Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1886 — A Practical Man. [ARTICLE]

A Practical Man.

During services in an Arkansas church, two game roosters entered the house and began td\ fight. An old deacon was about to eject the chickens when the preacher, stepping down from thepnlpit. saids" “Hold on a minute, Brother Matthews, I want to this, congregation the evils of cock fighting —show how barbarous —” “Bet ten dollars on the red one, ” some one exclaimed. _ ' - “I go you,” the preacher replied. “I am a new man in this community and I want to show this Congregation that there’s not a sinner in the neighborhood that can blufl’me.” The red chicken was defeated. The preacher, putting the stakes into his pocket, remarked: “I’ve been needing anew saddle for some time-and l am thankful to see that circumstances have favored me. Since eliickens are determined to fight and since sinners are determined to bet, I think that it is the preacher’s right to take advantage of the situa*ionT u =--4Tk<m«a?r Traveler. A West Side woman claims that her feet have not been five years. It is believed thai she passed much of her time in a Chicago street car.—Chicago Ledger. '