The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-01
DORROH T.. O.
JOE PRINCE.

During the late war, 1 was, upon one
OCCASION, .forcibly impressed by n re-
mark made by "A sick soldier. He was
suffering intensely and complaining In
cessantly, and mt length with a big
groan, he exclaimed. oh! law, law: 1 do
wish l could got vol; 1 think I'd feel
better" l have thought of the express
sion many times since then, but for the
last two or three months / have thought
of it oitener than usual. l am sick, and
| have been sick a long time, and if /
would only get well, | firmly believe l
would feel better. | have been sick so
long, and so badly sick, that l reckon 1
have become a better man than | used to
extremity that / feel perfectly willing to
forgive all my onemies-tha is, except
ing one. There is one that / don't think
! can freely forgive, at least until he
makes and apology. And lest some one
should think NH too stubborn, | will
give the circumstances Three or four
years ago n new preacher came into Il
n~cighbOrhood preaching and organizing
Sunday-Schoo's. wei, when tho time
came for him to preach at our little
WAS crowded, and all outside too, so the
preacher took his stand at tho door, so
as to preach in different directions. /
got a seat just inside the door, close to
the preacher, and when lo knclt down
to pray knelt down too. Then he
B'N'N ! wy b'''' W" L
warmed up with him, 30 that when he
proposed another prayer, ! got down
quicker han before. There he gave u
BEAUTIFUL talk on tho Sunday School and
became completely %enthused. Then
he said: Ii us again unite i'm prayer.
Brother Baker, Will You lead us in pray
er?" l was on my knees i'm an instant,
and the rcXt instant Brother Baker was
on his feet with tho remark, 81 want to
talk u little whiic before engaging in
rNryt-n ~ lgt,i Ef,t Snn / trO lrnn,.y VI N
gagged, M in presence of tho whole au-
dience, both inside and out and brother
Baker knew it. Well l determined TO
fight it out on that line, but ii was n
terrible struggle. Brother Baker talked
for about one hour, and then had The
impudence to say, Let us all unite in
praycr!-putting II strong emphasis IN
the all. His prayer was about as long
as his talk. My knees mover got over
the ordeal for II week, and my best pants
were ruined for lifc-and J don't think i
ever can forgive brother Baker-that is
until he makes m apology.
Now there is more virtue in an apollo
gy than some folks might think Uncle
Nat Simmons tells Il joke illustration of
this: Uncle Nat was called ON, several
years ago, to play the fiddle for q lane
ing party, at the house Of adutchman in
the lower part OF the State. The dane
in MAS up stairs, and while it was at
its height, the dutchman came hlundcr-
INK Np, NIllllh IL III IL lpM lIlE pas
sion. Stamping his foot, he exclaimed.
"Stop dish ting ply tam! Dish ting's got
to be stopped!' OF course there was qui-
ct in an instant, and some one cnquircd:
whats the mattcrp' Matter enough,
Ply tam: Here's Jim Schmit down stars
on de lounge huggin my wife, dish very
minnit; and she's huggln him too, Ply
tamn
The dancers felt like crowding through
anger holes, and the dutchmau, after
g 80, /, ., ,,r - t-,,s ,,,A 49, ,a 49, -.
sis, started back Town the steps, NUT
! ring "a he went, "Mattcr enough! mat
tor enough 10y tnm!" But il was only Il
few moments till the d%utchman came
back again, as calm and serene as Il May
morning: You can 90 IN nit dc dance.
Dot Icctlo matter ish all tight. jim
Schmit hash done made 'pologics to mo:
Says he did not know it vas my wife dot
he vas huggin! Dot il vone good joke on
jim Schmit!'