The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-05
Another Blast from Uncle 81.


you was not gwine ter sen me my last weak S
paper, but John fetched it in late Saterdny eve
min, and the fust and last thing that read wa.
my artckle. | red it out lowd to the ole woman.
and she enjoyed it nifty. an sails, 'Si. if YOU
had gone ter collcdge You would a made Il smart
man. but think you will DO as much or more
good than them tcllcrs what rites wid so much
larnin : an John he bracs on it mitv an sais
no man cam condemn them sentiments, an he
never hcarn Of any good man in town but wha,
hrags on it; an John sail that ef Il man did
not like it, thcu it would prove that he was not
in fur the rite. OF course, knowd that some
fellers what loves gros and hates the Lords sar-
wants would not like sich rcadin': but | don I
mind that. | wants always now and in that
next world ter hc on the rite side, and | thinks
that will come nearer ter it bv bein' on the
side Of the preachers and wimmins than on the
side Of them little simliu-hcalc fcllcrs what
works fur whi>kcy, and runs down the vim
minis and preachers. l.aws-a-massy dom they
stink. MiStur Elitur, here's my side. sink or
swim, live or die, survive or perish | am gwiuc
ter staud ont wid the wimminS aud preachers
and wild the Lord, and cf don git lcctcd here
to Office | will be lectcl in the CRATE day. and
won't be OH the side of them Ccllcrs what cus.cs
preachers and abuses wimminS fur workin arin
whi>kcy. My wife is a woman. and one of the
best. and So was my dear ole Christian mother
and upon my word | would not want ter own
emf they were not and had not been agin whis-
key and all kinds OF mcanucsS An "A preacher
what would not work anil ttc aCu whiskcy aiut
no preacher of rtcouSneSs. hut he is friend of
tho Il -,
ton cGss the preachers Gaze they has took an
9th of alc%cncc TO the Lord TO do his work an
he cummans them to ftc sin, cvca 10 chicken
ttin. All hoss racin and all other kinds
| docs hate To see one Of these smin- headed
fcllcrs Stanin around an sayin preacher is Il
mcddln. and he has Use fer him ct the
preacher darcS 10 come down ON wkiSkcy II
shows how SMALLER he i. Ncllln rl, Laws
amasSv why. | would no, lav a ul:tu fur nv
pas,nr what was on the whi>Ecy aide ali what
would not speak a;,in it. | would send Il ucrt-
ton To mex Conference 10 keep that fclcr away
from church. fur he would ruin it. and
don believe that there i Il church anvwhar
what would have Sich icllcr in any dcnoni-
nation. M>tur Elitur. The ,lay j. com in when
the man what sells whi>kvv Will not lie re-
specicd, an | has hcarn it thr"wcd up ALREADY
about the chilcrnS of certain rich nam that
their daddy mald their money scllcn whiSkcv
and such people Will put Il i,;id mark what will
he Il disgrace on thcir chllcrn. An these ic-
lcrs wha; talks i'tr whiSkcy is gwiuc ter he left
out i'll this an the mex w"rl,l. Good, plain
folks ant gwinc ter keep their company. An
they tells me in n hig city mow. bar-kccpcrs
families lon fotc wii the upper ten. but they
is kinder looked down upon. | il mitv sorry
fur the poor fan lilies. Gaze they can help their
selves.
Mr.. Elitur. did any one ever tnl Ont who
struck Billy Patterson: believe it happened
some whar ont i'll tho West among the wild in
iuus, anil it was never lain to the Charge of The
wimmins and preachers. that hcam tell ON,
But in this enlightened country an town it j.,
tounc out that people are 81 sptciul ..in y i'm
minis and preachers aS to declare that wimminS
an preachers has struck Union to its ruin.
Misiur Eduur, was vou ever at Il little rural
hamlet hy the river side, called Alston. on a long
summer day, AL alone wild yourself, and wild no
money IN powerful hungry and did YOU WON
der cf thar was suuthcr place list like il he
.",>'. .'o l;"'" - the crnrrss m"l"Ss that ,l.,,
is Weldon, North Carlincr, where | was during
the late unplcasantncs>? Well. | lest believe
rs much ~ | do III rrcachin that cf Alstnu
was Il CRATE deal more l"ncS"mcr than it is, an
cf it was some iand. fur of from Ian and there
was a wall round i. rs htg and as high "a was
around that ole city whar that king was skcrcd
Z" bad one night 10y the han what writ Oh the
walls. when he was 'lrinkiu :" wild his BIG mems
that these very fcllcrS what Sas 50 many hoJ
things of the COOL wimIninS OF Union would he
huntin up stuh an mems tn build ,at,s ami hu,cs
I" cross the water, anl ladders 70 cline over the
walls. FOR they would not hc .adiStic, until rhey
girs in Aston, and they would not leave either,
unless the wimminS would lcf Will them and
that hig man what talked 80 much abnu, the
wlmnlns and preachers a-ruiniu Union would
hc iii the icad, a'huilcrIn every step, come on .
boys come on, We can Git in. Now. would |
not like to see him a-climin the walls: know