The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-06-05

NOthin'S. We lived on Il farl
then, and every Saturday nigl
he'd come tearing in before SUI
). per, grab a fistful Of nutcakcs, an
:. gooff gnawin' them, and that's til
: last Fd see of him till mornin,
And every other night he'd 70
q and tumble in his bed, ard hole
5 in his sleep: Put none but A
. mericans on guard--W Washington
and rainy days he would go on
in the corn barn and jab at IL pic
tur Of the Pope with an old bag
net that was there. | ought t
put my foot down then, but Ii,
fooled me so with his lies abou
the Pope coming to make all til,
Yankee girls marry Irishmcn, ant
to eat up all tue babies that we1cn'
born with cross on their fore
beads, that let him go on and en-
couraged him in it.
''Then he .lined the MasOns
P'rapS you know what them be, bu,
don't 'cept they think they are
the same kind of critters that built
SoIomon's temple and took care of
his concubines; and of all the darn.
ed nonsense about xOrShipfll mas
ter and square and :ompasses and
sic'I like that We had in the house
for the next six months, you never
! see the beat. And he's never ont
growed it nutIier. What do you
think ola man, Squire, that'll dress
hisself in white apron, bout big
enough, for a monkeys hip, and go
marching up an'! down and making
motions. and talking the foolishest
lingo ut apicture ofGeorge Wash.
lngton in a green jacket and a truss
on his stomach Amt he IL loony.
tick Well that's my Sam, and 1've
stood it as long as I'm agoin' to.
''The next lunge the old fool made
was into the Odd Fellows. Imade
il warm for him when he come homo
and told me he'd jincd 'cm, but lie
kinder pacificd me by telling me
they had sort OF brancl, show that
took i'll women aud he'd get me in
as soon as he found out how to do it.
Well, one night he emo home and
said Id been proposed, and some
bod y had black. .balled me. Did ii
llisse|f of course. Didn't want me
knowing to his goings on.
OF course he didn't,
AND ITOLD HIN so.
"Then lie jined the Sons of Nal
ter. Didn't say q word to me about !
it, but sneakcd off one night, pre-
tendin he'd got to set up with i: sick
Odd. fcller, and I'd never found it
out, only he come home !ookin' like
! man that had been through a
machine, and l wouldn't
10 thing for him til hc owned up.
And so it's gone from bad 20 wus,
Ind from wns to wusser, jinin' this
md that and t'othcr. till he's WOr-
'hipful Minister of the Masons, and
Goddess Of Hope of the Odd Eel.
ows, and Sword-swallowcr of the
and Cerus of the Grange
nd Grand Mogul of the Sons Of
ndolence, and Twe-cdged Toma-
lawk of the United Order of Black
len, and Tale-bearer of the Merci-
III Mannikins, and Skipper of the
;nild Caratri"e Columbus, aad Big
Wizard oftho Arabian Knights,
nd Pledlga-passer Of the Reform
'lub, and Chief Bulger of the Irish
[echanics. and Purse-kceper of
ne Order of Canadian Conscience.
nd Double -barreled Dictator Of
10 Knights of the Brass Circles, :
nd Standard bearer of tho Royal
,rchangles, and Sublime Porte of y
le Onion League; and Chamber.
aid Of the Celestial Cherubs, and q
uissant P0tentate Of the Pehitied
ig-stickers, aud the Lord only|
aows what else. I've borne it aud q
orne it, hopin' he'd get 'em all I
ned after awhile, but faint no use, b