North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XIV. Reporter and Poet. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT DANI3URY. N. C. PIPPKR A SON 9, Pais. Sf Props RAT KM OF Ml RMRI**I JOB t Cn« Year, pa.>.tl>lt in a'lvancc, fl-JJ ftlx Month*, ,0 RAT KM Or ABYKHIIMJIUI One Square (ten line* or to*) t tUne, Si K> Korench ' Contractd for loafer time or mure «V*oe can 1.0 made in proportion to the above rate *. TranMie-.it advertiser* will bo expected to fiut •eoordlng to these rate* nt tUe t'.uic th«#y aend ttc wIB be cbe'KOd 80 per cent, higher .»»- fa** per annum. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ROBERT D. GILMER, Attorney and Counsellor, MT. AIRY, N. C. Practices in tho courts of Surry, Stokes, Yoilkia ami Alleghany. "Ik F. CAHITER, iITTQ Xt'YE v IT* M'r. ALLTY, SURRY CO., N. O Practical wherever hi«service* aro wanted R. L HAY MO RE, ATTORN EY-AT LAW Mt. Airy. N. G. Special attention given to the collection of claims. I ~ l2m B. F. KINO, WITH JOHNSON, SUTTON Sf CO., DRY CHK)I)M, Eos. ST and 30 tieuit. Sharp.Strco>. T. W. JOHFSON, B- 11 • SUTI'ON. J. H. R. URABBB, 0. J. JOHNSON. F DAY, ALBERT JONES. 3D ay 3c, jQXxes r inanufu'turers ot SAI>T>I,FKY.HAKNK.'S.i'OM.AV.S.TItt Mi Ko.SMW* Baltimore fctn.ut, H.tU rcore, V«l. \V. A.Tuckur, il.C.Snith, ll.*. S|iv.»g^in» Tucker. Smith & Co.. Manufaeturlir.-i .V wt>> - -at'- Dealer, in HOOTS, nIIOES, HATS AS I) CAI S. No. SEN I.Mtlram a .sued, Baltimore, J/0. It. J. JR It. L REST, WITH Henry Sonnehorn ft Co., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. SO ARMORER *l-, (B»TWO«»GCMI»JI A Lombard STT) IIALTDIOHE MO- H. BONNEUORN, B. BUMLINE c. IVATKINS. V'B H 'wv"!CINS. OK O. L. COTTRP.LL, A. B. \\ A T Watkins- Cottrell « Co.. Impvrtdrt \nd Jobbure of HARDWARE. 1307 Main Street, lil' UMOXD, VA. Agent* for Fatrbank Simulant Scales, Ank.r Bramt Bolting LloUt. Hltyksn Putney, I ■■ >l ''" ,r IF. 11. MILES, WITH STEPHEN PUTNE Yft CO. Wholesale dealers in Boots, Shoes, and Trunks, 1219 Mam Street, Sept. 8-Sl-«W. ItICUMOSD, VA- J. B. ABBOTT, OF N. C., with ffIHCO, ELLETT 4 CRUMP, RICHMOND, VA., Wholesale Dealers i« BOOTS, SHOES, TBUNKB, AO. Prompt attsotion paid to orders, aad satis faetion gaaeaateed. Mr Firfims Slats Prison Goods a tptcudly March, t ». *nwsa». iDoaa D. T*VLO . R W. POWERS A CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Dealers iu PAINTS, OILS, DYES, VARNISH EB, French and Amerioan WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, SO SMOKTNO AND CHEWING CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPECIALTY 1806 Main St., Richmond, Vol Aagos t6mlB — L. C. BIRD, WITH W. D. KYLE & Co., IKPCBTEBB AND JOBUEItS OP HARDWARE. Cutlery. IRON, NAILS and CARRIAOE GOODS No. 9 Governor Street, RICHMOND,VA- - to —. A n-rutn cure. NOT evei nehrc Three JSTue i!siw«.t NTUOH R«*.RC. '>•-« v'oU Clbell-il Hctueie l)luai.«". fuver.Ae. "m—■ SUBSCRIBE FOR : Your County Paper, --The Reporter anil Post"' • f OK Tim PF.ori.Kl FOB THE PEOPLE. OF THE PEOPLE t FOB THE PEOPLE! OF TIIE PEOPLE! FOB THE PKOPI.K! r THE PEOPLE I FOB THE PEOPLE t ONLY $1.50 A YEAR! SUBSCRIBE NOW It is your duty to aid your county paper. We propose publishing a good family paper. and solicit from our friends and from the Democratic party in Stokes and ilHjeiturg counties a li beral support,'. Makeup clubs for us. Now go to work, aid aid an enterprise devoted to your beet interests. Read the following NOTICES OP THE PRESS T The REPORTER AND I'OST is sound in policy and politic ;, and -»rves a lit ral support.— Rei'Uvil/e I Vefkly. Tho Dan bury REPORTER AND I'OST begins its thirteenth year. It is a good paper and deserves to live long aud live well.— Daily Workman. Tho Danbury REPORTER AND POST celebrates its twelfth anniversary, uud with pardonable pride refers to its suc cess, which it deserves. — J\CWS and Ob server. Tho Danbury REPORTER AND POST is twelve years old. It is a good paper and should be well patronised by tho neoplo of Stokes. It certainly deserves it.