Blue-grass blade., 1891-01-10

N usual plnCtlIOuS accuracy ~
facts, and that ] got some of m
v, personal experiences mixed up wit
z ancient history. That is, had
l sort of vague impression that / wa
L doing this, but came to the con
IS clusion that / must be mistake,
d about it, because my new ncighbo
did not seem to discover the leas
4 inconsistency in my remarks.
e 1 finally rounded to, and htchcc
e to as full period as you eve
j heard, so that an educated pig cuuIt
5 have understood that there was no
another word that could be sait
/ under that head.
r But my neighbor sat back in 6
big arm chair with a lar ava,
look out of his eyes, and seemed t.
be waiting for me to wiud up and
run down again.
hen 1 began to get mad, and
came mighty near saying to him
why in the devil don't you go
home, if you want to go?'
l didn't say it however, but did
tell him as plainly as any nan
could do, that 1 had a piece OF
fence mile from the house, that 1
had to Tx that evening to keep
some cattle OUT oi corn field. Ban
he looked like the word htM was
not in his bright lexicon, aud did INT
bulge.
BY this time he had been there
five hours, and had not said six
words in two hours.
l said to myself, "I'll be logged
If l don't set up with YOU old EEL
low" and L shut up IKE clam
and never said word tor a halt
hour.
AT the end of that time he got
up, and taking pains to walk
straight toward the door, said /
must come over and bring my wife
and children. l told him 1 would,
aud that he must come over, and
bring his wife and daughter, ana
stay longer next time.
lie led his horse to high
stump, and seemed to be getting up
on him on the installment plan,
when | last saw him, as | got over
hill in great hurry to see some
sheep L had on part of my prem
ises that was mile away, and | .
went a kiting too t. keep my wife |
from calling me buck.
A few days after that [ met my
neighbor again.
He smiled but looked somewhat
embarrassed. He sa d That grcps .
juice of yours affected me some
what, and L feel like / owe you au
apology for unduly protracting my
call. l had to go to bed when 1
got home"
l told him | knew exactly how
to sympathize with BIN, and that 1
hoped lie Aad nOs noticed any
6rusquerie in my department.
Then we botn laughed, and each
OF Us tried to circulate his version
OF the story among the neigh bors
before the other one did.
Ever since then | have had
great deal of sympathy for Noah,
because he was just sick of the
sight of water, and when he land
ed and got to talking with his new
he just slipped up on
grape juice and took more Oft than
he intended to do.
What l started out to say, how
ever, was that the Rev. DR.. W.
NJ. Lawrence of the Baptist church,
lad delivered sermon against
Prohibition in a big church at
Chicago.
He took the position that it was
lnchristain for any man to be Il
'rohibltionist. $
l have some Baptist friends who
ay they think Prohibition is right,
tut they always vote against it.
Its mighty hard for me to keep
friends with that sort Of people.
If a man like Bro. Lawrence
avs he thinks Prohibition is
lad, unchrisrain thing, and then .
otes against it, while | can Meth
+ respect his brains or his SINGER
y, can at least admire his con- c
istency. But the man in good /
in any Baptist church, a
mo says Prohibition is Il good I
hing, and then votes for Democ- d
acy, has nothing in his politics t
+ religion that can {
dmire or respect; and I
would rather, so tar as my per, a
onal este IA aud the good OF the d
'rohibitlon party is concerned, t
nat he would subscribe for the 4
'hisky paper and get posted GA the a
.lisious, Bible argument against G
'rohibition, and talk against it r.
'hen he votes against it. o
We already have to many pco II
lie tina, are doing the Ehud and Ii
'slon act. il