The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-11-01
OVERWHELMING A PARSON.

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"Tm real glad you've come, Miss
Purdyp' exclaimed Miss Betsy Marvin,
opening the door to the village dress
maker; !" Eve been expecting you fur
this three weeks. NY alapaca is gettin'
50 rusty I'm most ashamed to wear it.
When'd you git home p ~ ,yA4 ot tari
last mighty answered the little
woman, shaking out the folds of the
large figured .delaine before her. ,y,.l 4
Then you haven't heard the news,
maybe about Parson Mobiles leavin' us,
hev your asked Miss Betsey, with an
air of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So T. 400
SHOT word exceptwhat saw in the
newspapers You see Pyeabeen over to
Florence, sewing, for three months;
Cousin Maria 8 youngest daughter was
married last Tuesday. How will you
haze your dress cut, Miss Marvin ~ =
-"You don't say Well / neverl What
luck she does hev marrying off her girlsl
Cut, it polnase, Miss Pnrdy, and don't
get it ter long behind-it's dreadful
sin to waste cloth so, ] think, Well,
I'm. glad you didn't hear it from Sophia
Jackman she has such a habit of color
ing things So. Now l arays tell a
straightforward story, and let folks. touch
it up to suit themselves How did you
like Parson Noble, what you've heard of
him, Miss, PurdyT adt a 90 bne Hiil
BE always put me in mind of those
men that ST Paul tells about Of, whom
the world is not worthy" answered
the dressmaker, measuring Miss Marvin's
plump waist with her tape-measure. h'3
3"0h Welt dispose most people was
pleased with him at,first; maybe You'll
change your mind when you hear about
the donation. 1 can't say but what he
has a pleasing way with him, but /
always thought he was little loose in
his doctrine. mistrusted from the first
that like as not he wouldn't stay long.
Somehow his preaching want strong
enough-there want theology enough
about it." . 5f- a -7s1r5.iq.5i 81
Possibly not" remarked Miss Purdy,
basting up the lining but it seemed to
me he preached the gospel and that was
good enough for me. " o. ""'24 Up
Do you think he was very spiritually"
asked Miss Betsey, waving the contested
point. /" He's been seen more n q, dozen
times sliding down Dragon hill with the
boys on their double rippers-as they
call 'em. What do you think of that?''
~ think most likely he enjoyed it,
and I'm sure the boys did. l never saw
everybody oappy around HINT was
really wond srful." - 10 J93l 1sq s. IN
Miss Marvin laughed a low laugh
which had in it neither mirth, nor musics
4" It's a real pity to spoil your good
opinion of him, she said, and | hate
to do it, but I pose. somebody else will
tell you If don't. When he came
here, you know, they promised him 500
salary but the times is hard and every
thing is cheap, and they thought, mebbe,
this year he'd. be satisfied with six.
Nobody but him and his wife, you see.
Seems to me 800 and the parsonage is q
monstrous priee--what do you thinkY' Il
~ suppose they have to have food
and clothes, Miss Marvin; in fact, had
an idea that ministers were human"
81 begin to think so myself, Miss
Purdy, -dreadfuly human" sighed Miss
Betsey. "Well, as l was saying, they
went to him-the committee didAand
kindly asked him if he'd take, six hun
dred this year, as money was so scarce,
and what do you think he said?'" 81
81 haven't the slightest idea, unless
he said he would preach for nothing"
No, indeed; he said he couldn't but
just live on 500, and thought he ought
to be making some provision for the.
future now, if eyer. Mrs. Chaplin said
she thought that was distrustin' provi-
dence, and that's the way look at it,
Hasn't the Lord promised to provide?
Didn't he feed Elijah and the children
of israel? And calculate if ministers
is faithful the Lord will take care of ,em
when they're too old to preachY' ln tir.
Well, what. did the committee do
Them inquired the dressmaker. 1901, 10
1t made a sight of talk, | can tell
you; some was fur lettin' the parson go,
but Deacon Simons got real riled up; he
said he didn't blame the minister one
mite; he thought they ought to raise his
salary instead of lowerin' it, and he'd be
willin' to give $50 The deacon, meant
well, but he's dreadful unreasonable
man when he gifts his danderup; but
Squire Lyman he put him down at once;
he said 1T was poor plan to let minis
tiers hey their way, and if they should
give Parson Noble seven hundred this
year, he'd be askin' for eight hundred
next, maybe Then the deacon got up
and says he, Pd like toask Squire Ly-
man # he could live on six hundredg
That was a real tender pint and the
deacon knew it, for Sue Lyman told
3rohnd that her father gave her five
hundred year fur her clothes and to
travel with, and they kept two girls and
a man to take care of the horses, but the
quire only paid ten dollars minister's
tax last year-but then won't do to git
Squire Lyman mad, fur he's worth
more'n half dozen like Deacon Simon..
SO Justin Marvin made motion to raise
nix hundred dollars and give the minister
Alienation to make up the other hundred.
THAT kinder paeiEed all round, and
they agreed TO meet at the vestry the
next Thursday evening and give the
minister and his wife rousiDg donation
and surprise party They took pains to
invite every body. old and young, and
when Thursday evening came there was
a big crowd can tell you. Squire Ly-
man gave the word to start. and inst a.