The Monroe journal., 1922-02-10
WOULD NOT FUSS
WITH THE DEVIL
Mr.. Lee Tells Story of the Man
Who Avoided Any Difficulty
With His Majesty
COULD SEE THE cows HIP
Can Amy One Tell Why We Do Not
Have Big Shows Now Like We
Used to in This Section
By L. f. Huggins

The names of Sam Jones, Dwight
L. Moody, Spurgeon and other nation
ally known evangelists, have become
household words in almost every pro-
testant home in America. They gain
ed their regulations by being out Of
the ordinary men,. Sam Jones' ready
wit and pert expressions perhaps con-
stituted his greatest asset, while
Moody and Spurgeen won fame
through certain characteristics that
are foreign to the average man. A
greet many local ministers have also
r.ade for themselves names that will
never be forgotten by the people
whom they served. For instance.
years ago an old Methodist preacher
by the name of Scarborough rode a
circuit in Union county and preached
at school houses and other public
places. His name is often mentioned
now by some of the older citizens
who heard his sermons and his un-
usual sayings. Mr.. J. II. Lee tells of
an interesting incident that took place
at one of Bro. Scarborough's churches
while a protracted meeting was in
progress. The minister was pouring
forth the old-time gospel in the old
time way when a man walked up on
the top doorstep and stuck his head
in at the door but hesitated about
entering. "Come in, brother, and help
US fsht the devil" the preacher call
ed fsom the pulpit. But for some
reason it didn't suit the man to go in
the church and he replied to Bro.
Sc7v5orough's invitation like this:
"No. sir, Bro. Scarborough, | don't
care - have any difficulty with him.
Knowing Cows
4 cow dealer remarked a few days
ago that he had learned a great deal
about cows since he went into the da!-
ry business. He then explained that
the expression is often heard that a
COW has been "hipped means that a
hip has been broken or knocked down.
This remark called to the dealers
mind an amusing experience he had
while trying to trade a cow to gen.
tleman who had to some extent lost
his eyesight. After the trade had
made considerable progress and it be-
gan 10 appear as though it was about
closed, the old gentleman suddenly
took on a disappointed look and re-
marked to the COW dealer: Look
here, don't want that cow. | am al
most blind; | can see well enough to
tell that you are a man but | can't
tell whether you are a white man or
negro, but | can see that your COW
is "hipped" in both hiqs." That
man." said the dealer, understood
cows, but once knew fellow who
run a dairy ten years before he learn
ed that cows dent have upper front
teeth"
Ford Jokes Sell the Cars
1t is said that every Ford joke that
gets started helps to sell more Fords.
Perhaps that's true, for practically |
every joke that has been told on the
little old "John Henry" reveals or at
least refers to some good quality |
about the universal car. One of the
best ones that has ever been told runs |
like this: "A farmers barn was COW
cred with tin and had rusted until it |
became necessary to replace the roof |
with a new one. The farmer piled |
the old mass of tin that had been re-
moved from his barn roof by the side |
of the road where the passerby could
observe it. A traveller one doy stop
ped and suggested to the farmer that |
Henry Ford would pay a good price
If he would ship the pile of tin to him.
The farmer took the suggestion and
within a few days after the old roof
reached Detroit he received the fol-
ling letter from Mr.. Ford: Dear sir:
Il don't know what you struck with
your Ford, but | can fix it all right"
Wanted Other Fellow to Have Job
| have before referred to the fact
that practically everybody ensertains
the idea that the other fellow has an
easier job than he does until he tries
it and learns from experience that no
Job is easy if well done. Here is a
concrete example. A young man who
was reared on a farm near Marshville
decided that he was tired of farming
and he came to town and secured
job at saw mill. 1t was in August
and the sun was pouring out lis heat
in all its fury. The young man was
set to bearing off lumber. He worked
heroically for the first week and had
entirely too much pride to be guilty
Of quitting a job he had undertaken,
but he was sick and tired of it, Sat
urday afternoon he tried to figure out
n way to get released in an honorable
manner, but this was the best he
could do. When night came he went
to his employer and said: "Mr. Brown,
| want you to understand that I'm not
a gutter, but if you see anybody be-
tween this and Monday who wants my
job, you let him have it."
Big Shows and Rabbits
"Why is it that we don't have any
more big SHOWS like we used to have
In this section?" asked a citizen a
few days ago. He then rcferred to
SHOWS six and eight inches deep that
visited Union county in the nineties,
when rabbits couldn't run at all and
could often be caught in their beds
because they kcew they couldn't get
away If they tried. This citizen told
some interesting stories of catching
IS high as forty and fifty rabbits
lay in the deep snow referred to years
ago and how he made rabbit sausage