The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-02-09
Gal on Proselyting.

Sunday morning. "Where is Carr
"'Tubs, said Cindy, "has arranged
for prize-fght between the dog and
his pet coon. He calls the dog Corbett
and the coon jackson; and Cal has
gone out to stop the fight, altho' Tubs
says they are to spar for points only
"Well, Gal, did you stop the fight?"
asked Mr. Tulip afer we had exchanged
greetings.
"Yes,n said |, "after some persua-
sion. Tubs contended that | had no
right to interfere as 1t was to be q glove
contest, but | over-ruled the motion.
Then he set up the plea Of non-iuris-
diction, but | soon convinced him
without having to refer to Blackstone.
Then he threatened to 60 to Waterloo,
where, said he, the spelling club
would even offer q purse for a little
good, solid fun The boy has been
running with them Waterloo boys and
| fear he Is to give us trouble"
"Boys will ne boys" said Mr.. Tulip.
"But," he continued, "Cal, what do
you think of that article in the Ex-
PRESS under the caption of THE Rev.
Gives Some Free Advice'?n
"Well, said I, II first thought that
it was kind Of broadcast insinua-
tion meant to apply to any individual
who had been guilty of the charge, but
really didn't understand the mean
ing of the word 'proselyte
~ will tell you what ] think Of it,"
said Cindy. "He Is hitting at the
Baptists, and ! think 1t shame Ia
offer such insults to as good man as
the pastor. He is a 'ove reproach and
/ venture to say that his new converts
are az sincere as any who cross The
Methodist Threshold
"Whut is the full meaning of the
word proselyte?n asked Mr.. Tulip.
TITS significance has no bounds,
said |, "as have just learned. wa
educated in just tolerable good-sizec
scboohouse, on farm, and the book
We used were the best known in til,
world. We had Webster's eementar,
spelling book, McGutIys readers, Rey'
arithmetics and-I have forgotten
whose grammar II was but ! know j
was an awful good one because
learned to parse in ii so quick, and
could parse faster than an ordlnar.
democrat could change the signifcanc
of ballot. | remember one Frida,
evening when / returned home til
proud possessor of nine head marks
my mother usked me to parse some 70
Mrs. Lungdecker. | needed no pei
suasion, 40 lit OUT First person,
am; second person, you are; third pei
son, TIL ! could 20 no further Il
my mother had me smothered up O
her bosom, and when | was freed so
could hear she was telling Mrs. Ions
decker that Cal is bound for Washing
ton. But, said Ma, i don't knot
how in the name of God he is to e
there. wouldn't have him to go on
OH the ocean for anything My teacl
er was of Scotch descent, aud a MOI
thorough scholar never licked niggt
or made II wooden nutmeg. But SOM
how we got some things kinder mike
and ] believe now that a great nlau
grammatical errors must have eXiste
In our old grNmmars. The article yo
refer to has led me 10 this conclusion
The author Of the article is an educate
gentleman aud holds, perhaps, dozel
and dozens of diplomas. You kno'
Mr.. Tulip, that we were taught that
noun could not be Used as II verb, or
verb transitive or Il verb intransitiv
and we were taught that the wol
proselyte' was noun and could II
be used otherwise; but in this, you Sc
we are away off, as 'preselyto' can
used as u noun, d common noun,
il, verb verb transitive, verb intran'
tive, adiectives, and--and-l started
say, all the genders, but | guess NJ
How glad Prince Duke Uncle B
laam) would have been If he cou
have caught on to the word pros
V lyte.' Wouldn't he have 'whoop
her up though? My! you could ha
= heard him to Long Branch. 1t is
easy to say, too. am sorry ! did II
> know this before. i could have us
it to such good advantage last fl
when them proselyters was in Let
If non, proselytizing. Every night tn
would proselyte some new prosely