Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-03-03
A PLEASURE EXERTION.
This humorous sketch is taken tro
MARIETTA HpILEY.


on 1t cXcrtion alter pleasure and Josiah
was all up i'll end TO go too
That man i :. we'll l-principled man as
ever see; bat ii he had his head he
would be worse than any Young man |
ever Sac to tUller up pic-nic>. and 4th OF
JUlv,. nnd camp meetin's and Ail
I pleasure cNcrtinn.. Bat don't cncUur-
age hm il il have said to him, time
and agiu There Is 81 time tor every
| thing, Josiah Allen and after ANYBODY
has lost all their teeth. and every mite
OF hair "n the top uttheir head il j. time
| Tor 'cm To stop goin' to pleasure eXor-
tious"
But, good land might Jest rs well
talk to the wind II that nlan should
get to he old as Mr.. Methu1.er and be
gUIn on Il thousand wears old he would
prick up his ears If he should hear OF an
e1ertIon. All Summer long that man
has b">ct me |" 20 to en-, Tor he
wouldn't z" without me. Old Bunker
ill!i himself hahn / any SOumicr in prin-
ciple than Josiah Alien. and | have had
To- word head-work to make excuses,
and que!! ni"i down But, last week.
/ the old folks was g"ln L" have one out
on the lake, on an island. AMI thai man
sot hls iuot down that 20 he would
We was to the breakfast table, Il talk
IL il over, and SAYS |. Il shan't 20, tor
am afraid OF big water any way
SAYS Josiah. You are Jest Is liable
TO be killed. III on" place as another.
SAYS |, with Il almost triyid ar. ;ts
passed him his coffee. 'Mcbby shall
be drownded on dry land. Josiah Allen,
but don't believe it."
SAYS he in a rnmuraiuin' tone 81
cant get Won started Onto i cxertiou for
p,easurc any way"
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don't Lrlieyr in n,kiu' snrh ercr,ious
alter measure dnn1 helirye in rbn-
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should tall overheard dunn the day
/ Men are deep. Now that man knew
that no amount 0t religious preachin
could >tr me up ike that one speech
For though laju't no hand to COO. and
don't encourage him in bcin sgUOny 1T
all. h. ku,~s that | am wrapped almost
completely up IN him went.
I We bad -ut L. start about the middle
OF the night. for the lake was fifteen
miles from J"nesviIle. and the old horse
bein SO slow. We had got t" start hour
OF twe ahead OF the rest. told Josiah
tho had Jest a. lives set up al! night.
Il, I" he routed out at Two O'Clock. But
he Was 50 animated and happy Al the
lLe" OF g0!n. that h" looked on the
bright SIDE Of everything. and he said
that we would :" To- bed before dark.
and get "a much sic"p as we commonly
did ;" W" went to bed. the sun HI
hour high. hut we hadn't more'n got
settled down INTO the bed, when he heard
buggy and single wagon stop I" the
gate. and got up and p"eked through
the window, and | see 1t WAS visitors
come to spend the ceFenln-Eider Wesley
Mink ' aud ms fanny. and Deacon Dob
niu,' toik~ Josiah vowed that he
wCniln,t str one step out OF that bed
that night. But ! argued with him pretty
sharp, " lille ! was thrown ON my clothes
and | finally got him started up. hain't
decPittu.. but | thought, il got my
clothes Al! on before they came in, |
wonldn tel! EN- that had been 10 bed
that time of day. And | did get all
dressed up. even to my handkerchief
pin And guess they had been there
"a much rs ten minutes before | thought
that hadn't took my night-cap off.
lhcv looked drctiul curious ut me, and
| lctt awful meachin' But Jest ketch-
e! il of and never said nothin'. But
when Josiah cam" out OF the bedroom.
with what little hair he has got standin
out in every direction no two hairs a
layin the same way, up and told EN-.
| thought mebby they wouldn't stay
long But Deacon DobbnS' folks seem
ed 10 he all walked up on the subject OF
religion. and they proposed We should
turn it into a kind of a conference meet
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