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VOL. X.
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Arrival r Trains at Greeues-
BEepoG
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
From Atlanta, . . H:2 A. M.
From Augusta, . • 1:10 P. M.
X.GIIT PASSENGER TRAIN.
From Atlanta ■ . ■ 3:3" A. M.
From rtugnsta, . • • 1 ; 14 A. M.
M av 29 ' 11. 11. KING, Agent.
■ i ■ —i —nmi a iininicniEmw
liallnuMl Schedule.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Georgia Kail road.
Day Passenger Train.
Reave Augusta, 8.45, a. m.
Leave Atlanta, 7.-CO, a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta, 6:45, p. m.
Arrive at Augusta, 8:30, p. m.
Night Passenger Train.
Reave Augusta, 8:15, p. m.
Reave Atlanta, 10:30, p. m
Arrive at Atlanta, 0:25, a. ni.
Arrive at Augusta, 8;15, a, ;p.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Reaves Atlanta, 5:00 p. m.
Reaves Stone Mountain, C:45 a. nr
Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m.
Arrives Stone Mountain, 0:15 p. m.
S. K. JOHNSON, Sijp’t.
Western fe. Atlantic It It
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
_“K E NNKS A W ROUT E”—
The following Schedule takes effect May
23d, 1875:
NORTHWARD.
No 1 ■ No 3. No 11.
Rv Atlanta, 4 20pm 7 00am 330 pm
Ar Carlersville, 0 14pm 9 22am 7 59pm
Ar Kingston, 0 42pm 9 571 am 8 21pm
Ar Dalton, 8 24pm 11 54am 11 18pm
Ar Chattanooga,lo 25pm 1 50pm
SOUTHWARD.
No 2. No 4. No 12.
Rv Chattanooga, 4 00pm 5 00am
Ar Daliojj, 5 41pm 7 01am 100 am
Ar Kingston, 7 38pm 9 07am 4 19am
Ar Carlersville, 8 12pm 9 42am 5 18am
Ar Atlanta, 10 15pm 12 00m 9 30am
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and
2, between New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 aud
S, between Allan a and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 3 and
3, between Rouisville an l Atlanta.
s£g-No change of cars between New
Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
Baltimore, and only one change to New
York.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4:10 pm,
arrive in New York the second atternoon
thereafter at 4:oopm.
Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs
and various Summer Resorts will be on sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co
lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and
Atlanta,at greatly reduced rates Ist of .June.
Parties desiring a whole car through to
the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore,
should address tlre undersigned.
Parties contemplating traveling should
send for a cop, of the Kcnnesaw Route Ga
zette, containing schedules, etc.
B£g“-Ask for Tickets via “ Kenncsaw
Route.” B. W. WRENN,
Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga
MASONIC.
San Marino Loilgc. \o :s t.
GREENESBORO', GA.
’Regular Meetings—First Wednesday
night of each month.
M. MARKYV ALTER, Sec’y.
Oreeiicslioro’ EL A. C., Xo. SV
GREENESBORO’, GA.
Regular meeting —Third Fiiday night of
each month. C. 0. NORTON, Sec’y.
B'nian I*oint Lodge, Xo, 900.
UNION POINT, Ga.,
Meets regularly the 2d and 4th Thursday
day evenings in each month.
YV. 0. MITCHELL, Sec’y.
Feb. 4, 1875 tf
Jf 0) 0) Jf.
Greene Xn. 11,1 <> S'.
GREENESBORO’, GA.,
Meets regularly every Monday night.
J. R. GODKIX, X. G.
D. S. Holt, R S.
m ( 0~, r.
Grecneshnrougl) Lodge, Xo.
320, Independent Order Good Templars,
meets at Odd Fellow’s Hall, on 2d and 4th
Friday nights in each month.
J. lIEXEY WOOD, YV. C.
G. YV. Miller, See'y.
(MK d>Qf| r >er Jay at home.
4>aJ t 0 T erraß f ieo . Ad
,;re<.s G. STINSON v<> Portland, Yl-iine
If% f' if §pf 11 |pi f * |ji l
BUSINESS CARDS.
JAMES li. PARK,
*33? ■""■i 1 " “T.T*
AND—
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
GREENES BORO', - - - GA.
AA7TEL give prompt attention to all bu
siness in trusted to bis professional
care, in the Counties of Greene, Morgan,
Putnam, Baldwin, Hancock and Taliaferro.