- Salem Press. For twelve long years the Danbury REPORTER AND POST has been roughing it, aud still manages to ride the waves of the journalistic sea. Wc hope that it will have plain sailing after awhilo. Lexington Dispatch. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just passed its 12th anniversary and under the efficient management of broth er Dnggins cannot fail to increase in popularity with tho people of Stokes aud adjoining counties.— Winston Sentinel The editorials on political topiee aro timely and to tho point, and the general arnko up of every page shows plainly the exercise of much euro and pains taking. Long may it live and flourish under the preaont management.—.Moun tain Voice. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has entered the thirteenth year of its ex istence, and we ooDgratulate it upon tbo prosperity that is manifested through its columns. To us it is more than an ao quaintanoe, and we regard it almost as a kinsman. — Ltaksville Gazette. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST last week celebrated its twelfth anniver sary. It is a strong and reliable paper editorially, it is a good local and gener al newspaper and in all respeots a credit to its town and sootion. It ought to be well patronised.— Statesville Landmark. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just entered its 13tbyear. We were one of the orew that launched tho RE PORTER, and feel a djep interest in its welfare, and hope that she may drift on ward with a olear sky and a smooth sur face for as many more yeara.— Caswell News. The Danbury REPORTER AND POST has celebrated its 12th anniversary. The paper is sound in policy and politics, and deserves tho hearty support of the people of Stokes. It is au excellent weekly and we hope to see it flourish in the future as never before.— Wins/on Leader. Tho Danbury REPORTER AND I'OST eame out last week with a long oditoria), entitled, "Our Tweltb Anuivcrsary" uud reviews its past history in a very entertaining way. Go on ltro, Pepper in yonr good work; you got up ono of if not the best country paper in North Carolina.— Kerncrsvxtle News. That valued exchange, published in Danbury, N. 0., the REPORTER AND POST, has entered upon its 12th enni varstry. Long may it livo to call the attention of the outside world to a coun ty which is as rich, wo suppose, in min erals as any in tho State of North Car olina, and to battle for correct political measures. -Danville Times. FCT 7V > R lIN J SUCCEEDS LIKLTL HUCCKTSFS," DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1885. A Barrel of Soft Soap. 1 'Hain't you put that rack in the cel lar yet, to hang that er dried beef on?' asked Mrs. Sf.itson. 'No, Judy, I thought mebbe 'twould rain in a day or two, and thcu Jabe oould be spared to help a little about tho bouse, for t must get uiy work kotelii'd up wkilo wc have good weath- F-' •Yos, there's alius ye can't do if it don't rain, and ye oaa't if it ! docs ; I declare for it; I'd like.to know what on urdi would become on us all If 'twain For tne to look after things.' 'Come, come, mother, don't fret any more ; we don't want a cloud in tho kitchen whon there ain't none outside.' 'Wal, I've got something else to do beside pcekra' at the weather ; and if you ain't it's time that you had.' Giles Stutson was a farmer —a man of good habits, honest in his dealings with his follow men—who in his youth had married Judith Mcintosh. 'A smarter girl never trod shoo leather.' j So sail the older Stutson on tho morn- J iug of their marriage. They had by tho closest economy ac quired a small fortune, in the shape of a farm, looated about two miles from the village of M . Only one child had been given them to brighten their homo, and this was a daughter, who at tho time of our story hud reathod the age of 20 years. Mrs. Stutson, as you will observe by this conversation, was one of that pecu liar type of women whose very life seem ed to depend upon scolding and work ing, all at the same instant; and the more she fretted and scolded, tho more work she accomplished. Tho whole family Imd become so ac- j customed to this that its effect was, as ! Mr. Stutson oneo said, 'it went tn one i car and out 'tothcr.' 