Year: 1867

A most ludicrous scene transpired in a
place not thousand miles from any
place, one might recently, which, though
a little annoying to the parties immedi-
ately concerned, was yet so innocent aud
funny that we cannot refrain from giving
the general outlines, suppressing names,
of course.


Two sprightly and beautiful young
ladies were visiting their cousin, another
sprightly and beautiful young lady, who,
like her guests, was at that happy age
which turns everything into fun and
merriment, If the truth were told, we
fear that we should have to record the
fact that these three misses were just a
little bit fast. They were found of prac-
tical jokes, and were continually playing
all sorts of mad pranks with each other
All three occupied room on the ground
floor, and cuddled up together in one
bed


Two of the young ladies attended a
party on the night in question, and did
not get home until 124 o'clock at night
AS it was late they concluded not to dis
turb the household, so they quietly step
ped into their room through the low
open window.


In about half an hour after they had
| left for the party young Methodist
minister called at the house where they
were staying and craved for nights
| lodging, which of course was cheerfully
granted. AS ministers always have the
best of everything, the old lady put him
to sleep in the best room, and the young
lady (Fannie) who had not gone to the
party was intrusted with the duty of
sitting up for the absent ones and of in
forming them Of the change of rooms. =
| She took up her post in the parlor, and
as the night was sultry, sleep overcame
her, and she departed on an excursion
to the land of dreams.


We will now return to the young ladies
who had gone into their room through
the window. BY the dim light of the
moonsbeams as they struggled through
the curtains, the young ladies were ena-
bled to decry the outline of Fannie Gas
they supposedly ensconced in the middle
of the bed. They saw more, to wit a
pair of boots. The truth flashed upon
them both at once. They saw it all. =
Fannie had set them in the room to give
good scare. They put their heads
together and determined to turn the ia
bles on her. Silently they disrobed, and
as stealthily as cats they took their posi-
tions on each side of the bed. At Civ
en- signal both jumped into bed, ope on
each side of the unconscious parson,
laughing and screaming, "Oh, what a
man, oh, what MANI they gave the be-
wildered minister such promiscuous
hugging and tonsling as few persons are
able to brag of in the course of lifetime.


The noise of this proceeding awoke the
old lady, who was sleeping in an adjoin-
ing room. She comprehended the situa-
tion in a moment, and rushing to the
room she opened the door and cxclaim-
ed: " My God, gals, it is man; it is a
man sure enough!'


There was one prolonged, consolida-
ted scream; fash of muslin through
the door, and all was over.


fhe best of the joke is that the minis
ter took the whole thing in earnest. He
would listen to no apology the lady could
make for the girls He would hear nc
excuse, but he solemnly folded the cleri-
cal robes around him and silently stole
away


Query Was he mad at the girls, Or
at the old woman?