The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-05-03

LINED INsIDE.-l was in drugstore in
Elmira, when in rushed fellow who called
for pound of camphor, and downed the
whole of it. 1t was surprise party to me,
and said 'what the deuce did he do that
for?"
why" said drugs, she is lined"
"Lined !" says |, "what is that?
Then he told me. Some years ago a gen.
tleman who was to give dinner party spent
whole week showing his servant how to
make mock turtle soup. When the day
came she made the mock and the turtle and
the soup all right, and just as she was about
to pour in bottle of claret, a little boy en-
tered. singing " Everything is lovely and the
goose hangs high" which distracted her at
tention, and she made mistake and poured
in bottle of hair tonic.
did it make hair soup!" said meekly
"Alas !" said he " the results were sad"
"What were the results? said I, be-
coming interested.
Said he. " didn't just say they were sad? :"
But how did the mock turtle turn outP'
said I.
"Ah!" said he, "two went to the morgue,
four went to the hospital, and all who didn't
die were called survivors and that fellow
you just saw was one of EN-"
"What does he swallow so much camphor
for?"
WELL" said he, "that tonic started the
hair growing down his throat, and he took
the camphor to keep the moths out
DEcEPrIoN-The Rev. DR.. M'Leod (fath-
er of the late Norman MLeod), was pro-
ceeding from the manse of D. to church,
30 n IL oofru Aah o
ed slowly and gravely through the crowd
gathered about the doors, an elderly man,
with the peculiar kind of wig known in that
district-bright, smooth, and of reddish
| brown-accOsted him.
Doctor, if you please, I wish to speak to
you"
"Well Duncan" says the venerable doc
tor, can ye not wait till after Worship"
"No, doctor, must speak to you now,
| for it is matter upon my conscience"
40, since it is matter of conscience, tell
me what it is but be brief, Duncan, for
time presses"
"The matter is this, doctor. Ye see the
clock yonder on the face of the new church.
Well, there is no clock really there-noth-
ing but the face of the clock. There is no
truth in it, but only once in the twelve hours.
Now it is, in my mind, very wrong, and
quite against my conscience, that there
should be a lie on the face of the house of
the Lord"
duncan, I will consider the point.
But I am glad to see you looking so
well you are not young now; remem-
Der you for many years and what a fine
head of hair you have still"
"Eh doctor, you are joking, now it is
long since l have had my hair"
40, Duncan, Duncan, are you going into
the house of the Lord with lie upon your
head?" This settled the question, and the
doctor heard no more of the lie on the face
of the clock.
HEBREW RooTs AND PERsIMMoNs.
Is there any thing in the study of Hebrew
roots as a specially in life that affects the
person so engaged? We recall the idosyn-
Grassy of the Rev. Professor Packard, of
"the school of the prophets" the Theological
Seminary of the Episcopal Church in Vir-
GINA. He had just come from New Eng
| land, and had never before seen the persim-
mon grow. Those acquainted with this sim
gular fruit know well that it attains a light
| orange color some time before it is ripe,
and that at this time it is astringent to a
degree. The doctor was taking walk,
and the glowing persimmons looked very
tempting; so he thought he must for the
| first time taste the fruit. Its effect upon
| the good mans mouth was very astonishing,
and he became convinced that he had been
eating the apples of Sodom, or some other
very poisonous thing. At this moment two
other professors of the seminary fell in with
the good man. and were made quite solicit
tous by his grimaces, which seemed to indi-
cate that he had been swallowing by acct
dent some his own formidable roots. One
ventured to ask,
doctor, what have you been taking?"
With manifest effort to untwist his badly
puckered mouth, the professor calculated.
"Do-o-ont speak to me but let me 60
home and die in the bosom of my family!"
1t is painful to reflect that the incident
was often made the occasion of merriment
among the young theologues, and it is even
said that one of them, having slight symp
tom of stomach-ache, asked the president
of the faculty for permission to 60 home
When farther questioned why he desired to
| 90 home, he said that he had bad pucker
| in his mouth and stomach, and besides,
didn't feel well, and would like to be allow
| ed to die in the bosom Of his family.
OF the complete discontinue which befell
the gravity of the president it is not possible
| to tell.-Hnper's Magazine.
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