The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-07-31
A COOL DEACON.


Nv ELty AnETH RnRsNseR.
''Ther' BE- a grst deaf of talk nowadays
abeoui coolness In tune o danger; bat let
reg'lar up an down coslnoss, give rie old
Deacon liarnwell,' said solomon Mines, ~
be hitrhsd he raslf little nearer the red
hot Steve In the grocery store Of his iriend
and Contemporary iuther Beala.
Il never hecrn tell oi the dcaron's soin'
ter war, observed Luthsr, leaning over has
counter.
Didn't fay he ever vent ter war. jest
aid lie wss cool 10 tune o'dangsT. answered
Solomon, rather trstily.
Tel W. about il What kind o. danger
did the dtarou SIC into II he never it In the
wary asked one ~ The lostcrs
4 didn't say he got into danger, ! aid
he wa cool Ia time o danger. replied old
solomon, with q twinkle va boo eye.
Come 90. now; tell b. about the dan
ger, wh0fumrvCr u -at nigh on, per
suslrd another luaitT aud ID, old man be
san,
"As Was nyin' Old Deacon llaTnvell
was a drtllul cool man in time o danger.
but taint morn iaiF Ter .ay the danger
wa'n't never his'u. Wall one Gsy be aud
cl.ppm' right towards each 0tHrr a. spry
DO could bc when iust thing they kuowcd,
The old deacon chopped the aigc OF Peter
lat sluar0 on. tell you Peter was EsiEhiy
4rlri, Tor the Ak va turriblc sharp. an the
old man a master strong hand at sUingln.
At, a mites b. a. good 80 a mile. coop on,
my boy. .sid the old man, a. p,art as could
boz. al ls rDol Do a clam
DUN kind o. coolnsss," observed one OF
the loaicrs.
paj ing 40 attention 10 this comment,
solomon proceeded. Then one day he vas
oul bayn d., an one Of biz gsls fell out
b she cart s9mchuwt, an a bong piece OF her
hair kcichcd onto tho cart, an sAs was
dmggcd right along by it iLll the hair pulled
out She wa yciliu' well, an 1hcn her ia
found out What wls the matter an stopped
an Rot her into l.U car, again. an be said
when shr shfUol him the lock 0i hair, cryin
! Ike thunder an the tImc an her poor head
s.hltcdin'. uss Huh, Gret cTy an li,is
wool Ne vat iu.i rs calm a. ever.
. "P,y tNa'nt a.- hasd. said Que OF the
T listener.
/ This here instance want a. daRgerou.
. as come thing, continued solomon. but
. "a team wac o iollcfin' e'1,r. and the tCsmsteI
/ had tcs pail 80 his ho,,es sharp ter EGsT
. them from strppln right On the LITTLE sal.
Tel about the brook. Sol, suggested
Luther,
Wall. one day iu the early fpriBg, Ia,
dcacnn's two little boy, vas psyin dowr
by the brook The brook was fuller and
der than common ouiu Ter The tnOw melt
IN an hun' it W. somehow the little boy
l,lI m and come pretty urH hcin' droWudcd
A boy Wrnl .unnin liCkcriy splt ter On,
haoutc, an the hifrd mau got ter the brood
in 30 time an hauled nut the poor litil,
critters, the old man was lEuin along q
bic usual moderate way an when be 81
THERE they was al right Them a. i bon
ter be- hanged, never gets drowuded, h
ssid, az cool asyrr please
Gold bloodsd old vilyun'' e1claime,
one Iratc bssrrr, ia liked ter have warmc'
him vita q good stick
Didn't he ever act Ike iolkng aske,
some pne.
Never that know. on, answered Solo
mon Once he come drttiul near bcin
warmed up fer good aud all 4 neighbo
vls gpiu by and BE- seCs the deacon chin
Die, 40 atrc, and the root had ketchcd hCf,
an there, an va. blazin pretty smart. tn
man rushed n an the deacon vas scttii
az tit table Jatiu' hi- dinner Yer bc0us
br al on iiJr, jra ron, YELLED the man ahou
clean outer breath. the deacon jest eye
him, an say, az cool a. o0Ncumhcr
Whose hc.re be tho The man wa
mad rlan through, au' be- fald be woul
have ruu % then an there, an lgt the tar
nal Hcousc huru !clau. but Be- lcll Ter tn
deacon wife aud iamhiy, sy bean an Oh
men De- could muster worked nht beaver
az saved che old htouss.
Did lnc deacon tEauk emu uucritd
listener.
Thank rmg Not The deacon, lie OIL
aid. What's rycry BODY business il M
nudy's huaness' very old an true sayin
lciEhbors.'
wall, the Old dczcons dead an gone
he was q cariou. sort o crittcr up ter ia
very last. | could tell yrr more hbcout han
but I must be- agoin home, and he roe
.tiiiiy from be chair.
What did be die of.' asked one curigu
lUuuR-tyr
"Pneumnuy." answered solomon, and b
wouldn't have no doctor 'Whatt on
mans medicine Is t'othcr mans pizcn, b
kcp' a.sJyiu' an' a decor hadn't cumu ucI
ter Bigh bim. He wife doetofyd hm all sh
knew how. az she was a good woman. 81
a master hand az doctnrn'.'
Its euTus, said solomon, meditEsiyel!
a. be wound Ep HE throat in a hiE woole
scarf, ITS Gurus Aow a woman will site
ter, an stand up fer, the most eunsafns
TOOL OF a man, au' the hateiullcat az ii
mcanc.t that d. thc old fashioned woms
docs, can't tell anything abeout yer ne
women. guess the deacon was What ys
call a good man, though be- was so kinds
tryin; bis wife never let on but what
was a. rcrfcrt a. they made en-, I'll
dcacon's always 20 calm an cnol,' I've hcer
her ssy many a time an Oft, with aand'
uptitin' pride IN her voice. And after
died IL was 'Tae deacon was always 20 cell
an cool abeout cyefythin' Ohio Fafme