Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-05-26

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ey. Miss Perkins see the bills, but could
not tell how much he got, although she
tried to; but she heerd the cashier say,
"We always like to cash Mr.. Duncan s
checks; he knows how to do good with his
| money" 4be
Now Mr.. Duncan g folks wuz here In
our village all last summer, and went to
our msetin', and noticed that Mr.. Nico-
demus alwuz paid 'em good deal Of At.
tention-mor'n he eughter. thought. We
hire him to look after our spiritooal inter
ests, and not them of rich folks who don't
live here.
Putin this and that together, 1t Cured
to me that 'twould pay to 60 down to the
city, see Mr.. Duncan, and fud out how
much that check wuz, so that we could
matter to a few of our members, and they
thought well of it. So after 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 went In, and SEE to dapper- lookin'
Teller, who stood behind the counter, IT'S
Mr.. Duncan IMP"
YES" SEE he; she 8 in the offs, and is
very busy, as this is shippin' day." I
didn't see no ships round nowhere, and I
thought he meant to chaff me little,
seein as wuz from what they call the
rooral districts; so SEE 1: "Young man,
don't you insult me. man old enuf to be
your grandfather. You just tell me where
that offs is. for we got important bizness
on hand" He larfed right out, and then
p'inted nae to a glass door, which Iopened
and there was Mr.. Duncan settin' by .
desk 'ritin'. He looked up, and SEE he,
'What can do for you, my friend?" Sez
''Didn't you have your fammerly down to
our village of Showdown last summer and
didn't sum of your folks go to our meet
IMP" He thot mint, and then sed,
"Yes-what of itp' SEE I, Didn't you
make our minister PRESENT. and If so,
how much was lt?" never seed man
get SO mad in mint as he did. "You
pryin' old scoundrel" seq he. Q'm most
ashamed to use his language, only want
the deestrict to know how much abused
I've been for tryin' to save cur folks in
payin' the minister.)
Leave this ROOM" SEE he, "You don't
deserve to have minister, or to enjoy the
the blessings Of the Gospel. You remind
me of the man whose yearly contribution
was peck of green peas" didn't stay
long after that, cause it kinder seemed as
if my kumpany wasn't appreciated. When
I got hum, told the committy of the way
was received, and they agreed to pay my
expenses out of the salary, and deduct
twenty-five dollars that year. thot we'd
better take out City dollars, and risk it;
but Deekin Cautious said that the minis
ter might say sumthin' about it, and make
a fuss. So we didn't do it. I haven't
passed through such an experience since
the time when we painted the outside of
our old meetin '.house, twenty-five years
ago, and tux it out of old Mr.. Hardtimes,
who used to do the preechin' afore Mr..
Nicodemus was hired. There was good
meny then who said / was mean about it,
but we must expect to be ill-treated when
we make such sacrifices for the sake of re-
lgion. could say more, but won It now,
'cept that shall continue to raise my
voice agin havin' a new skool house built
ia this deestrict; ourn's good enuf.