The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-08-30

IETEE I All WRIGHT T-Mr. CtrtwrIu uht
WAS once w,i'''i upon bv a worthy clergyman
Of another church. who l.,rur,.i h,,n im his
ALLEGED rgnoranr- o: Greek aud Il,i,,rw
And pray. -. who informed Won" said
Mr. CriWF:ghr."f ! VA una ,in;rJ with
the Greek ani II. hrew lsnsua.-s:"
w ell. do moi ren-rntrr that | have been
told ~ ''v anv one. hut presume! II was 80.
a> Methodist preachers generally. believe,
are without classical rdur ration'
'Ah. well. sir. Won should not take thinps
on presumption. without havnc good grounds
tisrrcf"r. +>I,r'iallv IN - "rar,.a charge As
that which ,on have uttered lir>f rn- You
I >n'ro>'.. understand th.->t i..n.ua..->:"
H.. profess I" know >oim,hiN- Of them i"
'W"lI. tor auahr know. have ~ good a
r,"'f Z" '!c,:'' gGr k;:o7.'. 1! =. O. Creek and
IT, hre" as Nou nave "a call L.. question nv
'rIuiirtaIi'e "Ih them. Allow nie, sir, 10
eNti;'inr von concerning ynur kr"wl,.'!ce ot
the '-rctk. 1i:-n takiu. M, from the table
hv w'lirh he was seated book a"ut the size
OF a Testament. opening il and alle,ring TO
read ''irrriiutn. h.. ur'rrrd a lev words I'M
putch. oi winch he had little >n.artrriny,
aud r",i'inn,d Nil Won bee nn.I .nuu.b
tn translate into En.ii-h that verse from the
Greek OF thr t,.'>i,i oi =. john"
/ "l'.dc.I. >iI. replied the clergyman little
embarrassed 10y the unexpected tarn 10 the
conversation. IN, tIun. has been 80 much
"tuihc'i f"r ni,lt wears with ;'roi.->>ina ,u-
'i">. that have no finis ID lock i,ro the
''n'"k Testament. aud have plohatiy got a
liiir ru>t, iii The ianyuic-'
VERY prohahlr We'll. suppose W.. must
excuse ,uu. ~ know >,iipr;iin, uf III. r,s,-
tora! oiiirr EIt. dou'tir>S. Won have been
III re careful III preserving your anuw.rdre
II 'i" li"trrw aud takih. up AMI opening
another h'"h ;i'uu' a. iar.e "A b IT,, he
continued. "and If Won pea>r, sir, | will
thank .ou 70 translate a i.as>are from the
Hebrew P,'ntirruch, uiicri.ig another seL.
tenrc IL. ID nth
The re,rirr': gentleman l., this time he
came Iut" ''"nfu>,-d. and >.-.iin. 10 think he
had got n;o the wong box lac abruptly
rose and retired.
/ Olp GoEnnN AND TiIL LAppIIs John
Gordon who died near TurrIt!. l,an.>hire
som" tim. AGO. had attained the are of one
hundred and thirty-two. All the travellers
who chan'ed to call at the nri-l. torinr inn
OF Turriil. were uniformly directed bv the
.andlahv. Mrs Wallace, 70 the ro.',,e oi the
patriarch, "wliere ti.rv wal >re.'' She used
To say. the aude>, man i B.nr>hirr--av. in
a the warld." Anon. tle visitors one ,lav. a.
bon: the close o. harvest. was a vnun- Eng
ii>hrnan, who, coming up I" the door of the
cottage, arco>t.-d venerable looking man
employed in knitting hose. with so, r,v old
friend. can Won srr 70 knit at your advanced
period ot life : One hundred and ;irtv-two
is truly rare are" "Dril', in IL, man 1t
i'll he INV grandfather we're s.ckirs-I'm on
lv seventy three. ,tI fad Lin round the
corner o the ho,>." On turning rnlnh the
corner. 'he stranger encountered a de5:iitaf-
..t, old man, whose whiten.d locks hor. festi-
mory TO his having Ion. a>>.,l the meridian
/ II HE. and whom the stranger Al once cOnclu-
/ I'D 10 l.. John Gordon him>-l. You seem
Sond.r'u!l, fresh. my god sir, for so old
! nan doubt hot You have experienced
.,.any vici>>itui.> in the course ofyour very
ons life" Whats vour wull. sir ?"innuir-
II the person addressed. whose sense Of hear
ns WAS >nn-u.,; impaired. The oh>erva-
lon WIS r,rratc1 -. ,r'il he wanting ny
'ahn. 1rcson-h, 5 tie yard there ~
III, 81. oc.r ~ = ---,-ea - s--dsa, sse-s