The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-08

good one, anyway, 50 l thought Ia Try
on that to begin with. tell you it come
hard! l hankered after that drink OF
coffee dreadful! Seemed as though
couldn't eat my breakfast without it.
feel TO pity man who loves liquor NOR 4
ever did in my life before; but fee
sure they can stop if they try, for I've
stopped, and I'm going to stay stopped.
''Well, come to dinner, there was
another fight. do set by pie the most
of anything, 1 was fetched up on pie. as
you may say. Onr folks always had II
three times a day, and the doctor he's
been talkin' and tallxin' to me about eat
ing pie. l have the dyspepsy like every
thing, and it makes me useless by spells,
and unreliable as weather cock. an
Doctor Drake he says there won't
nothing help me but to diet. vas
readin' the Bible that morning willie
waiting for breakfast, for twas Monday,
and wife was kind of set back With
washin' and all, and l came across that
part where it says that the bodiS OF
Christians are temples of the Holy
Ghost. Well, thinks /, we'd ought to
take care of them if they be, and see
that they're KEEP clean and pleaant,
like the church; and nobody can be lean
nor pleasant that has dyspepsy. But,
come to pie, l felt as though coudn't!
and, 10 We didn't! eat pieceright
against my conscience; facin' What L
knew ought to do, went and done
what l ought not to. tell yel my
conscience made music of me con-
siderble and / said then wouldn't
never sheer at drinkin' man nonore,
when he slipped up I'd feel for hin and
help him, for l see just how it wa so
that days practice Civ out, but it learnt
me good deal more'n knew befre.
81 started out next day to look Up my
Bible-class. They haven't really ended
up to Sunday school as they oght to,
along back, but l was busy hire and
there, and there didn't seem toy any
real chance to get to it. Well, twould
take the evenin' to tell il all, butt found
one real sick, been abed for thre' weeks
and was so glad to see me tbt felt
fairly ashamed. Seemed as tough l
heered the Lord for the first timssayin',
Inasmuch as We did it not to on of the
least of these, We did it not to me- Then
another mans old mother sayito me,
before he come in from the sBd, says
she, He's been sayin' thatf folks
practiced what they preached, pu'd ma
come round to look him up abre now,
but he reckoned you kinder loOted down
on mill-hands. I'm awful dad you
come Brethring, so was 1. tell you
that days work done me good. got a
poor opinion of Josiah EmmOs, now
tell We, but learned more about the
Lords wisdom than month o Sundays
ever showed me-"
| A smile he could not repTtss passed
over Mr.. Parkes' earnest hce. The
deacon had forgotten all external issues
in coming so close to the hear of things
but the smile passed as he salt, Brother
| Emmons, do you remember what tht
Master said, III any man will 10 His will
he shall know or the doctrine, whether /
be of God or whether / speak of my
self ?"
"Well, it's So" answered the deacon
''it's so right along. Why, l neve
thought so much of my Bible-class no
took to sech interest in EN- as | do to-da.
not since begun to teach believ
they'll come more regular now, too.
Snow comes fellowship day. though
that would be all plain sailing, SCENE!
as though I'd got warmed up till | fel
pleasant towards everybody; so wen
around SEEM folks that was neighbors
ond twas easy; but when l come HON
Square fuckers black bull is into IL
orchard tearin round, and he
knocked two lengths of fence down fiat
Well. the old Adam riz up then, you
better believe. That black bull had bee
abreakin into my lots ever since we &c
in tn aftermath, and it's Square Tucker
fence and he won't make it bullstron
as he'd oughter, and that orchard was
young one just comm to bear, and a
the new wood crisp as cracklin's wit
frost. You'd better b'lieve didn
have much Teller feeling with Amt
Tucker. 1 just put over to his hou'
and spoke up pretty free to him, VINE
he looked up and says, says he, Felioy
ship meetings day, amt it, Deaconr L
rather he'd ha' slapped my face. re
as though l should like to slip benin
the door. l see pretty distinctly whs
sort of life I'd been livin' all the yea
I'd been a professor when l couldn
hold on to my tongue and temper OF
aBreth-e-ren," interrupted a slo'
harsh voice, somewhat broken vii
emotion, ''rll tell the rest ont. Josis
Emmons come round like a man an
Christian right there. He asked me
forgive him, and not to think twas &
fault of his religion, because twas his
and nothing else. l think more of hi
TODAY than ever done before. l W
one that wouldn't say I'd practice wi
the rest of We. 1 thought twas eve
lastin' nonsense. I'd rather go to fort
nine prayer meetins than work at bel
, GOOD a week. b'lieve my hope b
! been one of them that perish; it hail
i worked, and leave it behind to-day.
mean to begin honest, and it was seei
I one honest Christian man fetched
s round tot"
Amos Tucker sat down, and burr
r his grizzled head in his rough hands.
9 "Bless the Lord" said the. Quaveri
6 tones of a still older man from far c.
n ner of the house, and manga glisteni
a eye gave silent response.
4 $50 on, Brother Emmons, said
g minister.
"WeIl, when next day came / got up
make the fire, and my boy Joe had +
I got the kindlin's, I'd opened my mot
to give him Jesse, when it came over
suddin' that this was the day of pra.
? for the family relation. l thought
e would say nothing, l jest fetched in
q kindlin's myself, and when the fire v
n burnt up good l called my wife,"
Dear me- said she. I've got sue
r headache, 'Siah, but I'll come in a m
4 nit didn't mind that, for women
Il always havin' aches, and was jes age
, to say so when 1 remembered the
" about not being bitter against 'em, 6
Il says, 'Phllury, you lay abed, 1 exp