The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-08-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


expense of providing them. Deacon
Hastings was consulted. He had con-
tributed half the lumber to build the
church and the two stoves that heated
1t, and he was the boss He said he
\ wanted no changes. Aunt Sally said
/ she'd get even.
lust what Aunt Sally meant by her
4 half threat soon developed. She came
/ to church Juggling a big feather pillow
under her arm, and the pillow was
used in her pew for a cushion. She
/ had come in late, and the sight of her
walking up the aisle with the pillow
/ was a novelty. 1t was more; it was
scandalous-that is, Deacon Hastings
/ so considered it, and he opened his
4 batteries as soon as the benediction
| was pronounced. Never in all his life
had he heard Of such a thing, and he
| hoped for the good of the cause and
/ the morals of society the pillow would
| be left at home thereafter
"Jook a-here, deacon" answered
Aunt Sally. II was watching you all
| through the sermon, and you was
hitching around on the hard seat like
boy on lacks. You may continue to
| hitch If you want to. but l shan't. This
pillar will come with me every Sunday
until we have pew cushions. | don't
believe the Lord is going to punish
any one for wanting to be comfortable
in church"
but our forefathers stood up to
xx-orsbin oroi1ad tba deacon
Eyes. know. and l guess they got
more religion in their legs than in
their souls If you don't want me to
come to meeting you can say so, but If
1 come the pillar comes along"
The deacon said it was rank case
of heresy. and he would have put her
out if he could have secured any sup
port All others advised him to let the
matter 20. and for three months Aunt
Sally and her pillow were features of
the morning service. But she wasn't
satisfied with her victory. Summer
was coming on. and the flies were COM
ing about. and she boldly preached the
subject of protecting the church with
screen doors and windows.
And make complete surrender to
Satanr' shouted the good old deacon
as he grew red in the face.
Don't you try to keep flies out of
your housey" she asked.
But my house is not a church. If
the Lord wills it that flies shall enter
this sanctuary it is not for us to keep
them out"
s-nNx Not OF r
ed to light on your nose last Sunday"
''Then / shall ask forgiveness for it.
Sister Bently. you have almost disor-
ganized this church with your feather
pillows ard other ideas. and you must
go no further. We were years in driv-
ing Satan and his temptations out, and
now they must stay out"
"Fll pay half on the screens" she
persisted.
you would probably pay half to
have fiddle introduced here to help
out the singing, but that will never be.
If had to open a screen door to get
into this church | never could feel
right in my conscience thereafter"
Aunt Sally went home to do some
thinking She hadn't far to go, and
the barn on her place was still nearer.
The flies had really become nui-
sance. and. though fans were permit
ted. the deacon had a scowl for those
who waved them too vigorously. And.
besides. it is a trick to fan the back of
ones neck and keep a bluebottle fly at
a distance. She felt that she must
adopt some heroic measure to call at
tention to the nuisance, and after
three or four days the idea came to |
her She had half an acre of ground |
around her house. and she decided |
that a couple of hives of bees would !
give the place a more homelike look |
She therefore engaged man with a
team to go forth among the farmers
and make a purchase.
Just whether the good woman !
timed the man to get back on a Satur-
day night will never be known, but 1t |
did come out that she advised him to |
leave his wagon and the hives In the |
alley near the church over Sunday.
And. suspiciously enough, some folks
thought she did not attend church on
sunday. II DtiluAuog, oiN hSA
was worse.
Sunday morning brought hot wealth
er. There was the usual congregation,
and doors and windows stood open, |
and the flies frolicked. By no posi-
bility could Aunt Sally have known
that certain boy would come loafing
along that street at IL O'Clock on his
way to the river Neither could she
have told that he would halt on see
ing the hives and the bees flying
around and after two or three min
utes pick up three or four rocks and
send them against the hives with
OF course the bees resented
It. They weren't taking any sass of
a tow headed boy The trouble, how
ever. was that the boy put on rapid
transit and got away. In hunting
around for his trail the bees found
he open doors and windows of the
,i.urch. and they reasoned that one
Kind OF meat was as good as another
FOR them, and they entered Three
minutes later the congregation was
going out. They went out the handiest
yav and without decOrum There