The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20

wonder that men fight and drown
themselves after drinking it. To men
who love it, cider is always sweet, and
gets sweeter as it grows older.
Yes, blind tiger is mighty apt to
run under q decoy of some sort-but,
| if you will watch the place you can
soon determine the true character OF
it. Suckers and old soaks are not apt
to lounge around a place where 'cool
drinks are sold unless there are hot
drinks to be had there. A blind IL
ger is worse than an open bar for the
reason that it is a sneaking business
and makes sneaks Of all its patrons.
so they tell me. / am thankful that
am not acquainted with any moon
sinners or tigers. | may know men
who are engaged in the Sneaking BUSH
ness, but they behave so well toward
me, / don't suspicion them.
O, that men would do right
l heard a new chicken story the
other day which comes in season, as
protracted meetings are now in full
blast and chickens are in great de-
mand.
A meeting had been going on for
several days and as there were two
or more Methodist preachers on hand,
chickens were getting scarce. A lady
who had been feeding the preachers
happened to remark in the presence OF
q good Quaker sister, that she had
killed her last chicken, and, therefore.
the meeting would have to close. The
Quaker sister, while going home that
evening, was very much troubled i'll
mind at the thought of the meeting s
having to be closed and perhaps, that
night, she prayed over the matter, for
she was very anxious the meeting
should go on. But how could it go
on without chickens? and the good
sister who was taking care of the
preachers had told her that chickens
were out. Something must be done,
and Woman-like she said it should be
done, for the meeting must so on. Out
she went into her own poultry yard
and catching up some of her finest
bullets she FASTENED them over to the
sister who had the preachers in charge.
with the message: "Sister. if thee has
no chickens / have; let the meeting
so on"
| heard of man who said he ha l
eat so much beef that he was asham-
ed to meet a COW in the road. If one
half the stories which are told on
Methodist preachers, about eating
chickens, are true. they ought to hang
their heads when they meet an old hen
whose whole brood of chickens has
been sacrificed for them.
I don't know how it is with the ma
JIG rity OF preachers, but | think a good
fat mulet is better than chicken, these
mornings And if they cannot be had.
little fried bacon and fried apples
are good enough for anybody, preach
er or layman.
We have been carrying on meet
ing at Princeton for several DAYS and
chickens are still abundant: and, what
is better. the interest in the meeting
is fine and daily increasing. Last night
(Tuesday) the altar was crowded with
pepitents and many professed CONVEX
sion.
May the time come when no one
shall have it to say to his neighbor,
know thou the Lord, but all from the
least to the greatest shall have enlist
ed under the banner of Jesus.
Every one 1 meet, who has read
"Whitaker's "reminiscences, says it is
one of the best books, and should be
in the homes of all the people. If
you have not ordered your copy, do so
at once.
Raleigh, N. G..