St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-20
The First &cWing-Nachinc i'm
England.
lt naInl,rr's JDIirn"!. !

In the days when the sewing machine
was in its earliest infancy, Il lady resi-
ding in India, imported one, and for Il,
; long time kept its mysterious working
hid from the ken of her native tailor
This functionaIy was the sloWest of his
proverbially slow caste, and wasted
no end of time drawing over hem and
stitch. One day his mistresS comcsto him
, arm laden with yards upon yards Of
some dress fabric. " Dirzec,' says. she,
Is how long will it take you to rul. these
! brcadhts togcthcr?' Tree day, Alissis,N
replies Dirzec. "Ali>Sis, rlcasc, plenty
too much work. "1hrcc days Non
! sense. ThlC" hours you mean. iGu are
very lazy man, and III cut your pay.
Give me the stuff, III dc it myself.
Then the lady rctircs TO hcr boudoir,
from, the nmoSt pcnctrali@ Of which 4
sharp aud continuous click and Whi"-
reach the tailor'S ears. lie car, make
out what the sound is, and he is murl,
too lazy to speculate OIL it. Iecontinurs
to " chew bctel,' and yavninrly to WV
needle and thread. .Ntrran hex, or twr.
MlS$us comes back, an,; throwing AZ
! Mr.. DllZc",s tGlt thp raw material now
. tasi!oued iutU q complete skirt, saws
There! See. yom wanted three .tys,
YOU sleepy fellow, to 1inisl. this, aud 1
iIaYc done It already." .Nstunisilcd, Dir
%pp turns orcE the drapcry, examines
tie SEAMS, scl1ltinlzeS the stitch, and
satisfies himself that all is proper and
according 10 tailols> rule. lie is con-
founded. 1t paSsts his understanding.
! There lies the work done and no mistake,
But how llG springs up from the mat
on which he ha, been Sut,atting: he
; kicks over the little brass vessel which
holds his drinlling-Watis! t:e sCattcrs
! right and LETT thread, III elle.s, tEilnalc :
he stops not to- pit on his sandals or to
adjust iOo>cncd turbitn and waist cloth.
Scared and hewilde!e,s, lie .tsn;, Tor very
life into tho ttauilal, shouting IN he goes
al0u@: Shltan shitan iThc Evil one ,
the ] vi! one ! He do tailor business tuut
! Nln'n's house | listen; hear he cry
'CIc"!;, c'ceE, clceh Trrc,o hour tilvc !,u
hcbcE stop ci7. Den. Plenty too lnnch
true Lis word tell i,hcry l,lt srne. All
work done finish not go back dat
bGHs;,..uW.>' And he never did.
Here lS.a >tory about The .AlcIhisho,
of Canterbury which has been told be-
tore, but IS Us good az EcW. The Arch
bishop ot t2ntel hurry had II dread OF
paralysis and made it a subject Of prayer
that he might escape the calamity. \
grand concert was given in London and
IL distinguished Duke and Duchess invi-
ted the Archbishop to accompany them
and take Il seat in their private box.
The Archbishop occupied a scat between
the Duke and Duchess. Before the
evening WIS over the Duchess n]auifes-
ted great UnoaaincSa. She not only lid
gcted, but she made grimaces. She would
bound from her seat, and her manner
was 1iSt'uit. The Duke gave tcrrepruv-
ing glances and by his manner lei her
understand that her behavior bordrrel
on the indecorouS. The attention of the
the husband and wife was now directed
to the Archbishop, who meel:lY folded
his hands upon his breast and said
LIT has come! at last it has come, q
Lord, give me patience to hearit. ''Beal
what, your Lord>tlipe" inquired the
Dnke. "paralysis, said the Archbishop;
II have feared it and prayed against it. ;
" But said the Duke, "don't YOU think
You are mistaken see nothing unu-
sual in yolr looks s. cannot be mis-
taken," said the Archbishop. for
have been pinchins my leg vigorously
all the evening, and have 80 sensation
in it, 49," cried the duchess, it is my
leg thar yeu have been pinchinG, and
did not know what to make of it," The
Archbishop felt better, and has not since
that evening been troubled with para
lytic symptoms.