Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1883 — A Weak Sister. [ARTICLE]

A Weak Sister.

A minister laboring in the mountain districts of Fayette county, West Viriginia, gives the following conversation he had with a woman there recently: “Is your husband at home?” “No; he is ’coon hunting. He killed two whopping big ’coons last Sunday.” “Does he fear the Lord?” “I guess he does; ’cause ha always takes his gun with him.” “Have you any Presbyterians around here?” “Ijdon’t know if he has killed any or not. You can go behind the house and look at the pile of hides to see if you can find any of their skins.” “I see that you are living in the dark.” “Yes, but my , husband is going to cut out a wind er soon,” , Mr. Sprague was defeated for Governor of Rhode Island by 3,000 votes. He was running as an independent, and endorsed by the Democrats. • The net public debt March 1 was Si,* 576*981,288. \