The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
CAUSED A RUMPUs
STORY OF ONE SMALL Ooo AND
ONE UMBRELLA
Mrs. Melntosh's Absent halndsdnssa
and Puppy's Ability for Making
Trouble Sadly Disturbed the
Peaceful Congregation.

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church . few Sundays $50. Mn. Nc
Intosh Ii remarkable for her singular
absence Of mind. Dr.. Potts. the preach
OF, wa reading from the acnptures
the acount Of. the dsluge. and whom
hs came to the story Of how II rained
for 90 many days and nights KrS. Mo.
1ntosh became % deeply absorbed In
the narrative and 80, strongly i'm
pressed with Il that she involuntarily
put up her umbrella and bold e over
her head - shs sat IN the. pew.
Nrs. Butterwick, Who sta IN the
nett pew In front, alwsys brings her
dog 70 church With her. and when Mrs..
Nclntosh suddenly raised her umbrsl.
10 tho action Affected The ssnsibilities
Of MI. Butterwiek's dog in such .
manner that he began to bark furious
II. Then the sexton came n and tried
70 remove tho animal. but It lodged
into Z vacant pew on tAS other side Of
the aisle and deflsd him. barking oil
the time most vociferouSly.
Then the sexton became indignant
and dung . hymn book at the, dog:
whereupon the dog Aev-. out ana bit
him On the leg. The hubbub in tho
church was By this time. Of course.
something simply dreadful. Not only
was the story Of the deluge interrupt.
Cd. but the wicked boys In the gallery
actually "sicked'' the dog ct the sex.
ton. and seemed to enjoy the contest
exceedingly. i.
Then Deacon Jones came after The
dog with his walking stick: whereupon
the animal actually dashed toward the
pulpit, and ran up the steps in such .
fierce manner that Dr.. Potts oil at
once mounted on the chair to get out
Of the way Of the beast. and hs said
that IL this disgraceful scene did not
soon come to IN end he should dismiss
the congregation. Thsn Deacon Jones
crept up the steps. and after . short
struggle he seized the dog by tho hind
leg and walked down tho aisle with
him, the dog meanwhile yelping with
supernatural energy.
Mrs. Mcintosh turned around to
watch the retreating deacon. and a.
she did 80 she permitted her umbrella
to droop over so that the end Of ono Of
the ribs caught in Mrs. Butterwick's
bonnet. A minute later, when she
Strengthened up the umbrella, tho bon.
net was wren ched of and hung dang.
ling from the umbrella. Mrs. Butter.
wick had become exceedingly warm,
at any rate, over the onslaught made
against her dog, but when Mrs. McIn.
tosh removed her bonnet she fairly
boiled over and, turning around white
with rage, she screamed:
What did you grab that bonnet for,
you green-eyed catamount? Amt you
made enough fuss In this yer taber.
nacle to-day skeering poor, innocent
dog, without snatching of such bon.
nets as the likes Of you can't afford to
wear, no matter how crazy you are
you red-headed lunatic you! You let
my bonnets alone, or I'll warm you
with this parasol, even If it is in meet
ing, now mind mel"
Then Mrs Mcintosh seemed to rea.
lie that her umbrella made her con.
spicuous, so she furled it and conclud
Cd to go home. And as she stepped
into the aisle Mrs. Butterworth gave
her this parting salute:
"sneaking of before the collection,
too. You'd better spend less for Jew.
elry and give more to the poor heath.
Ell, II you don't want to ketch it here
After"
Then she began to fan herself furi.
ously, and as things became calmer
DR.. Potts resumed the story Of the
flood.
Mrs. Mcintosh has moved into q
back pew, and because the deacons re.
quested Mrs. Butterworth to leave her
dog at home she has seeded from the
Presbyterians, and she now declares
that the Lutheran faith is the only re-
ugion for her.-N. 7. Weekly.