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CONTKHH.OA., THURSDAY N*V 23, 1876.
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FORTY* YEARS iBETWEEN
brines.
Disastrous Result® of Prolonged
Abstinence on the Part of an
lowa Preacher.
A Keokuk tout il, whotat waiting at
St. Jowpli lor the train lor Quiiny ~l‘
other day, while paoing the platform,
was necof ted by an old gentleman, and
the two entered into a conversation. In
'the oourae of the pow wow or Keokuk
man ascertained that the stranger was *
ministry of the go*i*l, and, like liinwelf,
was bound lor Quincy. Tlicy r.al in the
eatne sent in the car, and alter they had
traveled some distance the Keokuk tour
ist pulled a flask from his pocket, held it
to the light, pulled the cork, and, turning
to his companion, remarke I:
•I m ver drink when 1 am at home, but
when 1 am on the toad, constantly drink
ing all kinds ol wa'er, I take a little for
the stomach’s sake,’ and taking a mod
erate drink, he politely offered the flask
to the minister.
•My friend,’ said the preacher, ‘I atu n
minister of the gospel, and have be.-n
for forty years. In that time a drop ol
liquor has not touched my lips, but, as
you seem to Ins a gentleman, and cousid
ering the circumstances, I will take n
drop c.r two,' and placing the flats* to his
mouth he swallowed about halt the con
tents. They bad proceeded but a few
miles and the reverend gentleman was
waumng up.
‘My brother, I’m a preacher, and
havu't drank a drop of liquor for forty
yearn, but 1 have a pain, and if you will
let me have a drink from your flask I
think it will do me good.’
The flask was passed, and about half
of the remaining contents was taken.
The divine began to feel good, lie was
talkative and exhilarated. As the train
pulled up nt the station he reached over
and taking the flank from the seat, he re
marked:
•You slice, ’in preacher of the gospel;
havu’t drink any forty years for a long
period of whisky,’ and the balance of
the contents of the flask disappeared
down his throat.
up for lost time, eh?' said
the Kookukian.
‘Losht time can never he regained, 'in
a goshpelo of the minishtry, hut the
watersh had. Got any more—hie licker,'
and as he caressed another flask, lie re
marked :
‘Shec, ray fren, forty iniministry.
Never drunker-drop hi verdrop. Water
bad. Makes me hie sick, and lake a little
for the stomaeh-hic sake,' and he keeled
ove r and slept until the train reached t
Quincy.
As our Keoktik man was making his
way out of-the depot a hand was laid ou
his arm, and turning he saw his ministe
rial companion, who remarked :
‘Two score years have I been a minis
ter of the gospel. I'm in a strange laud,
and 1 feel the ueed of something to sus
tain me. I haven’t drank a drop for 40
years, but if you have any whisky handy
I believe I could take a drop
The Keokuk man muz'ed, and the last
he saw of his acquaintance lie was lean
ing over the corner of a Quincy bar
explaining to the bar keeper how for
40 years he had preached the gospel and
never, U\
The trouble with him was it was too
long betweeh drinks. — Jieokuk ( Iowa)
Constitution.-
It ia Better
It is better to wear a calico dress with*
out trimming if it he paid for, than to
owe the shop-keeper for the most ele
gant Bilk, cut aud trimmed in the most
bewitching manner.
Better live iu a log cabiu all your own,
than in a brown stone mansion belonging
to somebody else.
Better to walk for ever than run iu debt
for a horse and carriage.
li?tler to use the old caue seated chairs
and faded to piay carpet than to tremble
at bills sent home trout the upholalfrer’s
for the most elegant pat lor set ever made.
Belter to meet your business acquaint
auccs with a Iree, ‘don’t owe you a cent
entile than to dodge nrouud the coiner
trout a dun.
Belter pay the organ-grinder two cents
for music, if you must have it, than owe
for a piano.
Better gaze upon the bare walls than
upon pictures unpaid for.
Better eat thin soup from earthen dish
es, it yon owe your butcher nothing,
than to dine off ot lamb and beef and
know it does not belong to you.
Better have a fit oi hysterics than tun
in debt for furniture, cloth, or any thing
else that you may wish for.
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NY list the American people want is the
honest vote, and no candidate who has
not teceive it can afiord to lake the office
Xar York Tribune.
The Mnn Who Gave Odds.
After a strange man had finished eat
ing a hearty meal at one of the stands
in the City Hall Market, he remarked to
the w oman:
‘As 1 was sitting down to this meal 1
said to myself that 1 1? bet ons dollar
against the dinner that the greenback
candid sics would not carry a single
State. If they do, you have won the
dollar and shall have it ’
‘1 want thirty five cents of joti,’ she
replied, pulling off her comforter.
