The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-06-11


by battling winds, it WAS in the midst of church
services, on Sabbath morning that he land
cd at village where only tic CLERGYMAN
knew hm He was in tnil sea rir. His en-
trance to the audience rccm attracted no at
tcn'on. But when, during the drawer, after
the sermon, he walked up the aisle. and be-
gan to ascend the pulpit steps, all c,,S wcrc
on hIn. The Young people Uttered. and IT,.
tlthlng men began to look authoritative. as if
business was on hand The oifratinr ,ler-
lyman at the close OF his PRAYER. cordially
>hook HIM by the hand to the growing sur
prise OF the spectators not lc>>rn",! bv the
Doctor rl>ln" 10 make sonIc a,llif;onal re-
marks. "Nhcn hcgalI." We once hr,r; n.
Doctor say, Il could see all the rood and So
Der people looking rather crave at >r,rL an
appearance, while all the Young people wink
eu at each other as if they expected some
sport. But it was not loug before | saw th.
old folks begin to look up and smile. and the
Young folks to look sober" Iianv on,. Ia,
heard Doctor Bcecherin one O, hi> hes, mood.
III dh cNteinporaneous outburst.thcv can well
imagine with what power an aprlic,tion
would come from HIM and how the snJJ.n
transitions OF feeling and the Stranoe contrasts
between his weathcr-beaten appearance. and
his impa>slon"d eIoincncc. wc.,l h.irb,,,,
The effect. When he concluded he turned
to the pastor and said. How could Won hay.
such fine sermon without any application -
i wrote ont the body OF the sermon. mean
InE to extemporze the appration, bu, after
vou came III it scared it out Of NV head"
he finest effects Of his mind ar. not IN
his writings, hut were unexpectedly thrown
ont IN inspiration of speech or IN converse
ton. Many apothegn> and condensed s,nri-
mcnt> If recorded would become popular
proverbs
Dr. Beecher Is now nearly eighty wears
old, and Is still vigorous and laboriou>. and
h> simple habits his temperance, hi~ buo,
am, and chcrriunc>>, AMI his habits ofpl,>-
l"al exercise, have prolonged a llt. to ti,i,
degrrr. and which has ALWAYS been ,hr.a-,.p-
rd with dy>pcptic ailments. In ,lu>;nr. W..
may put together several Characteristic in,r-
''"'''- = v7r;are tiots -ro 7r-he,.,,..r =,
which We believe unqr,.>tonabls.
II" onr" rr'rjvci trnM <c,c:ai !l,l,.< %, ~.
church 4 sum of ncn,y 'or hi uifc.fr It. u>c-
'd III ;he ri.ri'a~" Of carp,; Il W, pn,
m h'> Ne-' pocket. and of rour>r f"r.ortru-
There was about this tim" au c,fnr; an foo, To-
hHl}d m orthodox church IN a n,i,h'orin,
village. in VIII h the Dotor took cr".r inter
ctt. Meeting gentleman engaged in the
enterprise, the Doctor expressed a wish ro
give something towards it himself Ran>a K
ng his pockets, he discovered this Garnet
money. and expressed great snrpri>e at it.
unexpected Whv-vhen did I
get this | am sure don't remember this
money Well. it i PLAIN Pro,ilesc~ ?rovid-
ed ii for this cause" No. many weeks after
the lady donors called. expecting to see the
new carpet on the pastors parlor. Nothing
was known about 1t by the good wife The
Doctor waS summoned. and the case stated
There, that was ii remember now. II
mnSt have been the money gave tor that
church. ."
When he was about sxtv-eight or seventy
years OF age, he visited son in the interior
OF Indiana. One OF the Young men Of the
village kindly volunteered to 20 ont with the
doctor to hunt. After some success they took
little circuit. each of hi> own Hearing the
doctors gun. Mr. Y. made toward him. and
to his surprise, saw the doctor boots and coat
oil, about twenty feet up tree, and max in.
his way nimbly. Doctor, doctor, Mat are
you dong :" Il shot a squirrel. and he ran
into that hole, and I'm determined To have
HIM ont" 1t was only on the promise of his
young friend that he would 20 up and eject
him, that he consented to give over his pcril-
GUS climbing
When about seventy five wears of age. he
spent fortnight in the eastern part OF Name
a party OF gentlemen at Calais went with
him upon little expedition into the Indian
territories, spending several davs there hunt
ing and fishing, When about to embark on
-, .t,n,, 1,l-
guide. Etienne. rather objected 10 50 old a
man attempting the adventure. fearing that
he would give out. He did not know hi,
man. The doctor rowed with th, best of the
youngsters; caught more tro9t than all the
rest of the party together, AMI returned each
day from the various tramps in the lead eat
his fish OF a rock with a sea biscuit for
trcncher, and fingers for knives and forks.
slept on the ground upon hemlock branches
under the tent, aud at length the Indian
guide went from the extreme of depreciation
to the highest expressions of admiration in
his powcr,-Sayin-, All, old man, all H.
dian -
While residing on Long Island, in early
life, he was returning home Just at evening.
from a visit to old Dr. Wool worth Seeing
what he thought in the dark, to be rabbit
by the road side, little ahead, he reasoned
with himselfthus,- "They are rather tender
fellow sits still till cane up.
| think | could hit him vith these books. a /
goodly bundle of which he had in his hand