The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1882-09-09
Misplaced Zeal.

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with the cashier
"Whai5 s,tie matter this time %
yasaht Emna'iyesf inquiry
"Yehotsr fHH sa'took notion
to 20 fort ders, brulsors,
sael ls' <, e.4e- g. - -
breaches sM u6n 9fr em, aud
wants EN- fer to como to the mercy
seat and lay hold, They woro all
there, and he made powerful i'm
preston"
"Caught somo of them, ch !"
"Ketcbed EN- all. They rallied
right up and confessed. We'll, then
the pq'son no says they must provo
their faith by their works, and do
su'thin' fer the kirk aforo thoy back
Sided. And that's what made tho
trouble"
"Wouldn't they do t2'
"Doed they would They wanted
to do it all The pa'son he said they
would have an entertainment, and
each sinner must tell what religion
had done fer HIM and what he was
wlllin' fer to do fer religion, The
night came around and the wimmin
cooked some cake and they had
clam chowdor and a grab bag. Some
of the gals squeezed lemons in u
wash tub and started well, aud
others bumped around with chances
for rings IN pies and one thing an
other. They had slngin', and Bub
Foss squirted wind into his flute
and girl read poem on another
girl that got ketclied in the snow
and froze stiff before they could get
her out. Oh they had it bigger'n
wolf p
DWELL, what did the converted
do 2"
"Hold on TIL | tel yer. After the
godly had got through the prankin'
the pa'son gifts up and allows that it
is good to DO there. Then he piles
in on what the Christians duty IS,
and fetches up against the toughs,
and says that he hopes that his new
friends hayon'L forgotten the Lord
and the mortgage, and wants their
subscriptions. Then up jumps jim
Fcoloy and Hen Frisboe and says
they're willln' to chip in with tho
rest, and they fetches out couple
of pilIer cases with game cocks IN.
The fight is to be for the benefit of
the church"
"What fight"
"Tho cock fight They proposed
to fight the chickens and the crowd
to bet, one-baIf the winnin's for the
kirk and onc-haIf for the owner of
the winnln' cock. That fetches out
Lump Bennett and Jerry Watson,
and they say they are willin' fer to
fight four rounds, Marks o. Queens
bury rules, the gate money to go to
tho mortgage and ten per cent of
tho bets fer the church !"
GLOW did that take 7"
"That ISN'T all. Ed, Berry got on
chair and allows that he had open
cd faro bank In the bible class
room and was willin' to play agln'
anybody that wanted to drop chip
for tho cause. Bill McFoeters
brought IN kog of beer and other
fixins, and announced that he would
make a deduction to Christians and
charge noting for tlg'ssa'son r
"Did you bounce them Z"
"Not us They was all in car
nest, and Bennett says he was will
I'm to do wind up with the par
son, lettin' him use his bare hands
and Bennett PIT on the gloves. Ber-
ry allowed that Bennett didn't dare
make him that offer, and that led to
words. McFootors stffened Ben
nett with tho sign of God Bless Our
Home" and Watson drove Mac out
on tho cdifoo with Suffer Little
Children to Come unto Me- That
rilcd Frisbroo and he goes for Foe
ley with Peace on Earth, aud some.
body fires the pa'son through 'Grd
on your Armor. 1t was an awful
racket. The roostors had got at
one another in tho meantime and
was goin' 1t for greens. The boxln'
gloves was pitched in tho lemonade
we'll along with couple O. head OF
girls, and Berry had hid his faro lay
out behind the sign of Love One
Another whIle he sprangled Steve
Williams with Keep my Command
monts.' 1t was awful /"
GLOW did it end 2"