The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-03-15
Observations Of Men and Things.
By OUR GEORGE.

proper time. When | read about those good
old days of the patrarchs am sometimes Tempt
ell to find fault that did not live i'll those times
| when it took six or eight hundred wears for Il
man to shuttle Oft this mortal coil. But behind
| this silver lining is black cloud. for we must
| also remember. the sutferings of Il person who
was tavorably mentioned III a will waiting for
the day when he would become heir to the
| estate. The mere remembrance Of what tie
Methuselah boys must have endured waiting
| for the Old man to change his abode. is enough
| to reconcile us to our lot.
That little affair of Joshua's always struck me
with high appreciation of his cheek, when he
gave the sun rest; but on mature reflection
| picture to myself what muSS it must have
| kicked up with the Weather Bureau and the
| Almanac makers of that day. IL threw the
| whole thing out Of gear, and must have neces,i-
tated new set Of calculations never built
an Almanac. but know it would ruttie my tenn
per TO get The copy all ready for the priner and
| Then discover that some one had borrowed the
| moon and taken her our Of her orbit or caught
| hold OF the tail Of one of IN, comets and unset
all my calculations, and changed the line gale
|
orally.
| Although to Il certain extent The ,lly, Of mir
acleS have passed. Yet now and then some one
| digs up something that looks Nely much like
| one. Lately it has been no unusual thing TO
read OF cases when person has eaten nothing
| for months. The papers have been filled with
! accounts Of a prominent New OK journalists
who fast q for months. This has not surprised
me much for | presume that he lived at Il
Hrooklyn boarding house, Where if 4 boarlrr
consultS Ms inclination ne feels a~> nrllne,I tu
| eat than o stalNe. | sreak ON this subject
With great deal OF feeling, for during AN ex-
tended residence there, | was continually re-
yolving in my mind the eonundrun; Whether
| would remain any longer III Brooklyn OF 30
At once 10 Greenwood Cemetery"
Then there il the account OF the girl out in If
| linois who ha4 been asleep for nearly Il yt.l.
That is 1 Iun@er nap than YOU cn find "u the
best piece Of cotton flannel in the market. There
| We're some doubts at irst among her friends
| whether ha WAS really asleep or MOI, but when
looking clay was held oyel her face ana yhe
did no' open her eye, re9pr Wondered .u!d
when i plate of taia was offered hrr lnl She
took no notice of it many bpii1 ci b,i when
tW" lady friends performed heir toilets in htr
room and arrayed Themselves for 4 baIl and ts-
cnssed the fashion, and talked over al the yan-
Dial ami She tlid NOT i1he tlS notice, W ID, the
greatest ~repti, Ma rahN inrr,i, ant left her to
sleep il o,,l.
Inc etr#oy u prayer IA ~pc,l.d in- t.nor h15
been lnIy ptoSrn There Mu, the "a .tvl the
Chicago Woman Who had been dulnb and lame
for YEAR. At INIT size brtooh herself tr ~.rk inc
care h1 i,rtNtr ,nd with -ir!. success ttat sine
wa able to Nrt IN oilt of htd ana 70 iuto the
neiqFbnr. uA ten thu olHi nr# &. Her husband.
however, Wh" n 4 hrhr,r ID IN ttr tttIh oi The
law thai action And reaction Are AWAY e,ln.d,
hlntc,l mildly, IL 1 iIlcnd thai he Nit. perfectly
wilIin" that liz wife rhoult have The 49,. nt trr
| feet, hui tht Had lie Known " hAi The o!t llty
| W. ~ w. he would have pat Ia counter
| prayer AGAINST Granting universal ~nilrt"r ID
| her tongue; tnI he thinks thai hi4 PRAYER @"rli
| nave been earnest, :Ah would have carried
W much ceIins wNh il, that ii Wpnli nave
prevailed.
Surprising n wa that c:s-r, il ,int~ nul Of
| aeht when we rr;ll II the italian I,,iy nhu iu,d
| Io, ~ her limbs -nur Of thN-, lnn That
nature matte 10 wn;u' ,inr a. and T. 80 h.liidp
10 Kick old ha with on the tilrt lty Ut turii.
| :Id Then limp round ou iuf lat' ne 1T two or
three Gay,. This lady dl not like ibis on, le4rd
| life Anl Knowing that ntW huir Wuuld "r,W
| When oil had come ont, ana THAT new teeth
| would replace those that We're pulled, AMI that
| nature provided the hrer with new anllcr~. aut
the snakes with new skins, and the lobster with
| IA Il
why She could not have q new Ie@ grow out to
mate the old one Sd Size strai4htway rt.~ortel
10 prayer, and we gan easily sex with Mat
lcrvor She must have prayed, and huw persist
| ent she must have been. Being ii married lady
her powers Of persuasion We're gre at, and She
had often had occasion 10 bring them to bear
on her husband when it was necessary to have
| new bonnet Or patent hustle, and She could
not remember Il ease wherein she had failed
| After time She had the cXGtlisitc pleasure OF
having visible evidence that her prayers were
| being answered, and with renewed faith She
| Kept sending in her petitions, and at length She
| Had the satisfaction Of having bran new leg of
| the latest style. with all the modern improve
mens. neatly cncaScd III 4 cardinal red silk
| stocking and finished out Ivy 4 genuine French
/ J''f' iloii1
superior TO the old one that The E,tIv i, now dr-
| Ilberaiing whether or not shr will have tha oIl
one amputated and trust TO her PRAYERS tp mate
| ~ the new one. Had | not read this ;urrDunl
| III newspaper never would have believed il
| unless ! had had it tattooc,l into me i'll india
ink; but ~ il II 10 not see how cau l,.a~on-
ably diseredit H.
But the Last ana most singular ease have
heard Of i this: Last summer q vouu. mln in
New ori1 while eating cherries. being d il!ttc
nervous, as is often the case, Spit out lh Wnjt
and swallowed The stones. Shortly afterwards
he complained Of Il lisagreeable feeling Al his
stomach; he said it felt is though lot OF work
men Wee spaiing up his insdes and harrow
ING him up. After tm- he said he knew there
was somebody inside OF him planting am nr-h-
ard. The doctors were called in aut hrl their
usual guessing festivals, but eou,d mot solve tIa
conundrum. ii Was nott.tl that Witn I've rnt
| out the lrdz and In!Iins would II. ntollilt h4
head and even light On His shoulders. iii, .ut.
terngs continued. ann At last unable To- bear tp
longer under the lnyatela tAnt Wts oppies-ing
him, he died post mortrm examination he
veloped tile tu.t that the cherry stones he h,t
swallowed had lodged ia his stomach. and
sprouird and taken root, and 4 nice little mar
serV al cherry trees was 2raN ing nj insnl. ut
him. and some OF the trees Werr i'll BLOSSOM and
some had fruit on them. iii tNpiinFi IS nv
the hrds acted So strangely when lie atlrlrod
on the street, for they evidently ni-toul hmm
for 4 cherry orchard
lhi, singular opens i new hrll a. eur
scientific farmer. THIS being the first Case Of