The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-30
COSBY CHAT AND ANEcooTE
OF ENTERTAINING AND IN.
sTRucTivE cHARAc-
TIERS.

said. was once fiercely opposed dur
ing one OF his pastorates by an inf.
del In the town. who was leader In
all opposition to religion. and took
riuch satisfaction In discovering In
constituencies in the lives of church
members. and in publishing them
through the nelghborhood.
For some reason he decided to re-
move TO another part of the State.
Meeting the pastor one day. he said.
well. I suppose you know am go
ing to leave town. and | suppose you
will be glad of itgr
Glad of it? Why no." replied the
doctor; 81 shall be very sorry to lose
you. Yon are useful to me in my
work here; hardly know how can
spare you."
The man was much taken aback,
and asked. "How is thatg"
why" rejoined the pastor. every
time sheep gets its foot out of my
fold you bark from one end of the
town to the other. You are the most
useful watchdog that ever knew.
Boston Herald.
Faith That Prevails.
Admiral William G. Buehler, at
dinner at Hot Springs, Va. said OF
Philadelphia editor:
"He is good man, an enthusiast.
His paper prospers because he be-
lleves in 1t, because he has faith In
1t.
And faith in 1t he has! He re.
minds me of the Yankee with the &C
eurate watch.
This Yankee. an elderly man, had
a watch that for 80 or 40 years had
never once gone wrong. Hence he
Toasted about 1t at all times.
with guest from Boston he rose
one August morning TO see the sun
rice, and as they waited for It's ris.
ing the Yankee kept consulting first
his watch. which was in his right
hand. and then a farmers almanac,
giving the suns schedule, which was
in his left.
There was a long wait in the pale,
vague dawn. Then tapping his watch
with his forefinger, the Yankee said:
est the sun amt over that hill in
minute and half he'll be Late
Buffalo Inquirer.
!. Uncanny Snort.
A traveller writing from South AT
RIGA describes a baboon hunt as fol-
lows: Very slowly we spread out
round about the base of the kopje
and began a crawling ascent through
the thick scrub. Daylight found US
drawing near the higher spurs OF the
kopje and the Kaffirs were busy beat
ing. Then the sport began, and pref.
ty uncanny 1t was. My first kill gave
me a most uncomfortable thrill. 1t
was horribly like picking of a man.
The balloons were great big, human
looking brutes. quite capable OF pick
ing up lamb in their hands and
running off with It. CAS- fact, they
generally content themselves with
ripping open the breast to get at the
curdled milk within.) But their cries
were the most horribly human thing
about them. and the gestures OF their
waving arms. When we all met. a
careful count was made. Thirty
balloons had been bagged. Seven
had fallen by my gun"
Upset the Court.
A self-satisfied young lawyer came
over from Ohio to represent a client
OF that State who was mixed up In
some litigation over which the Wayne
circuit court had original jurlsdic.
ton. says the Detroit Free Press.
In the course OF an argument the
Buckeye lawyer became tangled and
the judge kindly advised him to back
up and repeat with greater dellbera.
ton. Then the court let the youth
down by saying: III you d that I
viii be better able to follow tho
thread Of your contention"
Glad to accommodate you. judge
from the young man as he recovered
his confidence 81 am dealing with
a very complicated point of law. and
suspected that 1t might be too In
tricate for your honor to follow AT
the rate was going
The dignity of the court was
knocked out, and he Joined heartily
in the general laugh.
A siekenins Sight.
Il saw bull light the other day