The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-04-06


Yankee Chnaman, Mr.. Burlingame
would only tell the truth, We believe that
he has seen the very story, my name and
all, crooked up and grinnipg in those ce>
lestial hieroglyphics which adorn tea
chests and Chinese pictures. Indeed, it is
like TO be the chief memorial of our life.
We are informed that in outermost places
on hearing our name, men say, 'Ah, yes,
we know Lin! That's the man that said.
Its Id hot!"
What is TO be done Here il IA mild
and well behaved minister, with story
fixed on him that he cannot unbuckle,
nor cut, nor unite, not rub off .Alaa
is this the punishment Of some of our
boyish freaks of mischief : We fear
Once, when annoyed by aneighbor's flock
! Of geese, we fed them with corn, 10 GER
tain kernels of which short strings were
tied with bits of paper attached. When
grain was swallowed, the paper with
each movement of the goose. hobbed up
behind him and at him. In few min
utes the flock were racing and flying and
squalking, each with his paper whirlng
close behind him. Is this story whizzng
behind us in like manner and for pun.
ishment
1t s not, however, the story that af
ficts Us. 1t is the pious affliction of good
people, who, every year or two, have a
fit of correspondence come ever them. and
ply us with letters OF inquiry, Of grief,
of holy Indignation. IF exhortaIon and
instruction. One oC these periods seems
Just setting in now Here is Il letter come
to hand yesterday, irving the story, in
full, with assurances that the dear writer
does not believe a word Of it, and has so
expressed herself, vehemently but in vain,
to a numerous sewing circle Would |
be willing to deny it in the L,,iJer &C.,
&c.
Denying one OF these stories is like
fighting Canada th-iles. Ifyou cut them
up, ten more will >prout from each root.
and if you let them alone. "A million will
spring from the seed The only way TO
exterminaie the Canada ihi.tles il TO plant
it 70, a crop and propose to make money
out of it. The worms will gnaw it, bugs
will bite it, beetle will bore il. aDli,r
, will suck it, birds will peck it, heat will
scorch it, rain will drown it, mildew and
blight will ride il All nature helps weed
and runs down CROP. We are afraid to
deny il. 1t would start off walking like
Weston. \ new batch OF letters would
come moaning and inquiring at our door.
Fresh vigor would be given 20 its withered
limbs, and like the wandering Jew, it
would 60 trampng up and down creation
till the last day No, for safety's sake.
VIC do not propose to deny it any more
II would be the ruin of innocent souls. ms
this negative which now shall give viii
prove.
And the narration of the incident brings
me back 10 the question whether one can
remember what never happened 1t will
be seen that he can.
Sitting at "A friends liable. one evening.
| was telling an incident that bafrll me-
in this wise
a young man from Buffalo called to
see me to-day. lie said that he had
heard young lady in large company,
relating the story of my begin ing ser>
mon with the phrase alt is ID hot. ."
He at once contradicted it, She affirmed
it positively. lie replied i have lately
read n published denial of the story from
Mr.. T. himself. She answered why.
| was present myself at his church and
heard it with my own ears OF course,
he could not say what he thought, but
replied Il am going to New York
and will myself call and ask Nlr. b.
The case seemed so fragrant, that said
to him: when you &C back, ! wish that
you would take occasion, before witnes-
ses, to say to that lady, from me, 'that
she lies, and that she knors that she lies,
and that she knows that know that she
lies"
Tins was very improper language, but
was angry, and besides had been reading
the Tribune,
\ When had got this far, sweet young
girl, who sat opposite me, brought up un-
J der my eye, almost from the cradle, and
as incapable Of knowingly telling false
hood as a rosebud would be of commit
ting burglary, this innocent and ch rming
child of fifteen looked over ut me and
said
'But you did say so, didn't you, Mr.
Beecher | heard you.
For moment there was silence Then
came crash of laughter from the whole
company Confused and blushlng scarlet,
she said
Why, always thought that had
heard you say it =
For the 6r-t time | then believed that
person might distinctly remember what
never tcok place. take back the mes
sage to the Buffalo lady, and humbly
apologize for slpposing that one could
not recall a thing which never happen,
ed.
No. Mr.. Bonner | never swear Pro.
fame swearing is not right even il, the
pulpit. | never in my life said it is ID
hot, not even of an August day, many o.
which | have seen Of a temperature tha
might suggest the expression quoted. i
anybody has said it, lately, ! think il
must be your "red hot neighbor over the
way, Mr.. Pomeroy. II he denies 1t,
can oAly say that unless he amends hi
, course he may yet be left to say it unlel
, circumstances in which there will be nc
exaggeraton. Nm. Y. Leolger,