The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-02-08

uncommon in dreams, he thought he was
Gollah OF Gath. He had Just killed and
eaten David and had also killed and
eaten up a large part Of the Israelitish
army, when he was struck with terror by
seeing little man whom he knew to be
Paul coming towards him. He tried in
vain to fly and fell on his back. The
apostle at once rolled on his chest ten or
twelve of the largest Philistine Krupp
cannons, and leaping on the pile took hold
OF the deacon's wind-pipe with one hand
SO as to stop his breathing, while with
the other he fourished the spike with
which he sewed tents Then the deacon
thought the apostle said, "Did I have a
tar at Damascus gouging the party
interrogated just between his eve, giving
him lnexpressible agony, cor in Arabia
another gouge in his cheek, or in Jeru-
salem, y " or in Rome, or in Ephesus." He
named as it seemed to the deacon abont
hundred cities, with incredible rapiditv.
and with every name ne dug into new
place, until with the struggling and the
the agony of the spike, the deacon awoke
with terrible yell, to find he had had
nightmare and nettlerash.
The success of our fair was so brilliant
the bellies that we should have another.
But we were hurt and amazed to find
that the community was opposed to a
repetition The young men said that
they did not want to pay a dollar for
articles not worth dime, and that the
multiplied entreaties of the girls to be
treated" for the good of the church had
exhausted their means. The young ladies
who had not had tables said the whole
thing was spoiled by those who did have
them: And parents and guardians uni
versally declared they could not afford
to throw away FIVE dollars for one. So
hard is it in this wicked world to get
even church members interested in q
good cause.
Then we tried lectures DR.. Dusty
agreed to deliver his celebrated effort on
Egyptian Hieroglyphics and the Nine
teenth Dynasty, for one half the net pro-
hts. The principals of each of the semi
narles were personally solicited to allow
their pupils to attend this learned dis
cusslon. Also number of little girls
took their stand at the street corners and
besought all who passed to exchange a
quarter for ticket. Also the young
ladies waited on all the clerks and Young
men, generally, to request their attend
ance. Also Miss Leonora Tibbia, daugh-
ter. of our richest merchant, was to sing
a solo, "Ah, Don't Mingle," and the
choir was to give Billy in the Low
grounds" These vigorous efforts were
crowned with success, and we had a full
house. The lecture was only two and a,
half. hours in length, and but for the
shores of the children, everything went
off well. We made 1858, Of which our
half was $3.50.
We are all little ashamed of orr
next essay. A man who called himself
Prof. Somebody, came highly recon-
mended as the solitary professor of a
Musical phantasmagoria exhibition.
which no one could attend without i'm
Proyement In morals, religion, and the
Bible" - So ran the notice. It seemed
there never was but one man who had
known how to construct the machine
which was to produce these results, and
ne, after making this one only, had died,
without revealing the secret. The owner
evidently wondered how " morality. re-
ligion, and the Bible" had been able to
exist at all In the ages preceding the
advent of this powerful auxiliary. He
was to give half Of the proceeds for the
use OF the church which we granted him.
There was large turn out, especially of
the children, and the church members
were treated to pictures from a magic
lantern, while the man S wife sat in The
pulpit and played jigs on violin.
The result of all these delights was
that the public stomach got into a dis
gusted, nauseated condition. Tt was felt
that nothing but highly seasoned disb
would attract. Accordingly the consent
of the Session was obtained to allow the
young people to get up a religious
| effort for the church. The young folks
rehearsed twice week for two months.
They put stage, drop curtain, and a
variety of other machinery about the
pulpit, the orchestra-two violins. bass
violin and guitar-using the table for
their music. There were first a number
of tableaux, among which was Miss
Leonora Tibbia as sleeping beauty. By
right of her fathers money she naturally
fitted this character, and exhibited an
embroidered night-gown trimmed with
lace worth dollar yard. Then we
had the moral drama where the results
Of virtue and vice were set forth by the
happy death of the villain in his attempt
to carry off the rich heroine. also Miss
Leonora, and the joyful marriage of the