Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-20
HOW PoMP WAS CONVERTED
Rainy Sunday at Church, Where
Was the Only Sinner.

Rainy sunday at Church. where He
Was the Only Sinner.
DR.. Payson, the famous and beloved
preacher of Portland, Me-, used to tell
the following pointed story:
One very stormy Sunday he went to
church, more from habit than because
he expected to find anybody there. just
after he had stepped inside the door an
old negro came in and asked il DR.
Payson was to preach there that day,
explaining that he was a stranger in
town and had been advised to go to his
church
upon that, said DR.. Payson, 81
made up my mind to preach my sermon
if nobody else came .
Nobody else did come, SO the doctor
preached to the choir and the old negro.
Some months afterward he happened
to meet the negro and stopping him
asked how he enjoyed the sermon that
stormy Sunday.
Enjoy dat sermon?" replied the old
man. 81 'clar, doctor, nebber heerd a
better one. You see, had seat pretty
well up front, an whenebber you d say
somethin I'd jess look all roun, ter see
nobody only jess me. An says to
m self, He must mean you, Pomp;
you's sech dretful sinner. Well, doc
tor, dat are sermon set me a-thinkin
what big sinner war, an l went an
fined the church down home. I'ze a
deacon now christian Endeavor
World
individuality of Cows.
Major Henry E. Alvord, chief of the
dairy division, United States depart
ment of agriculture, says in The Daily
Herd that cows differ in their tastes and
in their requirements in the way Of
food just as human beings do although
perhaps not to the same extent. To feed
all the cows in the herd alike day after
day and month after month, as is so Of
ten done, is an absurd and wasteful
practice. Some are sure not to get
enough for the greatest profit, and 9TH
ers are likely to get more than they will
use to advantage. This is as to quantity
only, but differences in kind of feed
may be equally desirable. In thorough
study and comprehension of the ques-
ton of feeding lies the greatest oppor-
tunity for the execrise of real economy
in the management of the dairy herd.
Each animal ought to be watched and
its habits, appetite and condition known
at all times. If it leaves its feed in the
trough through lack of taste for it or
restlessly throws it about, at once short
en- the supply of that particular feed
and try to find as substitute something
the COW will relish. Its distaste for the
food that it has long been accustomed
to is an evidence that the system is de-
handing some change of diet rather
than that the COW has lost its appetite
to hurtful extent. Give her something
she will like, and the appetite will be
found all right.
The Philosophical Tailor.
How often have taken away gar
ment for fault which did not exist
and which of course never intended to
rectify. How often have / taken back
the same garment without it ever hav-
ing been unfolded and been commended
for the alteration which had not been
made, and then been reprehended for
not having done what was right at first.
A man to be a good tailor should be
either philosopher or mean, cring
ing slave, whose feelings had never
been excited to the pitch of manhood.
- Life of Francis Place..