The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-29

HOTEL DE hkLDs LAKE CHARLES, La,
September q, 1898
Editor Eeho--I am coming again. knocking
At your door, asking for admittabce, but
must tell you the reason why / am doing so
1t is becauEe eaw my letter published H.
your last issue. II was my FIRST venture ss 9
newspaper correspondent, and now feel 50
proud aud elated that think President Cleye-
lands OVereoat would hardly be large eLOugh
to make q vest for me
will not have much 70 write this week vs.
don't go to town often nowadays, and prob
ably 1t is best for my health | think this is
one of the best 'fKeely CRfe' institutions y
person could wish for anyhow IL has done
me good, an'i hope II will be many more
that will say the same.
Last Monday Mir. Perkins. superintendent
at the poor farm, paid us q visit, He was
looking for candidates for his farm, to work
/ don't know II he made any selection or not
Mag be he thought some were TOO fat, some
too slim, aud the rest too rough He said he
had been unfortunate, for when he takes q
man out there to work he 5leserts fhe first
chance be- gets.
Last week DR.. Perkins visited us fssice, OF
course he had his pill bags with him, and
when here commenced to dish Out-ipedleiue
right aud left TO thef family here When be-
came a boarder here I was afflicted with
SNAKE head, % star head, p ''whlsky head ~
and good many more heatis, that ! cannot
a
best to destroy my right head but DR. Per
kins, with his skitiful Treatment, beheaded all
the heads except the one Il have now, aud
that Is the right head. We'll, DIR. Perkins is
good physician and that can be proved BY
the many positions be hO1ds-cOrOner OF he
parish, Southern Pacific surgeon. and to top
OH With Is the family ffvetOr for Hotel de
Reid. That speaks well for young man.
While ] am resting must tell YOU little
stoTyi it is only short one. 1t happened In
Indiana some twenty years ago. There were
q few Methodists organized q church out ID
the county. They had no church building.
aud held their meetings 10 a school house
The conference had appointed new prestd-
ing elder who bad never visited tnat -part OF
the eOuptry; he was on his first circuit, apd
one Sunday be was to be at the school house
There was a deacon who lived mile from
the house of worship aud all called II the
preachers house, because when the preachers
came 10 preach they always stopped at the
dracOnts. One Saturday the new elder was
expected to be there and Mrs. Deacon killed
the finest turkey she had and was going to
give the elder a hearty welcome. In the
middle OF TIE afternoon there came an old
man riding up to the house. His horse was
not very tae and the mans clothes were not
Of the latest style. When he had alightgfI
and tied his hOtse he went to the house and
asked for something TO eat and feed for hlf
horse, and after considerable grumblinp be
got cold lunch, After q while be asked II
he could stay over night. That WAS imposSi
| BILE, Mr.. and Mrs. Deacon said, as they ex.
| pected the new elder. But somehow they
could not get lid Of him. As It was gettinp
DARK Mrs. Deacon was bFOiling her turkey
| but still no elder came. About 10 O'Clock tht1
had TO give mp The elder for the night. auI
finally all assembled In the dining room fo
| supper and they concluded to invite tn,
stranger from the kitchen. After all wer.
seated around the table the deacon tsked hi
ten-year-old son to ask the BILE sing; and af
ter u was ever the stranger said he was
bright boy. YES" said the deacon, 'he /
a bright boy"
'Well, young man." the stranger said
show many commandments are there Y'
The boy could not answer, and the deacon
fnally said there were ten.
The stranger said he always thought ther
were eIeven.n
The deacon let loose on him, and told hin
an old man like hin (tbe stranger) 10 be q
ignorant as MOTTO know how many command
mrnts there were, surprised him, etc.
Sunday morning he got q cold snack fo
breakfast, and went away, passed by tn
school honse and stopped at the frat hons
beyond, where he waited uutil the hour ft
services and then went to the school hous
where the congregation was awaiting som
ons to preach forthem. The stranger Wake
up to the pulpit, when the deacon got up ar,
Ia King hold of him, told him that that We
no place for him, aud for him to get ou
However, he gave out hymn, aud sang
then gave out his text, Raying that b
would preach from the eleventh command
ment. He said. 'God gave Moses ten, bu
when Christ came He said, i give you
new commandment, Live 50 one ANOTHER
snd that was what the stranger called th
eleventh commandment. Well the stranEt
was the new elder, and after the servic
what followed can easily be Imagined. Th
elder went home with Mr. and Mrs4,Deaco
for dinner
Since become boarler here / have o
ten wondered that none Of the preacher
here In Lake Charles have never been her
70 give US shaking up, but may be the
have been here, and like the elder. woul
not make themselves known, thinking us
be outside the Kingdom of God.
Well, my heads pretty well rested Row. an
2" hAYe got loo far away from the sul
iect commenced with, j will close for th
time. r.