'Wal, Giles, there's je«t this much j about it; if that ar rack niu't up by ten i o'clock, I'll git some nails and drive up. to hang that beef on mysolf. I've got to clean t!. . h.c'o room ja-day, and T want that pile of beef out of uiy way.' So saying she went into tho rnilk room, to strain tho morning's indL. 'lt's no use arguing,' said Mr. Stut son to Jabo, tho hired man. 'When Judy gets sot on anything, uho'Jl have her way, and if she says she'll do a thing, she'll do it every timo. I guess that choose room won't sptlo if 'taint ' cleaned to-day, and tho bcuf is well enough where it is ; I cau't botiicr with it to-day, anyhow.' Having this expressed Lis opinion, he followed Jabo to the field, leaving Martha Ann to clear away tho break fast. Having eared for tho milk, Mrs. Stut son appeared and exclaimed, partly to herself and partly to Martha : 'Whoever see sich men folks ' They think a woman can git along any way, no matter how. Here is biled dinner to git, then starch clothes to iron, pics to make, cheese-room to clean, and massy knows what, I don't. Yos, and there's tho donation party to tho par sonage to-night. Was over a woman so put to it to know what to do fust? 1 never was. Wal, I shan't go to tho party, that's one suro thing.' •Why, mother, of course you'll go.' •Of course 1 shan't go I I've got something else to do besido going sky larking round nights. There will be enough on 'om without mc. Let them go that hain't got so much to do as I have. Here, Martha, you go into the shed, and behind the door get mc some nails, and out on the wood pilo and fetch mo the hatchet, and I'll soo what I oan do.' All things now ready, Mrs. Stutson, with hatchet, nails and buef in hand, started for the collar, stopping on the top stair to tell Martha to 'be sure and wash the greens clean, and not bo a gaping out the window to that Tom Ry der.' Thomas Ryder was the sou of a neighboring farmer, who had at sundry times shown Martha Ann some attention at apple bees and candy pulls, these- in cidents being sufficient to impress the mother Willi the great responsibility which devolved upon her to keep a watchful eye upon Martha, lest Torn, whom she dettned unworthy the prize, should rob thorn of their precious treas ure. On reachiug the cellar she found a suitable place over tho pork barrel, where to btr mind the beef would be 'out of tho way of rats, an.) yet be handy to get at.' as aiio afterward told Mr. Stutson. Having aruiud herself with hatchet and nails, she-mounted the barrel aud prepared to drive the first r.ail, when the barrel cove* slipped, au.l splash she went—into what' It seemed that Giles and Jabe had been there before her, and iu getting out some cider barrels, had ohauged things about iti such a manner that the barrel of soft soap stood whoro the pork should stand ; «nd she, in her haste, not noting tho change, had mounted tho former. 'Lord massy ! What won't that man do next, I'd like to know V Making a fplunge for the top of tho barrel, she tried to extricate herself, but each successive moved only . ■ * ~ tsy a failure. kr r 'What ou airth's a houy going to do in this fix 1 Martha! Martha Ann ' What can that gal be about that she don't come when I call her ? Hanging on the fence, 1 warrant, a-talking to that Tom Ryder. I will Tom Ryder the hull lot if 1 ever git out of hero !' Just at this moment Martha came through the hatchway. 'Where are you, mother?' 'Where be 1 ? I should think you'd ask ! Go ask Tom Ryder 1 Mcbbe he'll tell you—that's all you thiuk on —and leavo me to git along alone.' 'Where are you, mother ? 1 didn't hear you oall. I was washing the greens.' 'Here I be, I tell you, iu the soap barrel. Where do you s'pose ?' 'lu tho soap barrel ?' queried Mar tha. Ono glance was sufficient. Convulsed with laughter, she seated herself on a stone jar to recover sufficiently to roudcr the needed assistance. 'Martha Ann Stutson ' What do you mean ? Haven't I iearu't you never to laugh at other folks' calamities ? And here you be a-laugbing right in your ! mother's face ' | 'But, mother, 1 never saw you in a j soap barrel before." | ''Taint no ways likely yon ever will ; again if I git-at of this one. Go out | into tie lot and call your futher and Jabo to come here quick us their logs'll fetch 'em. But you needn't tell them what's happened; they M nttu that out quick enough when they get here." Martha, oneo out of her mother's sight onjoyed another hearty laugh and run for the uicn, who, dropping their rakes, hastened toward the house. Martha waited at the top of the stairs, trying to compose her countenance bo toro outoriug the presence of her moth el- , at least she led the way fur Jabe, saying 'Mother has met with an accident down here.' Peering through the darkness, honest Jabe exclaimed, on beholding her moth er's situation •How dulyou got in theru?' 'lt's uone of your business how 1 camo here. I'm bore, and have got to bo got out some way or uthcr. Whore's your mauners, Jabe's ilovey, that you'll stand there and laugh at me in this perdickcrmont ?' 'Pcrihekcrment! 1 should say it waja Boap barrel, if I was any judge.' 'What if'tis ? Do yon think I'm so big a fool that 1 don't know what I've got into ? Martlm, whero's your father? Why don't be come along. 'He is coming.' 'Yes, eo'e Chriatmai. I s'pose if the house was afire be wouldn't hurry a mite quicker.' 'Why, Judy,' said Mr. Stutson on en tering the collar, 'where on arth be ye anyway ?' •Where bo I ? you sec noth ing ' Better put cn your specks and look in the soap bartel Wal, I de clare for it! Ef I hain't got to stand here and wail tor another to haw-haw and giggle ! For my part, I dnn't see nothing to laugh at. What are you tbinkiug on, Giles Stutson, a-standing there laughing like that at me ? What kiud of uso is it for mo to learn Mar tha Ann to bo respectful when you, her futhor, don't show no respect.' 'Come, cou.e, mother, don't scold, if you eould soo yourself as we oan, you'd laugh yourself; you couldn't help it.' 'But how eame you to get in there, Judy ? Guess yoa must got foul of that cider baric!.' 'Giles, what do you mean a-taliting so when you know I was ono of the loading wimniiti in the temperance cause, and the idee! aocusing.no right at'ons my own child of doing sich a i thing. 'Wal, Miss Stuisou, how are you ey ing to get out 1 ' asked Jabo. 'That's wli.it I'd like to know, Jabe; you get that wash bench around here so that 1 can have tt to step on to , aud you take held of this aide, aud Giles, I here, you take t'other, and when you J two twist me up, Martha Ann can ecrapc off the Boap. Here, Giles, you ain't good for nothing 1 Ye never was kuec high to a toad. If I cvor git another ; utan, I'll git one that won't have to stand on a sheet of paper to reach a soap barrel!' After numerous attempts, Mrs Stut son was partially outside the barrel, with one knoo resting on the top, when splash she went back again, spattering the soap in every ducotiou, a goodly 'portion lodging on Giles shirt front, i white he, with the ofhc.a, won enjoying another hearty laugh. • "Did I ever see sieh a pack of fools There's no use crying ovor sp ill milk, Judy. 'Spilt milk and a woman in a barrel of soft soap are two different, things, and you'll find it out so afore you get through.' 'I always told yo, Judy, if you'd do a little less scolding, and use a little moro soft soap, you'd make a good many more friends than you do now.' 'Wal, I guess I've got enough out this timo to suit you, and don't you ucvcr say soft soap to me agaia as long as you live." After spending a great deal of time and strength, Mrs. Stutson was at last as far out of her dilcmna as the wash bench, and commenting upon her per sonal appearance. 'Who ever seed sieh a looking critter 1 Cal.ker dress all spilt, shoes, stockings, and the hull rig.' She then ordered Jabe to get a tub of water and Martha to bring cleat, clothes. Mr. Stutson had already gono for the meat rack, thinking it would have \ been cheaper to put it up in the first i placo than have been hindered in this way, and sisl.ing women folks would wind their own husines and let the men folks alone. 