The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-07
Miscellany.
A Tiga. sausese.

The TTerton IN. ~ American, taking the
affirmative Of the question, Can a man dying
n tue Democratic faith, with all the peryuis-
tics Of Christian, go to Heaven% proce eds
to illustrate the case By telling Boston stor5,
"preciseIy IN polnt" What gives additional
piquancy to the narrative is the tact that the
American Is Copperhegd sheet, OF the strict
est sect. Tbs story runs as follows:
There once lived In the most oyeT-classic
uslqhborbocd OF Dock Square, an Old fellow
vlo va3 ca led BY the boys Gere al Il
lie kcDt q gin nil and "grog shop" and was
oltogotner what is known as IA hard case. One
morniug he addressed crowd OF lcungers
thus:
Boys, had queer dream last night--a
most sirornary dream-fact.'
well, General, what was it? What did
HWell, boys, dreamed died."
'Nol did you? Woll,' said all the crowd in
& breath, ''Where did you so to?"
went to Heaven~
SO, come now, General that is little too
much, you know-eouldnt be, you know"
Fact. boys, Tor all that went to Heaven
"But hoT did You get in, General?"
WAL. that's the queer part OF it, and I'll
tel yoR how. You see when got there, r
@A-s0S 10y HHtJ GP W g S,@tSs eiiAd NhNShSns
asked what place thai was, and somebody
looked over the wall and asked me what
wanted, and ! said / wanted 10 come inside.
Then he SAID he was st. Peter and that was
tho gate Of Heaven, and told him that was
just where wanted to get TO. He asked me
some questions, and was just goin' to let me
in, when, just my ,arnal luck, along came the
devil, and he hollercd out TO Peter that be-
l0nged TO him, and hadn't any business in-
side. OF course coul not say nothing. but
] felt awful scary. Well, right away, Peter
hs came outside and says he: Satan, what
Claim have yeu on that soul p why said the
devil, he is my man. he's been selling rum
md shaking rr1ps down in Boston more than
twenty years. Il admit that said Peter, but
didn't be always sell good liguor?' We'll, yes,
I'm bound to admit he did, said Satan. Did
he ever cheat at prop shaking?' Not that 1
can proTe.' Wen. then, says the saint, you
can have him on that began to feel bet
Ter, boys, when the devil says he, .But this
fellow sold rum on Sundays Peler looked
sharp at me, and asked me if that was 81?
daren't lie, SO said, yes, but always paid
the largest subscription OF any man in yhe
parish to the minister's salaryv Well, says
Peter TO Satan, that alters the case again, you
SEQ With that the devil got little riled,
and says he, i can't bother here all day
about him. Agreed says Peter, and they
threw me down and sot on me, and Satan
got the first throw, and he threw three six
es! Oh, didn't l feel myself goner when /
felt him wrIgele his tail for be thought and
knew that three skies couldn't be beat, and
Gays he, Peter, rye got him.' Hold on says
he, 4 haven't had my throw yeti ard he took
the box, and shook and sheok, although
couldn't see the use on it; and as I'm Twin
sinner yet, he threw two skies and a seven
The devil he jumped up quick, and putting
of, says he. Peter, it amt no sort of uce--if
you are going to come them miracles on. me
you can have himv So you see, boys, l did
get 10, but it took miracle to do It!
That is what it takes-just miracle. I