Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1884 — He Depended on Himself. [ARTICLE]

He Depended on Himself.

The Kev. ‘Wliangdoodle Baxter met one of tlie male members of his flock, and at once addressed him: “Why, Mose,” he said, “flow stout yuse gittin’. Ynse gittin’ mighty fat an’ corjjulent; in mighty fine order, I tells yer. Dar’s nuffin’ lean about you, fizzically, but spiritually yuse thinner dan a rail. Yo’ doan lean on de Lord enuff.” 7“ “I kin ’splain all dat ar,” said Mose. “How does yer ’splain it, Mose ?” “I did lean on de Lord an’ ebbery Sunday I listened ter yer preachin’, an’ I got as poali as Job’s turkey,” “But liow does yer ’splain it ? How does ver ’count fer de transformation?” “Why, doan yer see? Yo’furnishes de ’ligion an’ I does my own fattenin’,” —Texas Siftings.