The Placer herald., 1858-10-16
Old Isaac's Success in Passing the Hat.

OAN AoudC OUCCCoo III dSSllS JlC x1dUs
A correspondent of the New York Courier
and Enquirer, writing from Tallahassee, Flo
rida, gives an interesting account Of the Sun
day services of the colored people on cot
ton plantation in that vicinity, the preacher
being an individual known as Old Isaac.-
The writer says the sermon was the first of
series which Isaac proposed to preach to
them in accordance with their invitation.
In announcing his acceptance of the invita-
ton, he is represented to have said:
"Afler der most serious debiitaton, I
have finally 'cluded to preach der wurd unto
yer. don't Ak you nary thing for my
preaching, but as it costs me something to
come so far, and as has no horse nor mule
to fetch me, and as am consequently oblig-
ed to hire one Of white individual what
lives in that neat little whitewashed house
just der other side of my mill, down by der
hill der, which cost me cne dollar, | have
thought it best to ask you, by beloved con-
gregation, to detribute one picayune piece,
and pay for my mule. | don't ask nary
thing for my preaching, only for my mule.
MIR. Steward you may pass your hat, or that
of any other brother.' Josh, the steward,
prepared to pass the hat, and The colored
gemmen' made sundry desperate attempts
to pull out their wallets, some looking ex-
cessively surprised at finding no picayune
within. One row Of negroes 'detrbuted'
each the amount requested. When Josh
pushed his hat over towards our party, we
threw in more than enough to pay for the
mule, wishing to remunerate Isaac somewhat
for the preaching. You can Judge of our
surprise when the hat was passed to the next
row, to see a great black fellow deliberately
turn The contents of the hat into his lap,
coolly count them over, and, having satisfied
himself that there was a sufficient amount to
pay for der mule thrust his own bit back
into his pocket, and with a foolish grin to-
wards us, passed the hat to the next II is
needless to say that no more picayunes were
'detributed after that contrecoup. The worst
remains to be told. After the benediction,
the luckless contributors rushed hastily for
ward, and withdrew their deposits and even
commanded Josh to keep in reserve all the
surplus remaining after paying for der mule
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS The Buff
falo Repubic cleyerly hits several things in
the following take off:
Enquirer THE Fourth of July does not
occur on the 22d of February, nor is it, as
you suppose, commemorative of anything
that has happened to the Rochester Union.
Robertson. He was not hid in the sop-
pail He was under the bed.
Mother.'-Reverse and spank
Statistics s.'-Seven times five are thirty
! five.
Helen.'-You can keep them up with
elastics.
Medicus.'-Apply shoemaker's wax and
then squeeze it.
'Geographer.' r.'-Rochester is on the canal
east Of Lock sport
'Stumucalle. Fifteen drops each of laud-
anum and camphor and rub it.
MosT ExTRAoRDINARY.-Lately the wife
of a well known citizen of GAINESVILLE, Ohio
has given birth to five children, under the
following extraordinary circumstances: She
was brought to labor at the apparently prop
er time, and was delivered Of two children
Three days after she was delivered of two
more, and on the fourth day she had the
fifth child. What is most extraordinary of
all in this wonderful development, the ply
scian in consultation pronounced that she
had the sixth of which she was to be re-
lieved. Can the world equal this9
The Syracuse Courier says the product of
the Onondaga Salt Springs will this year
amount to at least seven millions of bushels,
being an excess of nearly million over any
previous year. The highest product hereto
fore was in 1855, when there were manufac-
tured 6,os2 1856 bushels. The product this
year will fill 100000. barrels, which at
Il o5 will foot LIN To Il 7h0 600