Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-05

he started. and the rest Of the racers twelve
in number, kept him comuanv.
"Who-o who-oa-oa ~ cried the uarson
at the top Of his voice.
u By the powers. old fellow. vcn're n
/ keen one" shouted one of the wicked men
| who had thus far mauared 10 keen close bv
the side of the parson. - You ride we'll
WhO-ho-ho-o ." yelled the clerrvmsn.
| Juggling at the reins with all his nigbf
But it was ofno avail. Old MORGAN had
now reached ahead of all comne.it9rs and
he came to the iudpes stand tbreo rods ahead.
where the uetrified deacons were STANDING.
with eyes and mouths wide omen
Don't ston cried Tho i55~e who had
now recognized Parson RideweIl and sus-
reeted his business and Who also saw at
once into the secret Of ola Morrap's ioininr
/ the race. Don't ston = he shouted AGAIN /:
." 1t Is a two-mile heat this time. Keen
/ right on. narson. You are GOOD for another
mile. Now YOU go-and of it isr'
These last words were Of course known to
the horse and no sooner did Norcan hear
them than he stuck bis nose ont. and aqain
started of. The cood n8rson did his hest N
ston the bewitcbed animal. Inf if could not
be done The more he strug,led and yelled
tha faster the animal went and ere many
moments he was a-ain at the st,rtin- roint
where Nlorcan now stunned of his own ac-
cord There was bnrriei yrbisrerip,,
among the wicked ones. and a succession Of
very curious winks and knowing mods seem
ed +, ,n4;cato Thar tbev I,Dderstood
.. non my SON. narson 80 said tbe le,der
of the abomiuation. anrroacbin, the snot
whore thu, minister sa+ III his saddle ro bav-
inc not vet sufficiently recovered liz rrcs-
enee Of mind to dism6unt. s.. Won ride wen.
We had NOT leaked f,r this b6nor
d" Honor sirl'' oasned narson Ri7ewcU
lookinp blanklv into the suckers face
=. Av-fr lis an honor Yop are the first
CLERGYMAN who has ever i,irej ms in onr
Sabbath evenin, enterfsin,nenrs
IL sir ioined you?'-
.. Ia. ba. la o. Won did IL well. YOUR
good degcons really think Won tried 10 stop
your horse but saw tbr5ucb ii. saw how
slilv Won put YOUR horse mn. But | don't
blame Won for feeling rroud of ola NIargan.
for | s6ould feel 50 myself if owned bim.
But Won need NOT feai will tell ol who
NAV asb me about II that Won did vour hest
m SION vour beast. far world rather
stretcb fbe r-,tb n Iittle than bove sDeb n
] -
This had been snoken so loudly that the
good deacons heard every word. and the
rarson was bewilde-ed: but he soon came To
himself and with a,sbinr eve he cried
:. Villains What moan 2on WIN al, ve
thus
Hold ON -' in-err,, rtei or.o or the Marty
and as he sroke. the res- or the racine men
had all mounted their horses q. hold on a
rnoment rarson We ore ,vil1ins. IN oIl,yv
1o,1 ~ go ofT +bo raf,r bnr We ,yo,'t
sst,nd vonr abnsc Iybcn We boar5 that vor
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tbs+ r ,,on csr,s ,,o ,ro,,lI let Won in We
have 3cne 50 and van have ,ro1 the race in
a tv-o-,nilo be,t N,y, Ia- rI,- satisfv vou
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ered The astonndino f,.t thar some or rbess
,r;,I,o5 NOR, had bc9r. l., tbe b,If- or s.o,l-
inc, old Vor.sn from the 1-as-1-c and rae
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A. 500, a. +bis bocar,a known +o tbc
church the members conferred to-etber.
and tbev soon concluded that under such
circumstance q bigb mettlei horse would
he verv ant 10 run away with his rider
when he f,und himself directly upon the
tracl,
"a parson Ridswell was cleared. hut +,
rrss q, lo,., tir,e bef,re he ,r,t over the blow.
far many we're the wicked rars who
| dsIigbted IN hester him bv Offering 10 8. ride
a race with him. to E. bet on his head" oil
to - put, hlm against the world Tor a race.
But as hidewel grew ol1er ms hears grew
warmer ana hnally ne c9ulo laugh WIN
right GOODWIN when he spoke oil nus une4
/ pected race De sure lhefe was no NOR
racing IN that town.
- IHE Devil Is HIS BYE. In a pleasant
town on the Boston and Name lsalroad l-ay
the Boston IrapsAer) the pastor OF the lead
ing chuIch II universally esteemed l1r DIS es
umaole ne IN an aGloinnig lo"n is a pie'-ehe
OF the same denomination VINO Is suspecle,
OF heresy, and Is regarded by some oil the so0'
! people 0i hls u0ck as minister sent hot eA
actly from above recently a member Ok IN
parish oi the heretc chegy man died ana Ill
aged female TREND. whose inilrin years keel
her away IRON church, with some douots o
the propnety Oh listening TO the suspected q.
preacher, decided to attend the inneral- lh
services passed Oh quietly ana at theT clos
a friend inquired how She liked the minister
sponse," but l sa" lne u0'l III MS eye y
one has yet Ventufea 10 tti het thaV th
| popular minister oil the neishDoTiag toW'
had at the eleventh hour been called IN Z
oificiate.
IHE OIkEANI oAA' " aIo iiiloi u .lio
by Dr. T. worcester cI Naltlaih ina
the currant worm 50 1es'Fuetly