The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-18

stronger. Though hoarsc. he has .a. "a.
'V,ye auvioie throughout the large room
cnaa 49, - general regret with the Confer.
Before the failure Of his voinn
'''ee was almost peerless in the pupi,.
DIR. Morton.
Dr. Morton has great rotund;,v IL,
hn,,o 49, anu Is OF smooth speech. He
ease than he got through "tbe IN, ,n r"v.e
misery" in Mammoth cave '"' Hiai
Dr. Young.
~ Ut a, .g Is Ike Saul among his brc;h.
e., n, iau' broad-shouldered, he tread
49, 49, rms speech is deliberate and his
words go with the force OF bullets. " "'S
How the "virgiuian - Offended
Inc Following is the article which cave
onehce TO some OF the ministers and which
'ney denounced in the Conference. rs
shown in yesterdays proceedings.
JocULAR INTERVIEW.
~ Is estimated that there were cnouo,
FOXES IN the Monumental church in port.
mouth yesterday morning 10 keen an oycr.
age congregation laughing for the nevt
cenIehnml. The Methodist preacher Is
bioNeroiai Tor his anecdotes. and. indeed
.le! are as much a pant OF himself as bis
'h,"I! OF baptism or his saddle-b3rs
a matter OF information 10 the public.
'n interview was had on this subject with
one OF TIE members Of the Conference ves-
''ruay' with the following result:
Is Inc anecdote OF the Methodist
preacher necessary feature OF his edu-
cation IN The eyes Of the Confcrence;"
W Ell. II Is not absolutely required Of
nlm' but every preacher j EXPECTED 10
furnish his quota OF jokes for the edifica- I
he ministers" W ''0"i
" How many Jokes does the average
nii"IS!eI possess Is repertoire 2"
" ! bat depends upon bi, ministerial ACE I
l. nc young preacher just starting out on |
his work usually provides himself with 314 .
newspaper jokes. 200 pun,. and 3G ,foria.
with morals to them. Thi, number in.
crea>e>, Of course. with his experience. and
hy the time be gets 10 be rs old Nc nr
John L. Edwards bis stock and store i
positively incXhaustihlc. In proof Of This
statement II may be mentioned that tbi.
gentleman recently invited his coneresa.
t'on IN lrtersburS 10 see what he could
40 IN TINS line and actually spoke in anec-
uo'eN Tor more than I'D hour. and then de-
Vl'Ieu tilat ne had enough left with which
10 entertain ,Iel 'lem the balance Of the night"
here do the ministers USUALLY gel
their iokcsg"
Prom various sources. hut in the main
from Rev. j. j. Lafierty. Of the 1dpocgte-"
DO ministers eNereXchange Jokes when
going from one circuit 10 anOther:"
80. yes; and the itiuerant system con-
duceS beautifully 20 such an arrangement"
Whose Jokes VIII Or. Blcd>oc give Us
next YEAR,"
Il believe be has exchanged courte,ies
with MIR. Clark. Of Nccklcnburg county,"
With the exception 81 Mr.. Laffcrtv.
who j. the Dean swift Of the Coniercncc:"
REV. NJ. :. Coionna."
"Nlil The minister, Of tie Conference
appreciate and understand thi> iocular in
terview :"
Il reckon sO."
After TIE above bad been read on Thurs
day and objection made thereto. Rev. L.
\. Peterson slld DE- VS. sure from the first
that no harm was meant and no harm had
been done.
Dr. Edward, arose md said be had read
the article in the same spirit in which il
was written. and %, Tor himself he enjoyed
il and would MOI mind seeing it repeated.
Rev. Mr.. Col0una endorsed " bat Or. Ed
wards had said.
Rev. NJ. Clarke took no offence NJ the
u,e o. hi- name. and made some humorous
remarks on the subject.
pr. ItFIEETY WEBS.
Following the above was Tie ,uljoined
incident, which viii be read with interest:
During -he morning session Dr. ). !.
LaiIerty made one Of hi, hUmoroU, >peeche.,
and during the course Of his remark, made
Use % some expression which Rev. John
3. Dev did not think O. rcycgtntial "a,
il ,hould he. H. accordingly arose and
rc1uA,d Nlr. La1crty Tor his lcyity on
sacred matters. md used q term 20 char
acteriz. li, action which seemed To MIR.
Laderty 10 Doe harsh. and hi- feelings
were 50 much burt that be wcpt Or.
Bled>oe arose I'm behalf OF Mr. LATER
" and said De- thought the reDuke Wa IN
called for. in which remark tie Conference
concurred. Mr.. Dty then offered an cX-
saving that Do lad no intention I
" wouudin- Mr.. LaAeuy', feelings, and /
the two minister, publicly embraced. The I
incident created considerable furry in the
Conference IL tAe time. out IL conclusion