The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-10-17
SfYhta and InSightS.

Women are shrewd creatures. A few days
ago, "Mary," l mean your Mary, was invited
to 90 on Y fishing excursion. The time came,
! Away we went. The river Is reached. lier.
Is the poles, hooks. lines, bait. no-"we forgot
the bait." "uH you have to have worrutns? 2
"Yes." wei here he Is a big green fellow
two inches long. and as big round" as-well
my finger. One hook Uses through his body
into the wafer he goes. The ti>h sees the infi-
luton, comes t. the other side, and "sk edad.
dies" After madIyins the water. prrlers'
biscuit. cus,ards, cakes, and other things thai
look 30 nice. "Hut. we must have some
coffee" 1t falls to Mary's lot To get the water
AS she stonpS over to dip 1t out the river, the
spider nfthc Baptist faith finish an immersion
OF II green fly. lr"Srlytcd from the Methodist
faith. The water is brought. coffee is made.
as II not delicious: MARY You must try
some Mary is compelled to refuse. for the
ION. it Is so nice !" Suddenly, without think.
Ing the immersion scene is painted. Now !;
this cannot be true :" "iou would not i,ml
us in that way" roo late. too late. the coffee
has been drank Then the watermelon. a
trip up and down the river bank. Then home
after 4 day spent In capitol paStiinr, for
which Mary Is honestly Indebted to wotnahS
tact, which alone could make 1t SO pleasant.
Last Saturday the side of leather preacher"
came to hold quarterly conference for those
Methodist people who worship ut old Rcpu6-
those "rou>ers." lie can do that thing. In
my opinion he can top" anything the Bap.
fist or PresUytel ian or Methodist can put up"
In this country. Then dinner Then Co l.
ference. You ought to have seen him as he
PINNED down those fellows. What do they
call them? Something like Stewards. Well,
they took 1t like men, except one, he twisted.
ana the pin went deeper. Then he jumped,
deeper the pin went. Then he stood still. and
the fun ceased. 1t did me gopd TO See the
manhood Of this side Of leather preacher:
He knows his duty and he Is not afraid to do
it,. Those stewards deserved some of the
~"pinnin.," but they seem To DC II noble set.
l Judge this from each one declaring that the
pre- tcilcr would be paid In full this year.
Now. If they had said With q surplus. IT. would
have been b tier. l know you thilk so
The ncxtdny big, little. and the fellows that
come in between the big and little, were ont
IL force. Those sweet looking girls-you
now IL girl Gun tell when another girl Is
boys. boys thai. ought to he married, and who
would be. or have Il good chance II IT was
leap year. or I would be refused, filled The
church. The subject was the barn Builder
Truly were the peop:e warnel. To heed. isto
make life a> b-auIilul as a fairy dreain.' To
osity shop Then intermission. and the
meeting rounded OFF, with an "expcrience
Service
II can tell you" ns old Sandcy Cutslick used
to say. ,hs,e Methodist P;i'ple have ts,ter, 10y
this year whose ages range from ten
to seventy. and more than a hundre Of them.
They showed tn" old fellows, the boys around
the corner. call the devil, close to the wall.
The old chap caunot stani "sht utin. Metho-
dist religion"
Her.. i am at the end Of thiSs sheet I could
tell you lots, but I will not this time. Next
I'll have more news. This Is only sights
and insightS.' which have lately passed.
MARY SAWDUST.
Mccormick, S. C., Oct. Il, lss3.