The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-03-30

book cnmo ,horc, when the minis'or
and tao dc,cons s:artod out. and then
| poured the two qusts tin pal! irii
of soft SOAP, .jnst the cc!or OF the stcr,
aud whom ! go! il spread west
down iu tho basement. The visitors
came o,t-snd pa WAS trying to sx-
plain to them about Hoyie, wsen one
OF the dsacons stepped in the sonp,
and his feet hsw up md he atruck on
his pants AMI Slid down the steps.
The minister said--Great heavens,
derccn, are you hurtl Let me assist
YOU. And ho took two quick steps,
and YOU have aesa tbtsi fellows IN
aiggsr shows. Mo 9I1eschotAer
hcadovor heels and falI on their eara
and stand on their y gdds and turn
pr,und like top. Tnsfpinis!ers feet
slipped, and the nsxt saw ho was
standing on his head in his hat. and
his legs were sort u wined and fsll
limp by hi, ride, and hS fell ov,r on
his stomach. You talk aboutsprcad-
ing tho gospel in heathqn lands. Ii
is nothing to the way you eau sproa'
it with sosft soap. Tho minister did'n
lock Plus u bit when he was trying
to catch tho railing. 30 looked rs
though he wanted to murder every
man OH earth, but it may be he was
tired. We'll, pa was paralyzsd, and
lie aud tho other deacon rushed ont
to pick up the minister aad the first
o.d man, aad whon thoy struck tho
step ,Loy went ki,ing. Pas fest som-
how slipped backwards, aud he turn
ed q somcrsault and struck fu'i
length on his back. aud one heel was
a cross the ministers neck, and hc
slid dowa the steps, and the other
deac n Eel acroes the other three,
and pa swore at them and 1t WAS TIC
worst looking lot Of pious people
You ever saw. / think If ,hs minister
hal been in the woods some-vho re
where nobody could have heard him
he would have used language. They
all seemed mad at eachother. The
servant girl told ma that thsre was
three iranps out on the sidewalk
fighting 20. and ma sbe took tho
broom AMI started on; to help pa
anu | tricd to stop ma, c,uso Lor
constitution is 20. very strong, and
l didn't want her to 10 my flying
tlaposc bnsiness, bu. | couldu'S s!op
her, and SIC went OF. with broom
,nl p towel TIED aro md her head.
We'll | don't know w!iero ma die
strike, but wLcl shc CONS il sho said
she had tie pslptation OF the heart,
lut that was ~. III, place where she
pnt tie arnica. o. but she did go th..
nuSh The air like y bulle. through
choose and when she Wen. down Tho
steps o brmity bump, | f,it sorry for
ma. Tie minister dgot no he could
yet upon the sido walk. with Lis5ac''
against the lower step, when ma came
.liA;n, dowc, and one Of the hoclS OF
her gait crs hit The minister in tic
hair, and the otlor foot went right
through between his arm ard his side
Nd tLn broom liked to pushed bis
teeth down his throat. Bat he was
not mad at ma. SON ss he saw it was
mn he said, why sislor, tho wicked
eta Id in slippery places, don't the5'
anil ma was mad, and she said for
him to 70. 60 her stocking, and then
pa was mad, and hO said look.a'hero,
you sky pilot, this thing has gone Tar
enough, aud then apolicemau came
,,o,y and ut first he thought thsy
v.rs all drunk, but he found thoy
wcre respectable, and he gos n chip
and acraped tho soap of OF them, and
they went homo, and pn and ma got
in the hous, sore way. ana just 'hon
the letter carrier como along, Sut LIE
didn't have any letter for rs, and he
didn't como ont, the steps, and
then I went up STARS and / said,
Pa, don't you think 1t real mean aftor
you and I fixol the soap on the steps
for the letter carrier. he didn't come
on the ,!sps at all and pa he waa
,cr,ping !he soap of lis parts with
piece OF shiu.lc, AMI the hired Girl
was putting liniment on mo, AMI
heating it in for palpitst'ou Of the
heart, and pa said: You dam idjut,>
no moro Of this, or III maui tic liver
out'n you and asked him ii ho didu't
ihiak sof, soap would not-hslp mua-
tache grow. and he picked up mas
work basket aud threw it at my head
as wont down stairs, and / came
over here. Don't you think my pa
is u,rea,onabls to get mad at joke
he planned hissslf9
The gro,ery man said hs didn !
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