The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-06-25

tnd started on their hOm1wnrd way to-
ycthcr. Uncle Peters cane went down
upon The stony road with strong en-
ph;isis, us he began
"Tcll yc now. that was powerful
sarchin' discourse Brother jerks give
us this mornin'--ch, deacon ?"
"Wall, tollcrbly so, to somo folks,
expect, but he didn't bear down on
some pints as he'd orter, and left out u
good many as had Orter been fetched
in. FL I'd been preachin' on that air
subjick, with Squair Bowlc's a-settin'
right afOrc me, | should N been moved
TO say suthin' about drinkin' and takin
unlawful intrust, but ministers is
nothin' but airthin vessels, the best on
em, and big pew rent hides Il good
many besetmonts.'
"ShO, now, deacon, | wouldn't say
that Of | was you-don't appear to
sound like the charity that thinketh
no evil. There was one or two pints
took pertikelar notice on, one was
that u mans bcsettin' sins amt apt to
be marked sins, SO plain that every
body calls 'em by their right names
we talk about 'em as only our ways, as
ef that made 'em all right-whereas,
Scripter says it's the 'leetle foxes that
spile the vine.' ND then agin, it's a
sight easier to see other folks besct-
ments than our own, es the Good Book
says-a mote in our neighbor's eye,
and u beam in our own"
AS to that" began the deacon--but
just here the road parted, and the two
went their different ways.
The dcacons thoughts having been
led into apersonal channel by Uncle
Peters last remark, ran on somewhat
in this wise:
i,,'f 4. l,,,N -,
some pcrtil1clar sin that bescts every
one OF us. Now can't call to mind
anything in my walk or conversation
that amt sHrcumSpect" Here u dim
suggestion Of the Pharisee in the
temple crossed his mind. :" amt by
no means perfect, and don't purtcnd
ter bc--but c6ntribit to all the causes,
and remember tho widder anG the
fatherless, and don't never suffer sin
in my neighbor without rebulte.
What's unbcknOwn can't be cured; ef
I've got en-, the l.ord'll hev to make
'cm KNOWN
Dinner was smoking on the table
when the deacon reached home. After
his customary acknowledgment on the
divine bounty, he surveyed the table
with Il look Of disapproval.
Mary Ann" he sharply ordered,
'you go down sullar and fetch up some
pickles. How anybody kin git baked
beans, and leave OF the pickles, beats
all"
"But, father" his wife timidly won't
ured, you SAID last Sunday pickles
make your tooth ache, SO | got cider
applosass today
"SpOs'n did say SO, that's no reason
why | shouldn't nI" pickles on the
table; that cider applestss u. ;. billed
down half enough. Here, Ezry, you
take this ere coileepot and set it back
onto the GOALS wish it could be kept
in mind, that coffee crter be hot" with
d mastcrful look at his wife.
BY way OF creating a diversion,
'Sah Stcarns, the hired man, remark
cd TO Mrs. Holden
thought we had fust-ratc singin'
to-day"
Before she could reply. the deacon
took up the word.
"Singin! Wall, ef screechin' is good
singin', | should say we had-but tain t
nowisc bcittln' the sanctOOary, as Il
part o. worship. What Phineas Cat
is more than l. can tell han't no voice
for singin', and what he has needs
lin as bad as Amos's old bass viol."
Mother," asked Mary Ann, "did
you notice Jim Pettcngill's got home {?
How glad his folk must be -
Especially his mother-Im glad
for her." said Mrs Holden. "Thcy
say Jim's done we'll out there in Iowy.n
'Ef he has, he's the fust Pcttengill
deacon. "Thc sins O. the fathers j.
visited upon the childurn, and ever
scncc the old coloncl's evil doin's the
Pettengills has alters come out at the
lcetlc end O. the horn"
BY this time nobody cared to encoun-
ter the crOss-current Of contradiction
any further, so the meal was finished
in silence.
Plough the south meddcr to-day
'Siah," directed the deacon Monday
morning, land try your hand at /.
straight fu"rer for once"
Now if there was one thing upon
which 'Siah pridtd himself it was his
skill in ploughing. lie knew he had
~ neighborhood reputation for that.
"Some folks can't SEQ when things
air straight" he said half to himself
as nc went out.
The same morning Brother Pike,
preparing TO go out on his round of
church collecting, said to his wife:
"I'vc q notion to begin this time
ovor on Dennctt's hill. and take this
neighborhood last. The fact Is Broth
or IIoldcn's lirst-ratc to pay but he
has way OF talking that puts me all
out O. sorts--nobody, nor nothin', seems
to be just right, according to his view,
and [ always get clear down to The
heel about the church when | hear him
talk"
So it was late in the afternoon when
y other Pixies "hullo" brought the
d aeon to tho roadside. Leaning on
his hoe handle beside the stone wall.
he remarkc cd intcrrosativcly
81 expect you've had Il purity tough
time or't? Folks In general ain't
over anxious to pay up the Lords
dues"
We'll, Pm glad to say | haven't
found them backward to-day. Just
look there now, pointing to q labo-
riOusly hcrawlcd line which proved on
careful examination to read l4iddy
Peters, five dollars" Some self
denial it's taken to get that five dol
lars, and some faith, too, ns TO how she
can get along without it,