Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-08
Trials of = Cou,fry Clergyman.

A young parson thus feelingly describes
his bachelor experience III the first village
in which he settled after entering the min
istIy: Old ladies gave me tracts and
tormented me in every possible way. One
gave me cough lozenges because a fly got
down my throat in church; another sent
me her late husbands goloeshoes TO wear
when I went out on wet evenings (the late
husbands feet were about five inches
long. A third sent wonderful kind Of
india rubber bag, which she said could be
| applied whenever !. chill was felt. Not
till after my sister came TO stay with me
did know that hot water ought to be put
into the creature before using; [ had
thought il a sort of mat to lay over my feet;
and very useless of its kind. A Miss
| Thompson was the most disagreeable Of the
old maids, She actually one day ran her
fingers underneath my collar to see if l
wore flannel. During the year was at Lit
| tlebacl, l had thirteen pairs of slippers,
| twenty-five sermon cases and three smOk-
! ing caps worked for me- One young lady
embroidered my initials on handkerchief
! in shiny-IoOking black thread My sister
says it was done in hair; and perhaps that
accounts for Miss Rudge being so offended
when I said I thought Testers red marlzin
! cotton as good rs any other. Three young
| ladies declared that I had trified with their
! affections; two, on the contrary, affirmed
| that they had rejected me; while the village
| school mistress assured the rector that | had
tried to press her hand. [ certainly never
had such hard work as while at Lit5leback.
| I PLAYED at least three hundred games Of
crOQuet, went to an archery meeting every
week, and ut any spare moment was liable
to be sent for by Miss Anna Phelps &c
practice and Italian duet. bore my TRIALS
with Christian foriitude, till one morning
| the rector sent for me and said that my con
| duct disgraced my profession. | took The
hint, and at the end Of q year and three
| months my career at Littleback was over
| The young ladies cried when | went; they
said was 'Esuch darling" Now, ash
my impartial reader whether it was not
hard that | should be blamed for the ladies
Of Littleback? My life is blighted, and al
| that is left to meis thirteen pairs of slip
| pers, twenty-five sermon cases, tdree smo5
ing caps, one handkerchief, marked ''T
G., )" and bad character from my late EN-
! ployer
! THE ARABS Illustrate their estimate of the
different coiors Of horses by tho following
story: "a chief Of q tribe was once pursued
by his enemies. He said to his son. My
SOL jIOtJ W JiI5 0iiti bS1i lilS tiiC CCIOl
of the horses Of our foe, and may Allah
burn his grandfather. White, WAS the
answer Grhon we Will go south, said the
chief for in the vast plains of the deser
the wind Of the white horse will not stant
in ,protracted chase. again the chic
said My son what coIored horses pursue
us 2 Black, O my father Then we vii
go among the stones and on rocky ground
for the feet Of the black horses are no
strong. A third time the young Arab was
sent to the rear, and reported chestnu
horses. Then, said the chief, we arr
lost Who but Allah can deliver us from
the chestnut horse ?'
Articles of consolidation of the consol
idated Lake Shore Railroad, from Buffalo
to Toledo, and the Toledo, Wabash an(
Western Railroad, from Toledo to Keolzuk
Iowa, were signed yesterday, and will b.
submitten to the stockholders in thirt!
DAYS Their ratification is certain Tht
Wabash road goes into the consolidation