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VOL, X.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 1887.
OBACON PTOLOMY
DIXON’S TURKEY.
“I’se monutroua glad to be wid
you dia ebenin, brudderin —an’ sis
tnn—monstrous glad. I’ae nuffin
but 'a pf*-ar Fun 6B t’e due’—but I
feels dat eber sence de substracted
meetin’, I’se lie’ll enjvin’ a special
biessin'. Not dat I’se sot up. l’se
berry bumble. I doau’t fo’git l'ae
a poor critter. But al l de same, 1
feels—l feels—l dunuo—jis how I
feels —But pears like I’d fly ter
Uebbf-n sometimes, doe de Lord
knows I’se ’greeable ter stayin’ wid
you-au’ Sis. Dixon—Coin’ er
staym’s all de same ter me, My
heart ain’t fixed on dose yer fleetin’
wing s ob time.’' At this point
Deacon Ptolomy Dixon’s remarks
were brought td an abrupt close
by youtig brother Sam Mitch li,
who had a voice like a bass viol.
Thinking the Deacon had conclu
ded, he struck up the inspiring
strains of the hyuin beginning:—
“De happy lan’ is de betta'u lan’, —
8h h ippy lan’!
It Happy lan’!
If you git dar afo 1 do,
You tell dem dat I’se cornin’ too
Oh happy lan’! 1 ’
In spite of the interruption the
Deacon sat down full of calm satis
faction. He knew young Mitchell
had been moved to sing by his re
marks. There had been interjec
tions of “Oh no”—and “Yes, brud
der;” at just the right po nta, and
Elder Tobias Clay had piefaced the
request for him to speak by saying:
‘ Dis asseicblige’ll be eddified by
h arm’ some observations by dat
honored, an’ worry much reweared
ole saint, Deacon Ptolomy Dixon ’
Mr. Dixon was much respected i
not only in bis own church, but iu I
t-8 whole village of Decatur. Un-]
like most n:eu of his race, he was
somewhat penurious. In his youth
a slave; be ran away just before
the war, and though the toilsome
j miuey had cost him his health
and the life df his young wife, he
was fond of telling the story of it.
“De hidin’ an’ de watebin’ out, an’
de scussness of oe rashuns were
pow’ful Strainin'—” he would say
gratS'y. “An’.wid de mis’r in my
back, ter lose my Susan jea bruck
me all up. Au’ do I done tuck
pepper tea, an’ wo’ a strengthenin'
plauster, I di’l’ hab no health, nur
’iigion, ’twill I done git inar’ed to
Sis Bama Taylor.”
To tlie effect of tLis “misery” in
hisback, the Deacon attributed th«
need he felt of long periods of idle
ness,- which he devoted to a pur
suit be called “speculatin’." Nev
ertheless, through his desultory
efforts at white wafilitflg, carpet
laying, and gardening, he had a
snug bai k account.
His wife deserved all his prni-e
of her. Affectionate and reverent,
she magnified her hu band’s good
qualities, and was blind to his
fault, save his penuriousness, for
she was generous and hospitable.
By tine washing she had paid lor
the tiny cottage and two acres of
land which L'fld first turned the
DeacoL’e eyes toward her, and
though somewhat crippled l>y rheu
matism, she still worked at her old
trade.
A little bfo'ok rSn aerbss the
n . •
garden, and except tne bit aching
ground, every foot of i£ was made
to yield soffietlifng; and so it was
hot converient for the Deacon to
keep bens. A born bon vivant, be
enjoyed chicken pie and all sorts of
duin'ies immensely, but he would
ffot paly out money to beiftoW lux
uries upon other people. Thus it
had happened theft five years litfif
gone by sines the Deacon' dr. ft iffg
vise had giten a Thanksgiving
dinner to thter friends. But tti
August, Farmer Swann ga2i' the
D acotf a fine black gobbler, which
grcW a!nd waxed so fat,’ that ear'y
fn October, Elder and Mrs. Olay.
DeaCon Gowdy and liis wife a’nd
daughters, and the widow Moon,
had been told to consider tbem
se,ves engaged for Thanksgiving
at thei Brother Ptolomy Dixon's.
