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Show "JAGGED T2M" WITH A FOBK. ', ' , Bishop Candler of Georgia recently told one of the lawmakers from that State an experience he had when he first began to preach the gospel 'and tie nuptial nup-tial knots. "One day I was called upon and en-. en-. gaged-to marry a couple in one of the out-of-the-way districts. I found the house a rudely constructed log affair with but one room and a loft above, which was entered by a ladder and a trap door. A big table was in the center cen-ter of the room and it was. loaded with good things to eat, everything having been cooked on an open fireplace, which took up nearly all of one side of the room. The bride and groom lined up and i 1 was proceeding with the ceremony, . and while In the most ImpresMve part of it th old lady poked her head out of the ' tf an door In the loft and called: " 7ally, turn them chickens, and Jag em Lith a fork.' - -rhe command was obeyed by th i daughter, she leaving the trembling . tortdegroom while she Jagged 'em with - a fork. I could not keep from laughing at the ludicrousness of the whole affair, - 'and I have never witnessed a marriage ceremony since without remembering . this experience." . . 1- . -j |