'Jest look at this cellar bottom,' Mrs. Stutson exclaimed, 'and this bench and I things'" It'll\ako u hull Jay to eler.i it up as it ought tcr be, and all this be causo the tneu folks didn't tend to things they'd ortor.' But from that day to this, whonevcr Judy begins to slold, Mr. Stutson says, 'A leetlo more soft soap, Judy,' and Judy is silent. An Enterprising Boy Ouo of the most promising of the younger artists in Roston has a wealthy father who opposed his sou's aspiration's and wanted him to devote himself to business instead. Tho boy, however, was determined to study the art abroad, and finally the father compromised. He was a large western dealer in cattle, and sold his son on a credit, but at a stiff market price, a small herd of choice cattle with the stipulation that the boy should take them to Liverpool to sell. The profits on the transportation, if any, ho could have to pay his expenses whilo studying abroad, but if he lost money ho should return home and go into bus iness. Tho boy brought the cattle to Boston, shipped them from there to Liverpool, going on the same steamer with them, reached that poit in nine days, struck a good market, sold out in one day at a big profit, cabled a check to his father for the amount of his loan, and in less than a week, with tho profit of the trans action in liis pocket, was in Paris study ing, where ho was able to remain two years. His pluck and his present suc cess has so pleased Ilia father that the latter now says, "Go book and continue your studies whenever you get ready, and call on mc for what funds you want." The mosquito always makes himself to hum. The railroads in Pennsylvania cost 471,199,712. Mairiage, with peace, is this world's paradise; with strife, (his life's purga tory. Human foresight often loaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils. Abialha T.vitclioll, of Laueaster, N, H„ aged ninety-five, works daily on his farm. Among tho, Persians, if a man is c- ught stealing the -ocond time, his hands aro cut off. The wedding riug is worn on the fourth finger because in ancient times it was thought a nerve went ditect from the finger to the heart. C'ALEiNitAR. J Criminal awl ("ril Oawies for Trial ai I Summer Term of the Superior Court oj - stokes County, Cunu, eneiny Mvivlaj. i Auyosl 10 111, 1 sKi. 3loilOiylni!l,T.ir».lHj minimi WbIIII » L«y lecti l.ir Oriliiimil 'Trials mid ttfaUotiH. THURSDAY, Autius? 13,1835. I 7 Ruffin heirs vs Ovcrby. 13 Tiltoy vs Jessup, et al. 14 McCanless vs Flinchein et al (4 cases) 18 Morgan vs Lewis ot al. 22 HallvsWatU. Friday, \uui';-.T 14,188S 23 Robinson and wife vs Smith et al. 27 Smith vs Joyce. 28 Merritt vs Hairston. 34 Hioks vs Lawson. 36 Smith vs Lewis. 37 Boyd vs Taylor. 55 Krecgcr vs Kiger. 38 Burrcll vs Martin. SATURDAY, AUOUBT 15, uutilogeb 39 Nicholson vs Reeves. 42 Nicholson vs Tuttle. 43 FlyDt vs Burton. 46 Boze vs Sarles. 48 Lasley vs Fulton. 52 Eaton vs Lambeth. 53 Martin vs Frazicr. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1885. State vs Valentine. 54 George vs Estcs. 56 Lash vs Martin. 57 Smith vs Davis. 58 Slate vs Thomas. TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1885. 58 Francis vs McKinnoy. 60 Carroll vs Pepper. I (>1 Maitin vs Hall. j 1)2 Lash vs East. , 03 George vs Ttlley. ' 04 Oaudlo vs Fallon. 65 Dodd vs Lawsou. 06 Pepper & Sons ve Alley. 07 Gibson vs Lewis. Wr.ONEs'MV, August 1" tBO5. 68 Simpson vs Simpsan. 09 Steele vs Pringlo ct al. 70 Lawson vs Pringle (4 cases ) | 75 Nelson vs Tilloy. | 76 Nelson vs Nelson, j 77 Stewart vs Stewart. 78 Wagncr vs Dodd. 79 Hill vs Hill. 81 Ruffin heirs vs Bennett. MOTION DOCKET. 1 Wilson vs McCanless 2 Hutcherson vs Martin. 3 Smith adiu'r vs McCanless. 4 Francis vs Worth adiu'r. 5 King vs King. 6 Hutcherson vs Hutcherson. 8 Griffin vs Griffin. 9 Martin adiu'r vs Ilutchcrsun. 10 Carter vs Pooro. 11 Tiinmons vs Watts. 12 Steele vs Hawkins el al. 19 Harris vs McCanless. 20 Byuuw vs Mickey. 21 Warner vs Carroll. 24 Smith vs Jackson. 25 King adm'r vi Scales. 26 Tatum vs Pringle adua'r. 29 Kiger and others Ex Parte -30 Chambers vs Bynum. 81 Winston vs Winston. 