The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-12-28

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Oss 90 hsas Asat<ness-A sasUls 81
SO. Hsresful Language.
Some ysars ago the late Rev. Sam
y. J0nea. the noted Georgia evangelist.
tod u Atlanta At the ftrst Methodist
ehurch t1r Following story
was maklag prohibition speech
IN hoteTts"a county. Tenn. aud no
tleeu on ti'e nsht 0f Tue platform Q
oieaned' b'oated teilo" VINO was about
three parts drunk. cach part a third
A. J sniksi he would screw bis hst
'nto ms eyes ana "iI< sway The tears
Atter ue SPEAKING went 10 frlends
no0se l'ertectiy exhausted aud lay
uoNh Tue 'ady OF 'ir mouse calico
~ ths apof IN t"" minutes that
nan wanted 10 SO tne
ieh bim ! am urrd. ] said. ana
Pleass excuse me.
nat 70 an rEht she sa'd. any,
now' eecsnse Ne q drunken. ragsed
'aeabonh
y said: " BE- IL that art Of fellow
vet him IN. J used 70 belong 20 that
gang myself. aud ! never ~ back on
Ihem The man came In. aud ] found
he was the drunken fellow Who had
listened 70 me SPEAK.
lie said: Ne. Jones. ! don't want
any t.ioney. hooey can do me no good.
J am . ruined man. Drink has made
me . wreck a short time ago { had
q happJ hone and hOusehIld. A few
weeks aao ] buried my wife, having
crushed every drOp 10 blood cut ~ her
heart before she died Ny two bOys
arr nc the Orphaus' home In Nashville
Onr ~ them II q little blind fellow
Ny twO girls are In Nurfrvesl,orO. and
this here be pulled a little black zap
out % his p1s'krtl. this " the l1sf
thing that u left 10 remind me that I
ever had q hou.ehJId. u j. my Little
blind hoy's zap. Nov. Do not want
any MONEY frUm you. Lut I ju.t got "a
idea frOm tlr way Jon talked that
MAYBE yea bad ssa,s sym,athy fsr
by.' And hr started nff.
-Hold ON here. saId 4. and 4 called
Cd Mr.. Taylos. my SECRETARY. and -s.L
prank. go uptown with this aau and
wash him all over with soa., sud ,ut
a uew suit OF clothes on bin from b.4i
90 foOs and bring him hars' In M
hour 90 two he came hack. snd I did
not knOW him. . had To- l,s iatrpinr-i
70 hlm over. toOk cut 81 aud handel
u q klln aud said: 'Raiiraad fare Ia
this stats II 3 rpuis q ME IIere Is
81. Nov. Jon grt en- = train and ride
thirty -thrc- usiigS no matter Ia what
direction. and ret tlIe cuaductJr e. put
yOu 81 IN the wO,sls when your thirty
three miles are cut. aud thea yOn strike
ont thr0agh thr wOo,ls for . new life
The feilJw DID sxactly a. told
him. got q letter frOm b.us the other
day. and ~ said that he lot into the
woods and stTJs'k Tor . nsw Ife tie
got . schOOl. seat tor his chIldreh.
rented him . hO1Ie aud vas doing
vel
m amusing 'nc''lss'i o''urr'-i At ne
cl"se o. sam J"ii'' seFniIn al PULASKI.
Tenn. one day. S'ys tho HaTtwell c'a.l
sun. S'ri i-hE down fr'm thr pulpit.
ro'ding h'S hands acrdss his l'reas' AMI I
boxing S"l"nin'y over the aOd'~''ce. the |
<Fcat rr'i'aliSi said. y want all the
women IN his crowd vito have not .
SPoksn harsh word ~ harhore'i an
ink'nd tbouEhi toward Their husbands
For q nsoaih past N stsad up" tine
I'D W'nian. aEPar'n'ly on tie Shsdy
''de ~ sixty Sio0si ~
'eoWe f1Twanl RHi give me your
Nd %. NhrrsaP1n J1Des said Wow
nrn arOond ani 'rt "'ls auiiencr So
ne hssi '"ok'Hg "o'aan In tho eonh
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