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wasuIsorox, Tuesday, Apr

wAsuISorox, Tuesday, April ,.
The Roman Catholic Church in this city and
the diocese has dunued the weeds OF monrning
aud through their binding tears the iaiteiui
can SEQ no soothing balm With which 70 teai
their bruised spirits 1t is hard, very hafd .
part from those with whom We have BAT inii-
mate social relations. bat when tie venerable
shepherd Of deyout aock. 90 whose spiritual
wants ho has miuisicTed during iNcuiy bong,
eventful years Is taken away BY inexorabie
Death. why hsn il is We feel ibo impoieuce u
human power 70 stay impending ruia aud tte
utter insuaicicncy q earthly cous..ation. ne
Rev. Dr. ChA- J White. pastor 81 -. Nat
thews Church. died az tho pastoral fcsi-cace
yesterday m rning aged seventy one years.
10 is really 4 Celebrated Case which b. on
The Naiiouai boards iais wces TIE phyi b
from the pen & tho author ~ Tie Ig1 Or
phans anl j. supeFbiy rcaiefei uiih oTc-a.
appointments from New iufk. Next us-s
tbe Goihamite plsy-Hrishts. Nests Jsr'eii
& Palmer vill have produced here " Jaels
Toms cabin on grand scale.
There IS a little by living s1mcstcrc- noi
ilr removed from my humble foof wh0 b. a.
ready a great reader aul adfnireFo q Shakspetfr,
though scarcely out of De tenth year. IT, has
memorizcd a large humber Of tlc great TRACE
dies which wsrc borh into eternal hic lfo,n Gle
pen Of this bard u Avon. The f0nl pafcuts
of this prccocious younesier think seriously oi
placiog him 90 ibe Stage coach Ia order that
It's talents may be directed 20 az oud.. more
practical end real. he is a bal boy, Is john
uie, aud were il not f,r the watchful attentions
Of his doting papa and a little strap would
certainly grow up to mans estate ia tie con-
lidine faith that life was made up Of but two
things: ginger nuts aud Shakespeare, after
each Of which articles of physical aud mental
diet be shoxs 4 mighty dislnierested hlnkc :
ing There came last week, however, n very
uulucky day for Johnuie. lie had been given
a lesson in Catechism, on the mastery of which
to exercise sorLe,,of his Shakspcarean memory
The little cherub, having carefully removed
the sacred leaves from their binding had
inserted within the safe shelter OF the latter
lis lavorite yellow backed cory 81 Gimlet- beg
pardon, Hamlet, and was found by his papa
an hour after this transpoSilion Of literature
carefully memorizing the sohoquy OF the
Woody Dane. Fifteen minutes after, johnnie
and the irate author Of his being were holding
a select, private matinee in the woodshed.
during the progress OF which The lads measure
was taken se-ve-rc-al times with an iuiani
sapiilg. As be threw away the CAD, sarcasm
prompted the parent to ask "Now. what Is
that like2" It was an uulucky query. The
reply came from the juvenile, trembling lips
and seemed full chock full Of mild reproach
Father, it is very like whalO !" Aud then
sort OF moan. chilling solitude foil upon thai
man-and his infant son. The dove Of peace
seemed not TO roos. upon tho raftors Of that
woodshed anymore. The sire eyed bis heir
aud the heir eyed his sire and all was very
very STILL So still you could hear gun
drop. GUruRig.