Wichita eagle., 1890-02-25

him Judas Iscariot.- ara dipping his hand IN
the font ne ssiiied the infants squsais, adding
with JUNCTION:
"'John wesiey. bspti1e thee
And the trembling parents, accustomed to
letting the old man have his way in all things,
went quietly out with their little girl bearing
that famous, If not exactly feminine, name
That's spretty good story" said another
Of the party, '-and reminds me OF . some
what similar, though not 50 funny, case,
where the parents wanted to call the child
Julius Csssar, but the minister, rsu,arkins
severely, None OF your heathen names dub
bed II Simon Peter. But shas class Of pa
rishioners whoars willing to submit their own
wsii TO the pastors vnim IS not common,
nowadays, in cities anyway, and anv preach
er who attempted suen thing would Be
likely to get piece OF her mind from the
good wifa l remember unvirsiarlv offend
ing such 8 one when was young in the min
siry
i had performed the ceremony and was
making out the csrtiticass aud registering
the christening in Ey book Forgetting the
day OF tGe month, / said to the father:
Let me see-th.s is the twelfth, Is il notP
The twelfth broke in the indignant
young mother. Its only the second, snd
you baptized the first yourself II you visit
Cd Us oftener you would n0t make such aA-
surd mistakes. The twelfth, indeedp
Ii took me some time 10 assure ner that I
bad intended no rejection on her age
Il used 10 feel awfully nervous ovsr hap
tiSrIs before got married and had chihircn
or my own added another Of the clergy
men, when had TO take the baby from It's
mothers arms before the whole congregation.
never faiIed 10 grab AZ toe wrong way, 10
seemed to me 81 frss, and I invariably see
the most placid youngsser hawhng. greatly
10 my own embarrassment and TO tho delight
OF the young people in the congreeasioa.
One day goad OLD mother on whom was
calling excused herss.f from the room for an
instant, and came back bearing a clever ant
pretty babe, her grandchiid
i have made up my mind, Mr. " she
said, 'fraln watching you handle the babies
that are brought TO you for baptism, that
you need few lessons IN the ART Now
propose TO give voa Them. here IN private.
with tnebaby as an object lesson. and nobody
Will be any tue wiser. out your own comfort,
as well as thSt OF the congregation not u
speak of the babies, viii be greatly incr~asea'
IL was little staggered ~ first by ths
novel proposition, but soon fell into ths
humor of it, and after a few INSTRUCTIONS
from the old lady's stock Of mother lore
dandled that child like father Of twins, aud
soon became 80 expert that have quieted
many squaning child at the font and TO-
stored it To its mothers arms cooing and
soothed. In fact, / found out long after
was married that my wife first took liking
70 me, as they say, from seeing ths masteriy
way In whica ] quoted a particularly bad
baby which had set the whole Congregation
R-tidgeting.n
Il once met q css-, !" the speaker Added
"where a young couple whom bad married
1t the same altar came TO me to bRptiza
their first child Inc father WINS unusually
young and abashed, and looked even younger
than hs was The wife was s.f possszx.ed
enough, and had evidently coaonc,i him for
the ceremony. His embarrassment wss ~
great, however, THAI when said 20 linn, IN
due course of the service, Name this child
he looked helplessly at his better half
81 thought be had forgotten tho name, and
so did the congregation, sotne OF whom bs-
gan to sinile.
The vito nndgod him, however, and he
woke up, answering in clear yoics;
al will
The ceremony of his last visit 20 THAI
altar was still fresh in his mind, As 10 was, IN
deed, in the minds of many present, and his
pat reply ticlsled them 80 that IL was with
difficulty decent orier was preserved. n--Nsw
ork Tribune.
Wonderful Painting.
First Enthusiast--Oh, how beautifnii The
Angelusn is certainly all 1t has baex Ssid 20
be. Why, 1t is 30 real one can actually hear
the bells ring.
Second Enthusiastically, II is more prtI-
raj still II YOU listen intentiy you can smell
the onions on the peasants' breath.-Apericn
Tns',lsi sultan Of Turkey was sccustor,e<
to shut himself mp with q negro slave and hi=
iavorite wife in a secret room OF his paiac.s
and there gioa, over bis treasures Ptunelne
his arms IN a heap VI gold dust and Letting u
slip through his fingers seemed 10 gfYe hini
moro satisfaction than gazing On his plls Of
Jewels
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