Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-10-12

erage of the State, and better tina
some, but the early clerks and deputit
often had not the means of consultin
a law dictionary, and when called o
to use technical terms they sometime
made mistakes in spelling, but,
their meaning was clear, no harr
was done. In 1909 the clerk record
that a writ of ''firey faces" was issue
-fierl facias. The same clerk at an
other time when using the word
"nunc pro tune" wrote the phras
''nunckpytunck.' % The writ 'duce
tecum" was written "duses take hem.
The term ''nolle prosecute" was spellet
molly pOssy kee," and the word s'dit
linus" was spelled ''diddy mouse"
find my friend and successor a
Hebron church also mentioned In thi
history. We catch glimpse of hi
good work over here in the following
"In 1895 Rev. Holmes Ralston was SEN
to Horton as an evangelist. Durhia
that year by his efforts a church wal
built at Job. and the following veal
one at Horton, and in 1898 one at Har
man. He breaches at those three
places and a. Alpina every two weeks
and by preaching every Saturday night
and three times on Sunday, he reaches
a number of school houses which are
not visited by any other ministers.
The three churches named, with the
Alpina church, were the first built in
Dry Fork district, except a Dunkard
church on Horse Camp Run, recently
finished" Rolston's g name is house.
hold word in all this section.
This is told here about a service
Brother RalstOn held at J oh one night,
he can tell you whether it is true. but
it sounds like JOb-not the Job Of
scripture, but Job of Dry Fork. Bro.
R. was preaching and was rising to the
occasion when in walked a drunken
fellow and came up and took a seat
behind him in the pulpit. He looked
over the congregation, then fixed his
eyes on RalstOn, and becoming intense
1y interested in some of his glowing
periods, suddenly cried out, ''that's
right Parson, go it give it to 'em. !"
The sequel l did not learn. Ask the
pastor of dear old Hebron.
l can vouch for the following, how
ever. The other night while preaching
at the above school house, drunken
fellow walked in, looked around,
grinned and Topped suddenly into a
seat. l was just at the point of
'cltnching the nail" at the end of my
sermon. Happily finished without
the encouragement Bro. Ralston re-
ceived, but after singing. called at
tention to the fact that the oil in the
lamps needed replenishing, and hoped
some one would Sc to it. When sud-
1enly my tipsy friend bounded from
Ills seat and held out his hand which
grasped his pocket book and cried out
1t the top of his voice: ''Say Parson
You can just count on me for nickle
,or that OIL" The congregation was
while my friend was fumb-
ing in his purse for his contribution,
out did not get the nickle.
The writer will be at this point four
)r five days longer; then go oyer on the
lew railroad building from Elkins to
Travellers Repose and preach a week
or ten days, near one of the big tun.
lels being now constructed on that
,xtension-will preach in a school
house ON Cheat River. After that he
hopes to turn his face to old Augusta
Ind Rockbridge, and then to the meet
ng of Synod at Newport News-a big
cap it will be from the top of the ALLIE
yhany to the sea coast, but you cannot
count on when and where general
Evangelist of the Virginia Synod will
Jump. Let me in closing, through
your columns, send my cordial greet
ngs to all my old Augusta friends, and
ask their prayers upon my labours in
,he Alleghanies. J. E. BOOKER.