The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-04-02
PHTLADELPHIA.
lcerrssEoBdsnce Of The Bedford Gszeitel
THE NJ. f. CONFERENCE


is now in session in this city. A great
interest is manifest, and much business
has been transacted. Bishop Simpson
presides. We understand that divis-
ion of the conference is proposed, as the
body has become unwieldy, and large
bodies move too slow these progressive
days. 1t is announced that the ques-
tion Of Lay Represen tation is to be
submitted to the church, and that male
and female members are permitted to
vote on it. fit is not carried 10y an
overwhelming majority, your CORES
pondent is no prophet. Ministerial
parity and lay representation are the
only grounds of permanent evangeic
prosperity in this democratic country,
and we are glad to see our Methodist
friends taking this high ground.
JOHN b. GoUGH.
We heard Cough on Monday night
on Circumstances. The Academy OF
Music was packed, and as hundreds
could not gain admittance. he is an
nounced again for May. We will not
venture a critique on man who can
pack the Academy with five thousand
people and hold them two full hours.
He has vast elocutionary powers, as al
so of description. As an actor in COM
edy or pantomime he could not be ex-
celled. The subject matter Of his lee
ture was very light and common place:
and if you would take out about eigh-
ty anecdotes and as many funny things
he saw and heard, and the awfullest
gyrations, genufections and lofty tum-
bling you ever saw on earth, there
would be the little end of nothing left.
But we must confess that who or what
ever can crowd that immense place,
whether man or monkey, must be de-
eidedly great somewhere. We hope
our shadow has increased about pound
from the good roaring laughs we had
anyhow. FIRE le Cough!
ENGLISH SPARk0Ws.
The city has imported a thousand OF
these little birds, aud the carpenters
ere bnsy getting houses in order for
them. They are necessity to keep
down worms, bugs, &c, and it is to
be hoped that they can be successfully
cultivated. When will we learn to
prize birds? They are a public bless
ing. and that man who shoots a black
bird because it takes a dozen grains of
corn, saves about two thousand worms
TO eat his crops and bagful of bugs to
prey on his garden. Killing birds to
save grain is only another way of put
ting the old adage: Save at the spicket
and let it run at the bung hole. A
special legislative enactment against
this folly-we almost said barbarism-
of shooting any kind Of birds, would
be not only humane but economical.
EXACTLY
as told you about Felocipedes that
they would become a nuisance aud get
g force after them. They are ventur-
ing out, and on Broad you can see all
kinds of grotesque shines. AT the
Kinks, for quarter, you can have your
salts jam of that kind Of thing. But my
breakfast paper says that the Chief of
Police is out after velocipedists and
tells his force to keep a particular eye
on them and wheeibarrows. Now, as
these bycycie propellers are not going
to bump over cobble stones and get
jammed in among drays and mule wag-
ons, we shall see some rare scenes be-
tween them and the police. Before
you get them in Bedford it would be
well to have the experience Of John x.
.SchmjCt as given In the Sunday Dis
patch. He went to the Rink to prac-
tice, was thrown of. run over general
ly and and gives Us the result:
Now those gendIemints, hish Wheel
Ossypeats gan pc gOinc rOuDdt so fasder
id gan Nod no that | am layinc fore
ded, petOur 1u runs OIer me more ash
fifdy dimes yed. Wen them ish pigged
me ub. / am a goOt Teal proke nit mine
pones, INT pesites, 50 Patty bendt int
your sckul. l haf toe gid ShinkIe-
pOTdts toe mine arm, unit hish he'd
Shafet NIT fore stigginc blasders. Won
uf Mine eyse are gon nogged oud, unit
those Utter ish nogged in, shtill! Mine
code ish Dore toe rippins; mine hadt
ish awl yed. Hish bandalunes thav
nod gan tindt ad tall, Id ish 50 mndteh
rabbed arount te weals NJ TIE utter
Wheelossypeats.
| peeleaf tbs Weelossypeats ish per-
fed NeWseus.
Hoping you are not in the same state
Of health, remain, LINDEN.