The daily gazette., 1876-06-17
THE MOTHER-N-LAW OF MOSES.

one of the latter asserted that re er
| did not know who was the mOther-in
law of Moses, and couldn't ascertain.
| Peter offered to bet that he could find
| out and the wager was accepted
After searching in vain through the
scriptures, MIR. Lamb concluded to go
| around and interview Deacon Jones
| about il. The deacon is head man In
gas office, aud in the office there are
half dozen small windows, behind
| which sit clerks to receive money
Applying at one OF these MIR. Lamb
said:
lis Deacon Jones in?"
whats your business
"Why, want to find out the came
Moses's-"
Don't know anything about it
Look in the directory" and the clerk
slammed the window shut.
Then Peter went to the next win.
dow and said
81 want to see Mr.. jones a minute. ="
"What for"
"l want to see is he knows Moses.
Moses who:"
"Why, Moses, the Bible Moses if
he knows"
"Patriarchs don't belong in this de-
partment. Apply across the street at
the Christian association rooms" and
the clerk closed the window.
Al the next window Mr.. Lamb said:
II want to see Deacon Jones a min
ute in reference to a matter about
Moses"
WANT to pay his gas bill: What's
| the last Nance"
"Oh, no. mean the first Moses,
the original one"
Anything the matter with his
meter?"
you don't understand me. refer
to the Hebrew prophet. want to
see"
well, you can't see him here. This
is the gas office. Try next door"
AT the adjoining window Mr. Lamb
said
Look here l want to see Deacon
Jones a minute about the prophet
Moses, and wish you'd tell him so. )"
"No | won't"replied the clerk. Hes
too busy to be bothered with any
thing of that kind"
But must see him." said Peter
81 insist on seeing him, I've got bet
about Moses's-
Don't make any difference what
you have got, you can't see him.
But will. l want you to go and
tell him I'm here. and that l wish for
some information respecting Moses
I'll have you discharged if you don't
60"
Don't care if you want to see him
about all the children of Israel, and
the Pharaohs, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| l tell you, you can't. That settles it.
Turn off your gas and quit"
Then Peter resolved to give up the
deacon and try Rev. DR.. Potts.
When he called at the parsonage the
dVctor came down into the parlor. 1t
is the doctors misfortune to be deaf
and there was little misunderstand-
ing when Peter said:
u called, doctor, to ascertain if you
could tell me who was the mother-in-
law of Moses"
"Well, really" said the doctor,
There isn't much preference. Some
like one kind of roses and some like
another. a very good variety of the
pink rose is the Duke OF Cambridge.
grows large, bears early, and has very
fine perfume. The Hercules is also
excellent ;but you must manure it well
ard water it often,
u did not ask about roses but Moses.
ou make mistake" shouted Pc
TER.
"Oh, of course, by all means. Train
them up to II stake if you want to.
Inc wind don't Low them about SO
and they send out more shoots"
ou misunderstood me-" yelled
Mr.. Lamb. 81 asked about Moses not
roses l want to know who was the
mothcI-in>law of Moses"
"Oh! yes, certainly. Excuse me. |
4 thought you were inquiring about
roses. The law Of Moses was the
foundation of the religion of the Jews.
You can find it in full in the Penta-
teuch. 1t is admirable; very admir-,
able Tor the purpose for which it was
ordained. We, of course, have out
lived that dispensation, but it still con
tains many things that are useful t
US, as, for instance, the"
"Was Moses married."
Married, Oh! yes; the name of hi
father,in-law, you know, was Jethro
and"
who was his wife,"
why, she was the daughter o.
Jethro, of course; said Jethro wa
his father-in law"
mo; Jethro's wife, mean, | want
to settle bet"
, mo, that isn't her name. Bet is
corruption of Elizabeth, and tha
name | believe is not found in the Oh,
Testament. | don't remember wha
: the name of Moses wife was"
a Il want to know what was tae nam
/ of the mother-in law of Moses, to set
s. tie bet"
+ Young man," said the old docto
n sternly, "you are trifling with a ser
, ious subject. What do you mean b
wanting Moses to settle bet:"
e Then MIR. Lamb rolled up a sheet O
music that lay on the piano, and put
u ting it to the doctors ear he shouted
t. a-bet-that- -I-could-
tind-out--wh what-the-name-of
Observation-Disclosures. Can
you-tell- -me?"
"The Bible don't say" responde
the doctor. and lln1esS won can pot