The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-26

an, oD, It's surely Ill hen the ministers o
peace become the leaders o contention But
let the blame rest in the right place. Peace
is surely blessing frae Heaven-no guid
wark demanded fraeman an when it grows
our duty to be in war, it's an i'll thing to be
in neace. Our Evangelicals are stan'in', puir
/ folk, whar their fathers stood an if they
maun eicAer fight or be beaten frae their post,
why, it's just their duty 70 fight. But the
/ Moderates are rinnih' mad a'thegither amang
US signing our auld Confession, Just that
\ they NAV get Until the kirk 70 preach against
I it pairing the New Testament daun to the
\ vera standard O. the haathen Plawto and
| sinking ae doctrine after anlther, tlll they
leave ahint naething but deism that might
ScunneT an nfidel. Deed, Matthew. if there
comeana change among them, an that sune,
they'll swamp the puir kiIk a'tbegither.
1 The cauld morality that never made Ony ane
mair moral, takes nae haud O. the people (;
an patronage, as meikle's they roose 1t,
Wilma keep up either kirk or maAse O. Itsel.
Sorry am, sin Robert has entered On the
I quarrel at a. il suld hae been on the wrang
/ side"
4 "One Of my chief objections" ! said %
the religion Of the Moderate party j., that il
is Of no use"
gey serious ane,' rejOined the old
4 nan I" bat NAV be there's a waur still I'm
unco vexed Eor Robert, both on his worthy
iaither's account, and his ain Hes a fear
some fellow when ance angered, but 40
honest, warm-hearted ctield for a that /;
an there's mar sense in yon biz head q his
than ID 0ny ither twa In the country
Can you tell M aught," said the north
c. lntry gentleman, addressing my compan
Mt hu .m.... uH..fa. an
K ] was once one Of his pupils in the
far north bpt | aave heard nothIng Of him
since he left Cromarty"
Why" rejoined the Old man, he's just
the man that. mar nor a. the rest, has borne
the bTunt q Roberts fearsome waggery.
OId We ken him 10 Cromartv, say We -
lie was parish schoolmaster there said
the gentleman, " for twelve years and for
SIX Of these | attended his school. | canuot
help respecting him but no one ever loved
him Never surely was there a man a. nnce
so unequivoca.y honest and 80 thoroughly
uDamlabie.n
" KOu must have found him rigid dsci-
plirar.an, | 5aid.
he was the most so,n be replied, "IrOm
the lays "a Dionysius, at least, that ever
taught school I remember there vas a
poor fisher boy among Us named skinner
who, A. il customary m Scottish schools, a.
YOU must know, blaw the horn fir gather
ing the scholars, and kept the catalogue and
the Key ana VINO, in turn, was educated bv
the master, and received some little gratuty
from the scholars besides. On one occasion,
the key dropped Ont Of his pocket; and,
when school-ume came, the irascibe dominic
nad 70 burst open the door with his foot
he rage a. The boy with fury SIP insane,
and beat him sO unmerCfuIy, that the other
boys, gathering heart 10 the extremity ~ th-
case, hai 70 rise en- .ISse and tear hIm ont
" bis hands. But the curious part ol the
story IS vet Z, come Skinner has been a
fisherman lJr the last twelve years but
never has he been seen disengaged. flr a
moment, from that time to TINS, without
mechanically th-usung his hand into the key
pocket
Our companion furnished Us glJh two or
three anecdotes Of Mr.. R.. lie told rs of
lady who va ~ overcome by sudden terror
on unexpectedly seeing him. many years
after she had quilted his school, thai she.
iaintod away; ana w another % hia scholars,
named M0la.aau, -1hust daring fellow 0i
six feet, who. when returning to Cr1marty
from some of thl colonies, sollced himself by
the way with thoughts W the hearty drub-
bng with which be was % clear eft all his
Oh scores with THE dominic.
" Ere bis return, however" )" continued the
gentleman, Mr.. R had az tied the
parish and, had it chanced otherwise, il Il
questionable whether M'Glashan, wish an
strength AID courage, would have gained
ANYTHING ~ an encounter with one Of the
boldest ana most powerful men III t1e cOun-
try"
Such we're some of the chance glimpses
which ga'ned, at this time, of b7 iar ths
most poaerful O the opponents Of Burns.
IL was a good, conscientious man but un-
fortunate 10 q harsh, violent temper, and ~
sometimes mjstaking, as my old townsman
remarked, che dictates Of that temper for those
duty.