Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-11-04
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From the "KSIcKERBockER" for November.
Desire AVres.

ladies duly organized into SeUing Circle
Among the sewers that went forth to sew
on these occasions, was maiden lady o
about forty-by name, DESIRE AYREs
She was an inveterate snuff-taker, and he
nasal twang was not particularly agreeabl
to any body; and she was sometimes, t.
the inconsiderate, the subject Of practica
jokes.
By the aid of the Circle five promis
ing young men were enabled to gradual,
from -University ,and expected to ente
the ministry. But to the indignation o
DESIRE and others, one had a call from
charming young widow to take charge o
aplantation, which Of course he accepted
Another had a call to quack- medicines
another to school teaching although he sool
arrived to great distinction as horse
jockey and DAVID JONES, Esq, can post
you up as to the fourth. The last, Mr.
P, blundering, near-sig sighted, absent.
minded man, graduated at the Theological
Seminary, and went as missionary to an
island of the Pacific After twenty years
absence, he returned to visit the scenes of
his boyhood, and to look upon the faces of
those who had SO kindly assisted him. The
JOY of the old folks at home knew no
bounds. The young people caught the
A af al f,1l Il
him wherever he went, and compelled him
to pass but single night under the same
roof. They lived over again the sceues of
the 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 villagers cackled Ike
pullets over their first egg and each old
lady that had set stitch for the Circle
took full credit for every conversion, re-
serving but small share for the mis-
sionary.
No one followed up the meetings more
constantly than a little old woman with a
wizzled-up face, of the shape and color of
cocoa-nut Her head was deposited in
the extreme corner of huge, faring bon
net, Of fashion that had out-run the
memory of man. This was the veriraole
DESIRE AYRES. Nor had the new growth
of boys ceased to tease her.
Tonight there is meeting at Deacon
F-s. 1t is November, and the house
is crowded. Mr. p stands in the door
way, where the 'keeping-room opens into
tha L;t.,ha., =. c. l. -
in which half the 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 herself before the huge
fireplace. The boys look at each other
and laugh. They believe more in DESIRE
than in P. They pile tie wood on
the fire, and are pleased to see her move
back, and back, as the heat increases
beyond her endurance. And now some
chestnut-wood begings to 'snap,' and DE-
SIRE 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 relief!
In a moment DESIRE comes trudging
upstairs, 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 with 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 matter of course. The usual
requests for prayers for the afflicted were
read /; and among the rest, one handed to
Mr.. P, as he passed the entry. 1t
ran as follows:
-Drsn,E ArErs desires prayers
For tumbiing down the Dcacons stairs"
Here Mr.. p paused, and eyed the
note for minute or more. Whether the
writing was bad, or be disliked the senti.
ment, is not now known; but he placed
the not by his side, and still kept his eye
ON it. The last two lines, however, he did
not read, which were as follows:
.SuE broke bones, nor bruised no meat
That either CATE or dogs would eat"
And now, as pass the Deacon's house,
on my way to the paternal mansion, to eat
the thanksgiving turkey, l tell the story,
and point out the Deacon's house, and
DESIRES also, to my stage-compauions {:
all Of which is true to the letter.
CURIOUS REAsoN.-The New Haven
Register thinks the reason why the thanks
giving proclamation of the Governor for
Massachusetts, was SO short, is 10 be found
in the fact that there are SO MANY and va
rims reIigions craads IN Mace, .b,eot..