The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-16

that is worse than the first. They may
break some bad habits by continually
making ugly faces at them, but if the
congregation should afterWard wear the
impress of these faces, then the benefit in
one case is more than overba]anced by
the evil done in the other.
While it may be proper for the I
preacher sometimes to warn and rebuke |
he should never do this in a manner |
which shows the least resentment or !
want of affection for those who are !
addressed. Let the general spirit of his |
preaching be characterized by love, Joy i
and peace, and his congregation will
scarcely fail TO reflect these graces in
their walk and conversation, --C Christian
! Standard.
'sSeIls.''
It would puzzle philosopher to give
an exact definition of the word {" sell"
| Nearly related to the hoax, it differs
from it in being more innocent in its
| inception and less mischievous in its
consequences. Some little ingenuity is
required to concoet happy SELL" but
any one may perpetrate hoax who is
equal to "lending a lie the confidence of
truth" The latter is a deliberately
planned deception, oftenest attaining its
end by personation or forgery or some
thing closely akin to it; whereas a sell
needs no such playing with edged tools,
and may not only be unpremeditated,
but even unintentional.
The Irishman who undertook to show
an exciseman a private still, aud intro
duced him to bis brother, who had been
twelve years in the army and was a
private still, sold the guardian of the
revenue very neatly; although it is
possible the victim of the joke did not
see the fun of the thing, any more than
the official of the north London railway
company did, when overhearing a
third-cass passenger aver that any one
could travel from Broad street to Dals-
ton Junction without ticket, as he had
done only the day before, he inter
: viewed him when he alighted. The
traveller not proving communicative,
the Jealous railway servant conveyed
coin into his hand, and then asked !:
"How did you go from Broad street to
Dalston Junction yesterday withous a
ticKetF' "Oh," was the unwelcOme
: reply, ''I walked %
AS readily trapped was the amateur
musician who responded to the adver-
tisement: " Wanted, trombone-player
: for Barnum's balcony band,' by waiting
. upon the famous Snowman without delay.
You want a trombone player p in
quired he.
. Yes" said Mr.. Barnum.
What is the place worth 90 asked
? the applicant
! ooh, about twenty-five dollars a week,
! / suppose"
very well, I should like it."
&c All right" said Mr.. Barnum; and
, the trombone did frightful execution
l through the week. Saturday came, and
: with il Mr. Green for his salary, instead
, of drawing which, he received a paper
: on which was written &c Mr.. Green to
5 Mr.. P. 7. Barnum. To playing the
g trombone on his balcony one week,
. TWENTY-FIVE dollars" The recipient
smiled.
3 "It's all right, isn't it ?" asked Mr..
Barnum.
"Wby," said the musician, you've
I; made an odd mistake; you've made me
the debtor instead of you"
" No mistake at all" said Barnum.
: " You see this is how it is. There are a
great many men in this city fond OF
Z practicing on brass instruments; but
/ they cannot do it at home because OF
their neighbours objections. So I find
s them room on my balcony during SO
i many hours a day, where the street is 50
. noisy that it does no harm, and they
7. give me go much a week for my trouble
in keeping the organization complete
g You don't think me such fool as to pay
u such Il wretched lot of players, surely
/, However, as you seem to have been hon.
q estly mistaken. you can pay me ten dol.
Il lars this week, but hereafter / can make
7 no reduction" There was a vacancy in
q the balcony band the following Mon
Y day.
l. Many an unprecedented sell has tee1
perpetrated from inability to resist sud
den temptation. One OF the Judges o
P the supreme court of New York state
Is visiting the centennial exhibition, sa
e down in a quiet corner apart from the
. others, to listen to great. cornet player
y and, as was his wont IN court, drew hi
= gray coat about his head and ears as
> protection against possible draughts
i His motionless figure soon attracted at
d tention, and the whisper ran that it was
i the statue of some wonderful character
a The Judges sister wickedly told thos,
y near her that they were gazing at the eff
q figy of an Aztec priest from Mexico
e The information passed fiom mouth K
mouth, and some hundreds of people
e were drawn to the spot, to disperse some
what sheepishly when the object of thei
"a a curiosity, having had enough of tn,
q cornet, readiusted his coat and rose to go
i A good story is told of one Boggs
q whose impertinent curiosity was pro
. verbal throughout the country tina
a owned him. He was on one occasion
u travelling on the Little Miami railroad
alongside solemn looking man, WIN
e persisted in looking out OF the window
e and took no heed of Boggs' endeavo1s t,
e enliven the journey with little CONVEX
q sation. At last the brakeman or guarC
'e came round with some water, and tn
70 unsociabIe traveller turned round to tax
d a drink Selling the chance, Bogg
: asked: "Going as far east as New
York;"
/ No" grunted the man.
le "Ah!" said Boggs, L" New York
d dull this time of year; mebbe your
c striking for Philadelphia"
J. The surly one shook his head.
% "P'raps Cleveland's your destinationl'
+ insinuated Mr.. Boggs. No? Can't b
e going this roundabout way to Chicago?
10 No reply was vouchsafed.
y We'll" cried BOggs, despairingiy, {;
e s'pose you've no objection to telling
j. where you are going ?"
10 Well, sir, exclaimed the mau, " In
5, going for seven years
a Then the deputy sheriff said he woult
rather not have folks talking TO his pris
eners, and Boggs gave in.
This puts US in mind OF Marx Twain
lie anecdote of ATtemus Ward and travel
y ing bore, between whom the following
st amusing colloquy took place:
a. IBID you hear that last thing !
n Horsce Greeley'sf '
re Greeley, Greeley, Horace Greeley
D. who is he?" said Artemus
is Five minutes elasped, then came