Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-05-05

we all bowed our heads but no grace
i was heard, We waited for sometime
and not a word was heard. Bro.
: Crime rose from the table working at
his throat and was speeches.. For
few minutes the excitement was
high. His Adams apple had become
T crossed or disjointed and he couldn't
speak a word. After the scramble
was ever | told Bro. Crime l never
dreamed the sight of a baked hen,
cooked by Tennessee woman, would
so capsize him as to lose his speech
l greatly enjoyed being in the home
! of Ed. Pat Lancaster, who himself,
was once Smith County man. His
wife was daughter Of Daniel Smith,
an uncle of my father-in-law, Ed. L.
ID. Smith. To meet relatives far
from home we seem to love them bet
ter than at home. Bro. Crime and
took trip out to see our first prairie
dogs, some six miles away. There
were about ten or twenty acres of
deg hills in which lived rattlesnakes,
owls and prairie dogs. 1t was sight
to behold. / never saw hawks and
owls stand on their head and GO in
4
/ first mule-eared rabbit. Mr. Maynard,
who carried us out there, handed me
/ his gun and told me to kill it. took
I aim and fired and thought / broke
it's back. / dropped my gun and took
after it as it went hobbling off. May
.nard laughed at me and so did the
rabbit, for it stood upon it's hind legs
and looked at me and felt no harm. l
! was then told they never put both
/ hind feet on the ground unless a grey
hound is after them. ! liked a great
deal being a grey hound. Bro. Crime
and l met at the upper end of dog
town an old gentleman, who asked
where we were from. We told him
from Tennessee. He advanced and
shook hands with US and said: I am
glad to see even dogs from Tennes-
see" Bro. Crime thought his remarks
a little personal but let it pass. He
| had fine vineyard and cellar and in
j it some as fine wine as was ever made.
/ That is, he said so. Of course, Bro.
Crime and l would not attempt to
| test anything of that kind, especially
/ that far from home.
| Back at Fort Worth Sunday night
we attended services at an exhibition
building in which was shown the var
ious products of Texas. DR. Ellis
| of BaltinlQce, preached to three or
four thousaSld people. Service being
over, Brethren J. p. Gillian, j. H
Crime, G. A. NOgle and. myself remain
ed and looked throp The building.
! When we came outp9nto the outer
grounds we discovered various side
! shows and the largest flying Jenny
i | ever saw. One of US, / won't say
who, gueSsted as the great crowd had
dispersed, and we, as ministers, were
denied such pleasures back home, we
all take a spin. No quicker said than
agreed to. | knew / could not ride
lit for / would be drunk two days /
i gave Gillian the wink and we occu-
pied a sofa while Crime and Ogle
mounted each a white pony just in
front. On the opposite side there
were about twenty hollering negroes.
tThe bell tapped and Gillian and I
jumped overheard but the other di-
vines knew nothing of it till they
came round at a 9O-mile gait. They
saw Gillian and myself rolling in the
grass. Bro. Grihl's beard parted and
| futtered in the air. Both had on bee
gum hats and linen busters. 1t was
a sight to behold. A big artificial
negro was turning a crank "Hot times
IN the old town tonight" Thirty one
years have come and gone but that
/ rue Is DIS IEGSn before nv wisdom
as if it occurred yesterday. When the
thing stopped Gillian and l were made
to take solemn obligation that that
ride was never to be known in Ten
nessee. Somehow it leaked out and
for years Brethren Crime and OgIe
have enjoyed telling how they were
duped into flying Jenny ride by two
] fourth class preachers. Ogle said that
if the thing had gone south he would
have been in Middle Tennessee when
+ it slowed up. Well, that was funny
as funny could be. / certainly enjoy
a good hearty laugh for the Bible
SAYS: Laughter is as medicine to the
sick" | am sorry for anybody who
&annOt enjoy good sideshake Many
amen corner church folks would con-
denim a ride like the above and look
like the Judgment day had come but
when such people are asked to give
a contribution for missions they go up
in the air and looked like they were
too good for this earth. If brethren
Crime and Ogle never do anything
worse than ride merry go-round they
are sure to have a glorious entrance
into a better world. Reader, let us
have innocent amusement and a cheer
full smile along the way. l am sorry
for preacher who can't smile. Some
day | expect to reach world and
laugh forever more. It's almost in
sight now.
JOHN T OAKLEY