Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-12-07

der the same root. They lived over again
the scenes of the IS Sewing Circle" The
biography of those striped pantaloons was
repeated. Every evening. for many
weeks, Mr. P held meetings at
the different houses, where he repeated.
again and again, the story of the thousand
conversions, over which the delighted vii
layers cackled like pullets over the first
egg and each old lady that had set a
stitch for the I" Circle" took full credit
for every conversion, reserving but small
share for the missionary.
.'No one followed up the meetings
more constantly than little old woman
with awizzled up face, of the shape and CO.
lor of acocoa-nut. Her head was deposited
in the extreme corner of hugh, faring
bonnet, of a fashion that had outrun the
memory of man. This was the veritable
Desire Ayres. Nor had the new growth
of boys ceased to tease her.
"To night there is meeting at Dea aeon
Els. 1t is November, and the
house is crowded. Mr.. P--stands in
the doorway, where the keeping room"
opens into the kitchen. The village aris-
tocracy is in one, and the boys and SER
wants in the other. In the kitchen is a
fire place" in which halfth village might
assemble and gossip. The services have
commenced. All is hushed. And now
Desire marches in. and brushing small
boy off his chair. takes it, and seats her
self before the hugh Fireplace. The boys
look at each other and laugh. They be-
lieve more in Desire than in P.
They pile the wood on the fire, and are
pleased 10 see her move back, and back,
as the heat increases beyond her endurance
And now some chestnut wood begins to
&c snap" and Desire again pushes back !;
when, 10 she has pushed open the cellar
door, and down she goes, chair and all,
to the bottom of the stairs Mr.. P,
apparently half asleep, walks calmly to
the cellar door, and looks down into the
darkness, without offering TO assist, or to
let any one pass by him to her reiief
:" In a moment Desire comes trudging
up stairs. dragging her chair behind her,
her bonnet terribly distorted. She goes
to her first position, and raising her chair
as high as she conveniently can. brings it
to the floor whack and then sits down,
and attempts to get her bonnet into
condition until the meeting is over.
On the following sabbath Mr.. P
preached as a matter of course. The
usual requests for sapfayers for the af1ic-
ted were read and among the rest one
handed to Mr.. P, as he passed
through the entry. 1t ran as follows:
"'DEsrHE ATHEs desires prayers
For tumbIinS down the Deacon's stairs ~
Here Mr.. P--paused, and eyed
the writing was bad or he disliked the SEN
timent. it is not known but he placed the
note by his side. and still kept his eye on
it. The last two lines, however. he did
not read, which We're IS follows :
"' SHE broke no bones, nor bruised no meat
That either cats logs world cat -
"And now, as l pass the Deacon's
house. on my way to The paternal man
sion. to eat the thanksgiving turkey, I
tell the story, and point out the Descon's s
house, and Desires also, to my stage COM
pauions all of which is true to the let
ter"
There was some considerable meaning
in the reply given to rich, pompous, and
:" within bounds" hard-drinker, (who ev-
cry day drank ju8ttoo much, and not nsuch
too much by Il topper who would get
drunk whenever he had an opportunity {:
Jiul. why do you make beast of yourself,
in this way ? Why don't you drink like
a gentleman ? Why don't you drink as
do 20 AZ w-w-ould; Colonel, If 7 he'd
tie means-hsvcn't the m-na-eanS, Colo
mel y The bystanders, who well knew
how much more the {" Colonel could and
did drink than his weaker headed broth
er, laughed loud and long at this "palpa-
bye hit.''
Little Eddy. on his way to school
frequently lUitered by a small stream
which he was obliged to pass. to witness
the gambols of his play mates while
bathing; the water being of sufficient
depth in some places for that purpose
Fearing some accident might befal him,
his mother had told him never to venture
near, and in strong terms. not to 60 into
the water. One day, however being over
come by temptation, and the urgent soli-
citations of boys older than himself, he
yielded to their opportunities and his own
wishes and for an hour entered into
their acquatic sports right heartily. But
as i'll luck would have it, while dressing
himself, by some mismanagement, he put
on his little shirt wrongside out, entirely
unnoticed by him at the time but the
quick eye of his mother saw it, and di-
vined the reason at once. Before retiring
for the night, it was customary for the lit
tie boy to kneel by her side and repeat
his little prayer. While on his knees,
she took the opportunity to reprove him
for disobeying her commands
&c Edmund, how is that the buttons are
on the inside of your shirt collar 90
II don't know: isn't that the way,
mother ?"
T " IN No. my son you have disobeyed me,