The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-13

smashed in this town. Catch ong
Most of you never spent decent
Sabbath in your life; Just gather On
corners and tell smutty jokes. Why
If an old buzzard should pass over
you dirty scoundrels' he'd turn his
course and say the crowd was too
stinkiug for him.
He then touched on the practice
the county and city officials have Of
making the saloon men and prostitutes
of the town pay tribute every three
months Its blackmail, a nasty in
fernal business" he said IL your city
needs money have your policemen
stand on the corners and knock the
people down end take it away from
them but don't keep mp this damna-
BILE practice. Don't your papers pub
lish it, Yes, you say. Then the
community knows it and ought to call
a halt. Your mayor SLOWS this, and
he an elder in the church. Don't let
him lick me for talking this way
about him boys, And your sldernenl
God pity their potgutted souls They
couldn't be elected dog catchers now.
He then took up gambling and adul-
terry in the forceful way he handles ev-
erything. ~ don't talk decent you
say. Well decent talk would be out of
place here. II you don't like the talk
just lump 1t. Hear, Bud
He then spoke of drunkenness and
drinking and gave his audience food
for thought for many days. The story
of his own life camo in sptly and he
used II effectively. After the sermon
the scene described above took place
and his audience seemed 10th to leave.
Many called to shake his hand again
and offer congratulations on his ser
mon, and pledged themselves again
to better lives. The sheriff and one
of the aide rmen were among his call
ers, as also was . saloon keeper who
vowed the city couldn't give him 3
license.
THIS MORNINGS SERMON.
Sam Jones preached at the morning
services today, and had 8 good crowd.
He took for his text the 18th and 22nd
verse of the Fifty-iifth Psalm. Cast
thy burdens on the Lord and He shall
sustain thee, for He shall never suffer
the righteous to be moved and hath
delivered my soul in peace from the
battle that was against me, for there
were many with me-"
There are two kinds Of trouble, -
he said, real trouble and imaginary
trouble. The imaginary troubles out
the real troubles two to one.
The woman is a goose to trump up an
imaginay trouble. There are lots Of
geese in this world. II they all had
we would have enough to
throw at the birds. Yes, and there
are lot of old ganders too.
Some people have the knsck Of run
ming q trouble machine. They work
both hands and feet and the mouth all
at the same time. Don't take your
imaginary troubles to God. He won't
put out a house that amt on fire.
He don't fool with fools, there are too
many sensible PEOPLE in the world.
One thing that is good for homemade
trouble is common sense. Your preach
ers, too, are always borrowing trou-
BILE. Say I'm not as popular IS
ought to be-. God didn't send him
here to seek popularity. The preach
Or that hunts popularity is like tho
drunkard that hunts another dram.
The world is coming to an end, some
one says. I'd like to know how the
world can come to an end when it's
round.
"some of your society women don't
want sny children. Well, the woman
that don't want any amt fit to have
'em. She has no heart, and would
as soon shake the tail Of dead fish as
to shake her hand. Some Of you folks
say, Mr.. Jones, You touch on things
you ought to leave alone. Yes, tbs
true. 1 talk on vulgar things and
can't get but 10, 900 people to come to
hear me. Your nice preachers can't
get 300.
Trouble gets you down more than
work. Quit worrying. II you can
help q thing, go along Jump In and do