The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-07-21
The Wrong Man Baptised.
Peek's Sun.

Peek's Sun
Stammering or suffering is one
of the most unpleasant things at
times, hat a man can be afflicted
with. A man may be troubled
with almost any other malsdy and
be cured or helped, but a man who
shutters, though he may at times
be free from the habit, he never
has confidence in his talking uten-
sils. They may run all right for a
while, but just as he expects the
most from his vocal organs, and
wants to do his best, they 60 back
on him, and he founders around,
and can't express his thoughts to
save himself. A sufferer is usual
ly the best natured man in the
world. 1t seems as though nature
picked out the jolliest fellows as a
watch case to put poor vocal works
into, so there wont be any kicking.
There is a gentleman in this state
who shutters just when he doesn't
want to, but who can talk along all
right when there is nothing partic-
ular to be said. If he gets excited
or interested and wants to crate,
he gets stuck and has time to walk
around a block before he can get
things to working again. He was
in Iowa recently, and at a hotel
where he was stopping, the travel
ing men were getting up a party
one Sunday to go to q town a few
miles distant, where a camp meet
ing was in progress, and where
there were to be a number of con-
verts baptized, and they invited
our friend the sufferer to 60 with
them.
mot m-m-much," said he, as he
worked at untangling a fish line,
while a boy brought in a tomatoe
can full of angle worms, "IfI know
Mummy own heart, l don't 60 to
no k~-k-k-camp meeting where they
b-b-b-baptize. 1 a%t-t-t-tended a
baptizing scrape once, and my
k-k-k-clothes have not got id dry
yet"
"What was the matter" asked
n drummer for a Chicago grocery
house. Didn't fall in the water
did youG"
"N-n-n-o," said the sufferer, as
he stuffed wad of paper down on
top of the angle worms to keep
them from crawling out, 81 didn't
f-f-f-all in, but l got in all the same.
l was sna-sna-natched in. If you
won't tell anyone, | will tell you
about it."
The boys swore they would new.
er give it away ; and the stutterel
went on.
"Well about twenty years ago
was editing a p-p-paperin Wis-k-k
consin, anu there was a revival il
town all winter, and III the sprine
they advertised to b-b-b-baptize ali
of the k-k!k-converts. Every body
went, and | W w-w-ent down to the
k-k-k-creek to see them s-s-s-soak.
They had presiding elder, a stran-
ger to me, to dido the babtizing,
and when he had dipped aff-few
noticed the elder acted s-s-s-sort OF
tired when he pushed the last
woman ashore, and | th-th-thought
he wanted to come out of the water
80 l reached out my hand to help
him up the b-b-b-bank. Do you
know, he thought 1 was a xxx
candidate for baptism, and he took
hold of my hand and was pulling
me in, when / said, ''elder, don't
p-p-p-' and before l could say any
m-m-more he said, Have no fear
my young k-k-k-christian friend,
and he put his arms around me and
was pulling me right in. / wasn't
as strong as | am now, and he had
a g-g-grip like a prize fighter, and
before l knew what he was about,
he was saying Il b-b-baptize thee in
the name of the Father, Son, and
Holy G.g-ghost, and | was as weak
as a cat. / tried to get away from
him and tried to explain that l W.
w-wasn't the Teller, and hat | had
never been converted, but the nat
urally pious look on my face bible
trayed me, and | suffered 80 that
l couldn't get in a word in time,
and he put me under. AS l went
down l could see tho crowd on the
b.b-bank laughing, because they all
knew l was b-b-bad and it was a
mistake of the strange preacher. 1
came up strangling, and the first
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