The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-22

OUt10 08Ok ana tho Quiet O1Qu I.
!. Down In North Caroline sometime
caught seventeen fine brook trout.
He brought them home and cleaned
tAsm and hts wife said.
~You'd better take them up to
AA - the DFeacher. he's got .sqme
nts6ds visiting MN anu nss GOV 4
Mig family himself -
D they put little salt on them
and wrapped them all up. put them
IN Z basket and he started to town to
sfvs them to the preacher. On the
way he stopped at a little country
grocery store to buy some groceries,
and q little country blacksmith shop
to get his old mare shod and was tell
ing about it. And the Erocer's boy
Nent out and took the specklcd trout
out Of the basket and put them in the
Ice box. and he wrapped up piece of
rotten goldfish and put that in the
basket The fellow ordered some
groceries ana drove on and when he
rot to the preachers house he got
out and got his basket. walked IN
and rid.
A R1sh Story.
Il went out and caught seventeen
of the finest speckled trout ] ever
cleaned. heard you were having
sene company 80 ! brought them in
70 you."
Then he took tf,s iazh out of tho
basket, and when the women got .
vlsff1 Of It they grabbed their noses
80 beat Il for tlse door. and he said:
Maria - losing her mind Shc
pat that codfah In there instead OF
the hsh"
And - 10 t0ok them. put them IN
the basket and started back. On his
way back he stopped at the grocery
store In order TO get the groceries
he had ordered ON the way up.
The fellow noticed something was
wrong ond said, what rs the matter.
Jaekrs
~oh! Maria Is losing her mind,
ten you she II going craxy!-
He told them about the goldfish
and ne boy went out and got the cod
flsh and threw II out OF the basket.
and put tho speckied trout hack in
aaA the ola fellow drove on homo and
MI wife came ont to Ueet him.
wen. Jack. what did the preacher
'Zr 1,,, -.,. VIM to
tain 10 me. you're losin' yer mind!~
~ aaid, what made you put those
Utsea goldfish In therer-
Losing my mind I am ncer"
YES you arer
-No I'm notl"
Yes ron aro!~
And they had one At those domestic
explosions WHOSE names are fegfon-
He vsnt and go< ths package out Of
the baa1reG She unrofled II. and
reached down and picked MP a
speekIsd trout b. the tail
There! Who b losing their mfndr
Is. them speckhed trout or rotten cod
TAs osd fellow looked 1t them. pull
"a hi wAfkers and said. wen. you
may b speckied trout IN the country.
bot 30 ars rotten goldfish In town."
8sne Il you follu did amount to
ut now yvu are nothing but rotten
ssaAsA- An right come on back TO
God and b some Of the Lords
sps1kled tro41 aBd not the dsvfrs cod
what Do you Say? The devil has
- happy old men o. women have
usvue tabooed bot two towns that
evr preached m One was little
~ town n . Western state and tell
- they had $50 charter member"
q ~ iufldel club IN that httle town.
1 aeDpped at he bess hotel and I
vas afraid Of my life. They could
havs started . foundling asylum in
fpn1 town. There were only two men
Ars thsy cailed Christians and they
YK . Qoesk3on mark amer their
q, 'fs1so~ asasssd nse tmsn ssss ssvrse
80 DAY and he aid b me: bin. I
Sor~aahen hols and I am ceiling out at
= Ia. Of 5000 On my original In
vuUtment-~
A OudDuw TOWA-
MA what 10 the mattcrs"
He said. Il won't raise u family
h8N have rot two daughters and
sASwe iar . young fellow IN this town
rd let valk the street with my sirn
m day time to ~ nothing Of the
iosr IN this town that I'd lst come into
NY homo ana III mp with my girls
rnlsss had q hols cut In the ceiling
aDA q Calling gun trained on him. 50
I'm going to get ont"
Ana the laadsr OF thst bunch WIS =
teEUv who used 20 b . c1Ass leader
Il tAs Aethodise church He had a
f,ks1s sos-horss o0untry grocery store.
a1sgt n big - sleeping car and
sewn he'd sead o0t the emissArtee
ara aAn HI bsmard gang In and tell
thsm 10 60 up to the Methodist
ehuRpA 10 Lar The preacher.
lGnny . tina have ! walked b. that
MILE searo and have counted Al
higA - forty-0v0 men ioadnX around
Thu old guy and Il 10 gave his con-
ssnt tlsey could como mp to hear mo
pssaeA- Thor was ono old brush
~. wne was the rasnt-hand oowsr OF
TIN HDlloW. He had long gray whisk-
Ssu and . yellow streak right down
IA middle fro0 toAacco juice. HIS
old frowv hair locked like cows
tai full Of oocklo burrA and no look
- - me - though he'd never had