The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-24
 THE DEVIL.

II 1iNdyS SCCIiiCu tp l.lC d HSdh PNaH' in the Methodist economy tha, they change their preachers from post to post every t~o years. You can't kill the devil in two years says a religious writer in the Philadelphia zfmes. That's fact you can't kill the devil in two years. Viewing this serious question from m or thodox eminence. 1t seems that great deal of miscaleulation has been made in regard to the time in which the devil ! should be ex,erminated. The career uf the devil began when the earth was so young and tender that the llgh,es, foot , "ould leave m impression on her 'nian; breast, His origin has been the cause of much religious dispute. some holding that he was base burner while others declaring that he was of highest ancestry. At first Il was his fantastic idea to appear as q snake. and n this questionable shape he held l conversation with Ese. who was a, tha, time the Mfs Eangty of the world lt k painful to dwell upon this dismal page of our eountry's history. |, is an gushing te recall Adams removal from o;il C without asyoie of thanks.
 f-7rs have elapsed a,.acc- then. and the devil k still atise DhFer Crom~cll soush; to kill hn. but died at the end of 4 bloody career dled whi,e the devil in pair of light pantaloons and polished hooss skipped playfalis aefess the green. touching with magie wand, T boy. who immediately threw dirt on his liitlc sister and harnessed dog to l box wagon.
 No, sir. you cannot kill the devil in two years. On one occasion. the date of which is so yelloved by age ,ha, i, slcfics rhe intellectual scrutiny of man. the dc,il va. seized. chained and thrown into ditch He rattled his chains and scratched ,hc word "ah ha. an the walls of the ditch Il IS m, known what he meant b> 'ah ha. Theological colleges have been erected on each side of the question. some claiming "ah ha" to mean look out, I'm coming" while others declared tha, 'Jigs up, Jigs up,' is the proper translation. One day. just exactly one thousand years from the time of the devils incarceration. the agent of darkness and young men who stand on the street corners and make remarks about ladies. arose and breaking his chains. which the fall rams had given the rust, he sprans from the ditch and ran around appointing assistants H. Is yet free: deuoedly unrcs,tained
 Some iln.e ago. during l camp meeting m Arkansa~, an old minister. more noted for hls shoulder striking qualities than for eeclesiastic oratory. was stroling around the grounds. when. after wander ing raihcr far from the flock. he was sud denly confronted by a tall dark. horned object
 Who arc you 7" demanded the minis
 nm the tcvii. rcpiicd the ohjcct in l deep base bali accent. follow ed by d loud snor:
 What do you wantr'
 = want you, and the devil jumped up and popped his hoof, together.
 All right. said the old man, and seialng pole he knocked the devil down and tying hun with his suspcndcrs. he hurned to, the neares, telegraph office and notified the sheriff that the devil had been at las, captured. The sheriff summoned p'ssr and hurried to the place. when II was soon discovered that the devil WAS. only young man who had been beaten by the old minister in horse trade.
 No, you cannot kill the devil in two wears.