The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-04

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he had heerd sumthin' about the stran-
gers who had Lit on us, and how we got
rid Of EN-; and I made up my mind
that If he was a-goin' to put me down
in that way, I'd tell Mr.. Starvemout,
when he kums round for my subscrip-
tions Of ten dollars for next year, that |
should cut il down one-half. / don't
mean to keep public-house for nothin', /,
and amt a-goin' to have the minister
spend any Of my money in doin' IL
nukaer.
&Ste -,<Te ministers have 20. to be
kept down, or they'll get high-m minded.
They are the sarvants OF the people, and
for one think they oughter be remind
cd of il from time to time. Human
natur' is very frail, even in the best on
us, and although our Mr.. Nicodemus is
most always subdued sort of man,
we mustn't let him get too independent.
P'r'aps sumbody may think that I'm
sayin' too much about the minister and
too little about the skool-house, but |
amt forgot my subject by no means.
Just because Square Jones-who has
been off tiavclin' this fall, and has seed
whole lot Of new things in the way of
edication--thinks that the deestrict
oughter hev new skool.housc, the
whole naburhood has got crazy over it.
| don't know as can purvent it, but |
am a-goin' 10 raise my voice and use
my influence agin il. I've been a dee
kin nigh on TO forty year, and I've pass.
ed through more seems and unseenS than
anybody else in the kummunity.
These ere new-fangled notions that
Square Jones has been a-talkin' abou,
such as skools, skool-buks, and i'm
plcments-oughter be put down; the
only implements we need are agricul-
tooral implements, and as for skool-
buks, the old ones are good enuf. Talk
about advanced idees, objek-teaching,
and new methods it's all 4 contrived
plan to take the money out OF our pock-
cts. Mebbc you don't know how savin'
| am about things. Let me relate an
inserdent, which although it failed OF
its purpus, my will was all rite.
Last fall sum time | heerd old Mis-
Jones say that Mis- Brown told her dar-
ter Melindy that Gloryanna Perkins said
that the las; time she went down TO the
city TO put some money in the bank
iha; she'd had left her, who should walk
in but our Mr.. Nicodemusl CThe idee
OF i minister's havin' anything to do
with a bank guess the 'Possel Paul
never went into bank, and didn't
know much about such institootions. }
He went up to the cashier with piece
of paper, and he paid him sum money.
Mis- Perkins seed the bills, but couldn't
tell how much he got, although she tried
to but she hccrd the cashier say, "Wc
always like to cash Mr.. Duncan checks I;
he knows how to do good with his
money"
Now Mr.. Duncan's folks wuz here in
our village all last summer, and went to
our meetin', and ! noticed that Mr..
Nicodemus alwuz paid 'em good deal
OF aitention-mor'n he ough,cr,
thought. We hire him TO look after 0Ny
spiri,ooal interests, and not them OF rich
folks who don't live here.
Putin this and that together, it
Cured 10 me that 'twould pay TO go
down TO the city, see Mr.. Duncan, and
find out how much that check WIZ, so
that we could take il out OF the salary.
! mentioned the matter TO few OF our
mewbers. and they thought well of it.
So after I'd got through gettin' in the
sowin' went down TO the city, and
after a good deal OF trouble found out
where Mr.. Duncan's store wuz. So |
went in, and sez to n dapper-lookin'
feller who stood behind the counter,
"ls Mr.. Duncan in ?"
"Yes," sez he; shes in the offs and
is very busy, as this is shippir' day. "
didn't see no ships round nowhere,
and thought he meant to chaff me a
little, seems as wuz from what they call
the rooral deestricts, so sez /: "Young
man, don't YOU insult me, man old
enuf to be your grandfather. You just
tell me where that offs is, for I've got
important bizness on hand" He larfed
right out, and then p'inted me to glass
door, which ! opened, and there was
Mr.. Duncan settin' by desk 'ritin'.-
He looked up, and sez he, "What can
do for you, my friend 2" Sez l,
"Didn't you have your famerly down to
our village of Slowtown last summer
and didn't sum Of your folks 60 to our
meetin' ?" He thot mint, and then
sed, "Yes-what Of itl" Sez /, "Didn',
you make our minister PRESENT. and il
so, how much was it?" never seed a
man get so mad in a mint as he did,
"You pryin' old scoundrel, "sezhe. Q'm
most ashamed to use his language, only
want the deestrict 10 know how much
abused I've been for tryin' to save our
folks in payin' the minister.) "Leave
this room," sez he. "You don't de
serve to have minister or to enjoy the
blessings of the Gospel. You remind
me Of the man whose yearly contribu-
tion was peck of green peas" l didn''
stay long after that, cause it kinder
seemed as If my kumpany wasn't appre.
ciated. When / got hum l told the
committy Of the way was received, and
they agreed to pay my expenses out o.
the salary, and deduct twenty-five dol
lars that year. thot we'd better take
out fifty dollars and risk il, but Deekin
cautioussaid the minister might say sum
thin about il and make fuss. So We
didn't do it. haven't passed through
such an experience since the time wher
we painted the outside OF our old meet
in house, twenty-five years ago, and tul
II out Of old Mr.. Hardtimes, who USED
TO do the preechin' afore Mr.. Nicodemu
was hired. There was good meny ther
who said was mean about it, but w
must expect to be ill-treated when w
make such sacrifices for the sake Of reli