The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-08-08
MISCELLANY.
THE BOZ IN cHURcH. +


lie was playing at the gate as went past
and heard his father call out /:
Boy, you just gallop in here, and get
ready for meetin' !"
Shi !" replied the lad.
"Shie I'll shi you, young man. if you
don't trot in here lively You'd be as bad as
Jesse Pomroy if left without father for
three months -
81 would, hey ? .
No sass, young man it's high time
you're ready for church !"
The minister was giving out his text when
the boy and his father came into church.
There was considerable improvement in the
lads looks. His hair had been CREASED aud
combed, he had on his Sunday jacket, and
there was religious look in his eyes as he
stumbled into the pew.
I ought to have listened closely to the SER
mon, but did not. The boy and his father
were in the pew next ahead, and / couldn't
help but watch them.
The boy got along very well for the first
five minutes Then he asked his father what
time it was, and when the parent replied with
warning shake Of the head the boy cast a.
round him for something to interest his mind.
The preacher settled down to his DISCOURSE
and the boy settled down to his plan Of wear
ing away the coming hour. He reached over
and got hold of his fathers silk hat, and was
trying to remove the band, when the parent
took it away and bent over and whispered
Boy, if you don't pay attention to the
preacher I'll break your neck when we get
home y
The lad fixed his eyes on the clergyman.
lie saw that the good man had auburn hair,
blue eyes, hord complexion, and was we'll
dressed He heard him make use of such
words as " fortuitous, y umbrageous," and
g repellant,' and without being able to tell
whether they referred to new kind of string
beans or the Gospel Of Christian light, he
reached out and secured his fathers cane
He punched at several flies, crammed the sill
yer mead into his mouth until he turned pur-
pie in the face, and finally reached over and
jabbed woman Immediately under the left
shoulder. His father then grasped the cane,
laid it away, and Kissed
Young man, I'll tan the hide off'n you
wneh we ge' nome
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pay strlcs a'len1loh 70 .''e o"isu'e =, s"o 90
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preacher again, and tried hard to understand
the discourse. The good man was trying to
explain the uiiierehce po'wooii '"oo' o''o''' ".'
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counted the NUMBER OF burners over anu osoi'
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gan 10 mum secular sune' MS ia''e, s"e0
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ed
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