Milford chronicle., 1883-04-20

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nothing help me but to diet I was
readin' the Bible that morning while ]
sat waiting for breakfast, for twas Mon.
day, and wife was kind of set back with
washin' and all, and 1 came across that
part where it says that the bodies OF
Christians are the temples of the Holy
Ghost Well, thinks I, we'd ought ia
take care of EN- if they be, and see that
they're KEEP clean and pleasant, like the
church; and nobody can be clean nol
pleasant that has dyspepsy But, come
to pie, 1 felt as though 7 couldn't and,
10 We, 1 didn't! 1 eat a piece right
against my conscience; facin' what ]
knew ought to do 1 went and done
what I ought not to. tell We my con-
science made music of me consider'ble
and I said then I wouldn't sneer at a
drinkin' man no more when he slipped
up. I'd feel for him an help him, for ]
see just how it was. So that days prac-
tice Civ out, but it learnt me a good
deal more'n knew before.
" I started out next day to look up my
Bible class. Well, 'twould take the even
in to tell it all, but 1 found one real sick,
been abed for three weeks, and was so glad
to see me that 1 felt fair ashamed Then
another mans old mother says to me,
before he come in from the shed, says
she, He's been sayin' that if folks
practice what they preached you'd ha
come round to look him up afore now,
but he reckoned you kinder looked down
on mill Hands. I'm awful glad you
come Brethring, so was I. tell you
that days work did me good. 1 got a
poor opinion of Josiah Emmons, now
tell We, but I learned more about the
Lords wisdom than n month o. Sundays
ever showed me.
Now come fellowship day. thought
that would be all plain sailing; seemed
as though I'd got warmed up till felt
pleasant towardst everybody; so l went
around seein' folks that was neighbors,
and twas easy; but when I come home
at noon spell Philury says, says she,
Square fuckers black bull is into tn |
orchard tearin' round, and he's knocked |
two lengths O. fence down fatp Well, |
the old Adam riz up then, you'd better
b,lieve. That black bull has been break
in into my lots ever since we got in tn
andit's Square fuckers fence,
and he won't make it bull-strong as he'd
oughter, and that orchard was a young
one just comm to bear, and all the new
wood crisp as cracklin's with frost. You'd
better b'lieve 1 didn't have much feller-
'eelin with Amos Tucker. Jest put over
o his house and spoke up pretty free to
lim, when he looked up and says he,
Fellowship meetin' day, ant it, Dea-
.on? I'd ruther he'd ha' slapped my
ace. felt as though should like to
lip behind the door. see pretty dis
met what sort of life I'd been livin' all
he years I'd been a professor, when l
ouldn't hold on to my tongue and tenn
,er one day p
" Breth-e-ren," interrupted a slow,
arsh voice, somewhat broken with emo
ion, ON tell the rest ont Josiah
lmmons come around like a man an
jhristian right here. He asked me for
, forgive him, and not to think twas
nc fault of his religion, because twas
ism and nothing else. l think more of q
i'm to-day than l ever done before. I '
as the one that wouldn' say I'd practice '
ith the rest Of We. I thought twas j
yerlastiug nonsense. I'd ruther go to &
,rty. nine prayer-meetin's than work at |
elm good a week. I b'lieve my hope }
rs been one of them that perish it }
ant worked, and leave it behind to- {
ny. 1 mean to begin honest, and it d
as seem one honest Christian man t
,tched me round tot" l
Amos Tucker sat down and buried his v
rizzled head in his rough hands. Il
90 Bless the Lord p said the quavor- t
lg tones of a still older man from far t
,rner of the house, and many a glisten- C
Ig eye gave silent response. t
" Go on, Brother Emmons, slil the @
mister. e
" Well, when next day come, I got up l
make the fire, and my boy Joe had Z
rgot the kindlins. I'd open my mouth C
give him Jesse, when it come over me 7
ldden that this was the day of prayer a
n the family relation. thought l t
ouldn't say nothing. 1 jest fetched l
the kindlin's myself, and when the t.
re burnt up good l called my wife. u
" Dear mel" says she, I've got such t.
headache, 'Siah, but III come in a b
limit. 1 didn't mind thai, for women a
e always havin' aches, and was Jest b
1in' to say SO, when remembered the
K about not being bitter against 'em, h
says, 'Philury, you lay abed. lex l
sct Emmy and me can get the vittles e
-day.' declare, she turned over and b
We me sech look; why, itstruck right a
/. There was my wife, that had worked v
r an waited ON me for twenty odd t.
,ars, most scarf because 1 spoke kind f'
feelin' to her. 1 went out and fetched y
the pail O water she'd always o
awed herself, and then MIXED the il
w. When I came in Philury was up a
yin the potatoes, and the tears d
inin' on her white face. She didn't v
y nothin', she's kinder still, but she Il
ldn't no need to- 1 felt leetle mean. p
n did the day before. But 'twan't h
,thing to my condition when l was 60 s
;, toward might, down the sullar stairs p
r some apples. SOS the children could
we a roast, and heered Joe up in the o
tchen say to Emmy, I do b'lieve, EN- s.