Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-05
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THAT'S ME!-A poor Hottentot in South
ern Africa lived with good Dutchman who
kept up family prayer daily.-One day he
read, Two men went up into the temple to
pray"
The poor savage, whose heart was already
awakened, looked earnest at the reader, and
whispered,
Nov III learn how to pray"
The Dutchman read on. "God, l thank
thee am not as other men
"No, l am not but am worse" whisper
ed the Hottentot.
Again the Dutchman read, II fast twice in
the week. give tithes Of all possess"
81 don't do that. l don't pray in that
manner.--What shall l do2' said the dis
tressed savage.
The good man read on until he came to the
publican, who would not lift so much as his
eyes to heaven"
That's me-" cried the hearer.
"Stood afar Off" read the other.
"That's where l am p said tho Hottentot.
"But smote upon his breast. saying, God
be merciful to me sinner"
"That's me, that's my prayer" cried the
poor creature, and shifting on his dark breast,
he prayed, God be merciful to me a sinner"
until, like the poor publican, he went down to
his house saved and happy man.
MILITARY GLoRY-During the Mexican
war, q company (G) of l05 effective men
shipped from Detroit. The company went
to Vera Cruz. OF these, 70 were cut off in
the 40 days before Vera Cruz. Five more
perished afterwards. The small remnant Of
30 returned from the campaign, and. went into
quarters at Detroit. Of those Is have since
died-and Of the Is not one is capable OF
doing hard work.
| Posr OFFICE ANEcDoTE.-The Newbury-
port Herald tells the following Post Office
auecdote:
A rap at the delivery.
enthusiastically my lad, what will you
have? ?"
Boy-"Here's letter, she wants it to go
along as fast as it can, cause there's teller
wants to have her here, and she's courted by
another feller what amt here; and she wants
to know whether he is going to have her or
not
Having delivered his message with great
emphasis, the boy departed, leaving the Post
master SO convulsed with laughter that he
could make no reply.
"Go IT WHILE YoU'RE YoUNG."-The fol-
lowing marrige notice cut from the Memphis
(Tenn) Appeal of the 4th u.imo, is prac-
tical carrying out the above advice: Married
on Friday, the 26 day of June, in Herando,
Miss. by Green d. Campbell Esq, John
Founders, aged is years, to Miss. Lou. Har-
ris aged IL years.
A happy comment on the annihillition oi
time and space by locomotive agency ss a,
follows: A little child who rode fifty miles
in railroad train then took coach to her
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asked on her arrival if she came by the cars
We came little ways in the cars and then
all the rest Of the way in carriage.
A Nebraska editor announced his plans
for celebrating the fourth Of July =
ave shall luXuriate over our dinner until
about four o'clock, when We shall go and
swim for halfsn hour, 'teter' for another hal
an hour, and then pitch cents in the dark. IL
the evening We shall go acquiring"
RAILROAD coIIoQUy.-I wonder whether
they furnish any refreshments on the road 7
asked passenger No. l ; to which No.2 re
piled, nothing but jams" and No. 3, "excep
smashes sometimes"
The WOMAN who made pound of butte
!, out of the cream Of joke, aud cheese iron
! the milk of human kindness, has since WASHED
the close of year, and hnng 'em up to dry ca
, bee line.
Some people have sbont as adequate al
idea of heaven as the good woman whom thu
: neighbor was consoling for the loss of her son
"If his grandmother is in heaven" sob6e'
J the poor woman, 81 know she won't see Bill.
+, abused !"
the best Description of Weakness W,
have ever heard is contained In a wag'
query to his wife when she gave hin
some chicken broth, il she would try to coa'
: that chicken to wade through the soup once
more.
s "Where YOU ever in Cork ?" said the ga,
0 Mrs. Jones. In the blandest OF manner an.
Q sweetest of tones. 'sNo Madam, said
Q though in Dublin. I've been. Yet oil Cork
is only the drarings I've seen =