“Dat brtrd is growin* roonetrous
big. Pyotrs bke v.’ll hab ter done
stuff him wid eysters, Deacon,” j
said Mrs Dir -ff as they walked
c’owly home from the meeting.
‘•JBysters, Hama, is two levys de i
pint, an’ I don’t b’lieve in ea'in
solid nickle* eben on dis yere
Thanksgibbin’.’’
The bhras*, “dis yere Tlianks
gibbin’,” was uttered in a contemp
ptuous tone, aud stung Mrs. Dix
on into argument. “Bekanse yoo
w isn't brunge.t up tor hab Tlianlts
gibbin’, Deacon, aekfi ain’t no call
fo’ voo to ’sprise it,” she began
“ Now you go long,” growled the
Deacon. “But doan’ yer speak
ter me 'gin ’bout evsters. My
min’s sot on odder tiugs. I m
ti’ed ob yoo'tulk ’bout turkey’s.’
The next morning dawned cold
and cloudy, and as he teli syuip
toms of a “crick” in his back, it
was alter eight o’cISSS Wlißii the
Deacon carried out the Larin of
hot coin-meal mush nod stewed
pumpkin, which was the turkey’s
usual breakfast. Tha turi ey s
oo»p, which was so roomy and
high it admitted a branch of tlie
apple tree beside it, was at the end
of the garden, b hind a little thicket
of currant bushes. Usually aweh om
ing l ‘Feeb—Fceb—"ci'eaked cheer
full vas the Deacon appeared; but
now all was silent, and as he cau
tiously made Ills] way albti? the
frosty walk, no keen black eyes
peered eut between the slats to
meet him, signs ftHibh be most
have observed had he been less
self-obscrbed. At last be stood
before the cop. It was quite
empty, and oh!—how I grieve to
to tell it!—the Deacon droppe 1 the
basin on the ground, exclaiming:
-VVhar de dehble am dat critter?’’
Restored to hims'-lf by tlie sound
of liis own voice, Deacon Ptolomy
looked about him with u boating
heart. The stiffened corn leaves
rustled drearily. The merry little
brook gurgled. There were no
other sound till he turned to re
trace his steps, when slyly and
mysteriously from some quarter
not far distant, cmHr! * fabi!, “gob
b!e, gobble, gobble." His Eix'y
live years had imparied neither Dea
con Ptolomy’s sight nor his lit Br
ing, and letting himself out at tlie
garden gate, ho looked cautiously
ov»r his neighbor's fence. No oi e
was in sight, and there, almost
within rea-di, on a low plum-tree
a fine f eckled turkey was slowly
stietching and pluming hi use) r .
Nut many momeats afterwards
there was a turkey in Deacon Uix
on's coon, and half an hour 1 iter
tust tu key was black.
“Dat tucky do grow 'so, I cant’
keep trao’ ob him,” said Mrs. Dir
oil a few later, when a lul
in starching and iron ng permitted |
her to visit the coop “I be ’ston- ;
isimd at him, I is. Es I cou’d link
how he cou!d do it—l’d say he'd
swapped bissef, De i-on.”
“Tou’so git tin’ dc aige oa yoo,
Bama,” said the Deacon. “You
jit’ ten’ to de pies—an’ de cranber
ry saga, an’ I’ll ten' to dis tacky."
It soon l egan to be observed at
the Frechill African meeting house
that something had befallen Dea
con Dixon. ILs piayers had Joit
the fervent euMiusiasm which had
so long eha”Scteri/ed them. His
remarks hid become brief and
mournful, and he acted reserved.
His wife noted these changes, but
dared nor speak of them. I-.ven
Clay did not veuturet ■ ask so old a
deacon if anything unpleasant was
on his mind.
