Litchfield enquirer., 1871-05-25
HARPER's DRAWER.

TTF 4 5YTS HARpERs DRAWER. 4sEI We sxtracs the following from the cleri
 cal jokes in the June Hypr: S .1s !. The following gIoriHcation and 'im, eos provement''o a Summer Day. by pr. Watt 'z is very characteristic, if not very sublime
 How 1ne has theday been, how bright nas the sun Ezs Mow lovely and joyful the course that he run, ga Though hs rose in mist when bis race he begun A DaA now the fair travellers come to the west, .s His rays are ell gold and his beauties are best.
 ns pants tne BY gay .: ne sinks to his rest,
 dast snch is the Christian his course he begins sins VI a-t t-''.s @ "'1'AA 'A0 1Aouins Ao1 Al'A zaro And nets into tears; then he breaks out and vtsalassazo And travels his heavenly vsy:
 But when he comes nearer to fnish his race,
 1ike fine setting sun, he looks richer in grace, sss And giyes sure hope at the end of his days r E1as15 Of riaing in brighter array. 'ss 'sS y 1tr Greeley tnrned the joke on Beeoher sSI S .at the Aldine dinner. with the following I,.a anecdOte:ses osdq q ! .gs8 a elLs Mr. Greeley responded by saying he -~ suppcsed they had all heard about his sue.
 cess in farming; but if common report was
 true Mr. Beecher was entitled to the ss - GreaseK credit as farmer. He had under. 9 ssato0d that Mir. Beocher once bought e pig 55l at seven dollars and q half, fed him forty
 bushels of corn at dollar Q bushel. and .. then sold the pig for nine dollars, and said S97 he had made dollar and fifty cents clear
 profit on the hog. When questioned about
 the corn, he said he didn't expect 10 make deykEing on d1at! ss.f-, E
 The following suggests the late meeting
 of Oongregationalists at Wolcottville: .pfk e II zee. James, that you talk bit nap in
 the kirk. said 8 minister to one of his people; can ye no take . null with you2 and when you become heavy. an extra pinch would keep you up" ..ss you tho sneeshin intil your sermon. minis. ter. and may bs that'll serve the same pur- pose" @
 An old Pennsylvanian who "struck oil. ]" sold portion of his land for great price,
 and vent to the bank to get his check
 cashed. On being asked what " denomi.
 nation" he would have his money in, he
 promptly replied: s@
 A iale in Presbyterian to suit the old .s woman. but the hs17 of it in Free-Win Bap- - fist"
 Even the Boston gentlemen of color par- ticipafe with the white sdCdns of the Hub in fheir lofty disdain of the talent of New Fork. A friend, happening to be caught in that city over Sunday, thought he would .E take . glimpse at some of the churches Stepping inside the porch of an A meet. ing-house, the sexton, colored, approached seat, Sah2 Happy to show you to one, Sah. Plenty seats this morning, Sah."
 No. thank you; can't stay but mo. ment; just stopped to glance at the church. What is the name of the clergyman?"
 "That, Sah. is the Rev. Dr,-
 Fins preaoher, isn't he?"
 "WelL esh, peoples has different notions
 .'Das hs zeens quite animatedY
 ''Kes, Hah; consid 'ble animated"
 "And appears to have talent?"
 "Well. sah, as ! said afo, peoples has such different notions bout preachers. Oars some dat tinks he's mighty good on @ de words | tink myself he's fair man. Sah,-a fair man, but not of de prinsa fa- aaA cts Glass; He's U good man, 6ah, we'll B. meanin' man, but not a talented man. aa He's Q New York man, Sahl" saa z-sgsa From new edition of Dean Ramsay's E charming "Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character" we quote two short anec- dotes: e1
 s sRszAn old clerical friend upon Speyside. confirmed old bachelor, on going up to the pulpit one Sunday to preach, found, after H giving out the psalm, that he had forgotten his sermon. I do not know what s,s5 his objections were to his leaving 1sa the pulpit and going to the manse ef for his sermon, but he preferred sending his old confidential housekeeper for it. He accordingly stood up in the pulpit, stopped a' the singing, which had commenced, and thus accoated his faithful domestic: "An. nie. say. Annie, s0e'pe committed Q mis-
 vaas hasne, and ys'li get my sermon out q ny breek. pouch. an' we'll sing to the
 praise o the Lord till ye come back again. |"
 It must have been with infinite chuckle,
 and many of what Cooper describes as old S Leather- stocking's long, inward daughters.
 that Henry Ward Beecher, during late Isss vaction, heard one of his own published q saaeermons delivered in an obscure village @As At the close of service he accosted the ''di.
 vine, ," and said, s'That was a very good aisSoa..s; .,s ;.ss; how long did it take you .te grt ."Oh, I tossed it off one evening when ]
 had leisure," was the reply.
 Trss :1ndeedf' said Mir. Beecher s.It took .&<o me longer than that to think out the .very
 framework of that very sermon"
 "Axe you Henry Ward Beecher?"
 &sa an, was the reply.
 -4 wes gesWell, then, said the unabashed preach. ~' Y e. a.An that have to say is that ainf aahamed to preach one of yos~ sermons " yhl-sas aze esHs CLIPPINGS
 .sssss91 M sA A tale of misery The cocktail.