The Benton weekly record., 1880-10-01
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e '''Io think Of tllatl'' interrupted il.e al.i
n woman. SHY Ezekiel must be . l,ane-
if some lad. But lam interrnpfing. DO 20
i on, please, parson.'
Indeed, dear mothe;.'' continued Flsf
/ vicar, reading, II shut my door and wfn.
dow OF an evening TO keep them ont q! f.as
: ROOM
!, Dea: iiIot = exclaimed Tie old ss,sinatt.
what Will si,e world come 10 aa4f:,
j And vet, continued the gicat', 'tstses
3 do not leave inc alone believe tnax.
come down tIie chimney to get al me. =
well, we'll now, parson.'' exclsilnyz1
the mother. holding mp her hands. "to
think how forward Of them -
s.Of sfllon:''
Il Why, the Aiss kitties, sure. When
were young, maidens would have bIushetl
to do such thing. And come down the
I chimhiey, too.''
After pause, the mothers pride over
mastering sense Of what bctitted her sex
But Ezekiel must be .ale handsome fer
the 'lsaidens 10 be after him So And,
reckos:, the NJ iEs kitfies will be qst5ility folk
too. 2t@l @s 5se
a young, s1gart-looking Scotch clergy
man WAS preaching in q. strange ct4lnsry
/ church. e'earing shat his hair was NOT
properly parted in the middle, Or perhaps
that he might have Il snudge on his nose,
he quietly and significantly said to the bea-
die, there being no mirror IN the vest1y:
John, could you get me a glass;
John disappeared, and, after few min-
| utes, returned with something under his
coat: which, to the establishment OF the
clergyman, he produced in the form ofs
lemonade bottle, with u gill Of w.Aiekey In
lit, saying;
s'sYs Enaunna let on (telI) about it, lnin-
lister, for got it as Il great favor, AMI
Wadna hae gor il ave if atlna:xai,l II was
FOR you -
1t may be we'll to mention thai among
the humber orders in Scotland "a glass
1s the expression for a dram of liq,sur. Il.
the foregoing anectfate we are NOT told
whether the minister OF 1oln consumed
the gill.
Dean RAMSAY relates that one OF The
9saEis OF LauGereiale was once alarfnin@3e
i'll, one distressing symptom being n total
absence Of sleep, without which. the nles1-
ical men said, he could 41stI recover. Ills
son, syho was somewhat, simple. ssas play
ing o1i the carpet, and cried out; .ea ,-.
Send for that nfeaahlng snan ;irae l.iv-
ingstone, 1eE sssy1her aye sieeps2 when he's
in the pulpit. 's4 ...-s
One of the doctors thought tle Ailli
worth attending TO, and the experiments of
''tgetfing minister to him. succeeded.
for sleep came Oh, and carl recovered.
In contrast to these persons who assit1,l-
ously attend church, there is, unfoitunatx-
lF, ulnc}a larger class of persons H44o ca,4
rarely, II ever be induced to enter n place.
OF worstip Of any description
There is story oia village cufa}e u 1.o.
after E.tlr!i persuasion, had got an Old wu-
man OF this elass Ut iass 10 60 to church on
l3seost Friday. On his Wa,y Aonle4 lla urei-
took fser and after expressing his pleasure
70 her Of the aVfVf of5an 15 i os.itt, Iii sF
atts1 BY tho ci,flrcl. On taking leave, she
inquired hoN' long il va% since that crne4
pfeceoi business ocenrrsat. %2
NEARLY two thousand Fear= age, = frpll
ed The earate. .t@
Alas for his hopes that lac baa snafa d
serious Impression upon The cid laslr.
Tive Thousand years ago. she exelaiBl-
I'd, viii, Frightening counteAa1,ce. ssrhcu
let's hope it's net true - .f<z..-
Parish clerks especially if theysl,appea
10 ha tshsaselnaksls, are generally qf a phiit-
sophicni turn OF mind., HeyV il an exam
le=relatesl by an sid rector who was
starleIing with hls clerk ia bis churcilyard
ruefully contemplating the fallen granae,,g
of stately elm which had lately np,lalnen-
led the picturesque burial piaee Of The
rude forefsthers Of the hsmlrE.''t After
gazing for come time on the wreck, the
,Ierk5at length broke the sorrowfuIpilealcs
~ addressing the rectv. 'rus:
- dare say yon rememhs. sir, the vio~
ent storms Of the spring OF 1888. have
aeard there we're more elms blown dowa
heh than was ever before known; ana in
he autumn Of that year We had the chole-
q. Now collins YOU know, are made Of
eisna: those trees, therefore. were doubtless
'losFn iowa on psarpslsa 10 supply the ex-
ra number OF cofffns which Providence
ore9aw would be required before the year
,ndea.' szs. .%s-}
Tine present writer was once stnndlng In
eIaurchyard with al aged sexton, ghe
complained that II was 60 full now s&tat his
ForkIhad eeaaet1 to be- pleasure,
7sttsiron see, = said he, '.jt'a ali Cd work
ao@.i and though have parcellasl our
'laees to. All the parish, it,ll he titisA
. gem 'eEn all ss,ng. As for .johnsDu
sioH.er,, :ilss' q long ,lp; and TO keep all
qtsate shall 'ey t, do what | never did
fore; he'll 60 north and Fontl. across lie
eet OF his family, Where there's old Nil
hat inll just 'old i'm. z 's1
Poor old lnan though be spoke as if he
fere inasAnrEal, he has been dead fos laaAy
ears, ami many Of those fer whom he pi~
uslys planned have survived hissa
clergy ygnen, like other mostals, occasion
llS fad out that they have ehesen t.n:u-
laelpmates. One Of these ill.,
les made rather aR.k " ard mistake. Her
asbanef having hrongEita : brother clergy
1at1 home % dine with hins, went into az.
Their. apartment to speak to his spouse
bout the repast, when she attacked him
Ead abused him for bringing parcel of
llexellows to eat up their ineene. The
provoked at her behavior, said. .
"a pretty loud tone: