St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-23

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~ when you was
EMN NESNMNANAN borned into this
WIN|SMlMs WMsVN valley Of dry
MANMVMaaM MI e homes. The last
MAMA@ANw@ big twistifica-
ton we got into was all on account of
. travelin preacher Of some pecurious
faith and order, and them that didn't
git killed or crippled got skeered and
moved their washin. But anyhow.
truth ID mighty and bound to win. and
old Santa Claus il comm Christmas in
his regular order.
Thea the War ~ Bust Loose.s
Tho preacher was holdin forth day
and night in the schoolhouse over 1T
the Cross Roads. As for me, was too
tremendous busy with first one thing
and then another to turn out and tend
the meetins to any serious extent But
the next news l got it would seem like
the preacher talked too free and plenti-
full with his mouth and the war had
bust loose.
It was on . Tuesday night-which the
weather was clear and pleasant and
the moon shinin bright like day-and
the preacher had give it out that he
would preach . sermont for the good
of everybody. but the children in par
ticular. and from that = pushin big
crowd was out to hear the news. Well,
from what they tell me. the preacher
did have . scandlous bad case Of break
in out at the mouth that night. And in
the general run Of his scatterin re-
marks he pitched In he did and told the
children . whole long rigamarole In re-
gard to old Santa Claus. He lowed
there never was and never would be
such 4 man as Santa Claus He went
on and told the little folks that their
fathers and mothers had been foolin
them every Christmas for 10 these
many yeary-which accordin to proofs
Of holy writ he held that it WAS . sin
and . shame. He didn't want to hear
nobody talkin about Santa Claus hence
forwards, when everybody knowed
there want no sich livin human bein
In the round discovered world.
But the preacher didn't much more
than git the word outer his mouth be-
fore old man Bunk WeatherfoH rix up
right there in open meetin and give it
the dadblame lie. Then old man Bunk
and the preacher they had 1t in red hot,
rough-and-tumble argyhcation-upand
down and over and under. Sometimes
the preacher was in the majority and
sometimes old man Bunk had al the
delegates.
But in the main time Andy Lucas had
left the meetin and rid on on his horse,
and when be returned back to the
schoolhouse me and Blew Scroggins we
rid with him-three abreast and In =
swingin gallop. Old man Bunk had
helt the fort whilst Andy went out
after recruits. When we got there the
meetin was in . riproar Of confusion
ment, but soon as Blew could put his
hand into the game he sent up reso-
luton a. follows here below:
Resolved. That the preacher who
says there aint no sich man as Santa
Claus y y box-ankled. slew-footed,
double-breasted liar, and al sorts Of .
liar.
The resolution was anonymously
adopted with standm vote.
Then Andy he put the followin resolu-
ton In nomination:
Resolved. That II = the general opin-
ion amongst the people around Rocky
Creek that IN regards to Christmas and
Santa Claus the new preacher couldn't
tell the truth with dead rest. Passed.
After that they sung q song. the meet
in broke mp and we went out. Then
presently . crowd Of M boys Clipped
In together and we didn't do blame,
blessed thing but rub three quarts Of
cuclle burrs into that preachers hair.
and ride him on . three-cornered rail
% little Wolf creek bridge. where we
cut him . fast walkin stick and told
him to burn the wind for parts un-
known. And n he went scorchin on
down the big road toards the Missis-
sippi river with every foot up and coat
tails fyin the boys hid him = long
farewell and went on their way re-
joicin.
II don't make . continental bit Of diff
ference with N. long-sunerin reader,
what you think about the general cir
eumfercnce Of the calamity. We think
II was perfectly MI right. Everybody
In this country loves . good preacher,
but any man that would stand up and
tell . big crowd Of children that there
u no such thing . Santa Claus, viii
find NO pleasant place to lny his head
or rest his weary feet In the regions
Of old Rocky.
Next to the women folks We love the
children, and when . man stands up and
talks to them he must preach forth the
unwashed truth and nothin but the
truth.
No 1nGgngo - Dpnk OF.
Tha4 makes me thing Of somethin
rale funny which ! NV come 70 pass
oncst upon . time out there in Texas.
Ne and one Of these tEavelin pseachers
hit the same town on the same Sunday
and took out and fed 1t the same hotel.
! didn't know s1ything for. certain
about the preacher except what be mp
and told me with his own mouth FREE
gratis for nothin-that hs NE to SO I'll
the gaits and cover m the ground. but
be quit and was now reeachin forth the
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