The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15

had Just returned from Waterloo, where /
had been for the double purpose of attend c
ing the revival meeting and in answer to a |
summons from MIR, G. Rank, who wanted |
some work done in my line-I am taxider-
mist BY trade. "a taxidermist is one who
stuffs skins of dead animals, birds and
fowls, make this explanation because !
don't want to be accnsed Of using big word' /.
that no one can understand.) | want to 81 .r
right here that Mr.. c. Rank has got he
right name. He only wanted me to rss,e
q bid on materalizing the Waterloo ] tsyel.
opement and Milling Co., by stufii' AZ THE
skin of the dead concern. OF cours' ii was
only Joke, but such jokes go a J osp wary
with me.
As "a was going to say, had Jr st returned
and was backing my cart under the
shed, when my wife met me at the barn
with one of my old coats owe + her head and
u paper under her arm, and looking SO ex-
cited ] was really uneasy.
4 "Why, what in the world ails you, Lu-
l cinda?n asked.
"You just read tfls> Cal, and you will
see, she replied. while the fire fairly flew
! out Of her snapl,ing brown eyes.
We ste pled inside the barn, out of the
RAIN ana sat down on sack of bran.
tried to look cool and collected although
was somewhat agitated, having passed over
road from my house 10 Waterloo that
would make any otfer than a christian
swear worse than lst parroton a whaling
vessel. and having been the victim OF a
practical joke. asked my vile to read for
me as ! was cold and wet, which was true
lneper lie, not even to her, Ny wife COM
menced reading the article under the cap
ton of ''Elder Wayback and Latin" As
she proceeded IN her clear, soprano voice
and gradually pulling out the tremulo stop,
so TO speak, my Waterloo trouble began to
vanish, and when she got down to where
Clodhopper's daughter translated the first
Latin phrase, said, mentally, BLESS the
childr' because she had explained what |
could not understand | could then see
that "A Salyationist' was right Then
p' comes the confession Of Elder Wayback,
where the old hayseed confessed that he
did hate theologians, My heart almost
sank within me, and said LET us pray for
- himln but my wife suggested that wait
until knew all. Now had formed good
opinion of "a Salvationst" but was not
stuck on his proxy because the proxy had
mentioned my name in connection with
that inddelly inclined Elder Wayback, but
~ as did not understand the French and
Latin used by Proxy" tried to take his
remarks as compliment, but when found
that he had put me down on level with
that mutton-headed blabber- mouthed athe-
ist, Elder Wayback | got mad--mad all
overland used the worst words ! ever
used in my life said "He is gol-darn-
phool,'
Hush! Hushl' said Lucinda ~ know"
, she continued, that you are superior to
that old ignoramus Waybaok, or proxy
either, as to that, both morally, religiously
and intellectually. but you must not use
harsh language"
81 beg your pardon, Cindy," said /.
"You are excuseable,' said She "but--"
Here she hestated, as our minds were NOV
ing together-we had gone back to the good
old days when the dear old ministers, who
were really called to preach the gospel, had
predicted that Il great calamity would be