Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-22

The elephant was feeling very poorly
| when saw him. His skin looked dry and
| feverish. When he walked his overalls
ratified together like tin clothes fastened
together with wire.
The mandrill is strange looking beast
with brief but spirited tail. 1t has a
blue nose, but fushes easily if taken by
surprise 1t then goes and buries its face in
its hands in an embarrassed way, enormously
thinking that it is secure from view.
1t was on board train between Wheeling
and Pittsburg the other day that heard a
sad tale. It was told to me by a refined
Kentucky gentleman, who was attending
church few weeks ago when the shrill cry
of fire burst forth on the street of the
village. The pastor had been unusually
interesting in his talk and unusually strong
in his vigorous attacks, especially upon
gambling, drinking and the desecration of
the Lords day. Every one was greatly
interested, for the pastors heart was in the
work and his burning words were listened
to with rapt attention, for his language was
as powerful as it could be without violation
of clerical etiquette and the statutes in such
case made and provided.
A Pastor Breaking the Sabbath.
Fire, however, had broken out in the
hotel near bv, it seemed, and so in the
midst of his eloquent and fearless battle
against these vices he broke off suddenly to
aid in saving property. He formed
bucket brigade, and aided by the four other
pastors, who had also fastened to the scene,
line of pals soon extended from the near
est pump to the ladder running up the side
of the building.
For hours the good man fought the flames
without ever pausing for breath. The hook
and ladder company did the swearing while
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vines, ate hotel pie, filled the air with i'm
precautions and ever and anon rolled up
their sleeves to see if their muscles had
grown any since they had last examined
them. .
Finally, seeing that the hotel could not
be saved, and that a little cottage near it
was threatened, the pastor said: "Let US
save this little home at least. Put blankets
on the roof and keep them wetted. Work
with will, boys, and We may save this
little cot even though the hotel perish"
He Had Saved a Speak-Easy.
Finally, after hours of struggle in the
choking smoke and heat and discourage
ment, the flames died down and, surrounded
by ruin and wreck, the little house stood
by itself safe and unscathed. The pastor
went in to see if everything still remained
unharmed and to receive the thanks of the
occupants. There was no one there, but on
the table, face down, were four unusually
good hands, running all the way from the
straight to the bobtail flush, while in the
center of the table stood the tempting jack
pot, and near by, on sideboard, a tall re-
ceptacle with willow environments con-
tanning spirits, arranged and dramatized by
gentleman named Pepper.
The cottage was what is called in that
country "Speak-Easy.
A "Speak- Easy" is not o moral place.
The pastor put on his coat and princess
vest and went home, and as he went some
one heard him say: "Whoso is simple, let
him turn in hither. He that reproveth a
scorner getteth himself shame, and he that
rebuketh wicked man getteth himself a
blot" BILL NYE