Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1884 — CHRONICLES. [ARTICLE]

CHRONICLES.

i And it came to pass that the High ; Fiiest, Simon Peter, assembled the Eld. ti together and spake unto them saying: ‘Thou shall take thefdulcimer and ' the harp ana the chief singers, and thou | shalt go forth and teach the Gentiles and Pbarisees, and the dude 9, ana the Kickers. and this shalt thou say: Thus aailir J. 0. B. ur king unto them, ‘Now is the day offsalvatioD, eturu ye unto the works of our fathers and vote the Republican ticket and be saved, and they that hta-keu unto thy works shalt thou call blessed and “they who hearken not uuto thy words shalt tbou curse and thus shalt thou speak unto the Gentiles and Pi Arieses and aud*-s, and kicker-, depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angeis.’ Thus spake the High Priest unto William whose surname was Austin, ‘Gird up thy loins, and borro - for ttiy use thy neighbor’s bob'.ailed, Texian Jennys and yoke them unto thy neigiibor’s chariot, and get thee hence and speak uuto the peope of ihe Land of Rosebud, ami thou shalt, not tarry Gy tl.e way side neither shalt thou dispute with the ung< aly .* And about ih: eighth hour iliiarn, the chief bullet,gginied up bis loins and yoked up the bobt»iied, Texian Jenuyes to bis neighbor’s chariot, and jourueyed unto the land ot Rosebud AndjWilliam, the chief butler, tarried neither by Ihe way-side, nor bv the wayside inn, but in all things did his ! master’s biddings. Andjqmighty multitude of people had as.-embled at the synagogue and camped on the plains thereabout. And it came to pa3s that they were troubled lest the chief butler had - fallen among thieves, and they asked one of another ‘Where ;s the High Priest’s cbief(butler of whom ye spaae?’ and they answered 'we know not’ Aud they were sorely troubled, and yet the chief butler came not, and the assembled multitude departed unto their own couutry, aud when they had departed the chief butler came riding in his neighbor’s chariot, and as lie came nigh unto the synagogue he became sorely vexed. The lights theieof were blown out and but few were left to tell the std news, and the chief butler spake unto the Watchmen saying, ‘Have not I advertised my coming hither sufficiently? Hast not tbou posted bills ail over the land announcing my coming?’ aud the Watchman answered ‘Yea, verily, my Lord. - 4 nd the chief butler was in a great rage and returned unto his own country.