Middletown transcript., 1876-05-13
PRoTHoNOTAnY.

A Coon OLD HoRsE-A certain brother E. had two
brethren whom we will call A. and b. who were all the
time picking at each oher and getting up little fuses
Brother E. getting little tired OF the difficulties went to
ing "See here brother A. have an old horse
want you to get and work a few days"
stWel why do you want me to do thatw responded A.
"Wel' says E. 'she gentle and quiet he does just
what you tell him. You start anywhere with him he goes
right along mndng his business, pays attention to
what does not belong to him. always peaceab and gets
into no troubles" Said A.. somewhat excited:
'We brother f., what do you mean by all this there
is trick in it.
aWen" responded E., g thought if you would work
that old horse awhile you would learn to go along about
your own business and not be all the time picking fuss
with brother B." Brother E. called on brother b. and
must be valuable horse We wonder if it is for sale
to let It might pay in churches neghborhoods
to buy that horse and loan him among the breth
rem and sisters few days in place. The suggestion is
worth noting.
An OLD FASHIONED BUSINESS. -Shoemaking is of
great antiquity The instrument for cleaning hides, the
shoemakers brste added to his yarn and his knife were
known as early the twelfth century He was accus-
toned to hawk his goods and it is conectured that there
was separate trade for annexng the soes The Romans
in classical times wore cork soes their shoes to
their feet from water, and as high heels were not then
introduced the Roman ladies who wished to appear taller
put plenty of cork under them The streets OF Rome in
the time Of Domitian were blocked by cobblers stalls
which he therefore caused be removed In the middle
ages shoes were cleaned by washing with SPONGE and
oil soap and grease the substitutes for backing
Buckles were shoes in the fourteenth century, In
an Irish abbey skeleton found with marks Of buckles
on the Shoes In England they became fashionable many
years before the reign of Queen Mary the aborng people
wore them of copper gilt not long after shoeoses came
in Buckles revived before the revolution of 1189 and
finally became extinct before the close of the eighteenth
century.
r. HEAvEN1x LovE--When are fullest Of heavenly
love- we are best fitted to bear with human nfrmty,
live above and forget its burden 1t is in the absence
of love to Christ not its ulness that makes mpa
tient of the weaknesses and inconsistencies of Christian
brethren Then when Christ is all our portion when He
dwells with and in U.S. have satisfying enjoy
ment Of his perfection that the mperecon of others is
swallowed up, and the Of nothing
ness makes us nsensble that which is irritating to in
dividual feeling.-Hare.
threadbare stranger in Detroit registered himself at
one Of the hotels he Emperor Of Brazil and then sat
down on trunk checked for New York and began whist
ling "No One to Love-" Chief Jones was called, and
bowng profoundly the distinguished stranger, asked
"Are you the Emperor of Brazil, srY "Not /" replied
the shabby "Why, then, do you SO register your
nameY Because / wish to travel imcognito." The
stranger sumbered in the station-house.