The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-07-16

Sam Jones, Dixie Williams and the Devil
In these days of Dixon William!
5 and Sam Jones, the DEVILS mad an(
: we are glad. We've got some soul:
, he thought he hal. The devils al
ways tickled and shakes his tail
like a dog at a dinner table, when
he sees there is a prospect of his
getting yet another morsel of NOR
tality. The way the world wags on
and the way Dixon Williams tells it,
: we must confess, gives the old fell
low good look for large share of
the spoils in the end. Now God
has placed US here upon earth. He
has endowed US with mind and fac
ulty sufficient 10 insure peace and
happiness while we remain iDhabi-
tants of this terrestrial sphere. He
has given US all the necessary tools
with which to work out our own
salvation. He has pointed out to
us, as plainly as a country sign
board with a big fist and a stiff fin
ger, exactly the road in which we
should travel and if we don't trot
therein the fault and blame are en-
tirely our own. He has also crea
| ted devil for no other purpose, as
far as l can see than to go shares
with him in the great undertaking
of universal creation. 1t appears
that in this homo Uegetato world-ac-
cording to tipulatiOn-the devil is
entitled to all the human smutty
heads OF wheat, wholly rotten APP
plies and all the speckled potatoes
he can dig from this sublanary soil.
Then, of course, Mr.. Devil uses his
utmost exertions to blast as many
as he can. When he premature
ly blights the bud of virtue induces
boys to wander hellward, and per-
suades the old man to let 90 his
hold, it is all fair play on his part.
But just at this time the devil is as
mad as a March hare. We have |
got one soul that he made Just as
sure Of in his own mind as l did |
when in my boyish days, L threw a
rock at bullfrug and missed him.
Yes, Joe BruIser is thoroughly
reformed man. His case was
desperate one, but by daily appli-
cation of religious ointment and
it in well, he is at present
as full of piety as a sheep is of
ticks. He was once blasphemous
enough to swear at his Saviour,
make mouths at his Maker and
speak dispNspectfully of the Virgin
Mary; but thank heaven,he is an al
tered man, a regenerated being born
anew, big but promising baby;
and may he the good that he will
accomplish will be paramount to all
the evil he has done in his past life
time. Of course the devils mad
about the matter, but who cares2
My old ex-associate, the devil,
thought he had Joe as fast as a rat :
in trap, but Joe slipped the halter
and he now Frances like two-year-
Did over the green pastures of hope {
and happiness. Begin to live now,
Joe, while you have vigor, hope
and strength to aid you. Make up ,
your mind to live temporarily, pru- ,
leDtly, religiously and you may yet {
i've to enjoy as green an old age as |
4 hemlock IN wilderness, and at t
asst go down to the grave with {
spirit full plumed for a flight to the t
'ealms OF a blessed Immortality. s
SO and join some church and work
Easy underline yoke and don't get .
your leg over the traces at every ]
ancied insult, but live with your '
ellow-men as peacefully as five t
,eas in pod and journey on to- |
yether crowned with the ever green {
'ays of mutual love,and let's estab- G
ish a sort of milleneum on a small q
icale and see how it works. Push c
head in the good cause till all t
written SANDERS, hbels and chal- !
enges shall be tran smorgrified into '
owe letters, bowie knives beaten '
nto wood saws, playing cards t
transformed into hymn books. !
Then love and harmony shall G
prevail among the discordant crea- /
ures of earth. The owl will no q
onger boot at the dead hour of /
light; the raven shall cease its +
over the worm powdered t
bodies of ithe slain; bullfrogs shall Z
ing Yankee Doodle with all the va @
iations and land terrapins dance
he old Virginia break down. Then
-oung girls will drive hogs from gar
lens with pellets of roses ;old bache- t
ors shall lie down upon soft touches /
t night and find themselves mar
led when they wake up in the t
morning. The leaves of the oak v
hall be treasury notes end it shall v
blossom with silver and bear acorns 4
# gold. What a gathering that t
viii be! K. n. PEPPER. s