella so suddenly that il pulled
Mr.. Winterbotham's hat of, and he, In re-
talfatiOn, aimed a swoop AT Mr.. Benthan
with his cane, In lodging which that gentle
man slipped and fell beyond the edge OF the
walk, and went stTaddling and lesping and
sliding down the muddy hillside into Happy
hollow, carry ing Mr.. Winterbotham's hat
with him, which, when he reached the bot
I tom OF the grade, he cast into the mud and
stamped on Then the two alienated friends
shouted defiance at each other and went on
their divided ways, Mr.. Winterbotham in
his bare head and Mr.. Bentham encrustet in
mTd, and ii is still a disputed question with
them which OF the two got that quotation
right. for they both know the Hawk Eye