Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-18
gans voluntary rose the involuntary
mirth Of many Of the CONGREGATION.

j eans voluntary rose tne involuntary
mirth Of many Of the congregation.
! Highlanders have the habit when talk
| ing their English, such as it is, of inter-
jecting the personal pronoun che" where
not required, such as ''the King he has
/ come" Often, in consequences sentence
= rendered extremely ludicrous. A gen.
tleman says he lately listened to the Rev.
Mr.. -, who began his discourse thus
my friends. you will find my text in the
first epistle general of Peter, fifth chapter
and eight verse: 1.-THE Devil he goeth
about like roaring lion seeking whom
he may devour.' Now, my brethren, for
your instruction have divided my text
J In tour heads. Firstly, we shall endeayor
to ascertain who the Devil he was Sec
ondly, we shall inquire into his geo.
graphical position namely, where the
Devil he was, and where the Devil he
was going7 Thirdly, who the Devil he
was seeking. And fourthly and lastly,
we shall endeavor 20 solve a question
which has never yet been solved-what
the Devil he was ''roaring about"
Miss Wilson wished, and was about to
join the Baptists of st. Louis. She made
an attempt to reach the officiating minis.
ter breast deep in the water, but her cork
leg was seized with unwonted activity.
Misc Wilson knew nothing of the law OF
specific gravity, and was not to blame.
She was suddenly reversed in the water.
The minister teelingly righted her up,
and observing the grinning of the specta.
tors at the solemn scene, asked Miss Will
please not to do that again. But he was
innocently ignorant of the cause of the
disturbance OF her equilibrium. He
gently led the maiden out, when with
wild shrek she fell backward, and her
lively leg shot out of the water. The
minister made half a dozen efforts, but
could not keep the convert right end up
long enough to baptise her. At length
she told him of her trouble, and he called
for weight to ballast her. The specta-
tors fled percipitately to give vent to their
feelings. Miss Wilson fiji p. Topped ashore
indignant and amazed, and went and
joined the Presbyterians.
Edmond About says: "At the age of
twenty-five an American has tried doz-
en- ways of life, made four fortunes, a |
bankruptcy, and two campaigns; plead
ed cause, preached religion, killed Six
men with revolver, enfranchised a me-
gress, and conquered an island. An
Englishman has passed two examina-
tom, been attached to an embassy, found !
ed a counting house, converted Catho-
lie, made tour Of the world and read !
the complete works of Sir Walter Scott. |
A Frenchman has rhymed a tradgedy, !
written in two journals, received three |
sword wounds, attempted two suicides,
troubled the peace of fourteen husbands !
and changed his political opinions nine
teen times over. A German has SCARED |
the faces of fourteen of his intimate |
friends, swallowed sixty tons Of beer and |
the philosophy of Heegel, sung eleven
thousand coupiets, compromised maid
servant, smoked million of pipes, and |
been concerned in two revolutions. A
Roman has done nothing, learned moth
ing. seen nothing, loved nothing, suffered
nothing. The gate of q cloister is thrown
open, young girl with no more expert
ence than himself is led forth, and these |
two innocents proceed to kneel before a |
priest, who licenses them to begin fresh |
stock of innocents.'