The Republican journal., 1919-08-14

Mary and me goes we gifts suspicious and
evidences of all this state of affairs and
Mary she just gifts so disguised that when
she gifts home she just stamps her foot
and says,
"Jim, now amt it the limit the way
them sister churches do be after Twin at
dyin' rate"
The ither day Mary, she went CALM
somewheres and when she got back,
what do yer suppose? She did be after
havin' a grand idee-all the people could
be after usin' one meetin'-h house and one
parsinage.
''Then," says Mary, and her eyes do be
shinin', ''they can take the ither church
and make it inter Parish House"
"Now what" says l, "do be Parish
House7"
And Mary, she always bein' the most
KNOWN woman explains that Parish
House be place belongin' ter all the
folks of the church ter have a good time
In and Especially" says Mary, "the
young people" bet yer don't know the
deeplorable state this here town do be i'm
ant, as regards the young people. There
amt no place of amusement except the
movies and the street. Now l don't
wage no war against the movies. They
do be all rite in their time and season.
but they amt no good fer Study date.
They do be ruinous ter the eyes, the dees-
position and the morals. But yer know
young folks got ter do somethin'-that's
them Parish Houses they could have a
gymnasium fer the boys and the girls
and they could have nice warm place
ter come along of a winter evenin' and
play camuflage games under proper su-
pervision and be a larnin' at the same
time. Young folks don't object ter lar
min when they don't know it's takin'
place. Oh, they'd like it all rite once
they got goin' And if they used that
there church they could be fittin' it up
fine and maxim it memorial ter the
boys who went ter fife and niver came
back Then it would be perpetual re-
membrance ter the town, first of them
grand patriarchs who built the church
and who were its pillars and then, as |
was sayin', ter the boys. Yer know, this
mite be some old town when all this got
started. And then there's this that just
about caps the climax, as they say
Mary, she do be the beatinest woman.
What do yer suppose she says ter me
this mornin'?
''Jim, she says, there's a chapter in
the Bible that fits this pat"
Glow" says |, Gin the Bible?"
YES" says Mary, Eyer Just turn ter
Ezekiel thirty-seven and read what it
says. And sure enough, there it is ant,
Just as she said, the whole situation
down in black and white, times and cir
cumstances changed If yer don't be-
leve me be after lookin' 1t up Of yersilf.
1t says this, ant
moreover, thou son of man, take thee
one stick, and write upon it, For Judah,
and for the children of Israel, his COM
panions, then take another stick. and
write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of
Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel
his companions
"And join them one to another unto
one stick and they shall become one in
thine hand"
And yer can be after applyin' it ter
tn EN- churches. Yer want ter read the
w hole chapter tho, ter cit the entire
meanin. can't rite it all down here
Well, l guess me line has heightened
somewhat, but yer know l Just sort OF
ran on and on led on by me subject, SC
ter speak. Well, I'd like ter know how
yer feel about yer birthplace, ant, ii
these matters and as fer yersilf, Mary
and me always like ter hear from yer
Please remember US ter all your acQuain-
tanceS.
Your dootiful nephew,
Inn