, 1877-08-07

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" It 10 camc to pasr, In The SLOW course Of lime.
Ills ships, tntlfng homo from far foreign cline
With rich freight aboarj, were dc1arctbby foul
weather.
The mI.cr swors much, but In vn!n was each
The weather from bad became rapidly worse,
TIL he feared that the vessels were Lost Altogether.
How ttsanEe II tho power c1cricd by Feat!
Whht crstwtilc VIC scorneJ, We now humbly to.
we're.
The mlrcr In mts'.y forco! tho t'crision
uc'd hraped on religion. snl prayed long and
For p'aee' No! That safely might come homo
Ills vessels. That night, eaw the miscr vision.
There came, as upon his hard pallet he lay,
An Angel Ut light. and the mises did say,
hAiy prayer, Is It rnswtfrdi" With time far from
soothing,
The Angel saId, "So!" ~ prayed long, Angel
bright;
= surc bctsrr nc'cr ;6.c to the hcuvca,y height"
The Angel said, "'Twas much DleH about noth~
Ing" MoonLAxp.
CHICAGO. Aug. g, 1877.
UNCLE JEl.NY,s FIST STORY.
.St1e Fort !sHn.
'tThey Amt no ,1so o. taIkin'," said Uncle
Jerry Grccning, "fur p!rk'rcl Is 1lst the
tccnalshuscst mud vora[shusest fish they is.'
y party Of fishermen wcrc caulpcd on the
ftaltlcsnake Creek, ilrar tho celebrated Grccn-
lug Farm, In tho best trout-flshins section Of
the Sl,obola region, in Pike County, Ia. The
question OF tho voracity and tcttaciiy Of ish
was bcIiE discussed over the ptpe AMI bowl,
altcr days tramp Of n,any miles. Old unclc
Jerry WIS present. Tho catfish, the eel, thu
black bass, the trout, md pIckcrcl each ln.t its
champion, md Illustrative stories that mist
lnve Mut1c the lsunes Of Munctnuscu turn at,l
ratio In their grave were related to provo the
superiority Of Cact, in thu two attributes n1cn-
toned. tnctc Jerry had takcn but liltlo part
in tho discussion. and the weight OF asuusnel,t
sccn,cd to be In fayor Of tlo catfish. Then tho
old fisherman canlc TO the nil Of thu plckcrcl.
r., "'l eat tts chIItlurn and It's childarns CHI.
durn to tho tenth generation; n I'm burned I
aiut seed one y lind got holt n Ills own tall
suaettuw, n was trylr' his p,oticst 10 Get away
with hl.sclf taEc''t TINT t!s. that t1cz sIyh
aappctte y that ortcr bc put down 'mons then.
Is llcz y lcnst lrklln' Of turalshlsncss. Is
pfcl;'rcl tcnaIsilusl Will, mebte | dom know
'zaely what tecnaisfl,is' In, but I've cotehcd
seed 'cm ilop round iii ti.uy irozed stiT; kcp'
'cln two r three days, then carried 'cm twenty
milo tu git home, II cl,nckel 'em on tho kttrlin
1oor TIL XII G!t ready ~ eleau 'e1n. I've seed
minutes, i, thcn iesn Ia gap mil work ticir
rllls, N then Eooty soon 20 to iloppln mud skip-
pin round thu room, With their Iaw. open like
'lyoung alilgator, 2 wouldn't bo stil! ~ hit
atcr's dictionary don't call that tecllashut, but
'ta!nt ~ pooty durn nigh on to 1t; al'l't it,
The ,oys could scarcely help allowing that
thcru was at luast . suspicion Vt tenActty nbolt
II nj! kptr1 ft11flf y flf Hltr1l f.fjtlJt
"tsMe.s never tolc yo, bout pig Squire
D1ls'ls plck'rcl that lo llcd o,,ct, did l. Wall,
boys, ttar wua q Jf.h. hlcbbo you won't b'licye
eser ss 'tss sss St IL T. su,o s gia o 5S s .s IN"
thing. liz kcp' the .'lrk'rel IN II sprlny Il, a
pustut' OH Ills farm. Il want nlorch u tout II
d half long, tho rlek'rel wa'Mt, but fie were q
sonn9)as ~ .nr 5saifS Iat; nur" n I'll, qit I'M
u liver, anl after fcc.!in' It gil 10 Ole fccto-
ta'cr-tley called him Tcctotallcr cause ho
never got full-l'e'l snap hts laws and tcar
round IN that sprfng I'll! sls blled, 'sase @ t4Sre
COWS y feel In tl,' lot got 90 they WIS 'ftai's
t. 20 az drink in the spring, cause Testotai!or
Gliawed their noses. He'd iackle nnytlins. olt!
suis ' s s nd 's;G s t ST 'ys %ss st rce H. I3; s;
allNs blatacd Il fcller U lived over ttut way VII
atcalI!I 7, but tell you he's inherent. That
uuFn blck'rcl cat tlat pl0wl
..Wa!l, aayhux. tl'e s4uire bought, ncw cow
thar, an mo nn' the OLE man waa lrann' ON tho
is,'So ,.s 'osi' at t new cov; ss iea round
~, Wmg . aa tnen ~aks snx oSsv H. sh:ns 70 .fiHk:
nmo arInK, a.na tHTns toan1 az sta;s st'tl;
8Wi*tln' an swpshln t!er tall In thu srru-. Shn
wsrG y, nco fat rFsssf ,a ole Isetotstisr ks
IT. up 80 ~ Waltzcs over to that side o. Tue
;spr!hg, an When tRe c9T's tali cai'fc down inter
IL aslll, 10 closea On u Ike blur trap DID TINT
COW ncllsra Some, think; An then slic eur
on9 1ltnp ana olo Icetotalicr colhr olst'n that
spt'nH - u he'a beell shot uut'n cannon, An,
rum that lot tley vent, the GOV a.bc!lerih AZ
nahIplh' Ut uaSk, nn1 lookln' . II thy watls-
Essness OF thie h'ysr mundane spear bed never
siraek .es 50 lorEltso a!ofe, while Icetotallcr
wcFe tuk!n' up the SLACK ~ 'cr tall about foot
o. every lrh'r They hcdn't male nore'a QUO
eirut o. thu lnt atorc th' plck'rol hed put E!s.
se.t outside o VI that eo~'s stat but II, n4aktn'
agsab Iur 'eF runp hi missed hls holt aud cuahe
- ~ gfonh' kcF'ua'ml1.
..ha, t,a Fnra spoenF said tho ole Squire,
'tnat ~ SETTLES IsetotallatF ...
=, Me f"n;'su ~ eyer M +, wtaF l'o fell, 'apcctin',
u.. sootse: = MM hlln deauer.n June shat:
tHA HOA W NUNS LkH0k-u kuIt uutu 1lSA