The Daily Missoulian., 1914-08-02
Close Shave
That's What Rev. SamI Moore,
Our Beloved Pastor & Deacon
Andrews Had by Trusting Their
sells in the Hands Of a
Stranger...let This Be- 4 Warn.
ing to All!

Last Thursday morning a stranger
whose name we did not lern while
passing through Bingville in big otty-
mobcel had somcthink to happen to one
of his tires which he called a punk
shure right in front Of the parsonage
where Rev. Saml Moore our beloved
pastor resides, so the TELLER stopped the
masheen and begin to tinker with it.
Rev. Moore diddent know he was
around until he heerd a stream Of per-
family which, come in through the win
der into the parsons study where he
was preparing his next Sunday sermon
and so Rev. Moore went out III front
uusee,nly langwidge and told the feler
place his preshious sole in jepperdy or
words to that effeckt When the stran-
ger learnt that Rev. Moore was min.
ister of the gospel he let up ON the
swearing a good cal and explained that
he wouldn't of swore so wicked except
he was in hurry and then to have a
tire punkshurc on him was most more
than he could stand.
Bye and bye, Deacon Andrews who is
also stanch piller in the church come
along and him and Rev. Moore set
down in the shade under a tree and
watched the Teller tinker with the ma
sheen and give him their moral support
as it were. When the feller got the
ottymobcel fixd he stood up and looked
at Rev Moore and the Deacon and says,
What town is this or is it a town p
Then Rev. Moore speaks up aud says
yes it is a town named Bingville. Then
the stranger says, did you two Hicks
ever ride in buzzwagon
Deacon Andrews says, "f ouve got
our names wrong, Mister-our names
aint Hicks. I'm Deacon Andrews and
this is Rev. Moore the pastor of our
church--the Hickses lives two miles
west" THEN the feller laffed and
asked em if they'd like to have ride
in the ottymobecl and they both said
they would being as they haddent never
been in one aforc SO they elm in.
What folers simply beggars desorip-
shion. That teller turned on somcthink
and the mashcen started down through
town so fast it couldn't skeerccly be
saw by the human eye. Rev Moore
leaned over and told the feller he ealii-
lated that was fast enuff, but the Teller
Just laffed and made it 60 faster, When
the wheels struck eulvert in front of
Hen Weathersbys store the Deacon and
Rev Moore was bounced clean into the
air and landed on the seat agin so hard
that they thort their back bones had
went up through their hats both of
which was knocked often their heads
and lit in the road heh,rt.
BY this time the Deacon and Rev.
Moore was turrible scairt and their eyes
bugged out like beetles. Haf the time
| they was IL the air and the rest OF the
! time they was holdin on to the seat or
to each other for dear life,
Finally Deacon Andrews begin to git
hot under the collar and he yelld to
the stranger, You stop this dingbusted
contrapshion and let me out dod gast
you, er Ill give you druhbin y The
stranger jest looked hack and latfed and
| then went Eastern ever. Then Deacon
Andrews lost his temper and begin tc
swear at the man who was maxim the
car go so fast The langwidge the Dea-
con used was awful to lissen TO espesh.
tally coming from Deacon in t,e
church. Then the parson hollerd at tht
Deacon, DO not swear. Brother, es