Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — Bad as Josh Billings’ Hornet. [ARTICLE]

Bad as Josh Billings’ Hornet.

Bainbridge (Ga .) ’#emocrat.‘ 1 In the old days of camp meetings a horn w r as blo,wn to wake the congregation in the mornings. -The jgstrument hungjuear th'e stand, and was generally sounded byrone of the reverend brethren. Of cotirse, camp meeting is a grea,t place for practical -jokes, and one to this effect) was played on a brother at Bear Spring “before the war.” A rascally fellow filled the horn with soft soap. Brothers A. and B; went down to the arbor soon in the morning to sound the horn. Brother A. took it, and standing in front of Brother 8., proceeded to blow a blast. Of course, Brother B.’s slick face was sickbed over with the pale coat of soft Boap. As soon as he could prevent strangulation he said something to this effect: “I have been a Methodist preacher for fifty years. In all that time I have never sworn an oath, but I’ll just’be essentially smothered if I can’t whip the son of a gun that soaped that horn,”