, 1874-09-06

4 Piacerrll1o (CN.) clergyman inaists THAI ha
sam rcd and black snake 10 feet long, and A.
big around as 8 barrel OF whisky. Wo haye NJ
doubt that he did. but ho uoqucstionahly Il,
the barrel Of whisky before he saE the aras.-
] Courier Journal
Charles IL playing ut tennis with Dean. Vim
struck the ball well, tho King aa1d, 'tThas,.
! good stroke for Dean" I'll givo it tho s.,of,
] Of Bishop it Your Majesty pleases," u,s Ii.
| suggestive ro1oindor.
A Minnesota clergyman has sued thirtv-s,.
| members Of his church who refused to nav nsx.
| rent because he called them "empty-haads.*
"Husband," said the wife Of young clt,v.
man, read me ono OF FOUR sermons: f.,
dreadfnl1y wakeful tonight, and wish to nleeps
Christian uhcn ono has a weak digestion tndi
sometimes fancy tha. a change Of s.omac5
would benefit the morbid sinaor almost a. rnu5
- change Of heart"
On church wall in Valparaiso, Chill. Ri.
marck end the Emperor William arc p1ctu.ed ;,
squirming in the flames Of hell, while tbs der5
is poaing the Chancellor in tho back With nd
hot fork.
Here IS description Of mean church ahieh
has moral ia it: After tho old plste1 died. tts
deacons vent about for $3.50 minister. md 7n
yon can get psalm times out OF file.
Tho Milwaukee Sentinel relates that vt:l.,
prominent preacher OF that city y7aa recent1
making ! pastoral visit, the lady brought outi
nuElbcr OF cngray1ngs aho had Just purchasat
Tho cautious pastor How through tho front doce
and sent his boy around for his Int af:ervudL
The Rev. John Craig, II. A., Vicar of Il
Saints, bennington, Eng. has been requesh
by some OF big farlsaioners to resign bis i7iR,
On the ground of lls age and physical disabli1
to visit the sick, etc-, in consequence Of the los
Of one Of his feot, through eenlle gan3rene. II.
othor day tho reverend gentleman Published
reply to this request, in which arc set for1h tie
conditions under which he is willing to comply
He expresses his intontion to do so only o.
terms which will include equitable arrangements
with everybody. lie says: ~ am dotaGmiuod
not to resign my living to dark horse.' B.
foro listen 70 any proposal Of terms of resgns-
ton he (tho Wears successor) must be ttoitsd
out, aud We must see who ho is. ehall not II
sign to dark horse be must come to tbs dsy.
light, or shall stay as an, however dclehtd
should DO to see the Holy Land aud other pisces
Of the deepest interest to me-"
Robert Buchanan, the poet-drar12tst, sets Il
soundly from the London Hornet for hayin. ap-
pcared in answer to "cau upon tho OCCASION
OF the production OF his new pieco at the Hsy.
market Theatre 10 coatume ''between thss og
a casual and gamekoepeE-an old brown relyst
coat, check trousere. aud Eoolen muf1es,
which completely obscured any Signs Of tbs
presence of u shirt"
Tho new Globe Theatre in Boston is ncnr
finished. It will ba opened in December, ani
tho programme for its first seaaou is as follows
December, the Ssrakosch italian Opera Troupa
three Feoks; Jan. 4, tho Aimee French 0peu
Bouffe Troupe, two weeks; Jan. IS, Toole, ths {
English comedian, two weeks; Feb. !, the Bol :
dcne English Opera Bonfro Troupe, t1o weeks; {
Feb. 3, tho Kellogg English Opera Trcape
three vceks; March S, Jauauschek, shre& 4
weeks; Aarch 20, histori, ono week; april las
second season Of Italian opera by the Strakosa /
troupe.
To suc for 10000 damages for being
called "a swindlor." and to get verdict for fA &
ia not exactly plcasant,-bu. this WAS the fata u 4
1lr. Balm, vino claimed to be tue "Origrt F.
Christy Minstrel" and who brought suit agNnss E
Mr- Moore, the manager OF tho "Onglnal Chris i
tvs l1lnstrcls,8 whose declaration that thty i,
+4ncver perform outside the city OF London +:
starcs at you from every boarding and Iaar !
very absurd one, since it waa shown that rc!taE i
Moore nor Balm had tho slightest claim to t1l /,
themselves s. C1risty." Tho title Of g Chi.
ty's Minasrels WAS first introduced in Englzd +
IN 1860 by q Mr. Rayuor iu 1850 DaiD adopsA
It and used it 10 the Provinces in 1864 Nout Is
adopted it and sot up his con- 3any in S.: Jsua &
Hall; and from 1868 until tho prcsont trs f.
elooro has prosecuted Balm by advertisements Ii:
md posters, declaring. that Balm was swindI 81
Jlristv Was himself. The case occupied D,rc3 IS
1ramwen and d special jury for vhole da1, ast n
,esultcd in verdict Of 530,-not on tho groucd II
hat Balm vas an original ninstral, but bc:saa Il
Aooro had called him " a svindle1." TaAa Sc
lot allowed in England. a.: M