The Shasta courier., 1867-03-09
SHASTA COURIER.
An Earnest Man.

An acquaintance relates the following com
ical scene which he witnessed one night a a
village theater:
The piece had passed off without interrup
ton, until the last scene. The character oi
Romeo was excellently enacted and loudly
applauded. The very model OF lover was
before the tomb Of the Capulets, gazing upon
the motioness form of her who bad 50 at
tracted his soul, and meditating upon com
mittng an act which would send his spirit t.
that undiscovered country where he sur pos
ed Juliet's had gone. just as he exclaimed.
..IIere's to nv lovein and at the same time
raised the vial which contained the poison to
his lips, stalwait young countryman jump
ed on the stage, seized him, dashed the vial
from his hand, crushing it into atoms, and
yelling
yer darned fool ! she amt dead Only
been takin' sleeping medicine. Didn't yer
get the parson' letter ?"
.Sirrah!r growled out the enraged trage
dian, while the house fairly shook with
laughter.
why. yer gal amt dead | tell yer The
way it was, they wanted to make Julla marry
that chap thar" pointing TO Paris: whose
business you hate just settled, but tell you
Julia war spunk-she got her back up and
vowed she never would do it, even if while
she war living in the vault the ghost of the
other fellow whom you kilt should dash her
brains out with the bones of some of Ter
dead Cousins. Wal, her spunk war up. and
she took the stuff the parsnu fixed, she
could play the possum till you gO5 hum
That's the way it war, replied the country
man, giving the desperate lover poke in the
ribs with his elbow, and at the same time
loosing his hold.
Curse on the fellow - mutered the
raving tragedan, as he stalked behind the
scenes.
"Wal, now." said the eountryman. front
ing the audience, :" if that amt little the
dud darneI meanest cuSS ever did see,
hope to be swowed. That's all the thank,
get for stoppin' him pizenn' himself. Hpe
to be tarnaly smashed if ever | 20 to inter-
fere agin when teller wants to murder him
self" he continued, a, he clamhered back 10
his seat, just in time to prevent hls upper
story from coming in contact with the cur
tain as it descended.
A MODEL PARIsH.-A correspondent of
Dublin paper gives the following picure-a
pleasant picture it is, too-cf an Irish parish
When the Episcopal rector hears ha oee ofthe
Presbyterian clergymen is ILL., he immediate
ly Collects all MS own u'ick 10 pray Will nun
for the life and health of his Presbyterian
brother. The rector, also, by invitation,
visits his Presbyterian brother and prays by
his bedside, When the rector is ill., the
Presbyterian clergy convoke their congrega-
ton, and prayer is offered for the sick Epis
copalian. When the rector goes abroad, one
of the three Roman Catholic priests address
es him with a kind pr ,posal to provide gift
of s.out horse for his comfort. THIS same
I priest (now Roman Catholic preate) re
commended his people always to show mark
ed respect to the ladies of the rector's family
wle1 they met them walking. Another
priest watches for the rector on his return
from parochal vsitations, and asks him,
with hearty good will. to refresh himself
with cake and wine The Roman Catholic
parishouers send fish. new potatoes. and
bulky caulinowers to the rector When any
of the ladies' of the family are sick, great is
their concern. When a daughter. who loved
them all and ever ministered to the sick and
poor, was dying last year, prayers were Of
fered up in the Roman Catholic houses in
her behalf Nay, when the rector was,
some time since, dangerously ILL.,. prayers
were offered up for his recovery in the Roman
Catholic chapel in his parish. The parish is
Laughlin Island, and the rector is DR.. Drew
Honorable Grand Chaplain of the Grand
Lodge Of Ireland