The age-herald., 1901-01-02
SKETCHES FROM
 EVERYDAY LIFE


 gentleman at 8 hotel the other night. About six months ago the minister's sal ary was cut and he took -offense and re- signed. For six months the church re- mained closed except that every now and and then the trustees and elders met to try and elect new man, but they never could agree As usual they wanted a twelve by twelve man on two by four salary, and the men they were willing to take they knew they could not get on this salary. At one of theee metings a promi- nent and influential member of the con gregation arose and said that he thought 1t would be as well to get a young man and make a great preacher out of him as to try and get a ready-made great preach CT He then told of a young man he had heard preach several months ago at a town in Tennessee, and whom~h he thought was quite promising. He did not know his name, but the committee might write to the town and find out about him. This suggestion seemed to meet with general approval and the committee were instruct ed to write and enquire about the young preacher, and if the reports were favora- ble to extend him call. They therefore
 
 the name of the promising young preacher who lived there and finding that reports were favorable he was duly extended a. call and accepted. One of the committee meeting the member of the congregation who had spoken so highly of the preacher he had heard in Tennessee informed him that they had called MT B. and that he had accepted. MT. B-?" said the infiu- ential member, ''that was not his name. don't remember what it was but I am sure 1t was not B." We'll to make a long story short they had called the wrong man. The young minister who had made favorable impression on the in- huential member was only visiting the town where he preached, and the commit tee who had written to enquire about his name, had been given that of the perma- nent minister who received the call and who was expected to arrive the day I left home. The church now has a minister on its hands that no one has ever heard and for whom no one considers themselves re- sponsible
 AS boy my home was in the country' remarked citizen, who, like many other country youths, grew up to be prominent man, and my first visit to town was to see sister who was married and much old- CT than myself. The day after my arrival there was a onIildren's party in the neigh borhood and my sister said must go. Per- sonally would have preferred to keep on my old clothes and stay at home. I was dressed up, however, and as my shirts were homemade and rather course, my sister in- sisted on putting on me what was known as dickey. This was a lot of sfrils and faces to wear around the neck and over the chest. Women wore them as well as men, and my sister loaned me one of hers I went to the party feeling very fine, and al- though I knew nothing about it, I pro- ceeded to dance. A man who knows how can ride a bicycle without touching the handle bars, but a beginner will grasp them with might and main, as if the ma- chine could be kept steady by sheer force. It is somewhat the same with dancing A beginner will dance with great deal more energy and violence than is necessary and I had not been dancing long before I had danced out of my dickey, which fell down and hung to my waist like an apron. was taken out for repairs, and on my return
 
 gave me a red candy heart.
 "As did not have any pockets carried this around next day in my hand, but as it was showing considerable signs of wear and tear, I conceived the idea of boring a hole through it and wearing 1t around my neck on a string. did tfds, and being sentiment tai, I wore 1t next to my heart day and night for three days. By this time the heart had disappeared in brilliant crimson stain that covered all my chest and stom- ach. When my sister went to undress mo for Saturday night rubbing, she was hor- rified at my appearance, and thought that I had scarlet fever It took some time to convince her that I was we'll and sound and that it was only a candy heart which had dyed.
 'We are getting on a business basis in all things" said a prominent clergyman, land people don't like to give money with out value received. I have noticed this particularly in regard to marriage fees which are much smaller than they used 10 be. I believe this is the case also with Pullman car porters They don't seem to expect much, if any, fee, and I notice in my travels that porter will allow you to get off the car and carry your own bags, while twenty years ago he would have snatched the bags out of your hand and insisted on carrying them and earning a of pride with groom to pay large wed-