The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-17
CULPEPPER
Wants More "Snort Stories"-Has Been Attending Chuch Associa-
 tinnc

Sritor The Advertiser:
 There I am again with that " tis said that absence conquers love" kind ,f feel ing that may b. answered by you with "Oh, believe 1t not" ha dly think there s b zen any col. ness or s,rain d leia ons as some have earnest hoped. You know
 I first c1me to you when we were bot l
 Town in the mouth" You wanted sym
 pathy sni l ial 1t in abundance n1 divided with you. You didn't ust hay, q sore toe, you were sore all over and 1 was just such another" But. thanks | to that wise 0i pensation of Pro id ? c..
 which secures to every, dog his d, V, you've about recovered from your l bruises and I'm not completely cast dow.
 T ue, i1 your succ sses wicl Constitlt o
 and Accidents, you trampied me in d : ! feat. but, bless the Lord. I have scme of | tha Phoenix disposition to rise and a 1 littl' Of the Banquo dete. m ticn not to
 down. There's difference in folks and
 you haven't come to me with eny di Il ion
 of sympathy. Now, that you're in ths
 very hey-day of triumph. I hope you'.l | ind room for me and Toe "Adverttser
 Short Story" again. It will be such a l h1ppy change from uninteresting details of Democratic bookkeeping discrepancy. | The poor people are so benuddled about | State finances that they nt tell tothe9
 from which" Though, all hands have | sati hel them that if there has been mis- manage m mt the blame cam t be lid on any Populist or Republican administra-
 tion. If there was Democrat; mism p- dReme0t, nQDOIY Was SuFDTlScu. but,
 get back to the short stories if you V mt
 to please me and the girls. I l,v, to read love stories, lcng CT short. but prefer the short cnes, bee Iuse the-e are more
 of 'em. They carry, me back somct me ,
 fellow is puzzle to find tie he i7
 these long. continued st ries. A fellow
 came to see me about teach ng scho T f'r
 us. Hr had a bicycle and d thi grade
 ce tific1te from our exceli' mt state E Q.
 He was lot and would have been dusty
 but for the sweat As he was a school
 teacher, I thought he would st,r, my young idea tp shoot some. He wa in,
 said he would "peruse" it. That settled his hash With me for l don t t1ke u pcruse. I dsnt likn pe-usa. only on oc- casionf. I'm plain man ani don't lik ,
 tie me, in my own hou-e, wit? ''peruse' y
 In the pape' he found continued story
 which. at home. he had been reading. of
 and on, for quite 3 while The tile was
 the way I read it He read it ''Ad Rift l in New York" He sail he'd been read | ing chapter aftc chapt~ but Ad nor
 any otter Ri:t had sot in 'h' sto v
 yet Once. was impolits enough to
 steer igncrsnc from Ei-h OK C.ty to tn
 proper pronunciation, ani got curtain l lecture that makes m, con Cienct sore
 till now. so I wwas curious of sugges- 1 tions about the Ri1t fa'li to thts hope l full scion of our adm .sbe educati; nal | system.
 ] Please go back t1 t2e :h Tt Stories 1 It will be Surpri=e to eve ybo5y tn1t
 have started. in my old age. to learn | rev tricks. There's no tell ng what a
 m n must come to. Som atimes. we are the victims of Ci Cumst inces. and then we should not be blamed. Lately, for the first time in my il'-spen: lie, l attempt ed the role of the ''visiting brother at an $ ocilti n. Our church wa looking
 around for a new be owed pasture" an1 ! f0
 spare. Brethren Tu ner, Sanders fn1 l wer. G,t lied to go over the. c. and sam pie 'i. Which we did. Preachers, ike c on. run from "Itrct middl ng
 milclnc. We dn't want the othe-. It seems to me that tn, Lori Is getting some pretty weak servants into II IS town and city vineyards. Once in a@'il> O
 to inject a little thought into his Sun
 CTS think little bit if not less.
 I only took the floor three times, But | gave em multum in parvo. tTnG
 brother who spoke of the"B; bie and oth- CT good books as ''per'odical " may b.
 at loss to interpret this spelling book | uuotation). But I was modest. Indeed, [
 without modesty, in an associetisn. l l just have to be modest to bc noticed. You see, I'm the execution. A visiting brother" with modest y was not dreame 1 of by Solomon when his wisdom of ob-
 servat.on was chrystalizing into a1 adage.
 l made some observations for the guild | ance of future religious bodies. The hrst
 is, Never mix u7 the light and heavy l weight. Give the light weights the h-st | go and l them SD cad themselves Ike | green b1y trees" Second. Neve~, after 1 n good speech, postpone tte collect n
 till after a poo sermon. Whv. on t.J | pa, ticular occasion, a g pod speech male | me tumble avound in my pocket and
 seize a dollar for the heather Tn tc1d
 of tho hat fermon. That SC mon cost tho LOOT heather eigrtr-nve per cent O
 my =ell. Such things ought mt B, to | be- CulpepDer