The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-04
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out the once ce-hunter5. that those thlrty seven
pleasant, well disposed men were aspiring To |
about half dozen little offices that there was
no less than seven preachers among the number. |.
who were running for little post othce at
Jones Cross Roads that the one who treated !
I" the cider the most persistent of the lot 4;
TINT since taking the field he had been suddenly !
seized with new inspiration 81 lo something |
for the cause, and had made preaching tours, |
preaching in nearly every church of his sect in !
the province and in some others. lie has
oeen kn0wr to exhort and pray most fervently |
in meeting, and before getting out of sight Of
the meeting house he would be talking about
his good prospect to o, elected. The airs he
put in the pulpit, while on those electInneer-
ing tours" were perfectly disgusting. lie nc
tually prosritucl the pulpit. by seeking to make
it stepping stone to asecular Office l thought
my friend said
Here thought could no, withhold some ex-
preston Of my surprise, telling tho man that
he must he mistaken. that on Earth il was ex'
cecdngly difficult To get a man 10 accept an Of
flee; that nothing but the purest patriotism,
backed by the urgent solicitation Of the people,
would cause them to do so and that to
preachers seeking secular offices. prosiituting he
pulpit To that end whdiug down into the mire
aud filth and drcgs of society, treating to cider,
etc in n general scramble for votes. such n
thing was not To he thought Uf there. thought
told him that two years ago. preacher in
Fairfield County. very good anl worthy man,
nearly last hus voice, thut he coul not preach
| and he offered to serve the people in connection
will. n secular office; but that he dill not com
promise his profession. nor his character, by
| rcsOrtinG to questionable expe licnts, or going
to questionable places t" get votes. see moth
| ing wrong, | said. in u preacher holding secu-
lar &c. more than any other christian man,
but If one on Earth should 60 tn such places as
| this Rev Mr.. Blnthcrskitc Of yours went treat
| to cider aud canvass the county by preaching
| from church To church, he would find II stain on
| his character that would hc hard To erase. a
! few little scctarian cipucs (nf which we have
none on Enrh.) said might try to keep him up,
! hut such n would he sure tn go down sooner
| or later, and the sooner the better.
| Thought my friend said that he thought il
would he delightful to live Earth. wherO
: everybody was characteriz by Intelligence and
! hghtoned morals, aud where the people did not
! go crazy every two or three years on the sub
juct of oilicr seeking. Here | thought | in
| vied him to Earth on prospecting tour; hut
| he said that he fearful the balloon might
burst in transiru and scatter him inIiscrimi
nntcly through space.
(a) The author heard this language from
| orator before the
(h) This same brother. Happy Jack, or some
one like him. sung out on the street: "llur.
rah for preacher Baherslitc!" Some one in
store snd Yes 'hcre goes one Of his drunken
| brethren, now
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the South for producing apples. Thousands
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| pies here. and that Il is necessary to l,nk to
the North for their .o,, keapin- varieties.
| That this imprcssipn has not ori,,iu,,.I
because of climate unsuitca To the healthy
growth of apples, is abunlan,ly shown by
the .ucccSstul production of summer and
fail varieties but it Is an evident l;,,.t th,t
! the scarcity Of ynD winter fruit i refer.
able toa great mistake of Sclcctn, winter
varieties Of Northcrn States which, although
we'll adapted to the districts where they
ori. mated, are of np vanc whatever in our
climate. us the heat of sumner months forces
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