Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-01-01

pass ut the preacher and took him q
"biff" right on the nose, but he rallied
and landed one on pas stomach, and
made pa grunt
| "The blowOn the nose made the min
lister perspire, and he was more excited
than ever saw hia when he was
preaching, and he danced around pa
until he got good chance and then he
landed one on pas eye, and the other
under pas ear, and pa gave him one on
the eye, and they clinGhed, and the
minister goc pas head under his arm
and was givingit to pa real hard, just
AZ ma and three Of the sisters of the
church came down cellar to see mas
canned fruit, and the minister got pas
legs tangled and threw him against me
and they both went into acl0thes bas-
ket of wet clothes, and ma yelled 'po.
lice,' and she scratched pa on the side
Of the face, and the minister turned
suddenly and one glove hit a deacon 3
wife on the bangs and knocked the
hair off, and abe minister was excited
and he said 'whoop! I'm a bad man.
"This makes me think of when l was
on tho turf, and thewomen yelled muir
der. Ma picked pa out Of the clothes
basket, and held his head, and wiped
his bloody nose on pillow case, and pa
was mad at the minister for striking 30
hard, and the minister said he shouldn't
have struck hard only pa pasted him
on the nose, and pa said it was no such
thing, and referred to my chum, who
was referee, and the women all said it
was perfect shame to see minister
descend to become slugger, and |
gness they are going to bring the minis
ter up before thu committee and bounce
him.
We all got our coats and went up
stairs, and finally ma furnished some
court plaster for the minister's nose,
and he went home with two Of the sis
tors, though they insisted that he should
wear soft gloves, so If he got on box
ing tantrum on the way home, he
couldn't hurt them. The minister felt
real bad about having hurt pa, and pa
says that he will never attend that
church again, and he should feel all the
time as though the minister would be
liable to escape from the pulpit and
knock him out In one round. If the
women had kept out of the cellar no.
body would ever have known anything
about it, but II is all over town now
Say, do you think 1t is right for min
lister to hide his talents under bushel,
or should he put on the gloves when
members OF his congregation want him
to %
BY gum, don't know" said the
grcceryman. "But II was q minister
and could box, and anybody went to
putting on any scaliops over me, /
would, at least think l would, from
the light have before me now, knock
his two eyes into one. WHAT'S the use
of Learning to box, and then allow folks
to boss you around have seen some
ministers go around In meek and low
Iy manner, taking slack from every
deacon In church, and being made feel
as though he was an object OF charity,
who could whip the whole congregation
in a fair, stand up fight, and l some
times think II such q minister would
get on his ear and knock few of his
prosecutors down couple of stairs,
they would have more respect for him.
But it is fashionable for ministers to
seem to be respondent sort of people,
and l suppose it always will be-"
" Well, / must 60 and get a couple of
oysters to put on pas eyes to take out
the black, land the bad boy went out
and put the sign take one on pile of
dressed chickens.