Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-16

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During their bondage, the colored
people always enjoyed religious
freedom and many of them were
, church members. Not particularly
inclined to absutions, they all be-
lieved in Immersion. On one Occa-
sion when a number of converts
were being baptised in deep pond,
the preacher lost his hold on stout
young man, who came near being
drowned and saved his life by
swimming to the shore. Sitting
down upon n stump and shaking
himself. he exclaimed: "Some gem
mans Niger is gwine ter git drown
ed by dis dam foolishness yit."-
lIarrodsburg Sayings.
Many years since, in the NJ. F..
church of this place, the pastor was
conducting a revival, assisted by an
eccentric, itinerant evangelist. A
good sermon had been preached and
sinners had been warned of the
wrath to come. An invitation to
come up and Join the church had
been given and the whole congrega-
tion had Joined in the soul-stirring
anthem Of the ''old ship of Zion"
when portly lady whose weight
| thnnrht Eo
pounds, or even more, started up
the aisle. ''Come on, sister, bless
the Lord" the preacher cried,
Come on. We will take you on
board if you sink the craft. ."-Har-
rodsburg Sayings.
UPTo-DATE CEREMoNY.-The fol.
lowing marriage ceremony used by
Squire Tunk Blossom, of Bill Will
liams district, shows an up to- date
ness that is astonishing for such
community as Bill Williams dis
trict:-
"loung lady, will you promise to
take this young gosling you hold
by the hand and see that he wants
for nothing? Will you guarantee to
stand between him and the poor
house, provide him with a new suit
twice a year, and always see that
his supply of wood is dry? If you
feel like undertaking a little mat
ter like that deposit $40 with me
as guarantee that he will be well
cared for and take the gosling and
light out. FIX.
The late Rev. r. G. Brank, d. D.,
of st. Louis, had charge of church
in Lexington, about fifty years ago.
The General Assemble sent
preacher TO the churches
to preach on F issions and
take up col. '1u yhen he was
to preach at Re 4 church, he
was told by tn ,., or that the
wealthiest mem the congre
| CATION was de .Jut unlettered
man and if warmed up would make
! = Large contributiAn. The mission
airy preacher Gel red an eloquent
appeal, stirring ii his hearers
especially Broth, the good old
rich man. Pert ing this and
wishing to take n. age of it, he
called on Brother ray. And
this he did with vent zeal that
surprised everyone present. He
prayed that the blessed gospel
might be carried where "the foot
of man had never trod and the eve |
of God had never seen."-
burg Sayings.
"PAss Ir On" In the days of |
the Regency, at small dinner par
ty at Carlton House, Colonel Ham
lyn, one of the boone companions
of the Prince, told a story which,
like most stories of the Regency,
was more distinguished by its point
than its propriety.
When Colonel Hamlyn had fin
ished it the ''first gentleman in Eu-
rope" filed his glass and threw its
contents into his guests face, say
ing: "Hamlyn, you are a black
guard"
What was the Colonel to do? To
challenge the Regent was treason,
and yet to return the insult in kind
was to take course which must
have compelled the Prince, as a
gentleman, to challenge the Colonel
or to ask some one to take up the
quarrel for him. And yet to sit |
still was impossible.
Colonel Hamlyn solved the dill
Guilty by filling his glass and throw
ing the wine into the face of his
next companion, saying: His Roy
al Highness' toast. Pass it ont"
This was wit in action. 1t sealed
Colonel Hamlyn's friendship with
George IV. "tIamlyn," he said, with
slap on the shoulder, "you're
a capital fellow. Here's a toast to
you!"
A BoY's ESSAY on ToBACCO.-To-
bacco grows something like cab
bage, but l never saw none cooked.
l have heard men say that cigars
that was given them election day
for nothing was mostly cabbage
leaves. Tobacco stores are mostly |
kept by wooden Injuns who stand
at the door and fool little boys by
offering them a bunch of cigars, |
which is glued into the Injun's
hands and is made of wood also. l
tried to smoke cigar once and l
felt like EPSON salts. Tobacco was
invented by a man named Walter
Raleigh. When the people first saw
him smoking they thought he was
steamboat and was frightened. My
sister Nancy is girl. don't know
whether she likes tobacco or not.
There is young man named Leroy
who comes to see her. He was :
On tho CLANS IN a nj. .xht and