03?- Office—With Hon. Philip P>. Rc b
iuson. april 8,1875 —Cuts
M. \V. LEWIS } <( H. G. LEWIS.
W. Lewis & Sois,
Attorney, § at Law,
GHEKXEZKBOKOrGII, - <|IA.
april 8, 1875-ly
Philip B. Robinson,
Attorney Law,
GREENESBORQ’. . . . GA.
\A/ILR give prompt attention to business
’* entrusted to his professional carr;.
Feb. 20, 1878—Cnts
Wm. H. Branch,
A TTORNE Y A T LA W.
KSIENTESIIOKO’, GA.
f 'iONTINCES to give Iris undivided atten
\ J tiou to the practice of his Profession.
Returning thanks to his clients for their
encouragement in the past, he hopes by
Rose application to business to merit a con
tinuance of the same.
£Qy”office over Drug Storo of Messrs. B.
Torbert & Cos.
Greeuesboro’ Jan 10th 1874—1 y.
IS. K. w. palmer;
Attorney at Law,
GKEEAUSMOKB’, - - - GA.
A LL business intrusted to him will rc-
J\ ceive personal attention.
B®*OFFICIi —(With Judge Heard,) in
the Court-llouse, where lie can be found
daring business hours. oct. 16, 74-tt
W, W, LllHPfiO
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IJ\IO> POINT, - - *a
OFFERS his professional services to the
people of Greene and adjoining coun
ties, and hopes, by close attention to busi
siness to merit and receive a libera! share of
patronage. jan23 ’74—ly.
Medical Card.
Dts. GODKIH & EOLT,
Having associated themselves in the
Practice of Medicine, respectfully tender
their services to the citizens of Gkeexks
bouo’ and surrounding country.
March 4, 1875— 1f
Dr. IVm. Morgan,
RESIDENT
IMiXTIST
GREEXESBORO', GA.
feb. 1. 1874.
TANARUS fIAiSKW ALTER,
Marble Works l
13ROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga.
MARBLE Monumen s, Tomb-stones
Marble Mantles, and Furniture Mai
ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the
most elaborate, designed aud furnished to
order at short notice. All work for the
country carefully boxed. n0v2,1871 —tf
CEYTRAL HOTEL.
BY
Mrs. XV. M. TIIO.tIAS.
AUGUSTA. Ga-
Jan. 21—Iy.
JEWELRY!
\VTISinXG to devote myself entirely to
T t the legitimate business of Clock
and Watch Repairing, from this date, 1 of
fer iny entire Stock of YY’atehes and Jewel
ry at cost, finding that it interferes too
much with the business I prefer.
M. MAKIt XV ALTER.
Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 1874—tf
FOR
Sale or Rent.
.A. fine farm containing (80) eighty
acres, (50 acres original forest), within two
miles of Greenesboro. Apply to
feblltf. W. M. WEAVER.
FOR SALE
V Light two-horse CARRIAGE and
Harness—all new.
T. V. 1*0! 'LL MV.
Greenesboro', Ga. June 18—1874 tf
GIIEENESBORO', GA., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1875.
MISCELLANEOUS.
■fun. I>. Sisusaat’ and ISis
Mother.
A short time sinco wc heard Rev.
Dr. Robert A. Young, the distinguish*
ed Secretary of the Board of Trustees
of the Vanderbilt University, give an
illustrative incident in the life of that
eminent civilian and Southern Metho
dist, Lamar, of Georgia. Dr. Young
was down South en route forborne, anu
meeting Col. Lamar at Augusta, in
sisted that he should accompany him to
Nashville aud meet an engagement the
people had made for him to deliver an
address on the current topics of the
time —the Dr. promising that a most
flattering reception awaited him, and
that first-class reporters would place his
speech upon recopd. Even kind friends
had furnished Dr. Young with a
through ticket for Col. Lamar. Just
before reaching Grand Junction where
they had to separate, in reply to re
peated and urgent entreaty to go to
Nashville and add fresh laurels to his
already enviable fame, Lamar turned
and said to Dr. Young, “ Not far from
this place we arc nearing, is a plain,
unpretending country home. lam go
ing to visit my dear old mother and sit
once again in her lap I had rather go
there aud sit at her feet than go to
Nashville and deliver a speech spark
litig with eloquence,” Noble senti
ment J Worthy the noblest nature.
