The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK.
But It Was Only to Prevent Other
Man From Seeing His Draw,
Chicago Inter Ocean

"More'n likely the reason O. so many
men bein' disreligious is t they amt
what you'd call overly intelligent" re-
marked old man Greenhut. You take
man what's never been dedicated
proper an set him TO Teadin' the Bible.
an more'n likely you'll start him goin'
onto the road o. ruin.
IF he was to rely onto his plain COM
mon sense he'd find heaps o. things into
II what he'd set down fr plain, every
day. ordinary lies. an the chances is
that he'd pass an chuck the good book
into the discard when Il come his turn
to play. Shows how important the
higher eddication is.
Take a man what knows enough for
10 read with Onderstandin' an them
difficult passages amt no trouble what
sOmever. Them things what an ig-
norant man sets down fr ordinary lies
this here other man reco'nizes right
away fr parallels, an them doctrines
what pears to be plumb foolish he
knows is wrote f'r to make him study
out the reel meanin', an mOre'n likely
thatH be sOmepin entirely different.
Some on 'em is so dOggone deep
what il takes consid' able study f'r to
get to the bottom on EN-, but there
hain't nobody never gave intelligent
study to the scriptures 'thouten gettin'
some benefit, even If IL don't come the
way he was a-lOOkin' f'r it. There's
been some has gone plumb to destruc-
ton count O. runnin' I'D ag'in some
tex what amt meant f'r to be took the
way it's said. them not havin' eddfca-
ton enough f'r to see what's RELY
meant"
We'll, I don't reckon I've done went
to destruction long o. no difficulties
into readin' scripter." said Jake Win
terbottOm, but l useter take consid'-
able interest into religious questions.
an I done read the Bible some steady
f'r spell, but ! come across d tex one
day what sure did put me out O. con-
csit with the hull business
4 mean where il says what if a man
smites you on one cheek it's up TO YOU
f'r to turn round an give MIN a cnanst
o smashin tOtheT. Way il looks to
me is't a =-ln mOught do that over In
Nurrup. where they started the Bible
first off, but no North American citizen
amt goin' to act thataway. not thouten
he's done give up bein' a man. Any
way, / didn't 90 no further"
Well I amt a-Sayin' but what that
there is some difficult. OF course. auv-
body with common sense knows faint
to be took literal" said old man Green
hut after little hesitation. IAN ekiilv
o course faint easy to say offhand
just what is meant.
I hain't never gave no deep study To
that p'tiC'lar passage. but I reckon tn
amt no doubt but what IL means some
pin different. Mought be as how the
word 'smite' meant somepin' different
them days to what IL does now. an
then, o course, there wouldn't be no
way o maxim anythin' reasonable
euten that p'tic'lar passage, not
'thouten We cd find out what was RELY
meant by 'smite.'
There's lots o places in scripter
where you have 70 use a different
meanin' to some O. the words in order
TO make sense More'n likely that's one
on EN-"
Just what might have been the out
come Of this discussion is hard to say
for not only Winterbottom. but two o.
three Of his friends as we'll seemed
more or less inclined to treat the old
mans explanations with derision. but
just at that moment the door of tho
saloon opened and q tan weather
beaten. loose-jointed stranger came In.
I reckon likely things IS diff'rent
round here when you done get ac-
quainted,' he began I'm a hesitating
way. but s fur's I've seen this town
amt deservin' o. no such reputation
what it pears to got. You uns amt
nassed no prohibition laws here recent.
is you?"
% Tain't likely" said Joe Bassett
with large and tolerant scorn. Mostly
our citizens is grown men and ain't
loOkin' f'r to hide ahint no screen door
when they needs q drink Similar if q
man don't want a drink he don't take
none, but he amt s-hirin' no brass
band to 60 round teilin everybody
what hell roarin' hero he is
That's a good way" said the