, 1876-07-02
BREYITIES,

"A Brooklyn woman was asked to send he3
thsee little girls to Sunday-schoo1. She told the
committee-woman who visited her that the chill
lrcn had no suitable dresses in which to appear
on the Lords day The committcc-womau re.
piled that the churcl, would furnish them.
" What kind Of dresses do you giyes" queried
the mother Of the three girls. The committee
woman replied that the material would be cali
60. of neat pattern. ss Pooh!'' said the mother
ss then you needn't think you're going to get
my children! Why, at Dr.. P-'s church they
the visitor, and the children arc yet without the
means of grace as found In the Suuday-schooI.
4 popular English Nonconfornlst minister
was residing With farmer in Glasgow, while on
a visit to that city: whittier he had gone on q
dcputation from the Wesleyan Missionary So
cicty. After dinner, in reply to an invitation to
partake Of some fine fruit, he mentioned to this
family curious circumstance concerning him.
self, viz, that he had never in his life tasted
apple, pear, grape, or, indeed, any kind OF green
fruit. The fact seemed to ev0kc considerable
surprise from the company; but cautious
mind, and who had listened with much uncon-
ccrn, dryly remarked: 81 Is's peety but yc b..
been in Paradise, and there MIGHT na ;:.s beeu
ony faa."
The avowed policy Of the Hampton Negrd
Institute, Virginia, is to teach the students
practical religion as distinguished from thu
purely sentimental religion that Southern, nc.
groes have so generally illustrated. Gen. Arm
Strong, the head OF the institution, says that he
knows negro who stole suit OF clothes to
wear ut communion service, and that the Incl
dent fairly illustrates the kind OF religion here
tofore prevailing in the neighborhood- Tha
Rev. Mr.. Tolman, chaplain OF the Institute, tell.
of an unlettered negro who, when advised not
to shout 3t meeting, answered, Don't tLs
Bible say sHollcrcd be thy nanle"" An oh!
I Af.-A %f,- S1rrt ~E
!. Niger Demush referred to . black man;
lie adds: "As specimen Of their pulpit
annchronisms, in glowing description OF the
Hebrews in Egypt, the land Of Goshen was
dwelt upon as famous for the Goshen butter,
where Alderneys and other fancy stocks dwell
up to their knees in clover and timothY.'
DEACON MARVIN, OF LYME.
One of the carly settlers Of Lyme v as Rey-
mold Marvin. He was rich land-holdcr, z :
militia captain, md deacon Of the church. He
protcssed to be governed by Divine commune
cations. On one occasion he announced that
the Lord had directed him to distribute his cows
among the poor. 4 shiftless fellow who was
omitted in the distribution finally went to the
deacon and said he, too, had received commit
nication from the Lord, who had sent him there
for COW. ....,
t'Of course, then, you must have cow was
the reply. '1But what sort Of o COW did the
! Lord say must gi7s 5oa-a new mich ora
T. new 1nilch-cow, sir.''
"Indeed! Your communication could not
have been from the Lord, for have no new
milch-cow."
The bafIlcd bcsggar departed.
Another time the Deacon opposed some
Church measure, which was carricl in spite of
him. He promptly refused to pay his Church
taxes, anu was sued, ano his saddle taken for
the debt. Hecstccmed himself deeply 'srongc',
and rode upon shecpskin ('vhee!c1 vehicles
ea as 2ss T @ ran e aeon 1s scs
skin one day, he refined his horse Up to the CT
Dutch door, cut into in the middle. She came
aud leaned upon the Iuwcr half, her blue eyes
opened wide, and her dainty hands holding fast
to plate which she was wiping.
"Betty,'' said he, solcmnly, "the Lord sent
me here to marry you"
Betty's oyes fell upon the doorstep, and SO
did the plate. The demure maiden, however,
1.-THE Lords will be done" she replied. . ,
The Deacon n.ldged his horse and trotteu
slowly away, and the maiden finished washing
her dishes. Betty's father was not friendly ~
the Deacon, and tried to break the engagement
liz did not succeed, as appears from, the "pnb-
lishneut" which, according to the custom OF tIa
times, was posted upon the Church door. IL
was the production Of the prospective bF1dc-
groom, and ran thus:
.tReyuoll Marvin and Betty Lee
Do intend 10 marry;
and though her dad opposed %,
They can uo longer tarry."
They we're married, and lived in peace, and In
q small stone house on the west side Ut "IAe
Street - brought up large family OF children,
and iu due course Of events were gathered 70
their fathers On time-worn hcadatone IN thc
LYME cemetery may be seeH the following IL
seription:
..This Deacon, aged stxty-eigE
Is freed on Earth from aar:inS,
Nav for crown no longer wait
Lymc's Captain Iseyrold Naffin."
-Harper't AagGzine.