Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-08-19
A Little Buggy in Tempe Church.

Tempe, Aug. 10.-Editor journal
Miner. When the good old Presby-
terians were training me up in the
way | didn't 90, they laid special
stress upon the fact that l should al
ways behave with strict decorum in
church. As a usual thing | have,
during a long and useful life, followed
their instructions, but some times |
think one is excusable for a slight
departure.
Since the hottest of the hot weather
has fallen upon us the good people of
Tempe have dubbed their forces and
hold union services every Sunday
evening, one evening at one church.
another at another, and so on around
from church to church. OF course
this is all right as it affords the min
lister of the evening quiet good con
gregation, and is supposed to stimu-
late brotherly love.
n. B.-Every thing needs stimulat-
ing here at this time of the year.
Well, last Sunday evening we re-
paired to the appointed sanctuary to
find the usual devout crowd and to
also find that all the bugs in Tempe
had gotten word of the meeting and
we're out in full force to enjoy a lit
tie pleasant time around the electric
lights.
The Baptist bugs, the Congrega-
tional bugs and two kinds of Metho-
dist bugs were all there, and were APP
parentiy reinforced by all the outside
bugs in town, and the way those bugs
behaved seemed to indicate that the
Old Nick was in them.
There was a long chandelier of cleo
trio lights over the center seats, and
the first thing those bugs did was to
part the congregation in the middle
Every who thoughtlessly took a
center seat, clawed the air for a few
seconds and then moved over across
the aisle. This wasn't so bad, but
when the bugs looked down and saw
those seats vacant, they consulted to-
gether and concluded that they would
crawl around and see what had become
of the people. 1t didn't take them
long to find every body, and a bald
headed brother in front of me lifted |
up his hand and smote the top of his |
and knocked half dozen |
crawlers on to the neck of the girl in |
front of him.
1 looked across the church and be. |
held two or three women pulling |
things out of their hair, a fat lady |
hunting hurriedly up her sleeve. and /
a serious faced man trying to dig
out of his ear with finger
much too large for the cavity. |
thought the ladies could care for
themselves, but [ just ached to give
hat man a hairpin. Nothing but the
thought of shocking the congregation
prevented me.
| got along pretty we'll until toward
he last when l had to knock a few off
he end of my nose, and gouge two or
-hree out of my eye brows-but when
he sermon was over and we bowed our
heads for prayer something that felt 1
ike the tail end section of a cente-
1ede dropped on the back of my neck
md ran right along my scalp up TO
he top of my head. After that was
90 busy to notice whether the prayer
vas long or short.
One thing puzzles me. How did it
happen that the bugs did not trouble
he minister? He just stood up there .
creme and bugless, and preached .
,retty good sermon, while his hearers
sere slapping and scratching, and {
all sorts of unprintabIe a
hings. (
Tempe Is doing nicely these days. &
rue. there is danger of strangers get {
ing lost among the weeds and mes- S
nit bushes lf they 90 about much az y
light Ola residents nansCa 10 find
heir way to and FROM their homes. If
he nights are not too dark. There
as been rumor TO the effect That the a