The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-11


week and said SO, and no concluded
TO lick me, but he says he amt going to
lick me any more. l declare he did.
Ito SAID had insdlted his wife. The
idea OF man who goes homo three
times week, staggering. saying that
the preacher insulted his wife. That is
tho first licking ever had and that
was not much Of licking. l am going
TO do ny best for the children and wo-
mon.
81 am indepondant, ! am. l come
when please, 20 when l please and
stay as long as | please. There arc
plenty of people here who would like
TO run me out of this town, but they
can't get u loader. Every gambler in
this town ought to be here tonight to
hear me- If that crowd who got pulled
the other night had been up here listen
ing to me instead Of where they were
they would have been better off. They
must feel mighty lonesome being the
only crowd over pulled here.
'Somo time ago young man was in
trusted with very valu able package for
gentleman who was stopping a a large
hotel. The young man went there with
1t and walked up a couple flights of
stairs and then into an anto-room, and
then he was admitted into Il largo gam
bling room. There were twenty tables
in the room. A young man was at one
table gambling with an old, white
haired gambler, and the old gambler
was taking in the cash and the young
man began to grow respondent.
While the old gambler was shufllng
the cards, tho young man hung his head
and began humming song. The old
gam bier laid down the cards and touch
ing the young man on the shoulder,
asked him where he learned that song.
The young man replied What song-I
have not been singing, have I?' The
old gam bier told him that he had and
repeated one of the lines and then tho
young man said oh, that was Pretty
Phrbe Carey learned it at Sunday
school,
The old gambler handed the young
man back his money and told him
never TO gamble again. and two weeks
later that young man preached SER
mon which brought that old gambler to
Cod
Whenever young men go to play
cards after this think OF the incident l
have just related to you and say: Il will
never touch q card again Tho mer-
chants of the town, daro say, would
vote for whiskcy to morrow if they held
an election. and think it would be
good thing for trade and the town. The
fools. Some Of you say: Brother Jones.
it is helping to fix the streets, Why, |
can take two old cows and sell the but
tor mako from them and do more to
fix up the streets than all the whiskey
in this town. Brother Jones, it helps
to pay our police force
What in tho name Of goodness do
they do? They press brick and drive
old COWS to the pound. My goodness
when policeman Of this place gets
after an old COW you bet she's got to
move; she is obliged to listen. When
that Sunday crowd of this town gets
down on the corner Sunday outstanding
still house with whiskcy, and an old
buzzard comes sailing over them and
scents them why he turns around and
sails off in different direction. Now
when thing smells too bad for an old
buzzard you know they must be pretty
rank.
Some of you come to mo and SAY,
L don't drink very much Brother Jones,
you are n liar and know it, you old
bloar-eyed, red-nosed, low-down fool
yon. When some of you como and say,
odd Colonel -- who is rich and has
a plenty Of the good things OF this
world, no drinks Well old Colonel
-- will some day be where he can't
even get water"
Mr.. Jones then related a touching
story OF how drunken husband killed
his wife without knowing it while on a
spree, and the rcmorSe he felt when he
became aware of it, all of which went
to portray the horrors OF drink Mr..
Jones then said:
Give up drink, men, give it up. am
going TO vote you people on this subject
presently and see how you stand Now
| want all you people who will promise
not to cuss, drink whiskcy and play
cards to come up here and shake hands Z"
Nearly every man in tho building arose
and came forward and shook tho hand
of the noted revivalist. The meeting
then closed with the benediction.