“Is yoo poo ly, Bru 'dor Dixon?’
asked Deacon Gowdy in a sympa
thizing W.,y over the fence. He
was a barber; and was not credited
with much sense. “Miss Gowdv 1
aez' -o me last night, sez aha,’pears
lak our dear Deacon Dixon’s got a
rnia'ry som’ers —”
“I’se tol'ble, - ’ fluid tfFe Deacon
nith irritation. Then, feeling that
fie had spoken improperly, he
added in a more geR al tone, “Dut |
is, I ain’t got lVo’ p’iicU- misery. I j
had a tack ob de col’ly morgue a
►pel: back, sn’ (Ist let’ rad softer
bus’ up—but l’ e tol'ble. I reagen
I holes myself up,Bmdder Gowdy.’
Deacon Dixon’s bodily straight
ness had always been proverbial,'
and Deacon Gowdy felt reproved
“Yes, indeed, Brndder Dixon! Zs
anything, 500’* so stra-gbt yoo
bends b ck’ards,” ard he went his
wa y, leaving Deacon Dhcon’a
“misery” undiscovered.
, But that be had a “lU sery” was
more and more evident and as the
days wont by ?e lost appetite an i
flesh, and from belHg reserved and
silent, 'Jecame peevish and queru
lous, while, as plainly as Ins inky
skin could show it, he looked bil
ious.
Every year that ho could remem
ber since his memorable journey
north, Thanksgiving day had been
cold. But November «rew warmer
as it nehrod its close, and the
Wednesday before the last Thurs
day in the month seemed like
April.
“Remarkable weather we’re bav
ng, Mr. Dix in,” said Mr. Marsh
the grocer, as he measured out
little dabs of spice, des-tined for
Aunt Bami's use. “I s’pose you've
hear I of that Cannuck piophet
who says the world's most come to
au end.”
•‘No ah,” said the Deacon in
open mouthed amazement and
terror. “Did he sot de day ob
judgment?"
“No,” said Marsh, enjoying the
Deacon's su rpnse, k!!d feeling iu
cliued to laugh, though the
•‘Cannuck” prophet had rouse it
some secret fears in his own bos
on. “He says this year —so it
nuiy come off any time between
now aiid the first of January.”
The warmth and the raiu
increased as 'he day wor.- on, and
when Deacon Dixon acconpanied
his wife to prayer meeting, his
••misery” was very pronounced
iMehd. Eider fflif hod been
called to visit a sick man live miles
away on the turnpike, an I it was
Deacon Dixon s duty to lead the
meeting. But he called on others
io speak and pray, and was .sileut.
The low Piutterings of the thun
drr which lia 1 shaken his 8"ul
early in the evening, lad grown
more frequent, and. had increased
in volume, nnd every few moments
pa'e blue lightnings male the
lamps on ,t o table seCrn mere
motes of flame.
Wlien the meeting was nearly
over, Elder Clay arrived, “I’so jis’
come from a uyin’ bod,” lie said
solemnly, as ho shook the rain
fr in his coat. “An’ sich a dyin’
lied! Dr. Squills sez 'tis de fever
wat ails him, an’ is in his head, but
1 I t’ink my fr’ends, ’tis a rnia'ry ob
Ills soul dat’s tearin’ ilrt man. I
hope dat all our cu’s may be
peaceful. Brudder Dixon we’il
jine wid you in’d essin’ de troi.e
ob Grace ”
Going softly to liis a-cnstouned
seat, the lieaeon closed his eyes
i and folded his trembling hands. A
( flharp peal of thunder precluded
the speech, and a Winding fl sit of
lightning n.ado old Mrs. Moon ciy
out tfi terror.
“Oh Lord!” beg in the Deacon
huskily; but again tbe tlium er
made the windows rattle, uud tlie
lightning brought out a chorus of
wails aud moans.
“Oh -Lord!” again wliiapered
tee Deacon, and again the crash of
of (bunder made his words iuaudi
ble. A breath of silence was fol
lowe iby a peal that seemed tear
ing the little building into a thou
rand frftgitfents, and in a perfect
ecHiaey ol're riorse and fear the
Deacon sprang to his feet. “On
Lo d, I’ll iwn up. Oh L >rd, I
done s‘ole h ; m," he screame 1.
“D an’ kill nonedy but rue! i took
dat tfreky! I bvackedjhim -Ok
L(rd, fo’gib—l stole Inman 1 I lied.
