Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-11-13
GEO. o. BARNES in SCOTLAND
"PRAIsE THE LORD"

"PRAISE THE LORD"
3s BERKELEY TERAcE, ELDERsLIE ST I
GLASGOW, Oct. 18th, 'S3 !
Dear Interior;
A little clap at Bexley Heath, Of
tender years, but very like "a man grown"
in ways, got of the following, that quote
in passing, for the moral Of IL: On his 9Th
birthday hi. mama, thinking to put
thoughts Of rsspor sibility in bis mind, said,
"You are seven now, darling. oughin't you
to begin to be very goodg" To which the
young scspegrace responded promptly !;
"No, mans; l shsnt try it till I'm s."
This came young hopeful, not long after.
getting little excited on the blse ribbon
temperance question, quieted bis alarmed
console nee at dinner the next day by say
ing, "Mams, pour me out half a glass Of
ale to day; ] am beginning 10 be tee-total'
ler." "Men are only boys grown tall" are
they not? Let each enc Of my dear read.
ere apply the parable as suits tb' m best.
am writing in the midst OF great iab
bering Of mingled French and English.
Marie, 10 anticipation ofour visit TO France
perhaps years hence, has begun TO recover
her long. relinquished French under the To-
Quacious tutelsge Of IA Madame, who knows
about as little English as my darling knows
"parlez rOus" Marie, like great many be.
ginners in other things beside the study Of
the French, wants to know the why ? Of ev-
erything as she goes along. A weighty SEN
tence from Madame, checking this too in
quisltive spirit, has just caught my ear.
"Do not reason too much nor, Miss. | try
to teach Won great pasteur Of Won great
church in re city; but he could learn noting
He psrpetuallee say. Vat is dis? Vat dat
you sayl Wy is die? l do not like dat;
dere is no res son in de- until at last he had
great disgust and threw all down and learn
noting, noting and all becsuse he was so
very wise; he would know all at once. No,
Msdamoiselle, do not reason now; wait till
you know more; and even then, reason not
too much; il is not good for one who learns.
Hare Just faith in &c book tiR you quite troughp'
Well said, good Madame; you teach me
a weiehty Lesson, better than French.
As 20 along must notice things char
acteristically Scotch, before they become so
familiar that shall forget to record them
as noveliie, The horse collars on those
driven in carts and vans have the peculiar
ityof rising to a sharp peak, at least foot
above the animals wilhers. The iron
names, then, 20 of in curve right and
left, terminating in a knob, at an equal
height, forming perfect w when looked
at from front or rear. The horses them.
selves are the noblest OF their class. In the
recent procession the carriers made the
grandest exhibition Of all, in horse flesh.
In America We are becoming familiar, in
measure, with the "Clydesdale" type. The
head is heavy and uncomely, but the other
proportions are almost perfect for draft pur-
poses. see more noble horses here in day
than anywhere; an Indifferent animal is the
exception.
II takes time TO get acquainted with a
city built Of brown stone throughout 1t
impresses lne every lime go out, yet, with
a sense Of the grandeur Of III especially
coming from London, wi,hi,s endless mass.