This iucident reveals the secret
principle that has made Lamar’s life
an eminent success. He is occupying
a large share of public attention at this
day as a leading American statesman,
hut he finds time and has a heart to
love tenderly that plain, simple-hcartod
hut mhle Georgia matron —bis mother.
The trump of fame cannot silence in
I his breast the love he bears her. No
I wonder he is great. Ho eouid not be
j otherwise, Such au aSeetiou has a
I diamond glitter about it, whether illus
trated iu Congressmen or seen in oh
scurity We would say to boys and
youths that when they tease in after
years to love “ mother,” they swing
clear away from the purest and loveli.
est principle in the human heart, No
wonder unkiud and unloving youths
turn out badly. It is by virtue of that
principle within their breasts that bids
them lightly esteem their parents. lie
that is ashamed of his mother, however
old-timed she may be in attire or quaint
in her notions, is so false to himself, so
poor in spirit and bankrupt in nobility
of character that he is not entitled to
the respect and confidence of those with
whom ho associates.
As long as an erriug son loves his
mother you have something to build
upon in trying to reform him; bat
when he feels no warmth of attachment
for her that bare him, he is to be pitied.
Boys, love your mother. The older she
grows and the weaker she becomes,
cling closer nd stand nearer her. Be
a prop, a comfort to hey in her declin
ing years. Your character will expand
beneath this magic influence, and ripeD
i.,to matured loveliness. If you slight
her you are in the descending scale.
< The sweetest memories in after life
(when “mother” is in the cold damp
! tomb are those allied with the gentle,
tender affection borne for her tvhen her
eteps were tottering. Your State prison
lias an inmate who a few years ago was
distinguished in the political circles of
Virginia. He was ashamed of his old
country-looking father when he came
to visit him in the city; would neglect
and avoid him at the hotel table; in
fact, disowned him. As was to be ex
pected, he fell—and great was this
son’s fall. Beware how you treat your
mother. Scatter sunshine in her way
as she goes to the grave, and don’t
plant thorns in her dying pillow.
Cherish her love, for true love is so
scarce. It is precious ointment. —[S.
S. Recorder.
—♦-*<•.-
—A boy got his grandfather’s gun
and loaded it, hut was afraid to fire ; he
however liked the fun &/loading, and
so put in another charge, hut was still
afraid to fire. lie kept on charging,
but without firing, until he got six
charges in the old piece. His grand
mother, learning his temerity, smartly
reproved him, and grasping the old
continental discharged it. The result
was tremendous, throwing the old lady
on her lack, She promptly struggled
'to regain her feet, but the boy cried
out —“Die still granny ; there are five
more charges to go off yet.”
Bev. fiVnnci* Bowman, IM>.
[From the Christian Observer.]
The subject of this memorial depart
ed this life April 20, 1875, at Dublin,
l’ulaski county, Va. For several months
previous to his death, he was an iouiate.
at this place, of the family of his
youngest son, the Rev. Francis 11
Bowman, D.D., who fell at his post a
victim to that memorable scourge of
yellow fever which visited the city of
Memphis in the summer of 1873.
Dr. Bowman was too well known in
the Synod of Virginia and throughout
the Southern Church to require auy
tribute from the humble pen of one
who knew him only during the latter
years of his life; and yet it will
doubtless he agreeable to his rumerous
friends to have their memories refresh
ed in relation to his eventful career, and
his manifold labors in the service of
his Divine Master.
Of the parentage, training and early
history of Dr. Bowman, the available
materials are less satisfactory than could
be desired, owing in part to the fact
that he talked but little of himself even
jto his most intimate friends, and in
part, perhaps, to the additional fact
that he was the only one of his family
who eatne from the place of his birth
to the land of his adoption. lie was
born in Westford, near Burlington, Yt.,
on the 27th day of February, 1705. —
lienee, his age, at the time of his death
was 80 years 3 months and 20 days.
Dr. Bowman received his academical
training at the University of Vermont,
and pursued his theological course at
Princeton Seminary. Having thus fin
ished his preparation for the work of
the sacred ministry, he turned his feet
towards the sunny plains of the South.
