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Show FISHY FISIIY FOLKSDown FOLKSI FOLKSI FOLKSDown FOLKS FOLKSDown I I Down in Butler Coun County y , Alabama , , according tothe to I : ithe the Greenville GrcenviIle Advocate , is a colored preacherho preacher \\ho ho who whohas \ whohas \ hoI hohas I ' has a . keen Insight into human hwnan nature , partIcularly partIcularlyI particularlyas I as applied to sizing up the members cf of his lus flock lock ! In a . arecent ] recent sermon scnnon he likened Hlened v \ various arious types of churchmembers church j jmembers jmembers members to certain ccrtain species spec1es of fish , somewhat somc'What somcWhat ' as asI asfoHows asfollows asfollows I foHows follows . Some , he said , are like hke a trout , alvvavs ahsays nh\a nh a \ s jumping jumpingfrom jumpingfrom I Itrom trom from one church to another Others \ were aere \ ere likened l1kened to tothe tothe 1 1the the sucker-easy sucker easy sucker - - easy to catch , but quick to spoil Then hementioned he I Imentioned mentioned the flounder , \ which hich can sec see only one wav way wayhe \ \ aj I Ihe | -he he - he sees the faults of the preacher , but never sees seeshis seeshis i Ws his 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n Another type \ was \ as compared comp3rcd \ with \ lth the cat- cat catfish catfish cat catfish - fish , which Wh1Ch hides Wdes on the bottom of the creek until a afreshet afreshet afreshet aI I freshet arouses him-the him the him - the church memberho member \ who \\ho ho aho ho"anns \\"anns "anns anns warms "annsup warmsup \ " warmsup up uphen \ when \\hen hen alien \ a revival revnal is 1S going on , but lies bes dormant at atother atother atother other times t1mes Another t type 'Pe Pe ' was aas v . as likened llkened to theBel the elI eel el- el Bel- Bel ela Bela - I Ia a slippery Sllppelj- Sllppelj SllppeljsUck - , slick sUck fellow fcHow , hard to handle And so en cn enWlule cnWhile enWhile While Wlule the good colored brothers brother s sermon sennon was enI a abit abit abit I bit droll , it 1t included mcluded observations which wluch might ap- ap appropriately appropriately ap appropriately - propriately be appl1 applied ed , , not only to the pc pccularities pccularlties ularit1es of ofchurch ofchurch I Ichurch church members , but to those of humanity humaruty as a a"hole awhole awhole \"hole "hole hole whole \ " Most of us are rather fishy in some respects at t I I , I I ] I , | ! |