Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-04-06
For tho JOURNAL
For tho JOURNAL.
A Wonderful catastrophe Befalls
a Parsonage.

You know that sometimes great occur
RANGES take place in community.
Some are bad and unpleasant, but 9TH
ers are pleasant, and therefore we are
| pleased to relate them to our neighbors
and friends. l will now give you the
tidcte an The case. Here just last week
when it was so cold, rainy and un-
pleasant, two of our Rebershurg sis.
ters manifested strange conduct. In
the beginning of the week, notwith-
standing the mud and rain, they cross
ed the mountain to Sugar Valley. Sew
eral days afterwards they drove
through Rabersburg back and forth,
and around over the valley. The day
was very disagreeable--it stormed and
showed increasingly. If ladies were e.
| ligible to county offices one might have
thought they were out electioneerimg;
or if somebody had lost valuable gift,
we might have imagined they were on
the hunt for it. At all events they
| acted as though they had an ertrdOrdi-
mary work on hand. They tried to a
void their pastor, and at times even
seemed little provoked because he
ignorantly interfered with their plans.
But that is just the way, Mr.. Editor,
these women perform when they re-
solve to do Il good thing. No mud is
deep enough, and no rain is acet enough
and no snow storm is terrific enough
TO hinder them from carrying out their
plans. And that is one reason why
women often succeed better than VIC
men.
But this is not all, Mr.. Editor,
have to say or else I might leave
wrong impression on your mind in re-
gard to our Rebersburg sisters. These
strange proceedings on the part of the
ladies' went on during the greater part
of the week. They were the forebod-
ings of some wonderful catastrophe TO
come. So 1t appeared to me. Had l
been Vennor or other great scientist,
might have been able TO discern what
it all meant, but under the circum-
stances | was obliged to exercise tho
virtue of patience.
On Saturday last the matter came to
a nucleus. TIE m'nng of The day
showed evidence OF great outburst.
\ modest old brother advis ed me not
to leave thr parsonage. This caused a
strange feeling within me. Thinks |,
what will become of us ? but felt de-
termined nevertheless to face the mu.
sic, come what might,
At about il O'Clock, A NJ. the ad-
vance guard of what proved to be a
small army of Il peculiar kind, came
moving towards the Reformed Parson-
age, planting il S batteries light before
the door. 1t turned its guns into play
and discharged volley after vo!ley, of
potatoes, apple butter, and many other
things 50 useful and necessary in the
family. Mr. E iitor, You may i'm agine
what effect such canmonadin prCduc-
ed upon the inmates Of the pa rsonage
In about an hour after the advance
guard, the main amy arrived-Ore
regiment after another from every di-
rection. The peculiar features about
this army were that it contained we'll
behaved and ell-trained soldier S.
They undoubtedly were trained by ex-
cellent generals. T lie way they hand
led their guns and discFarg ed their po-
tatoes, butter, eggs, cot ee, sugar, lard,
sausageS, dried beef, soap, apples,
wheat, -four, oats, SC, into our kitchen
and grainery, showed skill equal to that
Of the best sha rp-shooters. Yes, Mr.
Elitor, only wish yed could bave
seen the performa noes. We love such
battles, and are very brace in such
6ghts-Ed.] Yes and further l wish
that | could only see an editor served
the same way. In deed that would be
novel enjoy ment for a poor editor
bat they are pretty well used to being
served the other way Ed.
You may think that tie generals of
this army used recrliar kind Of am
munitiOn, but it was the best of the
kind, and the only Kind all good lady
soldiers use.
But | must tell y ou still more. A
mong this noble army was good sol
dIeress from your place. She arrived
Just about the time the scene began to
be lively. She took in the situation at
a glance, hurried off TO get ammuni-
ton, returned to join the army and
did as noble servi ce as any.
The result OF the whole matter is
this: The pastor and his family were
enriched to the amount of about SIS,
by the labors of the kind sisters refer
ed to, and the members who so gener
Ously responded to their calls. The
whole affair was very happy one. All
were glad-those that gave as we'll as
those who received. We all gave
thanks to our kind Heavenly Father,
who rules the hearts of His children