The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-30
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gathered together, with marvellous
good taste. the following sLsid and So
her anecdotes for the Improvement of its
readers:
DIR. Gilly relates the following anec-
dote, which was told by a well known
Irish character, ThRddeus Connolly,
who used to spend much of his time in
wandering through Ireland, and in
structing the lower classes iu their ma
tive language. II went" said he, lone
Sunday, into church to which a new
incumbent had been lately appointed.
The congregation did not exceed half a
dozen, but the preacher delivered him
sell with as much energy and affection
as if he was addressing a crowded
audience. After the service / expressed
TO the clergyman my wonder that he
should preach SO fervently to such a
small number of people. Were there
but one,' said the rector, my anxiety
for his improvement would make me
equally energetic" The following
year Connolly went into the same
church; the congregation was multi
piled seventy fold. The third year he
found the church full.
The following has been going the
rounds of the newspapers. Men seem
TO forget that the distinction of the clean
and unclean beast were expressly abol-
ished in the vision of st. Peter on the
house-top of Simon the tanner, just be-
fore he was called TO visit Cornelius
the centurion:
DIR. Adam Clark, who had strong
aversion to pork, was called upon to
say a grace at dinner where the princi-
pal dish was roast pig. he is reported
to have said, 20 Lord, If Thou canst
bless under the gospel what Thou didst
curse under the Law, bless this pig"
ny
ago, in Scotland, he was introduced to
an aged minister, somewhat resembling
himself in piety and eccentricity. The
old man looked at him for some time
very earnestly, and, at length, said:
"Weei, 1 have been looking for some
teem at the leens of your face" And
what do you think of it," said Mr..
Hill. why, am thinking that if the
grace of God had ma changed your
heart, you would hR been a most tre-
mandous ropue.r Mr.. Hill laughed
heartily, and said, "WelI, you have
Just hit the nail on the head"
Let clergymen beware how they at
tempt to speak in a stilted style to chill
dren, or ask them questions. Some
where we saw the following story:
A clergyman on Sunday school oc-
casion was speaking to IA large audience
of children, when he saw that he must
do something to rouse their attention.
Just then he had spoken OF Peter, SO
he paused, and asked IL any OF the chill
dren could tell him anything about
Peter; but their mouths were all closed.
He appealed to the older scholars,
younger scholars, and then at last he
came to the youngest, and he said,
Come, now, little ones, shame your
elders, and tell me something apont
Peter"
81 can," exclaimed little four-years
old.
"Can you; that is good girl. Well,
come right up here, and tell us all that
you know about Peter"
The little girl was passed forward to
Nov" said the speaker, ''let us hear
what you know about Peter. Speak
right out"
The little girl spoke:
"Peter, Peter.
Pumpkin eater, &c"
Oh! dreadful fall, Had the speaker
spoken of ST. Peter, perhaps the little
girl might have done better. But let
those who address children beware how
they trust those little minds, FOR no one
knows " hat associations may wake up.
An American, once attempting to ad-
dress Partisan audience in French,
eXtemPorRneously, earnestly exhorted
them to take of the water of life freely
in literal translation from the Eng
lish ''edW de Uie," the French for
brandy; Che should have used the
phrase "eau vivant.") The audience
lost the force of the eXhortatiOn entire
ly.
A Frenchmau once returned thecom-
plIment in English, by endeavoring to
give the benediction in the following
form: "May the good Lord pickle you"
He meant preserve.
A Clergyman going to n miserly old
lady to beg for a worthy object, found
himself refused on the ground of pow
erty. Feigning himself much interest
ed in her story, he expressed great sur
prise thereat, and said: 81 had not
thought you in such want" and then
taking out some money, he continued
Here is something that will do for
the present purpose; when 1 call again
1 will bring YOU more" The old lady
was so enraged that she gave him a
good round sum to show him that she
did not mean she was pauper.