St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09

plum willin to step out and take sides
and pick his dag and then stand to the
gums till the cows come home. and the
chickens fly up to roost. and the evenin
stars sing together. is probable to spend
his days in vanity and vexation and
wind up with great fret.
Too Many for Himself.
About the most unhappiest and
changeful man that ever got his washin
done down in the old Panther Creek set
Element was old man Drury Griffin.
which used to run a water mill . little
ways below the confluence of that his
toric stream. Drury was 4 middlin
good farmer and the most bulliest sort
Of q mill man. and so fur ~ know he
always got along mighty wellin regards
to business and the heetin things of this
vain world. But somehow he never could
get along smooth and easy with the
church. Touchin the church and in re-
ligion Drury was jest simply too many
for himself. He always was a church
man to some extent, but he didn't have
the sticlin and stayin qualities. Conse-
quentially he was forever fiounderin
and floppin around from the fire into the
fryin pan and back again.
He started out when he was q right
young man by talin stock with the Old
School Baptists, down At Coal Springs
church. Henceforwards everything
wore along smooth and easy for six
months or maybe little better. but late
along in the summer or early in the fall
of the year they helt the regular three
days meetin at-Coal Springs, with din
ner on the grounds and feet washin on
Sunday. Right then and there Drury
Griffin got his bristles up and kicked
out of the traces. He took up spot
notion to the extent that he didn't be-
lieve in people washin their feet in pub
lie. and in cold water to boot. and he
wouldn't have nothin to do with the
side show. He didn't make out like he
was smarter than the preacher and he
couldn't quote any Scripture to main
tain the kick. He didn't know for GER
tain why, and he didn'tgive continen-
tial red. But he jest simply didn't be-
lieve In it and never would believe in It
II he lived nine hundred and ninety
nine years on the Garth.
Whereas, the church come together
and sent a committee to call on Brother
Griffin and talk few scatterin grains
OF sense into his head il such . thing
could possibly be did. But that was all
pluperfect vanity. The more they
talked the higher Drury kicked till
finally at last the committee had to give
him up as bad egg and gone goslin.
He still stuck to it that he was natur-
al-born, genuine Old School Baptist.
and as good a member of the church a.
airy man on the committee, but he was
dead square agin the feet washin busi-
ness and jest simply wouldn't take any
in hisn. The committee worked and
worried and fumbled and fooled along
with him for two days on a stretch and
then reported back the general results
to the church. After some short talks
and scatterin remarks from various and
sundry members they took Drury
Griffin by the nape of his neck and the
seat of his brooches. a. it were. and
turned him out of the church and put
up the bars behind him.
"Another Cassin Methodlss.s
BY this time Drpry Griffin was mad
with the human race in general. but
old Coal Springs church in psrticlar.
The more he talked about il the madden
he got. till the next news We got he was
foamin at the mouth and cussin like
stage coach driver.
Along in the big protracted meetin
tunes the next summer. by gracious,
al of student like Drury Crit
fin bloomed out in tull as a Methodist
and got his name ON the church books
over at Bark Log. You must recollect
he was mad with Old School Baptists
and wanted to get rs far away from
them rs he possibly could Jest for spite
which it didn't take him long to run
slap out to the other end of the rope.
1t was powerful long jump. but Drury
mads il with one leap.
Now then, it want many months be-
fore they had Drury up over at Bark
Log charged with the general and fire.
quent use of United States language,
which was osercomin to the settlement
and unbecomin to Z member Of the
church. To put it pat and
plain. Drury had got worse and worse
and cussed ind cussed till he scorched
the native air. and old Bark Log church
had spit in her hands and rolled mn her
sleeves for business. When they
brung Drury up for trial Elder New
ton took the case in hand and put in
some straight questions.
Brother Griffin." says he, lit has
come to the ears Of the church that
you have been cussin aad carryin ON
scapdlous both in private and in pub
lie, and We: want to hear from you.
Have son got anything to say as to
why the church should not visit ON
ron the usual chastisement meted out
10 . weak and Maynard member7"
II Win own up to cussin Z little. often
md on. around the edges" says Drury,
'sbut as to my general moral walks in
life I am willin to put my record BE-
fore the church and show down with
my man in the crowd. I am ~ good
j Methodist q any Of you. but when L
ut rood mad l win cuss little unbe-
knowance to myself. l. It agin the
rules Of the church for = man 70 engage
n 4 few cuss words when nothin else
would do the case justicef
sWhy, to be certainly. of course,"
avs the elder, 1T h dead agin the rules
Tor Z menber 70 zee cuss words under
INV surToundin calamity"
aWell. thst stnt my undsrssandiD ot
lha aituation." oayo pvuyY. " hsyo