Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-15
asks Ebenezer.
"Whar did you git yours?" asks Jonas

asks Ebenezer.
in reply.
continue, and he called upon Aaron
Bradshaw, who was on the affirmative
side. fur his argument.
'Foller me back to the days of Julius
Caesar" began Aaron, with a wave of
his hand, but when he had got that fur
| both Ebenezer and Jonas tried to yell
him down and appeal to the referee
I've got to give Aaron fair show"
replied the deacon. eff he wants to be
follered back to the days of julius
Caesar this society has got to tog along
behind him. It's rather Gurus coin
cidence that the three of you want to
be follered back to the same man, but
that's none of my business. Go on,
Aaron
Aaron went on. He had it that Caesar
! was poor and out of a job and dis
couraged when he happened to find a
diamond ring in n1udhole.,s He could
have got an advance of $50 on it al a
pawnbroker's, but he actually went
hungry fur three days while huntin up
the loser. Struck by such display of
unselfish honesty, the owner presented
him with SIS, took him under his wing
and in time made him king
That's another tally fur the affima-
tive said the deacon, and 1 guess
I'll give Aaron the, same number of
pints as the rest Alvin Bidwell. of
the negatives, is hitchin around in an
anxious way, and Wen hear what he
got to say in favor of dishonesty"
"Foller me back to the days of julius
Caesar" began Alvin in his ramblin
voice, but thar We're yells and whoops
and protests from Ebenezer, Jonas and
Aaron.
IT'S a Gurus coincidence, I'll admit, 3"
said the deacon when he could be
heard but 1 don't see how we kin
help but foller Alvin back if he insists
ueon it. Everybody must have a fair
slow. Alvin, hadn't you as lief be fol-
Tered back to the garden of Eden or
Dan'l in the lions den?'
Alvin stuck fur julius Caesar and went
ahead. He found julius poor and dis
couraged and Twin on turnips, and he
related how the young man sat down
and thought it all over and then decided
to steal a hog. He stole one, sold him
for SO, doubled his money on a boss race
and finally made a place and name for
himself. Had he continued to be honest
he would have starved to death and been
buried az the expense of the town. His
dishonesty enabled him to become king
and to do good to millions
THE TALES are even so fur" said the
deacon as Alvin sat down, land we'll
now hear from Philetus Johnson on the
affirmative side
"Foller me back to the days of julius
Caesar began Philetus as he rose up,
and then thar was row. 1t was a full
ten minits before order was restored,
and durin that time most everybody got
his head punched at least once and his
coat torn up the back. BY and by
Deacon Spooner said:
IT'S a shame and a disgrace to the
town of Jericho to carry on in this way.
l notice that Lish Billings, who don't
belong on either side has Jest come in
Lish, do you want to say anything?"
mot very much" replied Lish as he
looked around. I'D simply like to ask
if anybody here has lost this half dol
lar"
There We're A men in the room, and
every single one of EN-, includin the
deacon and the squar. replied that it
was his.
"As to the Debatin society, it may
be good thing, said Lish as a grin
spread over his face; but as to the sub
ject of discussion tonight, guess you'd
better drop it and let it stay dropped
This half dollar has bin in my pocket fur
two weeks, and every one of you was
willin to lie to git hold of it,
Then Lsh moved softly down stairs
and went home, and after the rest of the
crowd had sat and looked at each other
fur two or three minits in an uncom-
Portable way the president put on his hat
and said:
Instead of follerin anybody else back
to the days of Julius Caesar. que SIS
we'd better folier~ Lish Billings down
stairs and cali the thing busted"