Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-10-11
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o. alad COL mounted higher in a chariot Of

Nor dd | eavy Elijah he seat."
Ned's promise Of punctuality caused tha
o%arson's exercise 10 cease, and the word re-
dolcnt With gor~ cons imagery, died away in
echoes from The adjacent crags.
Now the third and asst demand is perernp-
'ory. You are to promise that you will seek
religion, day and night, and never rest until
you obtain il at the hands Of d mercifuI Re-
dePmer."
The fallen man looked at the declining SUN
aud hen at The parson and knew not what
o say, aud the preacher aised his vice in
s'ng once more, Ned knew What would come
next.
"l1I do my BEST" said he, in an humble
voice.
"WeII, that's a man. said snbbIeworth
now get up and 60 down to the spring and
wash y0nr face and tear up Tom Paine'a tcs-
lament, and turn your thoughts OH high"
Ned rose with feelings lie never experion-
ced before aud went to obey the laYatory in
I~unctlH1s Of the preacher, when the latter per-
son mounted his horse, took Ned by The hand
md said
"Ns~ keep your promise, and I'll keep
your Counsel, Good evening, DIR. Forgeron
I'll lock for yuu TO. morrow"
And off he rode with tie same imDorturba-
bic countenance, singing so loud as to scare
the eagles from thor. eyris in The oyerhang-
ing rocks.
we'll thought Ned, "thiy is fine busi-
ness. What would people say if they knew
Edward Forgeron was whipped before his own
door, and that too by a Methodist Preacher?'
Bot bis musings were more in sorrow than
in anger. His disfgured countenance was,
Of course the subject Of NUMEROUS questions
| that u5,fhF srnpur HE frtopJz. =. ,L,zk. -
replied with stern look they well understood
and the vague remark that he had met with
an accident.
OF course they never dreamed of the cauan-
Ned looked in the glass and compared lis
black eye from the recent s%cufile, to the rain
DOW sbipwreek scene-"bicudiBg every color
IN one" Or perhaps he never read the story,
and mottered to himself, Med Forgeron
whipped by a N methodist preacher"
From that time his whole conduct manifest
cd a change Of feeling. The gossips Of TIE
ne ghborhood observed If, and whispered that
Ned VAS silent, and had gone to meeting GU
cry Sunday since The accident. They Won
dered greatly al his burning the books he US
ed to read so much. Strange stories were CIR
culated as 10 the metanDrphosis vi this iovial
daredevil blacksmith into gloomy and taci-
tnrn man some supposed, very eagely, that a
spirit had enticed him into the mountains.
and after giving him a glimpse into The fr-
ture, bad mlsled bin to a crag where he had
fallen aud bruised his face. Others gave the
prince Of darkness the credit Of the charge
but none suspected the methodist preacher ;
and as The latter had no vanity 10 crafty, the
secret remained with Ned. Tie gloomy
state Of mind continued until Forgeron visited
a camp. meeting, Rev. MIR. Snbbleworth
preached a sermon that seemed to enter his
soul aud relieve ii Of a burden and the song
of
: How happy are they who their Savior obey
was only half through when he felt like
man. Fergeron was from that time a shout
ing methodist" At a love feast, a short time
s~ubteqaent, he gave his experience, and re-
Vealed the mystery Of his conviction and CON-
version to his astonished neighbors.
The Rev. Mr.. SubbIewortb, who had faith
fully kept the secret until that time, could nor
contain himself any longer, but gave vent u
his feelings in conyulsive peals of laughter. A..
the burning tears of joy coursed tIeir wav
down bis cheeks.
ayes, my refhren," said he, cit ia a fact.
/ did mall the grace into his unbeIieying soul
there ls no doubt"
The blacksmith Of the mountain pass him
self became, soon after, a Methodist preacher.
FoReErFULNEss,-A writer in the Boston
Atlas relates the following :
"a Connecticut lady. who was in the hab-
il of always leaving something or other be-
hind her, whenever she went on a Journey.
was not long since promised by her husband
the present OF a handsome shawl, if, on the oc-
casion of her leaving home the next day, she
carried everything she wanted with her. The
lady Of course exerted herself to the utmost.
and The pair set off towards the place of their
destination. They had not proceeded a mile,
however, when the lady exhibited symptoms
of 6dgetness, 40 usual, and on her husbands
inqulrlng as TO the cause, she exclaimed in a
fright, Goodness gracious /! I forgot the
Baby so the shaw was lost for that time"
The TRUTH WILL oUT.-By The accidental
omission Of a single letter, in an exchange
paper, the line
Hell has no fury like a woman seorned,''
was made to read
Hell has no fury like a woman corned."
This is the first time we ever heard of so
striking a ruth being the offspring of ERROR
Natchez Courier.
HUsBANDRY.-A man with eleven daugb-
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he found it hard to live.
You must husband your trne." said the
other, land then you'll do we'll enough
Il could do much better" was the reply,
"if Icould husband my daughters"
Justice in France is stern and severe. She
respects neither rank nor wealth, when as
sociated with crime
The Prince de Berghes. one OF the rich
noblemen in France, and of one of its most
ancient and distinguished families, has been
condemned to three years impriso nment for
forging and circulating counters Of the Jockey
Club, representing trivial sums of money
A coquette was once declaring that size
thought ladies' ought graduate as we'll as
the other sex, to which a gallant replied. In
that case, madam, you would probably take
The degree OF mistress Of Arts
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