The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-02-16

extract part % Tie article, The Who'll
~ which is in Mr. Beoebers happies
Vein
some eighteen OF nineteen years agg
soon after conling 30 brooklyn hear
the following story toll ofttc row ven
crlble III Samuel Cox. th father d
,ie mauy brilliant sayings as vel a, 5
baaap toA II Western New York
IAo stoly ran thns Ca Sandal
tnoruhg d August, Dr. Cox. rising Il
the sermon, Witiout warning 50 pref,
began Il b 4 i bot Looking
around ~ calm aud pions way, Ii,
wiped hs forehead, aud AGAIN said. Il
IS dd hot Waiting till be tiiough
the words had burut il, be proceeded
These words, my brethren / heard
from the lips Of proiaae young ma
as | entered TOE doors o. the church.
Ihereupon, The STORY goes lie proceed
cd to gave an cdfying discourse on Tic
sin aud folly Of proiane swearing.
When first heard it, recognized
the story. 1t was an old acquaintance.
Il had been doing service in England.
II was told OF Rev Rowland Hill, only
m his case the topic was not the wealth
er, but the theatre, on which the young
mans profanity was expended. But
stock stories, Ike couriers, ike to change
horses. Before | knew it the saddle
was shifted to my back, nor have l ever
been able to shake it of. / have don,-
cd il, twice in print many times BY let
ter, and hundred times in copversa-
ton, all IN vain. The saddle sticks.
and every month we find new fool
riding in it,
Denying one Of these stories is Ike
fighting Canada thistles. Ii you cut
them up ten more will spread from each
root, and il you let them alone million
will spring from the seed The only way
to exterminate the Canada thistle is to
plant it Tor crop and propose to mako
money out of it. Then worms VIII
gnaw it, bugs will bite it, beeues will
bore it, aphides will suck it, birds will
peck 1t, heat will scorch it, rains will
drown it.
All nature helps weeds and runs
down crops. We are afraid to deny it.
II would start off walking like Wes-
ton. A new batch of letters would
come moaning and inquiring at our
door French yigor would be given to
its vithered limbs, end like the wan
dering jew, it wonld 60 tramping up
AM down creation til the last day
No, for safety's sake, we do not pro-
pose to deny it any more 1t would
be the ruin Of innocent souls, as this
narrative which / now shall give will
rove.
And the narration OF the incident
brings me back to the question whether
one can remember what never happen
Cd. 1t will be seen that he can.
Sitting at o friends table one oxen
ing, | was telling an incident that be-
fell me in this wise;
"a young man from Buffalo called to
see nae to-day. lie said that he hal
heard q young lady, in a large cempa-
ny, rotating the story Of my hegluB.ag
a sermon with the phrase us d-d
hot lie at once cnntralicted it. She
affirmed 1t positively lie replied IL
have lately read a published denial OF
ihe story from Mr.. Beecher himself
She answered Why, / was present
myself at bus church and heard il with
my own ears OF course, he could not
say what he thought but replied: i
am going TO New York, and | win my
se,f call and ask Mr.. Beecher
The case seemed SO hagrant, that /
said to him: when you go back,
wish you would take occasion, before |
to say to this lady, from me.
that she lies, and that she kaors that
Sue lies, and she knows that 1 know
hat she lies.
THIS was very improper language, but
was angry, and, besides, had been
reading the Tribune
When i had got thus far a sweet
goung girl who sat opposite me, brought |
ip under my eyes almost from the era
lle, and as incapable Of knowingly tell (
ng falsehood as o rosebud would be
i committing burglary, this innocent /
md charming child Of fifteen looked .
Jyer at me, and said:
Bat yon did say So. didn't You. Mr
3eeeherf beard you I"
For mOmeng there was silence.
Then came crash Of laughter from the .
shoie company. Confused and blush.
ng scarlet she said
Why. | always thought that | had
leard you say it 6"
For tie fret time then believed That
person might distinctly remember
that never took place. ! take lack the
message 20 the Buffalo lady, and hmm
,ly apologize for suppoaing that one
ogld not rersll a tkire, that never ham