The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
PARSON NELSON.
An Oit Mans Sad Expression. He CoGi1 Stand Misfortune Better
 Than he Boys Questions.

Iarsen Nelson. of the Whip Lash neisaboraood, came 10 the ei,y the other day on business The eminen, rural d.vine had bai.. ne~ las church, and hal come :e town to bay lamps, com ;or:able bench Tor moarnets, chars for eN- horiers and other modern conveniences ot the halleu) ah revival. The parson would enIust no one bu, himself with the divine eommisslo and when he arrived n town wi,h his ;wen;y-,hree dollars and siN,y cents, folded in the toe of d stock ins ard i.e,, with ! bu skn string. he walked around with an as of respons- 5il,y as Impressive ..s though inc sum oi money N ere a financial afk ei the ceven- ant ,lc hal often hesrd ,ha, nez.fIy every asa Mha .iees n town is l ,A.ei .ad fa55ef. - er seeking III advantage of 1oaniry people whose honessy of puf- pose is .s veil dehned as the traditional horns belonging . the laaeuted oil OK, sad ,e have been the property et the now = .eAsed Adam. lie was determined that no mean advantage should be taken of inn. and like ;he henes, Year of Wakefield, he rather congratulated him self on his inheren, shrewdness. He put his horse in wagon yard, walked around awhile, and then feeling anxious in re- gard to the safety of the animal, wen, back and looked at him. 4 farner-like man noticing the parsons anxiety, ap- preached him and said
 q. tell you, old gentleman, we have to be mighty careful when VIC come 10 town put my mule in here this mornin' an can't keep from comin' around ever now and then to see how he's get,in' along. don, like this inhdel town, nohow. They've got fine churches an all that. bu, there ain, no genewine religion in them like thar is in the ole los churches ort in the country
 You are right" parson Nelson re- piled. II am preacher of the true gospel, myself
 "So am l.
 Il am glad to mee, you and the two men shook hands warmly They con- versed pleasantly for while, when Mr Dixon, the farmer-like man said want to do little tradip' out here q, store kep' by friend of mine, bu, he ain't got no change for twenty dollar bill. am afeered to ask any of these men around here to change il, and reokin' I'll have 10 go home withou, get,in' my stuff"
 farson Nelson said he could accom- moda;e his friend and he united the stocking toe and emptied his twen,y-three dollars and sixty cents. He counted twenty silver dollars and received in ex- change twenty dollar bill. After few moments more of pleasant conversation. the two gentlemen separated. Mir. Nel- son went down town and purchased sew eral lamps, but when he rendered the twenty dollar bill, the merchant told him it was the rankest counterfeit he ever saw. NIT. Nelson gasped. He hnried back to the wagon yard and asked for Dixon. The proprietor told him that the mans name was no, Dixon and that he was one of the slickes; sharpers in the country. The old mans spirit groaned aloud
 = Ina, feller,'' said the proprietor, " has been showed up in the newspapers dozen times Didn', you read about him .'
 II don't read newspapers.7 groaned the minister.
 Then you can, blame nobody bu, yourself Every man, these days. is sup posed 10 read newspapers
 ' l take religions paper br n ne.ef told me anything bs, to have faith
 Yes, an ihai's jes where you 20, Jeff In this day. femme tel you man $ 20, 10 look ou, for his body as well AS his soul. The newspapers don't pretend 10 save the soul" continued the wagon yard philosopher, : and the religious pa- pers don't pretend to look out for the body; so, you see, man oughter take both.-
 The old man happened to think of the Rev. Mir. Mulkrttle, and inquiring the way, he directed his steps toward the