I’sV a pow’ful stingy crit(*f,--Oi
Lawd, fo’gib—Brudderin’ and Sis
ter in, fn’gib—an’—pray fo* mer’
There was no feast at the Dixon
place tlVe next day, and all tbe piles
and cukes Aunt Bama had baked
with so much oride and care werp
given away, for Deacon DiYon’s
“inflifirf” had culminated in a fever
that threatened his life. For a
j year be re'used to be called a dea
J eon or to serve d that capacity*
but when Thanksgiving came
again, he invited the church to
lield a sociable at his house, an !
the refreshments served satisfied
ev n bis wife. ,
In January, the lVev. Sib s
Gregg, a celebrated Evangelist,
began a se i«s of union meetings in
one of the white churches, nnd one j
evening, much to Li- astonishment,
a very bla> k man with i-now white j
| ja ■/ pose In one of the pews. “My.
NO.
brudderin' an’ sister'',’’ tmi 1 Dea
con Dixon gently—for if, was ho.
“I hopes dut dis brudder’ll do ua
all n mighty henh oh good.- -I
knows lie’p done me good, by
s’plainin i*n’ pintiii’ out tings. Hut
he's young, Lien's,—au’ I’sennd ole
ole as I is, I din tin’ out till las' year
what a pow’ful mean crittei 1 cun
be. Dere was a time w’en I reag
gened I wad;A houie top saint dut
I had dut special blessin’Jjlirudder
Oregg’s been s'plainin' 'bout dis
ebenin.' But- He's njizz’sbe sinmri
—white an’ brock—an’ I fill,
brudderin’ an’ wstcin—kuy •sposh
’ —bout's fur’s I colihl git. Au
outen dat spee unoe I feels ter soy,
dut dere ain’t a minute wo kin lit
no prayin’ ad’ a wntuhiu' out jis
fur ter feel—'ligious—fur den—
s'io’s 3oo’re blilvl*, <’e Debbil'le
cotch yoo. I konws frien's— I’* e
been dar.”—Goo.) Cheer.
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two years ago. It is the medic.ue
for me.—E C. H.
PROGItAMME S. 8. CONVEN
TION.
The Sunday School Convention
of the Cocsa Association meets
wifi t.ie Oloverdale Bapt st church.
Dude count* on S itur
dav before lUi) fifth Sunday, iu
May next. The following is the
prog- uin mo:
1. The introductory sermon to
he preached by Eld. It.L.Trotter,L
N. Brock to bo his alternate.
I. The youug man “Remain
her uow thv Creator in the days of
thy youth.” J. Y. Wo>d, J. 11.
Glazcuer.
3. The ohject of the Sundi.’y-
School. Houston King, D. T.
Murdock,
4. How saved and why. A. If.
Mitchell, J. M. It ib'Ttson, li. S.
Cates, B. P. Hunt, A. G. Bryan.
5 Woman’s.,work in the Sun
day school. Essay. Mrs. Dr.
Taylor, Mary Bibles, Mrs. T. J.
Moreland.
6. The help’ess, the ho’pcrs
and the healer. B. A Mellan,
Houston Shaw, W. T. Russsll, G.
B. Myers.
7. Let your I,ght Rhine tCssav,
Itb'b’erta WodJ, Mellle Gilreath’,
Nannie Smith.
(!. The prayer of the righteous.
L N. B oefi, Judson King, Mon
roe Long, Lee H. I)\ er.
9. What to teach and how. I).
T. Espy, Dr. Taylor, W. L. Shat
tuck, Idee Bibles.
10. Faith and worse. W. P.
Wilder, J. A. ißathis, N. Kiitt, W.
T. l>ark.
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Mar/, Smith, Molßf Rosie S
usan Shields, Claudia Bri yles.
12 What shull we he. M. C.
.Jackson, Thomas Hardin Thou as
Copper.,
13. God’s great law satisfied.
Judson. Clements, F. W.Copeland,
Jesse Hunt.
14. We shall meet each' otl er
there. M<fry Block, Molhe Ta
tum.
Preaching Saturday night and
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T. C. Tdckk'b. Cham.
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