The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-03
ONE STANDARD.
IF Thomas Jefferson Hangs,
TirZah Ann Shall Hang"
Samantha Allen.)

kind Is Just as bad In man as in a
woman; and any place OF amuse-
ment that was bad for woman to
60 to was bad for man.
Now, when Thomas Jefferson
was little fellow. he was bewItch-
ed to go to circuses, and Josiah said:
"Bettei let MIN go Samantha; 1T
hain't no place for wlmmen or girls;
but it won't hurt boy Says T,
''Josiah Allen, the Lord made
Thomas jefferson with just as pure
a heart as Tlrzah Ann, and no
bigger ears and eyes; and if
| Thomas Jefferson goes to the circus,
Tirzah Ann goes too"
That stopped that. And then
he was bewltched to get with other
boys that smoked and cbewed to-
bacco, and that Josiah was Just
that easy to turn that he would
have let him go with 'em. But
says l.:
| "Josiah Allen, if Thomas Jeffer-
son goes With those and gets to
chewin' and smokin' tobacco, l shall
buy Tirzah Ann pipe.'
And that stopped that.
FAnd about drinking says /,
"Thomas Jefferson. if it should be
the will of Providence to change
you into wild bear, l will cham
You up aud do the best / can for
you But il you ever do it yourself,
turn yourself into a wild beast by
drinking, | will run away; for |
could never stand 1t, never. And"
| continued, ''if | ever see you
hangin' around barrooms and
tavern doors, Tirzah Ann shall
hang too"
Josiah argued with me. Says
he: at doesn't look as bad for a
boy as it does for a girl -
Says /, "Custom makes the
difference; we are more used to
seeing men. Butt says |, "when
iiuuor goes to work to make a
fool and a brute of anybody, it
don't stop to ask about tue sex,
aud makes wild beast and idiot
of a man or woman, and to look
down from heaven | guess man
looks as bad layin' dead drunk as d
woman does"
Says I, "things looks differently
from ut there than what they do to
us--It is more slightly place. And
you talk about looks, JOSIAH Allen.
| don't 60 on clear looks; go on
principle Will the Lord say to me
in the day, Josiah Aliens wife,
how is 1T with the soul OF Tlrzah
Ann; as for Thomas Jefferson $
soul, be benz boy, it hain't of no
account No, | shall have to
give an account to him for my
dealin's with both of these souls,
male and female. And | should
feel guilty if brought him up to
think that what was impure for a
woman was pure for a man. If a
man has greater desire to do
wfoDg-whlch won't dispute" i"
Says |, lookin' keenIy onto Josiah,
she has greater strength to resist
temptation. And So" says | in
mild accents, but firm as old
Plymoth Rock, ''If Thomas Jetfer-
son hangs, Tirzah Ann shall hang
too"
| have brought Thomas jefferson
up to think that it was just as bad
for him to listen to bad story or
songs as for a girl or worse, for &c
had more strength to runaway, and
that it was a disgrace for him to
talk or listen to any stuff that be
would be ashamed to have TiIzah
Ann or me to hear. | have brought
him up to think that manlneSs
didn't consist in having a cigar in
his mouth, and lis hat on one side,
and swealin' aud slang phrases,
and knowledge of questionable a.
musements, but in layin' holt of
every duty that comes to him with
heart and a cheerful face; and
helpln' to right the wrong, and
protect the weak, and MAXIM the
most aud the best of
the mind and the soul God had
given him. In short, have
brought hiM up to think that
purity a5d virtue are both feminine
and masculine, and that God s
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