Hero he found a resting pla e among'
the hospitable, but worldly, fi. nilics of
old Virginia, and here, about the year
1823, and in the 28th year of his age,
Lt* COuJIiiCUCOu his I'jHg
fulness, humanly speaking, in the then
most unpromising of all the unpromis
ing fields of the Southern territory,
Charlottesville, already at this early
day famous for its cultivation, its social
refinement and its secret, if not openly
avowed, discredit of the Christian re-1
ligion, was the theatre cf the first pub
lic ministry of this eminent servant of
God.
Thomas Jefferson, that renowned
statesman, that profound scholar, that
erudite philosopher, that refined and
accomplished sceptic, then in the full
blown prime of his popularity, had, in
a great measure, moulded the public
sentiment of t.ha,t whole community,aud
the views he held respecting religion
had permeated every grade of society.
Notwithstanding all these things, our
young hero, in confident rclianco on
the aid and guidance of Him “who
turneth the heart of the king as the
rivers of water are turned,” went bold
ly forward in the face of this high
priest of human philosophy and world
ly wisdom. And contrary to all expec
tations, the young preacher was re
ceived by the great statesman with
marked civility, and was ever after
treated by him with due deference and
becoming respect. Thomas Jefferson
extended to him the refined hospitali
ties of his elegant mansion, and, as if'
desirous of bearing public testimony to
his worth, attended, personally, on the
ministrations of the gospel.
This was a source of no small en
couragement to the young missionary of
the Cross. If such marks of respect
coull be extorted from so lofty a posi
tion, might it not be that, under the
moulding hand ofthe Holy Ghost, still
mightier achievements wduld be made?
Hence, under many discouragements,he
still labored on until God had crowned
his work with unexpected success.
On the 22d of April, 1824, the Pres
bytery of Hanover received under its
care Francis Bowman, a licentiate from
Otsego ,Presbytery, and on the 17th of
July, of the same year, ordained him
to the full work of the ministry. Tho’
subsequently mentioned as pastor of
the South Plains and Charlottesville
Churches, his installation is not noticed
in the records of the Synod of Virginia.
Here- for twelve years, with cease-1
less toil and untiriug zeal, he labored
on for the upbuilding ofthe Redeem-!
cr’s Kingdom. Nor wero his labors
in vain. Through his instrumentality,!
under God, were founded and perpetu-!
ated the Churches above named, and j
the good they have accomplished is
known only to the great Head of the
Ch urch.
Dunne the eaily part of his minis—
trv, in 1824, Dr. Bowman was united
in marriage to the amiable and accom
plished Miss Harriet Minor. She was
the youngest of the three orphan sis
ters, who were nieces of the illustrious
Dr. John Holt Rice, and were reared
and educated by him The eldest of
these sisters married the late Dr. Wm.
S. Morton, of Prince Edward, the sec
ond, tiu lute Isaac Hudson, of Pulaski
county, Va , both widely known by the
influence they exerted in their respect
ive portions of the Church.
By his marriage with M’.ss Minor.
Dr. Bowman became the father of three
children, only two of whom survive
him, viz: Bev. John Riec Bowman, of
Harrisonburgh, so favorably known
throughout the Synod of Virginia, and
some of the Southern States, and Mrs.
Annie H udson, of Dublin, Va., so much
beloved in all the circles of her ac
quaintance.
Under the wear of the incessant toil
of twelve years, Dr. Bowman found hi
health so far impaired as to compel
him, though reluctantly, to abandon
temporarily, as ho hoped at first, hut
permanently, as it was ordered in the
Providence of God, his much loved
charge. The American Bible Society,
beiqg then still in its infancy, lie es
poused the cause of that important in
stitution, and for nearly two years his
attention was given to the dissemina
tion of the Scriptures in the States of
South Carolina and Georgia.
Finding his health in a measuae re
stored, ho again commenced the work
of the ministry in the town of Greenes
borough, Ga. He was dismissed by the
Presbytery of Hanover to Hopewell
Presbytery, Ga., Sept. 8, 1837. But
whether he/ound a Church already or
ganized at Greenesboro’, or whether he
O
was himself the founder of it, is not al
t., ether certain. At till events, it was
by his labors the Church was fostered
and developed, and he continued in the
pastorate of that Church fer nineteen
years.
Iu ISSG, being again worn down
from long continued toil and disease,
he once more retired from the active
work of the ministry, and betook him
self to the seaboard with a view of beu
efitting his health.
