Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1915 — The Unpardonable Sin. [ARTICLE]

The Unpardonable Sin.

In speaking of the theft of Rev. Petty’s chickens recently, which was mentioned in The Democrat, The Lafayette Leader said: Bv gum! The Jasper County Democrat is right! The meanest thief has again been discovered—but not, so far as I know/ captured. This depraved fellow recently entered the poultry house of Rev. Petty, of Barkley, and stole therefrom 140 of his young chickens. It is wrong to steal. It is doubly wrong to steal chickens! But to steal chickens from a Methodist parson, that is, indeed, the unpardonable sin! If anything, it is worse than taking a prize watermelon away from some descendant of Ham! Every time that thief eats one of those 140 friers, he ought to have a tickling in the throat that would serve to awaken his conscience, like that of William J. Bryan, and cause him to repent! - , Depriving a preacher of his chickens!