The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

stands away up yonder in the church.
but in the main time he is q full-blood
member Of the human family.
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A = Cow Team" and Hot Weather.
In a general way I know that Josiah
Jernigan is a mighty good man-a plain,
honest-hearted, debt-payin man, who
worships God and loves his 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 a man to
dabble in futures, you understand. 1t
Is all spots with him. And takin him
up one side and down the other, there
ain't a better father or a better husband,
or a better neighbor, OF a 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
u yoke of steers, and Blew Scroggins he
went with him. 1t has since leaked out
through Blev that one of the deacons
of Bark Log church had a rough and
tumble fucus with his steers that day,
wherein his religion got o tremendous
bed shock and strain and shakin up.
And you must keep in mind, long-suf-
fering reader, that Josiah was drivin a
yoke of steers and the weather hit was
swelterin hot. / maybe mought be
wrong-I wouldn't make out like / was
always right-but / have always helt
to it that if q man can drive a yoke OF
steers in hot weather and at the same
time contine 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 Scrog-
gins has let the cat out of the wallet it
would seem like Josiah and his steers
had been movin along smooth and
peaceable enough till they got down
there to Caney Branch swamp. By thil
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 Caney Brancl
they curled their tails and reached
their backs and quit the road and tore
off down through the swamp at a fast
and furious lick. Blew he jumped th'
game and lit out right then and there
but Josiah froze to the ropes and fol
lowed his .tcow team through thret
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 tx
the big road it seems like Josiah man
aged so as to git his foot caught be
tween a wagon wheel and the couplir
pole, and consequentially in the genera
confusionment he got the heel Of hi
shore tore off and three of his toes un
tinted. It was somewheres along there
Ffrom the way Blev tells the news
hiatt Josiah give up the fight, as it were
and let loose and fell and spoke out:
81 don't want to say It'll would
Iuther not say it-God knows do raley
hate to say it, and I hope he will for
give me-but if I must-if / have got Il
say it-dam these steersl"
There has now been some talk aroun,
amongst the members Of Bark Log toth
extent that a church meetin win socl
be helt, wherein Josiah Jeringan will
have to "fess up,' or either take on
and quit. OF course it is none of m,
business in regards to that. But / d,
hope they will all remember that 10
} siah was drivin a ''cow team" Will
the weather hit was scandalous hot.