The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-01-09
rLsAsANr REniNlscEsCEs
How the Elder Booth Kecited the Isrd's
Praysr-Other Aneodotss.
The elder Boctb. while residing /

How the Elder Booth Kecifed the fsrd's
Praysr-Other Anecdotss.
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The elder Booth. while residing In
Baltimore, was one day invited to
dine with pious. urbane, old gen.
tleman Of that city. After dinner
the company returned to the drawing
room, where they requested the great
tragedian to repeat the Lords Pray
er for them. He slowly and rever-
entity arose from his chair, trembling
with the burden of the great eoneep-
ton of the character and attributes
of the Almighty Being which he was
expected to realize. He became
deathly pale, and his eyes, turned
heavenward, were wet with tears.
For some moments the silence was
absolutely painful, until at last the
spell was broken, as if by an electric
shock, as his rich toned voice, from
white lips, syllabled forth Our
Father, which art in HEAVIER" ETC.,
with a pathos and fervid solemnity
that thrilled all hearts. He finished,
but the silence continued; not a
voice was heard, not a muscle moved
in his rapt audience, until from the
remote corner of the room a sob was
heard, and the old gentleman 1.-THE
host stepped forward with stream
ing eyes and tottering frame, and,
seizing Booth by the hand, said in
broken accents:
"Sir, you have afforded me pleas
ure for which my whole future life
will be grateful. / am an old man,
and every day from boyhood to the
present time l thought l had repeat
ed the Lords Prayer; but | never
heard it before-neverr'
ITO read that prayer as it should
be read" said Booth, caused me
the severest study and labor for
thirty years, and / am still far from
being satisfied with my rendering
of it.
Many good stories are told of the
late Robert Toombs. Here are two
of them:
Years ago at the Greenbrier, White
Sulphur Springs, in West Virginia,
he became involved in rather disa-
greeable controversy with man who
was defending the Northern side of
the war This gentleman finally
said to General Toombs; well,
General, we licked you, anyhow.
Licked u.s." said the old General, as
he arose and Strengthened himself
up, mo, sir, no such thing. We
wore ourselves out whipping you
This brilliant man had great benev-
olence of heart and remarkable de-
gree of tenderness and affection for
his family. Although up in arms
against all men. he was gentle and
courteous in his intercourse with
ladies'. No more hospitable man ever
lived than General Toombs. The
citizens of his town, Washington,
once circulated petition for sub
scriptions for the purpose of build
ing hotel.
What do you want hotel fOr?f'
asked the General.
"Why, General" replied the circu-
lator Of the petition, ''our town is
growing, and when strangers come
here we ought to have some decent
place for them to stop at.
II shall not subscribe. You know
when any gentlemen or ladies come
to our town they can always come to
Bob Toombs' house, and any other
kind of people we don't want"
Mr.. Greeley was Universalist and
master of all the defenses of his
faith; but upon most questions Other
than that of future punishment he
WIS quite orthodox. With rational
ism, as represented by Theodore
Parker, he had little patience, and
adhered to the old theory of the in
SEPARATION of the Bible as tenaciously
as any Presbyterian. l once heard
him tell with great gusto a story
which think he derived from his pas
tor, DIR. Chaplin: ''Your Uncle James,
said father to his son, thinks
the whole human family will go tc
heaven, but your mother and / hope
for better things" l shall never
forget his intense enjoyment of the
wit of Phoebe Cary, who, on one &C
casion, in her own house, when hard
pressed by a clerical advocate OF
eternal damnation, retorted thus
"Well, sir, if God ever sends me t.
the place you call hell, / know one
thing beyond doubt-he will give
me a constitution to bear it." Thu
laugh that followed this sally was
led by Mr.. Greeley, who said after
ward that Phebe's wit had illumi
mated the whole subject.
When the authoress of "One sum
mer" wrote her book she was en-
gagged to a young man who declared
after reading the manuscript, that i
she published the book he would
consider the engagement broken
The strong-purposed authoress, how
ever, with all of woman's grit ant
successful authorship staring her il
the face, defied her lover and pub
lished the adventures of ''One Sum
mer." The result was not unlookot
for. The book was success; tn
gentleman took his course, the lad.
hers, and she is now passing he
time on the Bay of Biscay, where il
company with a few artistic friend
she is enjoying herself according t
the bent of her inclination. Tn
question to be answered in the fu
ture is, has the publication of "On
} Summer" been loss or a gain to it
author?
On the collapse of the rebellion
ex-senator Wigfall fell in with
party of Union soldiers in Texas
Being well disguised, he entered free
lv into conversation with the soldier