The Osceola times., 1880-06-05
Nix, the ScriptOriau.

NIX was IN town this woek. The
Bible is Nix's strong point. lie
can start in at Genesis aud come
cut all right at Revelations. Nix
is n tall man, with n red face, light
hair and mustache, and his game is
to fool people into the beliefthat he
don't know anything about the BIZ
bic. He gets into "a crowd and asks
questions which his intended victim,
willing to show what he knows
about the Bible. hastens TO answer,
and explain at length. "Do you
| believe in q state of future tor
ment?' inquiries Nix. The victim
answers this, IT don't make any diff
ference how, and then Nix takes
issue with him. The victim dis
gusted to find his disciple thinking
for himself, contrary to the rules
when one is teaching and the other
learning, begins to talk dogmatlcal-
", and before he is aware Of it, is
engaged in the hottest kind OF ar
gumcnt. In the meantime, Nix,
who has been sitting placidly astrad-
die of a chair with his legs stretch
cd out, and his arms resting on tho
back of it, rises with Il supernatural
glare in his eyes, and takes posi-.
ton in front Of hls victim. Did you
ever see wheat fan IN full opera
ton? Well the scripture flies out of
Nix Just like the chaff flies out of n
wheat fan. An aygumen. with n
wheat fan would be just like one
with Nix, with the advantage in IA
vor of Nix. If the victim SAID any
thing, Nix blinded and suffocated
him with a cloud of flying fragments
of scripture. Two or three Bap-
lists and Campbellites, who were
considered mighty in the scripture,
IN an evil hour, took issne with Nix.
Nix stunned and dcafcncd them
with whole chapters Of the Bible,
which he rccitcd in q loud, nasal,
psalm singing tone of victory and
cxultauon. A prominent candidate,
who happened to be gayly coonjin-
ing along the sidewalk overheard
Nix, paused, and sailed in..with the
question, What did Jeremiah, the
prophet, say ?" The candidate es
capped before he became a raving
lunatic. The Doctor. was sent for,
and thought ho had meningitis, un-
TIL IN lucld interval, he found out
it was "nix.' The Doctor sald Nix
ought TO be shot. Under skilful
treatment, the candidate was able
to get about the Lext day, but look
ed feeble and low-splri,ed Later
in the day, people had found out
the kind of II man Nix was, and
kept ont of his way. Nix having
disputed his way IN triumph thro'
every street and alloy in the town,
retired to n grocery to refresh him
self, and then came out, and with
folded arms, hat drawn down on
eyes, stood in the door of the gro
Gerry, enjoying the sensations OF a
dif'usive slimulant careering thro'
his system, and thinking, no doubt,
that in the matter OF gifts he was
another Jeremiah. A crowd of
spectators stood looking at Nix
Il" He's the most powerful scriPtorj@a
I ever heard of" says one. "You'rc
mighty right, he is says another.
ITO look at hlm llecrless like you
wouldn't take hIm for more'n ave
rage, but if you look close, you'll
see the signs and marks OF great
ness Just then Nix passed by
the admlrlng crowd, aud with Il
weird smiln, sald, gentlemen, ]
don't know anything, ! don't. !
had the misfortune to be born
yomg. I've only read the scriptures
through seventy two times in the
last year, and ] say unto You, there
Is no hell, or future torment" Then
Nix departcd.