South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-28

Paul p asked q parson of his landlsdy
one day, during conversation about the
old saints and the apostles. 'Ah. he was
good, clever old soul. know, replied
the landlady, for he once said. you
know, that we must eat what is set be-
fore US, and ask no questions for con-
sciecne's sake. always thought 1
should like him for q boarder.
One Saturday night some sinner stole
two chickens from the coop OF Rev. A.
midab Bledso. OF the colored Taberna.-
Gle, Chicago, and the next day the rev.
erend gentleman preached most pow
erful sermon against the sin of stealing
chickens, and promising everlasting tor
ment to the man who stole his two chick.
ems. Early on Monday morning Jim
Webster called at the pastors residence
with scared face and some poultry
He said, 'Parson Bledso, dat ar sermon
most scared me 10 def. I couldn't sleep
a wink, so fetched yer chickens back.
Il don't keer for all de fowls, Jeems, but
it pleases me nightly to know dat am
IN 'mble instrument in de hans oh de
Almighty to bring sinners to repentance,
an TO cause dem to lead q new life.-
But, look heah, Jeems, desc chickens
ant de same ones yer stole from me-
Il knows it. Your chickens am done ca.
ton up, but yer sermon opened my eyes
to de sinfulnoss oh stealin' yer chickens,
and felt so bad b out it dat de fus,
thing / did when church was out was to
climb ODER into Colonel Jones yard and
cabbage two oh his fattest pullets to
replace do Chickens you missed
A Scotch boy had delivered message
to lady, but did not seem in bury
to so. Being asked if there vas any
thing else that his mother babe him say.
Jock whimpered out /: 'She said wasn't
TO seek anything for comm, but, if We
gied met, was TO TAX it,
An old bachelor was counting Wild
ow, and both had sought the aid Of art
to give their fading hair darker shade
That's going to be an effective couple,
said wag. How SOP They are
dyeing for each other already
CoLoRED REMINISCENCE.-In Bart
let's Dictionary of Americanism the
following excerpt is given:
The following short but pithy dia-
Iogue is represented as passing between
two Virginia negroes soon after the sur.
render Of Lord CORVALLIS at the siege
OF Yorktown
'Mingo: 'Hulio, bru1der Sam, how
you DO p
Sam: %. don't know, brudder Min
so; mighty poorly
'Mingo: Poorly. indeed you no hear
de news :?
Sam: NO. What sorter news p
'Mingo: why, don't you know that
are great man dey call CORVALLIS p
Sam: Yes, hearn huff bout him
shooting after white folks all over de
country
'Mingo: well, 'spose you know
Gin'ral Washington p
Sam: oh, yes: know olo masser.'
'Mingo: well. l tell you what: he
no CORVALLIS now. he Corvallis; Gin
raj Washington shell all de corn off him
too slick.-Cherokee Phoenix, May 81.
1928.
THE Two MEN INsIDE.-An old In
dian once asked white man to give
him some tobacco for his pipe. The
man gave him loose handful from his
pocket.
The next day he came back and ask
Cd Tor the white man. For said he,
1 Iound quarter of q dollar among the
tobacco
why don't you keep it p asked a
by.stander.
I've got good man and a bad man
here said the Indian, pointing TO his
breast; and the good man saw. IL is
not mine ; give it back TO the owner -
The bad man say, Never mind YOU 90,
1t, and 1t is your own now. The COOL
man say, No, no. you must not keen
it, So don't know what to do and I
think TO SO to sleep, but the good and
bad men keep talking all night. and
trouble me; and now / bring the money
back, feel good
Like the old Indian, We have oil n
good man and bad man within. The
bad man is Temptation, the good man
Is Conscience, and they keep talking for
and against many things that We do ev-
cry day