The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-10-17

Of that active, living faith, which should
at all times cheer the heartiof the sim
cere followers of Jesus, and related to
me a beautiful Illustration that had Just
occurred in his own family. .
He had gone in cellar which in
winter was quite dark, and entered by
trap door. A little daughter, only
three years old, was trying to find him,
and came to the trap-door, but on look.
ing down all was dark, and she called:
sAro you down.cellar, papa?'
'Yes; would you like to come, Mary?'t
1T is dark, / can't come down, papa
SWELL, my,daughter, I am right below
you, and | can see you, though you
cannot see me, and if you will drop
yourself will catch YOU
ooh, shall fall; I can't see you,
papa?'
4 know it, he answered, sbut I am
really here, and you shall not fall or
hurt yourself. Ifyou will jump, will
catch you safely
Little Mary strained her eyes to the
utmost, but could catch no glirapse Of
father. She hcsitated, then advanced
q little further, then sommoning all her
resolution, she threw herself forward,
and was received safely in her fathers
arms. A few days after, she again
discovered the cellar door open, and
aupposing her father to be there, she
called:
Shall I come again, papa?'
'Yes, my dear, in minute he re-
piled, and had Just time to reach his
arms towards her, when, in her childish
glee, she fell shouting into his arms, and
claspinG his neck, said:
1 know, dear papa, [ should not fall
'TREsPAss-As DESCRIBED IN LIE
GAL PHRAsEoLoGY.-'Blcss me, Mr..
Pounce, what is this? (reads) For that,
whereas the said John Snooks, on the
tenth day Of May, with force and arms,
broke and entered certain dwelling
house of the plaintiff g, and made
great noise and disturbance therein, and
so continued to make noise and distur-
bancc for long time, to wit: for the
space Of twcnty-four hours
THAT, sir, is the declaration in tres
pass
But the man only knocked; he didn't
make any disturbance at the door for
twenty-four hours
"a mere formal allegation, sir, not
necessary to be proved
but he didn't 'brcak in divers, to
wit : twenty DOORS There We're not
twenty doors in the house-he didn't
break any,
'Pooh, sir, don't you see it is laid un-
der cidelcit?'
laid under what?'
"a uidehcit; that means you mustn't
prove the allegation ifit is immatcrial
but if it is material, you must
sBut what's the use Of it, then?'
'Thc use of it, my dear sir! But
you don't understand these things: they
are vocabula arti.'
And what may that bc?'
'Why words that raise doubts, swell
costs, and enable the professional man
to make the most of very small case.
TRAVELLERS DIRECTIoNs.-A friend
who has travelled, relates the following
as literal direction given to him by an
inhabitant in a remote town in New
England in reply to his inquiry for the
direct road to-meeting house.
well, ah, stranger, you go right
straight ahead, till you como to large
oak tree; then You take that ere tree on
your right shoulder, and so on till you
come to the brick schoolhousc; then
take the schoolhousc on your left shoul
dc.', and go on till you come to Squire
Wingatcs; and then do you take the
squires house right on your back, and
you can't miss your way
A WISE Fool. When the Earl of
Bradford was brought before Lord
Loughborough, to be examined upon az
plication for q statute Of lunacy against
him, tho Chancellor asked him, How
many legs has q shecp?' Does your
Lordship mean,' answered Bradford, "a
live sheep or dead one" is it not
the same thing?' said the Chancellor.
No, my Lord said Lord Bradford,
there is much difference; o live sheep
has four, dead one but two-therc
are but two legs of mutton, the others
are shoulders