The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-30
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Exchange.
Spmmoripg or suffering Ia ono Of the
mott unpleasant things at times that 0 men
can be III c,Pd with. A man may be al.
iic,ed with almost any other ma.ady and
10 cured or helped, buta man who shutters,
though he may be mt times free frcm the
habit, nevtr has coDh lencs In bis talking
utensils. They may run oil right for q
time, but just NJ he expects moet from his
vocal oryRns, and wants to do bis bes',
they 20 back on him, md be founders
sround and can't eIprefs his thoughts to
rave himselt, A s,ulterer Ia usually tho
bes. natured man In tho world: 1tseems
as though nature picked out the j%,lliest
fellow 40 a waich.csse TO put ponr vocal
works into, so there won't he any kicking
There 10 q gentlman living In Mary
land who shutters jns. when he don't want
10, but who can talk right along all right
when there 10 nothing particular 10 be
Bsid. II no gets excited or interested and
wants 10 orate, he geta atnck, and has time
10 walk around the block before he gote
things TO working again. He wac ou. IN
Iowa recently, and at the hotel where BIZ
IVES stopping The travelling men we're get
ting up q rarty Il Sunday to 90 I o q town
q lew milta distant where a camp meeting
VINO in procresp, mud whnr0 there were u
be a number Of converts baptiztd, and they
invited our friend, the stuiterer, 10 10
along.
mo! m.m.much," said he, rs be worked
at u~uiarslipg q a,h line, while a boy
49, A. i -. on- tall nj n nft1I
worms. III l know mummy own heart, !
don't 20 to 10 k-k.k.caup meeting where
they b.b.b. bopiizs. l st.t.t,cnded o bap.
tizing scrape once, and my k.k.k.clothet
Lsye not 81 DID 4 dry yet"
what Is the instler," raid o drummer
for e Chicsgo grocery houst; "d:dn't iall In
the water, old your"
Nm no." said the sufferer, as he stuff
ed o wsd Of paper down on top Of the an
Gle worms TO keep them from crawling out,
Il didn't I I fall In, but | got in all the Hs g.
ssme. ! waB sna sna sUa!Ched in. II you
won't tell any one, | will t.t.tell you about
it."
The boya swore they would meyer give II
away, and the stuttsrer went on.
well, shout twenty years ago l was ed
itipg p p.p-paper in Wit.k.k.coDsin, snt
TIT 70 was q revival In town all winter, nnd
in the spring they advertised to b.b.b.bap
tise all tho ~k.k.converts. Everybody went
and l w-w.w.wept down to tbs X k.creek tC
see them a.s-s sosk. They had a presiding
elder, a stranger 10 me, to d.d-d,do the bap
tiz.ng, and when they had dipped a flew,
l noticed the elder looking So sort oil tired
ifwheR he pushed the last woman ashore
and l th.tbought he wanted to come out o.
the w.w.w.water, 80 l reached out my hand
and be was p.p.p- pulling me In, when
SAID, Elder, don't p.p.p-' and before !
could Ray any m.m-more he Haid, Have nc
fvar, my young k k-k.Christian ftieud;'
and no put. his arm around mt and was
pulling me right in. l wasn't IS strong Sc
| SIN now, snt he had . g-grip like a pr z
fg tier, and befora l knew what he WAS
~aUout. he was sayinv, 4 BIB. baptizA thee in
the name Of the Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost and l wss as weak us q k-k.cst.
tried 10 sc. away lIom BIN, and tried &c
ex plain that | WV want the Teller, and
that l hsd n.n-never been conyerte6; buI
the naturally pious look on my lace b b.
} betrayed ME, and l atutiered 60 l couldn't
got in a wordin time, and he put me I'M
der. Al I went down ! could see TIT
crowd on tho b-b.bsnk laughing, because
they ell knew l WAS b-b.bud, and that II
Was q mistake Of tho strange preacher. ]
came up 8 ranging, and the first thing ]
said Was ELDER, you have made the id
da, ndes. mis.ass Of your life" and / wen,
out On the bank and shock myself. Yor
may talk about m-m-ministaIs not joking
but by g,acious l sball e-n.al~ays tbinA
that presiding elder knew l wns no XIX
Christian. !! Was picnic for the crowd
and they laugh at me TO this day. No
gentlemen, l k-k.c.n't 20 to the camp
meeting, for l shouldn't feel ss saie there
anu the suffering man took bic fish poll
and aGyle wofnS and went down towlrG
the pond, while the travelling men zen te
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