The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-10-09
A FOUR7YEAR-OLD CUnORED ,
.l.> PREACHER.


There is now in Louisville negress who
IL perfect child wvuder.l She is Scrip
iurai marvel. She does not even know her
letters, set she can quote accurately mostly
any passage ia the Bible.
Attic age Of niue months she could talk;
aud would frequent j tell her u,othsr what
her idea Of heaven was.a As she grew, Older
she would sit for hours and expatiate ON
the beauties and gluries Of the other world.
'rhe old cvlorei folks would listen to her
sayings FOR hours. ''2'a" eaa 81" '.S@'s'Hi
'" At the age of 3 years she hogan 10 lecture
OIL heaven. its wonders. ons Gvl aud lie
ou,uipaent power. She has lectuIed 1iu
many places, aud has created . frroro every
place she yet appeared. The prodigy lectur-
cd ut the York Street Colured Church yes
terday aiternoun, aud ~ night spoke to Il
large crowd at the Green Suesr COlored
Church. Her speech was good, and her
delivery Impressive. .-,
A reporter Of .ie Courier Journal ib-
terrogated her last might. '':n"91 1oo"a.
" hat il your name. little girIE y.,t
Alice Cotany.' .. Ill l..s
How old are you?' r...-
.Ise just years aud 2s days old to.
nights .''t ""' 'a~'''4~
~. where we're you born?'-aay ~pf Y
~ wss horn in Liverpool. EnglInd--
cross the Atlantic .r .mn..q- f....
. How lq.g since you fell the the Porsr
within Juu! '~'' A'.'' g.
:" L do"'t know; Pscaiwaysfslt the pow.
ei OF God. T. e@f lcas.. ffsai tast sf.
What do yOutaIk 4bOut when you speak
to crowdr ..: ,A.s.
L talk about jesus. about heavenly
things, about how JESUS died and vas cfuci-
tiec how he rns. again in three days snd
stitch un the right hand Vi GVd.5aiiue
Can you spell!' b,ys
.Nosir | don't know nv A, b. Csye
She then went on in rapturous strain
about things Biblical and spiritaal, eom-
pletely nonplussing the reporter.
She was accomp by two colered men.
They talked in AN enthusiastic manner .
bout her. She said in her conversation
that she believed in two kinds Of baptism.
She spike of the different nro.ies ef saliva
ton how to reach paradise; how to he
converted from had man toa good one.
etc. Her sayings were eniirely original.
aud veie not spoken in hesissting voice.
but in quick. keen. and fsrcihie sMsner'
As young ss sbe is. q negss-s. sissost sdu'
cation in the principles she sets foeth. her
power partakss str''ngly Of the marvslous.
WHERE A NAME WAS UsEFUL.
was on train and he was reading. There
was crowd on :he cars. aud amongst 9th
eis a lady with a ve,y srrirhiiy little girl
that mad blue eyes. heal Of gli~,enihg
gold. and an inquisi,iye tongue. She pit
ed him with questions and toyed with his
watch chain. The mother. who was vi
dow. fairly bcamed upon hin. lie. her.
vously laid TO the mother What do you
call yoLr little darliugt' widow. smiling |:
Ethel lie. tall her thep.' lriigns-
ton. Reading resumsd.-Ral. Observer.
Rich men should >prnd their money AMI
get the full benefit Vi il while living. and
~ depri the lawyers aud their heirs ofibo
power to SANDER thrir mcul"ry wiih their
owu earnin - aud savings. Vanderbilt liz.
tie thought that he was oaly piliug up
wealth 10 he used in proving him nat oply
a k.aye but q foil after he vas in bis
grave. - ii,rhmond Stdte.
Sir Wilfrid I.a~sn. al m agricultural
dinner recently. tnld story illustrating ths
effect ,f hard times on fsTmers: Que
Seutch farmer had determined. in spite oi
the bad times. to psy his rent II ID were his
las, shilling, and saying 10 the factor who
received Il. IL is nv last shilling he
threw down rtil Of mites Tie factor
counted them. aud said. There j. $50 t"n
much odds num- said the farnSr. I
put my ha"d in the wrspg p"ucl.', ..
Alta railtoad station lately an elderly
lrish wemsn. who had arrived sf few seconds
after the train had sisrted. set of 20 run
after it. She Of course abon came TO =
halt. when she began osbnse The unscc"m.
mcds,ipg engine. adding With . hate
brogus. 'Fsaghl the great blseh ugly
lumpl When she gets % ould 10 me. be.
dad. sLe won't run 80 qu,ek.'
There |. French stsry vhish scents To
hit Bcu. Butler exactly: They wsrs ex-
pressing surprise al the success o. p"liti-
cisn who had been evsrythiDg--Bdnspar-
tist. orlssnist. Republican, i'Ohine wcn.
der he gets rich. aid wi.s eh~rysy; he
hss s,ld svory ous tba. bought hiIn aud
saved the money! a.,
An Austrian general has been credited
with the witty remark that bs cuuntrymen
veut into 3csnis to occupy il. aud are like
y 10 be occupied. ~" '"' T'' 80 90"
| A French gentleman meets young sud
pretty American girl in Paris. What m
The world are .ou doing hsres' 'I'msp uh.
ing my honeymoon but. where is your
husbsDd!' 'Ob! he's IN Nsw York;
The man Who dsclains against the rail.
roads and says they have ruined the ecun-
try. and ought TO be wiped oat. makes the
biggest kind Of fuss when the train 10 ten