Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-16
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WORKING ON THE SABBATH-There are a
great many people who profess to keep the
Sabbath, according to the fourth command
ment, but somehow or other, always End Il
multitude Of { works of necessity to be atten-
ded to- We have seen Il capital anecd0te a.
bout a family of such people, who were pref
~ severely rebuked by Il colOred man in their
employ. The family were farmers. One Sab
bath morning the colored man was not up, as
usual, ut breakfast. The son was sent to call
him, but Caesar said they might not wait for
him, as he did not wish Tor any breakfast.
why. Caesar" said the young man. 1--WE
shall want you, as soon us the dew is of, to
help about the hay
mo- said he Il cannot work any more on
the Sabbath it is not right
1T is not right! said The other. Is it not
right to take care of what Providence has Civ
en- ~?
oh, there is no necessity of it, said he,
'and tits wrong to do it.
But would you not pull your cow or sheep
out of a pit on the Sabbath, C9sarY
mo, not if had been trying all the week to
shove them in; | would let them lie there
Did you ever travel in an omnibus on a rainy
day. windowsand doors closed, eight on a side
limited of course to six-aBd among the
IL WV OhACh iNA ihoA .
'Drivare,' said a FreEchman, let me come
ont &c door; | am %suffocat. You have vat yol
call one musty rat in &c omzebus. I've n,
p~araplue. | prefare &c rain water to re nau
YaiS SMELL
An Irishman. on arriving in this country
took n fancy to the Yankee girls, and wrote t.
his wife the following:
DEAR NoRAH: These melancholy lines ar
to inform you that | died yesterday, and hop
you are enjoying the same blessing. l recon
mend you to marry Jenny O'Rourke, ar
take good care Of the children. From you
affectionate husband till death.
We heard little anecdote, while drin'
ing tea, a few months since, at the table of
friend, who prided himself upon his preser
cd pears, and his fund Of stories. Just
we were e~levating a small, deliciouslookir
pear from our plate, by the stem, he exclair
ed, Is that a pearl Certainly we a
swered, 'whyF' Because he replied,
was sitting at the table of a very excelIe
lady, who had stewed peares on the tab
A gentleman sitting beside nue., took up o
Of them, just as you are doing, and clappi
it il his mouth, pulled at the stem to get
out and leave the pear in his mouth, but
was no go. After twitching at it two
three times he gave it up in despair, a
dropping it upon his plate, remarked Il
the stem was put in tight. On examinati
however, he found the pear to be no m
or less than a mouse, which had unfortuns
ly got drowned in a preserve jar! You
better be sure that it is a pear before you
it. 1t is needless 10 say that we had enol
Of pear at that time.-Detroit Tri6ue.
The BLACK Creek MARRIAGE.-A n
riage Of rather a novel character, came
recently in the vicinity Of The Black CT
post office, in this county, the circumstal
Of which are substantially as follows: A
dant youth named Allen A.. Collins, fell
p~erately in love with Il young lady in
neighborhood, ard gave unmistakable 81
of desire to marry her, though no evidt
of n reciprocity of sentiment had been sh
by the lady. The parents of the girl
not pleased with the visits Of the enamC
gallant, and forbade him the house v
all intercourse had, for a time, 10 cease
tween him and his lady love. Matters S
thus, when the young bucks Of the neigI
hood conceived the idea Of getting up a
away match and clandestine marriage, "
was accomplished in this wise. They a
him to make in writing, a full c~onfessi,
his undying love for the girl, and since
parents were inexorable, propose a clan