Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-13

Brother Gardner Paints Vivid Picture
of Hts Home Life, and Condemns the
Man without Vices.
Detroit Free Press.
After the meeting had been opened with
ont furder accident than Samuel Shin
breaking q window pane with bis elbow,
and being fine 1920 and cost, Brother
Gardner arose and said:
Il presume de fack dat Uncle William
Balls has passed from sirth away ON known
to moas' members OF dis club. While he
was no. one Of us, he was landmark known
to oil He was an ole man but ole sige
did not take him of, nor did sickness hev
anything to do wild his demise. He iist
cot around nn died beksse he wos too good
to LID any longer He was man totally
widout vices, an l hope nebber to see his
like sgin.
Il tell you, my friends, de msu who has
no small vices an no weaknesses am pus.
son which it will be we'll fur average hu-
mainly to avoid. He am iist about as bad
as de pusson who am all vice.
"Arter de ole woman has crared away
de supper an has fed de pig we sot dowh
an light our con-oob pipes nlr smoke:
Smokiu' am ona of de small vice., but as
we Whit on puff glance at de ole woman
an bless de day mar d her, an she glances
at me au' / see a smile creep over her ole
black face. Uncle William uebber smoked
1t seemed powerful wicked to him, bat he'd
sot in de twilight an grosu an grunt an
worry Providence until even dc dog was
disgusted.
"Arter we git frew smobin' we take de
fiddle an go ober to our darter l4indys,
an when de young folks come in play
tur EN- to shake DER heels, an de sound OF
a fiddle was nebber heard in his house.
Accordin' to Uncle William fddlin' an
daucin' was mex doah to highway robbery,
but I've known him TO Keep mule free
DAYS widout food or water kase de animal
kicked at him.
ION extraordinary occashuns, when |
hev tumbled ODER the wheel barrier. run my
neck across de clothes line or gone down
cellar in heap, has INDUCED in cuss-
words some of which would measure six
teen inches from tip 10 tip Uncle William
nebber swore. II he struck bis foot agin
de saw back an pitched het d.fust into an
nsh heap he got up az humble as licked
BODY, an smiled all de way into de house.
He didn't swear. but he de family dog
hunt bis cave, ed de >hill'eu believe dat a
cyclone was in SIGH.
NOV an den sombod7 drops in, an |
plav a game of eucher It'sa VERY wick
ed thing to play keerds, but Tze sort takin
my chances dat il de Recordin' Angel cant
fed much else agn me de Lowd will pass
me frew. Uncle William peber fetched a
keerd. He left nv cabin one nigat ka'e ]
brung en- ont. He wouldn't chen look al
one CT EN- but he went home and kicked
ober kittle OF soft soap ksse his wife
had let de pig break out
Oar an occashuns yum yuml-
where feel dat glass Of hard cider an
inst what is needed to take de kinks outel
mY weary, constitushun. wink at de ole
woman, an she slips down cellar sn draw
some cider fur bosf Of us. | 'spect 1t
wicked to drink hard ciderr Deed, Uncle
William cotched us a. il one night, an ht
went home Mortified. One Of his chill
had lost a cent, an de good man spanked
dat youug'uu until some Of his nsybur
called in de police.
81 amt holdin' it up dat anybody shoul'
be bad, but do wish de preachers wcul'
understand, IS moas' odder men do, do
our small vices an weakness am de safety
valve which prevents exploshun. Oar an
q great temp.ashun befo' sll humanity Il
be VERY, VERY bad. If men Kin kee'
crar cf it By bsin' iist leetle weak an
foolish, it am not wise policy 10 bate
at EN- from de pulpit ffty-two Sundays pc
var"