St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-03

al ~ they haven't got the
A <n/k plain. old-fashion
B& sort There are
N%~ ~ moro new-fangled,
high-fyin fool mo-
~ tions in regards to
religion than a most any thing else now
adays. Religion which makes . man
sorrowful and sad instid of joyous like
and glad amt worth pickin up In the
big road.
sTsrnea Wrong Side Outaras.~
What makes me tell you what l do: :
Ben Chris Weaver come up from the
old Panther creek settlement some days
ago, and passed . night with me. You
zee me- and Ben Chris have been rs
friendly and thick ss four in q bed from
the golden days Of boyhood clean
through till now. And we still visit and
sw mp lies and mix tobacco ut least oncst
. year, to keep our old acquaintance
young and the recollections of old times
fresh so far as me and him are con-
cerned
"They have now got so internal many
new pints and fancy trimmins and ex-
ira touches on the game. Rufe, til!
blamed II I know what cards are COM
in next" says Ben Chris that night
after supper. "From the way IN which
they run things in this present day and
generation, it wouldn't be no ways sur
prism to me to see two pair bent three
Of . kind. or four aces win the pot over
. straight flush.
'.And what is more, Rufe. if you amt
a blind as mole and as deef as q post,
you can see them same new-fangled
fool notions croppin out in regards to
a most anything and everything in
sight. Even to tho churches have 60:
the new disease, and bless the Heavens.
If some Of the latest styles in religion
don't make people meaner instid Of bet
ter. That is the Bible truth. if ever
told it.
fright soon after Christmas two
preachers of q new and curious religion
come down into the old settlement. and
after skirmishin and scoutin around
the edges for few days, they put in
and dwent to preochin forth their strange
doctrines. They soon got toe holt over
there at old Rehobeth church, and. by
gracious, they have now busted the
church wide open, and turned things
wrongside outards and raised moro
hot weather amongst the people than q
little. As for me. Rufe, l don't take no
stock in any such contortionments. but
from all I can hear and pick up around
amongst the people. the new preachers
set forth and maintain that accordin to
the Bible and the declared words OF
the IL epistles. . man has got the right
to marry himself OF with as many vari-
Gus and sundry women as he wants to.
They preach some other wild and woolly
doctrines, but that pluperfect fool no
ton about marryin il the maineet new
pint in their religion.
Now, it would seem like some Of the
members at old Rehobeth-which you
recollect that church was built up ac-
cordin to the Methodist faith and order
way back in the early settlement Of the
country-they took up with the new
doctrine, whilst others kicked and
wouldn't touch IL with 40-foot pole.
But finally at last the biggestside stood
by the new preachers, and the others
them that are Methodists till yet, and
Methodists till they die-they had to
pull of and take out and quit the
church.
"But the most strangest thing in the
whole business to me, Rufe, comes from
the fact that some Of the women folks
bave took up with that multitudinous
fool notion about more wives than one
for every man. It wouldn't look Sc
tremendous passin strange for the men
folks to take up with such doctrines
but blamed il can see how they ever
got it to go down. with the women. But
It won't hold water, Rufe. told them
people from the jump that they run
their religion dead square agin common
sense and rough shod over human ma
turc. and they can't The devilis in it.
aud consquentially they arc bound te
play the devil with it"
Ne Married. the wAele Family.
.As you will NO doubts recollect
Rufe, i never did make out like l had
more religion thahthe man which bull
up the first church." Ben Chris wen'
on. in his plain, blunt way, 'but what
little have got il natural and honest
and in line with the general govern
ment. The laws Of the land and thu
laws of nature stand up agin the new
tangled religion which they have beer
preachin over at old Rehobeth church
and it is bound to 60 down to rack ant
ruination in the due fullness of time.
''0ld man Hank Eddins and his wifi
was the very first to take up with then
new preachers. They took 'em In q
their house. and give 'em their boart
free gratis for nothin. and jest natural
" skinned the milk and fed 'em on
the cream. And then the maineSt lead
ers in the fight for the new-fangled re
lgion which finally at last split ols
Rehobeth wide open and turned thing
wrong side outards was old mar
Hank and his wife. To me it want n.
ways surprisin to see old man Hanl
line mp with that side, but l nevel
would of thought Il In regards to hi
bstter two-thirds. Well. I ruther cx
pcct the old lady has now got eunGga
Of Il. and Some to spare. whilst old maj