Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-06-07
A HORSE CRAwtiNG THROUGH PosT. -

A story is told of the late Rev. Mr..
Sprague, of D., which sets the re-
markable simplicity of the learned par
son in very ludicrous light. Paying
visit to one of his parishioners, he
threw the bride off his horse and over
the post of n rail-fence' near the house.
During his stay the animal contrived to
disengage the bride from the post and
get it under his feet; seeing which a
servant girl drew the reins through one
of the mortices and placed it over the
top of the post, in the form of nooss.
The parsOn, going to unite the horse,
was indescribably astonished to find
the bride, which he had simply thrown
over the post, thus passed through one
of the holes.
"This beats ALL" circulated he to
himself; Il never saw the like of it in
NIL my lifo before To be sure, we
reld OF u camel going through the eye
OF u needle, but this was in the days of
miracles. No, no; never saw the like
of this before"
He examined it anew; he tried to get
the bride out, but it surpassed his in
genuity.
Yes, it must be, said he, "the
horse has actually crawlcd through the
post-hole-there no other way to ac-
count for it,
Full of this impression, and despair
ing of making the animal retrace his
steps, he whipped out his knife, and
was about cutting the reins, when the
same girl, perceiving his quandary, re-
leased the horse and explained the
mystery. But if the simple parson had
been astonished before, he was little
less SO now, to find his own penetration
surpassed by that of a servant-girl.
Hey, girl" said he, Il believe you
nre right. But how, in the name of
wonder should girl like you know
more than man of my learning? It's
astonishing! astonishing! Miraculous!
miraculousw
HoopING Flour BARREL. Putting
hoop on family -four barrel is an
operation that will hardly bear an en-
core. The woman generally attempts
1t before the man comes home to din
ner. She sets the hoop on the edge of
the slaves, takes deliberate aim with
the rolling pin, and then shutting both
eyes brings the pin down with all the
force OF one arm, while the other in
stinctly shields her face.
Then she makes dive for the cam
phor and unbleached muslin, and when
the man comes home she is sitting back
of the stove, thinking of St. Stephen
and other martyrs, while the burnt
dinner and camphor are struggling he
roically for the mastery. He SAYS if she
had kept her temper she wouldn't have
got hurt. .j
And he visits the barrel himself, and
puts the hoop on very carefully, and
then he laughs to himself to think what
a fuss his wife kicked up over such a
simple matter. that only needed little
patience to adjust itself, and then he
gets the hammer, and fetches the hoop
sharp rap on one side, and the other
side flies up and catches him on the
bridge OF the nose, filling his soul with
wrath and his eyes with tears, and the
next instant that barrel is flying across
the room accompanied with the hum
mer, and another candidate for camphor
and rag is enrolled in the great army
that is INCREASINGLY marching toward
the grave. h..
q Man is the only creature en-
lowed with the power of laughter; is
he not also the only one that deserves
to hA 1au0ho1 AZ o -Hro,;JJ,