82 Newsorn adm'r vs Newsom. 33 Moore Ex Parte. 40 Moscr and others vs Boles, jq. Myers vs Goldiug. 35 Elliogton vs Steolc et al. 41 Martin va Rierson et al. 80 Lawson vs Georgd. 47 Smith vs Johnson. 59 Amos va Martin. 50 Bakor adm'r vs Hill ex. and Taylo.j 41 Pepper guardian Ex Parte. 74 Smith vs Smith. 45 Boylcs vs Rutlcdgc. In the call, any case not reached on the appointed day will bo called in or der on next day, and in precedence of oases sot for the next day. Motions beard according to the con venience of tho court. Witnesses will bo allowed pay for at tendance only from the day cases are . set for trial, and after that time iggg tbo cause is disposed of. J. F. GRAVES, Presiding Judge. j"aobury, N. C., June 15th, 1885. The Mahonettcs of Virginia have .nominated John S. Wise for Governor. Abraham Lincoln, just before ho died was measured, anJ found to be 6 feet 4 inches in height. !V - Among cultivated plaDts 250 arc i poisonous, 60 being narcotics, and the remaiuder deadly puiions TL i FLOWLI ' L" LLLLiION SMAI.I. 45KTES. Better lone a jest than a frisnd. Toed a pig and yuu'U have a hog. Fault? arc thick whero lovo ia thin. -i t .. From saying to doing is a long way. What is bought la ebenper than a gift. 110 that clatters to himself talks to a fool. Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour. Cunning craft is but tho ape of wis dom. Three may keep eouosel if' two bo away. Who looks not before, finds himself behind. Every uian a little beyond himself is a fool. Diffidence is tho right cyo of pru dence. Doublo charging will break even a caunon, A single fact is worth a ship load of argument. A rascal grown rich has lost all his kindred. The poor uian wants much, the miser * everything. No man knows himself until he has tasted of both fortunes. The dentist is no chicken. Ho is al ways a pull-it. It is wise not to sock a secret, and honest not to reveal it. A good word for a bad ono is worth much, aud costs little. lie that hath many irons in the Sre, solo of them will cool. haziness travels so slowly that pov erty soon overtakes him. lie who says what ho likes, must bear what he docs not iiko. I'resumption first blinds a uian, ami i then sets him a i uniting. Friendship rift.cn ends in iova, but - leve in friendship—never. Nature takes as much pains in form ing u beggar as au emperor. lie hath a good judgment that rcli— cth not wholly on his own. Better ride on an ass that carries ma llian a horse that, throws me. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. Experience without learning is better than learning without cxpericuee. The charitable give out at the door, and (Jod puts in at the window. Better one's bouse bo too little ono day, than too big all the year after. When wo have go hi wc are in fear, when wo have none wo are in danger. lie who sows peas on the highway does not get all tho pods into his barn. Tho next thing to having wisdom ourselves is to profit by that of oth ers. vrislilng te be Ituptlued Thor oughly. At a negro baptising in an Atkansas bayou a rather small preacher conducted a rather large brother down into tho water, but ouly partly succeeded in iuiiucrsiug him. "Look hcah," said the largW brother, drawing himself up, "is dis all do bap tiziu' whut I'sc gwiuo ter get}" "Ain't dis eruuff 1" the preacher asked. "No, it ain't." "Wliyso, salt ?" "Case wid dis little de debil will git mo sho'. I'sc prowled orioun* too much to have my sins washed away by dis little dip." "Come on brudder, yet's been bap tized ornuff. Uncollect that it am do faith 'stead o' de water dat do tlto good. "Dat's well crnuff, but I'se skittish 'bout dat faith. Come, aouse me under ergin." Tho preacher soused him under again. Arising he began to shout with a loud voice : "0, I'ec got de old debil by do ho'ns dis time, tlwiue up yapder wbar ' he suddenly stopped. The preacher asked the cause. "Oh, dean' say nothiii*. Car's or while man out yandor whut utn ergoiu' to 'ouzo mo of slealin' his coat. I nchor seed him afore, hut I jea' knows dat he am cr gwine tor do dat fack."— Arkansas Traveler. NO. 8.