The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-30

lloI HoDouN 10 t;tlh 10 NhlaS. lie uOn KNOW
nothing scarcely, and he's 50 dreadful weak
and low you could knock him down with IL
feather, if he sot up; but he don't you sec
he just lays, and lays, day after day, and dozes
away, with his mouth wide open, poor. ere
ltur.
'Ah, indeed, SO low a@ that exclaimed the
minister sympathetically. ''And is the poor
young man rc>igncd?"
sWhat?n
'Is your son quite willing to die, mad
ann"
well as to that, Mr.. Ely, haint heard
but You take a cheer again, and FL 90 right
away and ask him"
Tie sick youth lay in the next room, and
the partition was thin, so the minister plainly
heard the conversation that took place in that
solemn apartment.
"Silas, said the mother, timidlv -'sSilas,
Jest wake up q minute; the minister is here. "
This appeal was followed by 4 sudden. say
age growl from the bed.
And he wants TO know, Silas, if YOU feel
resigned"
'What in thunder does the old TOOL mcan?
''Whv SilaS. my son, be You willn to die?'
"Yis, Wis, | swear | wish | was dead now =
The mother here returned the report. Eyes
Mr.. Ely" she said, demurcly; "Slas is re-
signed. lie says he is willin to die. if so be
he must
at is impossible, says my mother, to give
to this story in writing the effect impaired tc
it by Mr.. Ely in the telling; the growl of the
lcritical whine OF the old woman, can neither be
written or printed.
Mr.. Ely used to tell a little story Of a broth
er clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Gay, of Suiliehl,
which story was good illustration of Yankee
l"cutrness'' Several similar anecdotes have
appeared in print but this is Il genuine Isl
mon Pure" believe
Among Mr.. Gays parishoncrs was 4 we'll
TODD farmer, named, we will say. Brown,
who was especially, generous in his frcewill
tithes to the goo! minister. This farmers en-
rand and ''cb1rc" boy getting big enough to
take his place at the pillow, Il new boy was
taken into serVice-a rough unframed little
fellow, think from the poor house. To him
the promoted boy discourscd quite condo
scendingly: You hey got into a pretty nice
place, l tell you and if you behave they'll
use you well, give you plenty of good victu-
ais. suit Of Sunday clothes. winter schoolin,
and not work you tew hard But one thing
you'll have to 90 on crr;,nds to the minister
lprctty often, and lug big baskets of things
and the worst of it is, that you'll never get
nothing but thanks from the palson and his
itolks-not so much as i >hilin. for your
palms,
Johnny heard and pondercd; and ii hap
pened that the very next morning he was sent
to the minister's with heavy quarter Of veal,
Iabout as much as he could carry The way
was long and the weather was warm, and
bwhen he reached the parsonage he was not in
1.-THE sweetest of tempcrs. He marched into
the breaktast-room, without knocking OF re-
moving his hat, and setting down his basket,
said rather grullly, ''Mr Gay, Mr.. Brown has
Isent you this here quarter of veal
''Ah indeed" said the minister, blandly,
Browns new hoy?"
eyes"
''Well my lad, when yon have been in his
family a while longer Your manners will
doubtless improve. "a
'fWhy what's the matter with my man.
ncrs??7 asked the boy. with look of stupid
DISBURSEMENT.
"Why, my son, they are u little abrupt and
ldscourtcous Now YOUR way Of presenting
Mr.. Browns present was n0t Just what it
should have been. | think | can show Won.
so that you will know just how to do next
thine. | will pcrsonatc You, and YOU may
pretend to be me, for few mnutcs''
Saying this, the minister took up the bas-
ket, went with it into the entry and closed the
door. Then he knocked gently.
The boy having seated himself in the min
listers chair, and put ona grave and reverend
aspect, called out, Come in
Entering very quietly and dcler2nti1lly.
Though with difficulty preserving his gravity.
holding his hat IN one hand and the basket
in the other the minister approached his
small proxy, and said, With low bow Mr..
Brown sends his compliments. and bees YOU
Twill accept this quarter Of veal. Mr.. Gay
II am very much obliged TO Mr. Brown,
tn foo s.,iI
with an air of the utmost seriousness; '.but
lit seems to me its 4 bio load for so small a
lad to carry, Just take ii into the Kitchen, and
ask Mrs, Gay to give you n quarter Of a dol
lar"
Nobody ever enjoyed this story more than
Mr.. Gay, himself; except, perhaps, MIS- Gay.
nho promptly paid over the quarter to the
clever little actor.
lie ought to have made i great lawyer-
Perhaps he did, and is ending his days on the
bench
The eldest son of DR.. ELY became a some
what distinguished dyinc-the late Rev.
Ezra Stiles Ely, of Philadelphia. But old
Lebanon people would never acknowledge
that he was in any way the equal to his faith
Ter. They hardly admitted us much for him.
as once heard an old member Of DR.. Lyman
Beechers congregation admit with regard to
Rev. Edward Beechcr; ''IIc reminds me Il
lectle OF his father," he said. To quote from
the catcchism, he is ''the same in substance.
but not equal in power and glory"
Rev Mr.. Gurley, of ENter, whose memory
lstill ''smcls sweet and blossoms in the dust. .
was most beautiful character; a good man,
essentially and thoroughly, by nature and by
grace, a humble patient, hopeful Christian to
the end of his pure, beneticent life, though it
was visited by many bitter sorrows and dark
cncd by one great tragedy.
Rev. Ralph Gurley, for many years agent of
the Colonization Society, was Il son Of Rev
Mr.. Gurley of Exeter
Rev. Mr. Ripley, Of Goshen, was pleasant,
genial gentleman, rather more popular, ii must
be confessed, outside the pulpit than in His
sermons, sound in doctrine and well studied
were little long, somewhat heavy, and slight
" soporlfic; and thereby hangs little tale.
One of his parshioner>, Mrs. b. was i'll,
and not quite herselt-alllictcd with that pc
culiar sort Of insanity in which, as in wine, is
truth-the most desperate dircctness, the most
appalling unconsciousncss. In this purely
natural mental condition the poor lady re-
ceivcd Il call from her pastor who kindly in
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