The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-01
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dentist Interviewing a refractory molar,
or any other powerful d~rawist, and you
will huve n fain, idea of the way Henry
-NWFf- Be.sE7vTHid it.
| should lhink Boston would be asham-
ed DiHr ior making such II iuss over a
New Yorker. |, tooliohly Imagining that
the Bostoninbs- would he aristeeFaticaliy
dccorous about poinglo church. started
SO as to at iAele.s a. the, us | thought,
early hour OF ten, ion getting in sight
of The oAurelh- WHIST wasr my establishment
to sec o. huge crowds bout the!side. walks
On both siqts Of fremont and Park Stsi,
near tie church. J. mingled with them,
expecting. T. hear that y murder had just
taken place, lor- at least that the church
doors were'focked aud'the keys lost. But
| soon, found that the, ehufch had been
completely filed for over an hour. How
eyer, as. I don't take, up, much room, |
Thought I.would '%atleast try TO take 1t
Ainsldca So / went with the detcrIpina'
ton. Of a. here into the tbickloffhe slowly
mbyiut, .sttcrm that was struggling up
the sters,. After lighting for about hall
an hour / reached the top step, when a
blind looking gentleman appeared and.
said !; p-Ne 7use; ladies' and gentleman,
the inside doors are 'lotked.1 Believing
that this Was mefelysaosoii Of Belial who
wished to keep The %sons.'6f men from the
Ward.I. pressed on, and recovered my
faith in the bland gentleman's honesty.
He had told The truth. struggled back,
and. on the-way encountered the parasol
Of a fair maiden Of Some forty winters.
Ny sides were iIHexible, and the parasol
was the defeated, party. 1t was sadly
demoralized-utterly smashed, and the
maidcnlooked vinegar, daggers and sharp
noses at me ash abiechy apologized. |
made. my way, 20. the other side of the
street, whcre,d found myself 10 a crowd
Of 1disapp Jinfea Rescher ,worshippers. who
had tried, and couldn't, and who were
now watching, the later corners, and ma
King philosophical remarks upon human
nature az displayed by crowds.
+ IT was a comical sight TO me-the
drowa Of hopeful ones trying to get in,
and the Disappointed frying to get out.
The collision Of the two streams was tire.
mdndouF, and very productive of discom.
fitted, plugs and ,%bonnets, and scowling
faces, especially, l am. sorry to say on
the part Of the gentler sex. The men
were perfectly. good.natured when their
hats tumbled off and were trampled I'm.
der foot. now appreciate, far, better
than | ever did on l'arkerian eve, at
Middlcbury, the warm if not affeotionate
embrace of a crowd. "A number Of young
fellows who wanted to hear Beecher were
arrested by the. POLICEMEN for rapping on
the locked doors, Inside ladies we re
fqintipg .in every. direction d.
On the whole | guess those outside
had the, best. time. Miss s.. who wa'
there early and. got a seat inside, gave
me q lively. description, of things. But
she grew faint apd was helped out into
the open air; before the service was hal
~ "a. - NKsFkH Ass sW 80 f".r
IN the seyepipg. Beecheri preached q
the Harvard chapel. and l went an houl
and a half before the advertised time. ]
met; large crowds. there. who. were coming
away because. they could not get in. Blu,
the doors were not locked this time, so |
outdoipg all the heroes you ever read OF
got in, and pressed and punched ant
Yriggled. until | got into a place where
:, | could hear, There was not. a. spare
inch of room in the church. My un
Gft-.r.. n,iiou p.t.so ,Av W.. a.uuu
ing in the aisles were packed like smoked
behring's in a box, and those in. the slip
were. no. better off, Even the steps o.
the pulpit were occupied as, seats. L
did not seem a bit like Sunday. Whil'
waiting. for. the preacher's appearance
there. was a loud hum OF conversation
over the ROOM. a man near me said hi
thought this was a poor arrangement fo
an audience. | told him if Beechel
would only be. pathetic and put them ii
tiers" il would be better, He said h
thought so too. A and bewitchin'
lady near me. was grinding my only. corr
with q weight Of about half a ton l in
formed her. of. the little .cireuinstauc'
when she told. me, that she must .stant
somewhere A smile was circulating a
the expense Of my pedals, when | waxet
bold and told her, if had to sustain he
would rather have her in my lap.
| appreciated the sermon. | don't 70
member the text. but. the subject wa
se~lfdenial, ,.... He. did. not say much
though, about what we should deny our
selves, but about what we. should no
deny. ourselves. We ought not to G
through the world glum and comiortless
with 4 long face, had We call to den.
ourselves, Of happiness, pleasure AM
Laughter, He illustrated. this by. max
ingg, bis congregation lapgh--laugh a
Heartily seyeral, times as | ever heard q
a lectnres But enough of;Beecher.
"'TnE- H~6tsEiIoLD BIBLE. published b
WAliam'J." Holland x Co., Of this city
cembihes more points ofinterest and prac
ticAr value for the Biblical student tina
any 7other'edition within our knowledge
The textis' furnished with copious maj
/. Iginaisfefcrebces and notes, there are dc
1 tailed 'explSnations of the manners, Gus
5 toms and geography Of the Holy Ian