Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03
WHOLE NO. i7s
Parfeling Ont tie Sernn1

z-szsz-sss>ser.
d Parceling Ont tie Segn0l
d Old Deacon SaHord-of, asi.e
e was familiarly called, Deacon JoZ
= Z. was rigid discipIinarian, aud beng
u The senior church deacon, iool<ca
\ after Che de!inqnenis wi,!sra slsfd.
$ sfeye, Deacon 10 was 10 Tie hal5t
I foi 'parc9iing ont The serfI8u,
: ling to each one Of the. congfeaa-
! lion Their portion. accoFli8! as f4
t thought, they needed.
Z One warm Sabbath afternoon ;.ie
lpastor, thinking that tfhss WIS
had no interest in the subject 6f "a. 2
J aIIigion would most likely f5A asIecp,
prepared himself TO preach dtrctt
lily 10 the church. Tic deacon
4 was on hand 10 parcel cut the str
mon as fast asst came ron slie
-Elips Of the nlinisler. Tha past9f
.tcommenced with his Close lisr,,i
Ipenurious brethren, plainly: but esT
Ines:Iy.
That belongs to Brother Crsb,,
said the deacon.
The next remark Was leSlglietf
flor those who went ab0ti dbise
good, but made so much noise and
parade about it as to DESTROY 4
great part oil The good they iasenf-~
( ed to do.
1 That's sister Grimpkils, ssa
Deacon 10, no nistaking tbal.
The parson continued lis ser-
mon, bat the deacop, vile bad
worked through The week, flll into
a dozine slumber Nevertheless, III
though the body Of The leadoo was
sleeping, the mind was actife. ana.
whether the ears performed theit
functions or not, each poriibp was
as faithfully 'parceled' out aa
though The deacon had been 1Tifa
aNoke.
Finally; my brethren, concluded
the parspn, ';here IS class Of per-
sons who listen attentiscIy tofeeerv
sermon, but who are So lree-beartcfi
and benevolent Chat they do not re-
tain any Of it for themselves. bat.
parcel it ont atnqng their brethren
and sisters. W
That's mine, by ihnnderl'fsaia
Deacon lo, the ,soanA Of bis aoice
awakening him, 'and desegreufi
Whether the deacon continued
the practice OF 'parceIing ont llies
sermon alterward, we are tmabie
to say, bu, presume il lie dpl that
he kept a small portion lir hlnseIf
Two Chinese have been Gslilip1
a duel IN California after The nl3ji-e
nerof their country THE w4sp
ons used. 9ere bamboo sticks. witii.
Which they uhacke,i each uber
until one was satisfied that bis
wounded honor was healed.
The State Bark Of Tennessee
has circuIptIon Of S2,1s0,0f9,
and owes 10 deposiiors S73i,F4-.
1t has Of specie, Si,lS2,997, roles
OF other banks, sI45,S0S, due BY
other banks, S5l6,37s, domestic
bills, ST ,455,9G0, notes discounted.
s., l5S COS, sc. The f,olItrs and
dfPositers are abunda0liy project
Ell.
IN I.UC4 The West Point Bea-
con learns that at the drawing Of
Tie Southern Military Academy
Lottery, on the 20th ult-, two deaf
and dumb brothers, named Mathis,
residents of Knox county, Tenn,
drew handsome pFizes-one taking Z
Lhe $1,000 aad the other the $500
prize.
The down train on the Mad riv-
,r and Lake Erie road, on Friday,
IAN from Erie to Osborn. a distance
81 eight miles, in six minutes and
ilty seconds; nearly seventy miles
)er hour! Tie same train made
wenly-iour miles id. twenty-seur
minutes. There were
TX cars in tho train.
Umbrellas, according to the bess
history, sacred and pre-
ane were first used in China iri l301
,efore the G GIiristisn Era. TheY wef5
into England in l7l6 ayn
IN East India merchant, Jacob Han
vay, who, BY the way, we'll nigh fell
. martyr iu the enterprise Of their
introduction. But notwithstanding
he .pitiless peltings Of the boys, no
.rIumphed, and a proud monument
now marks the dweliing4phlce Of hia
mortal remains,in Westminster Abhy.