The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-06-20
.A.Cow Team and Hot weather.

member of the hun,sn family.
AaCov Team and Hot Weather.
Tn n general way know that josiah
Jernigan is mighty good mana pialn'
honest-bearted, debt-payin man, who
worships God and loves lis country
and serves his day and generation to
the best of his feeble ability. He is a
man of few words and full of business.
He never did do any talkin to speak OF,
but he most in generally always means
what he says. He never was man to
dabble In futures, you understand. 1t
is all spots with him. And takin him
up one side and down the other, there
Amt better father or better husband,
or a better neighbof, or better citizen
anywheres in the Rocky Creek settle
ment than that same Josiah Jernigan.
But Josiah went to town one day last
week. He went in his wagon and driv
a yoke of steers, and Blew Scroggins he
went with him. 1t has since leaked ont
through Blew that one OF the deacons
of Bark Log church had rough and
| tumble rucus with his steers That day.
wherein his religion got tremendous
bad shock and strain and shakin up.
And you must keep in mind, long-suf-
| fering reader, that Josiah was drivin
| yoke of steers and the weather hit was
swelterin hot. I maybe mought be
wrong-I wouldn't make out like was
always right-but have always belt
| to it that if man can drive a yoke of
steers in hot weather and at the same
time confine his remarks to pure Bible
language he has got more genuine re-
ligion than the man that built the first
church and lined the first hymn and
preached the first sermont.
From the way in which Blew Strog-
gins has let the cat out OF the wallet it
would seem Hike Josiah and his steers
had been movin along smooth and
peaceable enough till they got down
there to Caney Branch swamp. By this
time, you understand, the steers had
got good and hot and leg-weary, and
soon as they caught sight of the cool
and refreshin waters Of Cahey Branch
they curled their tails and reached
their backs and quit the road and tore
off down through the swamp at fast
and furious lick. Blew he jumped the
game and lit out right then and there,
but Josiah froze to the ropes and fol-
lowed his "cow team through three
acres of canebrakes and bamboo briars,
and he was still with EN- when they
went down into the water. In maxim
the return trip from the swamp back to
the big road it seems like Josiah man
aged SO as to ait his foot caught be-
tween a wagon wheel and the couplin
pole, and conscquentially in the general
confusionment he got the heel of his
shore tore off and three of his toes uii'
tinted. 1t was somewheres along there
from the way Blew tells the news
that Josiah give up the fight, az it were
and let loose and fell and spoke out:
81 don't want to say it, would
ruther not say it-God knows do raley
hate to say it, and hope he will for
give ne-but if must--if have got te
Soy it-dam these steers!"
There has now been some talk around
amongst the members of Bark Log to thu
extent that church meetin will socI
be belt, wherein Josiah Jeringan viii
have to "fess up" or either take on
and quit. OF course it is none of my
business in regards to that. But l dt
hope they will all remember that 10
siah was drivin "cow team" while
the weather hit was scandMous hot.
Il Some "Second-IIand Cussin."
That makes me think of the tim