‘Or I’ll bet you five dollars against a
meal that the Democrats carry New
York Stipe,’ he continued.
‘I want my pay, or there’ll be trouble
right hero!’ she exclaimed, slipping off
her .bon net.
‘Or I’ll bet ihe same sum, on the swmc
terms, that the Repubhoana will carry
it,’ he remarked, as lie wiped off his
sandy goatee.
‘I never bet, and I want my pay !’
she culled out, being now all ready lor
action.
‘Great Heavens! but look at the odd*
I offer yoti!’ he gasped. ‘I not only let
you bet tui either side, hut I offer you
the iv.ost feat fill odds that have ever
b'en piven since the advent of the
Christian ora!'
‘I can’t help the odds,’ she answered
as she got hold of his coat tails. ‘1 ou
don’t leave here till I get my money.’
Or, I'll bet you $35 against this 85
cent debt,’ he went on, ‘that neither
Ilayes nor Tilden will be elected. One
of them must bo, simply to permit you
to coin $35 dollars out ol my hard earns
irigs Great Jigs! but such another
offir was i) ver known since Oliver
Cromwell kept a fighting dog!
‘Thirty five cents!’ she shrieked, pull
ing him around.
‘Last, but not least, I'll bet you forty
to one that I haven't had thirty five cents
about mo for a month ! Come, now, I
offer you every chance to win.’
She gave him two solid kicks, and was
designing and drafting a third, when he
made a bolt and left a coat tail in her
gtasp. While an officer was looking lor
him around the market he was placidly
surveying the Soldiers’ Monument and
picking Lis teeth with a straw. — Detroit
tree Dress.
Effect of Astonishment.
lie walked into the drug store and
eiiiti : ‘Gimme a glass of sody.'
‘What syrup will you have ?’ said the
boy.
‘Syrup 1 1 don’t waut any syrup. I
want sody !’
The hoy put the g’ass under the faucet
and turned oil the soda wa’er full head.
As it struck the glass with a hissing
noise the stranger said :
‘Gosh all Jerusalem, what’s that!’ and
starting backwards fell over a siool, and
a* he tried to get up he brushed against
a | orfumery sand, which causoda bottle
to fall off and strike him on the hack of
the head. At the same time the boy,
thinking something serious had happen
ed, dropped tlio glass ou the marble
counter, breaking it into ninety-nine
pieces.
The stranger, with his hand to the
back of his head and his eyes protudin r
with fright, started lor the street at a
speed of twenty miles an hour, and ran
plump into the arms of a policehian, w ho,
collared him and saul :
‘What’s the matter ?’
‘Matter!’ said the stranger, ‘why, the
drug store lias exploded and I am the
only man saved!’ —New Orleans Halle
ti 1,
Common Sen3e in Ploughing.
Teams drawing loads on the ground
get a breathing spell on tlio desoeuding
ground, while in hloughing the draught
is the same trom morning till nigh*.
There is a certain number of pounds that
teams can draw day after day and not
worry them. But if more is added, even
as little as fifteen or twenty pounds, they
work unsteedily, fret and soon tire. No
amount of feeding will keep them in eon
dit ion. I have seen many plows iu use
on which it would have been an easy
mutter to decrease the draught twenty
five pounds, and if men were drawing
them instead ot horses, it would have
been done. It must he plain to every
tanner that every pound that ho can
take off from the draught of his plow, is
so much gained lor his horses. It may
he done iu this way :
For any soil except sand and gravel,
use a steel plow. They cost but little
more, ond the draught is enough-less to
pay the difference in ploughing twenty
acres. In ploughing sod, the colter does
a great deal ol the work, and should be
kept sharp by forging at the blacksmith’s
aud grinding every day if necessary.
Ot course it will wear out sooner, but
new coulters ate cheaper than new’ teams.
Set the coulter in with the plow, the
edge squaro in front, with an angle ol
tot ty-live from the point to w hich it is
attached to the beam.
When the shate gels worn out, it is
poor econetny to use it any longer, but
replace it with anew one. Let the tra
ces be as short as will allow the horses to
work without hitting against the whifle
trees. it the handle crowd continually’
one way, the draught is not right, and if
the plow i* s good one, it can easily lie
remedied at the clevis. To prevent the
horses stepping over the traces in turn
i ,g, fasten a weight of three-fourths of
a pound, on the outside of each swingle,
tree : that is, on the rii>lu end when you
turn to the left, or vice versa. Kvery
obset ving tarmer knows that horses are
susceptible to kindness, and equally so to
unkindness. I have seen horses that
were working steadily, made reeking
with sweat in a short lime by shatp
word or a jerk on the bit. Let your
horses do their work as you do yours,
as easily ns possible, and be as w illing to
overlook their mistakes as you would the
mist akes of a human being.
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