The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18

ulo SplutterI They had traps
phui with 'em to stay a munth; but
u was rite In hayin'-time, and they
dian't find the atmosfear congenial,
SO shey left in hurry, and we've
never seed 'em since.
well. as l was a-sayin', 1 wrastled
ana demonstrated with Mr.. Nicotle-
m%hayin' too much kumpany. He
iooked rather cut up, and sed that
thescripters taught US to entertain
strangers and to show hnspertality.
sunnised that he had heerd sum-
INN about the strangers who had lit
on us, and how we got rid of 'em {;
andI made up my mind that if he
wasa-gnin' to put me down in that
waE I'd tell Mr.. Stavemout, when
isseasns round for my subscriptions
OF tenAdollars for next year, that 1
sh' uldfut il down one-half. / don't
mean tokeep public-house for moth
IN, ana ain't a-goin' to have the
ministeripend any of my money in
dUin' it n,ther.
| These'ee ministers have got to be
kept down or they'll get high-min-
ded. They are the saryants of the
people. anl l for one think they
oughter be seminded of it from time
to time. Human natur' is very frail,
even in thebcst on us, and although
our Mr.. Niodemus is 'most always
d subdued sot of a man, we mustn't
let him get tn independent. P'r'aps
sumbody ma. think Pm sayin' 100
much about The minister and too
little about tie skool-house, but l
amt forgot my ysubject by no means.
"Just becaust Square Jones-who
has been off trwelin' this fall, and
has seed a whOlelot of new things in
the way of edicatOn-thinks that the
deestrict oughter hev a new skool-
house. the whole naburhOOd has got
crazy over it. don't know as l can
purvent it. but am a.goln' to raise
my voice and use my influence agin
it. pve been deekin nigh on to
forty year, and I've passed through
more seems and unseens than any.
body else in the kumnunity.
TheSe'erenew. tangled notions that
Square Jones has been a-talkin' about
such az sk0ols. skool-l uks, and i'm.
plements-oughter he put down ; the
only implements we need are agricul-
tonral implements. and as for skool-
haNs, rt,e oid~ones are good enuf.
Talk about advanced ideas, ohjek-
teaching. and new methods ! it's all
c0ntrived plan to take the money
out of our pockets. Mebbe you don't
know how savin' I am at out things.
Letme relate an inserdent, which al
though it failed of its purpus, my
will was all rite.
Last fall sum time | heerd old Mis-
Jones say that Mis- Brown told her
darter Melindy that Gl0ryanna Per-
kins said that the last time she went
down tn the city to put some money
in the bank that she'd had left her,
who should walk in but our Mr..
Nicodemus! (rhe idee of minis
ter's having anything to do with a
bank / guess the 'Possel Paul
never went into bank, and didn't
know much about such inSfit0otions.)
He went up to the cashier with a
piece o! 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 heerd
the chashier say, "We always like to
chash Mr.. Duncan's checks; he
knows how TO do good with his
money!"
Now Mr.. Duncan's folks waz here
in our village all last summer. anG
went to our meetin', and / noticed
that Mr.. Nicodemus alwuz paid 'em
a good deal of attention-mor'n he
Oughter, | thought. We hire him to
look after our spiritooal interests, and
not them. of rich folks who don't live
here.
Putin this and that together, it
'curred to me that 'lwOuld pay to go
down to the city, see Mr.. Duncan,
and find out how much that check
wuz, so that we could take it out of
the salary. l mentioned the matter
To a few of our members, and they
thought well of it. So after I'd got
through gettin' in the sowin' | went
down to the city, and after good
deal of trouble l found out where
Mr.. Duncan's store wuz. So i went
in. and sez 1 to dapper-lookin' fell
Ter who stood behind the counter,
"Is Mr.. Duncan in ?''
"Yes," seq he; "he's in the offs
and is very buy, as this is shippin'
day." didn't sea no ships round
nowhere, and I though he meant to
chaff me little, seems as wuz from
what thew call the TOOral deestrict, so