The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-08-07
WIT AND WIaDOM.

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and from church In q carriage. This ...s
OHense 60 one OF bis members nd least 80
went 90 far 40 20 hand In, among tia nc.
tices, one requesting "the prayer OF this
congregation for the pastor, Who, yieldine
to pride, 10 I'm the habit OF riding In his Cav.
riage, not content, like HE Divine Master -
Hill had read tho paper, and observed the
sensation created, that he noticed the inn
port and then laying Il down he sald: "It
il true, brethren, ride In my carriage. but
if the anshor OF this n0tioe will appear at tha
door no che oonelusion Of the services. sad.
died and bfidlsds will do my beat TO ride
him home"
Gnn oR WRnoE.-He Who ssdulouslv
attends, pointsdly Asks, calmly speaks.
cody answers, and oeases when no has 40
more to cay, 10 in the possession OF some Of
the best mental gifts Of mankind.
A HARD-s sGsLL Baptist preacher Ia Wash
ington lately took FOR his texs, "Qod made
man after hls own image" He Ghen com
menced, ''An honest mans the noblest work
uf GDd." He made . lOnR pause, and look
cd searct ingly about the audience, and
then exclaimed. "Bat opine CID al.
mighty hasn'E had q job 10 this ciEy for If
teen years."
An lfi hmAn, Recommending Oow, said
sbs wOuld gave good milk year after year,
without bssing calves, because is ran e the
breed, ~ she came from q COW that never
bad oaG
A aFeas 10 Lld Of . soldier i'm the army
whose only fault was drunkenness. His
colonel rem anstsAsed with him;
TON you are bold fellow and q good
soldier, but you get drunk"
"COlonel," replied Tom, show can you
expect ali the virtues Of the human charac-
ter combined for sixteen dollars . month S'
OxcE upon time, down iu old Virginny,
there hourished q veteran Ethiopian, who
sas known far and wide by the hfgh- sound
ing cogomen OF "Unole C@sar POmp." Nov,
Uncle Caesar POnIp was q preacher, some.
thing Of o sensation preacher. and popular
accordingly. On one occasion be undertook
TO give bic hearers an account OF the Orea.
rion Of man, and q singular jumble Of Gen.
eeis and the Indian legends be made Of it:
"You see, bred'ren, when the Almighty Hrst
make man, be make him out OF de- duss on
de earf-dat 10, ous OBJ de mud In de furro,'
and den lay him on the top rail oh de fence
20 dry in the SUM-" Here an eager little
pickanniny in the audience jumpei up and
interru pted with the trenenant query, ''Hal-
10, U0c Cesar Pomp, wkar ds wood cum
from dat fsnce made OF ?" Now, when Un-
Gle Ca ar vas 'sriIed," Il Is the painful du-
ty Of this historian to record LnAs he was
apt 70 make use Of expressions hardly con.
sistent With his duty ~ o preacher OF che
world. 00 this particular occasion no was
not only riled but Sorely puHzled for mo.
mens, but he soon retrieved himself. Fixing
nis eye on the deliOquent, and emphasizing
| every word With Q SHAKE OF his long, b1nY
6nger, he roared out: You sassy litrie
nig1ar In the last day, when you'se bur-
nin' 40 IN de flames oh eternal abaoI dtI0n.
yOH iOOR't Gsk nhGr de GOOD cum from dat
fire made ef-yOu v0n't! No sir-s-s-s-sE"
THE BUGG BEAR.-Natural history has Nv
myths and its ghosts, on well aE snny body
else, and foremost among these i1-the buRR
bear. t4.
The bugg bear il born from an imaginary
sgg, and i basehsd BY - ,isaaglnsry pro-
Thsf are liks q shadow In ths af.eruoou,
alwaya.a o. gOed-daal bigger than the thing
shMs tmaa a.
They 49, composed ortpo sntIrsly dif-
lssel iain4 80 asseg .acs ahe A:sz eas
MAur hra llNs phoi n5upts ov bsnkruDt
eAA MoHm H0m mKnmine shsm. che
amali0R tAaT GknM.
II kAfo known fhe1 3gw onn put os . hole
Iltb misb, nnd Rrow in ssw minutes aE biz
on ani sivphants aud ehsn Rpn back Agin lHto
the same hole they oum 0ut 0v.
They are like Q young white pigeon In
their habits, the biggest when they are 6rst
born.
They are common 10 oil countrys and all
peoples, the philosophers hav seen them an
! often a1 the children hav, and ban AZ badly
skared BY them.
They are az innocent a. q rag doll, but
are ~ full oV deviltry az q jack lsnrsO.
BugS bears sre az plenty in Ihis world aE
pms on the side walks, bus nobody ever
seen them but those folks who are allus
hunting for them.