Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-10-19
DOUBTFUL PIETY.

Mamma, said a young hopeful,
who against his will was made to rock
the CT ldle of his baby brother, IF the
Lord has any more babies to give away
don't you take 'em.
OF a picture of Moses in the bulrusll'
es, where Miss Pharaoh seems to be
''leaving him to be drowned" the
Philadelphia Bulletin wants to know
sswhether it is a water .culler or a Nile.
painting
Teacher: "Johnny, how did Enoch
go to Heaven p Johnny ''Don't
know, a'am.'' Teacher: "Why,
Enoch was translated; God took him up
to Heaven without dying" Johnny:
"Golly, then that's the line I'm going
up on. ~
New Orleans Bulletin: Potter says
the invention of elastic cloth for
CATERS has done more towards Chris.
tianizing America than the Brooklyn
churches. The amount of blasphemy
current over knotted shoestrings once
was fearful. IL
Phlladelphia Balletin: II is now
supposed that Abraham was the orig
inal baseball player, as the Scriptures
soy VuoV AO pAIVAACu ~ VAAO WAANOA liz 3D.
Exchange. True, and Moses, you
remember, took A-run with his in the
wilderness.
"But, said one pious woman to an.
other, show do you manage to fulfill
your religious duties at Paris! At
Versailles it was so much more peace.
full and retired" 20, that makes very
little difference I only do my small
confessions here ; l still keep whole.
sale confessor at Versailles
Yesterday a y0ungster of 2 IL years,
who had become jealous Of his 2weeks'
old brother, and being left alone with
the infant for couple of minutes,
lugged him out of doors, whore he left
him. When ''little jealousy" was
questioned why he did it, he replied
that he was going to take him back to
grandpa God.
A South Brooklyn boy invited a mum.
ber of his comrades into the sump.
tuously.furnished parlors of the pa
ternal mansion, and undertook to. play
''Sardanapalus," but during the first
scene of the first act, his mother sud-
denly appeared and transformed him
so no one would ever suppose he had
been an Oriental monarch.
Detroit Free Press: 81 notice your
colored porter there is a grant hand to
pray" remarked a gentleman to the
Captain of steamer on the lake, one
stormy night last week. eyes, he's
always mumblin' and prayin' round
when there's storm" said the Cap.
ain. And then he continued gravely {:
But you ought to meet him ashore if
you want to hear some tall swearin'.' -
New York Commercial : it was a lit
tie embarrassing to the stranger. He
entered the church just as they were
singing hymn, and the sexton, hymn
book in hand, as he pointed him to a
pew, kept on abstractly singing, "Over
There, Over There "Over where -
was the whispered inquiry. "Over
There, Over There sang the sexton,
still pointing in reply, and the stranger
incontinently subsidized in the first
empty pew.
An exemplary minister of tho Cos.
pei residing in Raleigh, n. c., was
busy at his sermon the other evening,
when caller came to disturb him. II
was a stranger, and he said his name
was Dolsocker. He extended his hand
for a shake, sat down as if in his own
house, and presently began: Il called
to see if you would give me little
spiritual advice!'' ''Certainly will,
and be glad to- was the reply. care
you aprofessor g ''No." ''Then you
are thinking Of turning your nj feet 9 into
So9s Seps P"t1s Wss tSg lesitstius repy Pfy
''Don't you want to be Christian!'
asked the good man. ''1'n tell yol
how it is, said the stranger after quite
a long interval. I've got ticket IN
lottery, and wanted to ask you if 20.
thought it would stand any better
chance of striking the big prize if 1 wa
sort o. good than it would if I kept OF
being sort o. bad p The clergyman
did not labor with Mr.. Dolsocker very
long,.