Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-19

And lifes quick pulse shall cease to beat
| That they shall find an high up seat,
With Thee in Heaven.
0.K.B.
| CAPITOL, January, 1856.
| ssPopular Lectures
| PURSUIT. OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES
| Aa undebipered Lecture on the "SCa,aoaa Ldaor a.,
dinsly-tt basement Of a Ronaish church.-Ad-
oentares of Reporter.
1t was advertised in the daily papers, says the
| New York Express, that the Rev. DIR. Quinn would
deliver lecture on the Canon Law, (being one of
course,) in st. Peters (Roman Catholic) church,
Barclay street. Our reporter accordingly went
there, with pencil and paper in hand, but the
church was closed and was as dark as Acheron.
He was preparing to go away, when he perceived
light issuing from the upper part of a door in
the basement, at the west side of the church. He
| cautiously opened the door and walked in. when
he perceived the place dimly lighted up and about
thirty or forty individuals sitting round table,
and discussing some matters which did not exactly
strike with sufficient force ON the tympanum of his
| ear, to enable him to copy them on the tablets
either of his Ilemory or his pencil paper Several
of the party looked up, and seemed to be surprised
at his entrance, when one of the conclave Ia stout
man) at length and approached him with
look of anxious inquiry The following dialogue
then took place
Reporter-"May ask, sir, if the Rev. Father
Quinn lectures here tonight"
Answer-Gn rich Irish brogue. Yes, sir !;
he's there, among the Society"
Rep" But does he not lecture tonight ?"
| A." Does he not what? ?"
1 Rep" Lecture ="
A." No, sir; this is private meeting Of the
Society"
Rep" What Society Z"
A." You don't know, then; and its little the
wiser yen be for me-"
Rep--"Oh, excuse me- ] am a reporter, and
was sent down to hear Father Quinn, as / UNDER
stood he was to lecture on The Canon Law"
A." Oh its all a humbug."
| Rep" Thank you, sir. Good night"
And SO saying, the Reporter left, but as he got
outside voice called" Here, you can get tickets
here" As, however, his object was not to pur-
chase tickets, but to seek knowledge under diff
culties, and in which pursuit he failed he returned
to the office, leaving the Society" to settle the
Canon Law without ntruding further on their pri
yacy.
i How TO OPEN BIvALvEs Talk OF opening oys
ters," said old Hurricane, "why, nothing is easier
| if you only know how"
/ "And hows how ?" inquired Starlight !
"Scotch snuff" answered old Hurricane, very
| sententionsly. "Scotch snuff. Bring a little OF
it ever their noses and they'll sueeze their
i lids off /" -
II know genius" observed Meister Karl,
"who has a better plan. He spreads the bivalves
in circle seats himself in the centre, and begins
spinning yarn. Sometimes it's an adventure in
Mexico; sometimes legend of his loves; some
times marvellous stock operation in Wall street
As he proceeds, the natives get interested one BY
one they cape with establishment at the tremen.
dous and direful whoppers which are poured forth
and as they cape, my friend whips them out, pep
pers themy and swallows them"
"Thatll do" said Starlight, with long sigh
wish we had bushel Of Millponds' here now
They'd open easy"
Nor HALF THROUGH YET.--A good kind Of q
soul, accustomed to make six mile prayers, had
over-persuaded a guest, much against his inclina.
ton TO stay TO breakfast. The old man PRAYED
and prayed till his impatient guest began to think
seriously of edgng away quietly, but, in attempt
ing it. walked up the old mans son, who was asleep
in his chair
|" How soon win your father be through ?" whis.
pered the guest
"Don't know" sqid the boy, has he got 10 the
Jews yetYn
"No," said the other.
"Wal, then, he amt half through said the boy
and composed himself again to his wonted nap.
The guest bolted at once.
BADLY CoRNKp.-A traveller, fatipued with the
monotony Of long ride through sparsely settled
section Of country, rode up to small lad who was
engaged in trimming and dressing out sicky-
looking field Of corn, and relieved himself thus
Ny young friend, it seems TO me your corn is
rather smalln
Yes, daddy planted the small kind"
"Ah, bnt IL appears to look rather yellowish,
too" @
"Yes, sir, daddy planted the yellow kind"
From appearances, my lad you won't get more
than half crop" !.
"Just half, stranger-daddy planted IL on halls "
| The horseman proceeded on his way, and had
not been known TO speak to boy since. He calls
I them bores.
LoSe PRAYERs-Speaking against long prayers,
Elder Knapp, says
when Peter was endeavoring to walk on the
water to meet bis Master, and was about sinking,
had his supphcation been as long as the introduce
ton to some Of our modern prayers before he got
half through, he 'couid haze been my feet under
! scdter.n