Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1877 — A Minister’s Joke. [ARTICLE]

A Minister’s Joke.

A clergyman, a widower, recently created quite a sensation in his household, which consisted of seven grown-up daughters. The reverend gentleman was absent from home for a number of days, visiting in an adjoining county. The daughters received a letter from their father which stated that he “had married a widow with six sprightly children,” and that he'might be expected home at a certain time. The effect of that news was a great shock to the happy family. The girls, noted for their meekness and amiable temperaments, seemed another set of beings; there was weeping and wailing and tearing of hair, and all manner of naughty things said. The tidy home was neglected, and when the day of arrival came the home was anything but inviting. At last the Rev. Mr. came, but he was alone. He greeted his daughters as usual, and as he viewed the neglected apartments there was a merry twinkle in his eye. The daughters were nervous and evidently anxious. At last the eldest mustered courage and asked, “Where is our mother?” “In heaven,” said the good man. “ But where is the widow with six children whom you wrote you had married ?” “ Why, I married her to another man, my dears.” A few days ago the perishable property of a man lately deceased was to be sold in Columbus, Ga., by the administrator. Among the assets were two barrels of whisxy, worth about SBO. Just as these were reached the internal-reve-nue agent forbid their sale until the ad-minjsi-ator took out,, wholesale Jiquorlicense, which c<£t SIOO,