After a rest of two years, he agaiu
resumed his beloved work, and for lour
more years ministered to a Church near
Savannah, in Bryan ‘county, until the
time when the footman had invaded our
lair heritage—when the clangor of hos
tile arms bad penetrated the sacred
precincts of our sanctuaries, and not till
then, did this veteran of the Cross,now
bordering close ou three score years and
teu, turn aside from the active and reg
ular work of the ministry.
In 1802, he directed his course hack
wards toward the scene of his early la
bors, where he was greeted with wel
come by those who esteemed him “for
his work’s sake,” and where he found
a quiet home in the families of his
children.
In 1863, the companion of bis bosom
and the sharer of his toils, was called to
her final rest, and he was left in soli
tude to wait until his chauge should
come. But lie abandoned not himself
to a listless inactivity. By readiug
and meditation, he kept his well culti
vated mind in active exercise. lie was
conversant with ail the operations of
the Church, and kept pace with the
advancements in science, nnd the cur
rent literature of the day*. Further
more, he employed himself during the
latter years of his life, in the prepara
tion and completion of an extensive
work on the “Baptism of the Spirit,”
which was indorsed by Dr. McCuffey
and others who have examined it.—
This work, it is hoped, will still be giv
en to the church at the proper time,
though it will be wanting in the pre
face which Dr. McGufFey had prom
ised to prepare for it.
For several years past, Dr. Bowman
had spent his wiuters with his son in
Memphis, and his summers with his
other children in the mountains of Vir-
ginia.
Up to the time of his son’s death,
his presbyterial connection had been
with the Presbytery of Memphis, But
since that event, it seeuied to be the
absorbing desire of his heart to be en
rolled once more with the Synod of
Virginia, in connection with which he
had commenced his long and useful la-
bars. Finding his health too precari
ous to aPond the spring meeting of
Abingdon Presbytery, as had been his
purpose, he wrote to that body, most|
affectionately desiring to be received on
bis certificate from tha. Presbytery of
Memphis. The request was granted,
and a knowledge of this fact seemed to
cheer the last few hours of his earthly
pilgrimage. Having been attacked by
typhoid pneumonia, he lingered some
four or five days in entire conscious
ness, and almost wholly without pain,
and then without a mariner, quietly
fell asleep in Jesus, lie had been in
the habit of saying to his friends that
Christians ought hot to lcok upon their
departure from this world as death
that Christians do nut die, they only
go home. And now how heautilully
was this doctrine exemplified in bl
own peaceful end. Well may the
Psalmist exclaim, “Mark the perfect
man, and behold the upright; for the
end of that man is peace ”
Titus passed away this aged servant
of God. By dint of bodily strength,
lie hud exceeded the age of four score
years, and yet his faculties of mind
ware clear, his perceptions acuta, his
faith unwavering, his hopes bright and
buoyant. A doubt of his personal ac
ceptance with God, for the sake of Ja
bus Christ his Saviour, seemed never
to occupy his mind or to disturb his
peaceful 'trust.
Dr. Bowman stood as the lone repre
sentative of the heroic ago of the Pres
byterian ministry in Virginia. Daring
his early ministry “there were giants
in the land,” and God raised up his
Joshuas to light his battles and to lead
on his people to glorious conquest.
Associated intimately with the Rices
by family ties, he was co*temporary
with the Lacys arid the Ilogca, w'th
Baxter, Sfoeoe, Turner, Hill, Kirkpa
trick, McFarland, Mcllhenny, an i a
hi st of others, of whom, to speak indi
vidually, time would fail me, We con
clude in the language of inspHatiuo,
“Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth : yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors, and their works do follow them/
Bev. 14:13.
The Value el" Sell-Exertion.
The value of self-exertion appears no
where more decided than when we fol
low the track of those who became emi
nent without having the advantage
ground of instruction from which to
start. There is scarcely anything more
gratifying to the mind than the well
written life of a person whoso intellec
tual struggles through every difficulty,
1 arising from want of hooks, want of ex
atopies, want of patronage, and who,
notwithstanding these impediments,
contiuues to struggle till he triumph
antly emergej into notice. Art sur
renders some of her choicest secrets,
science smiles, ami fume or emolument,
or both, p!a e the successful experi
menter fur above common names. Not
scantily are the niches iu the temple of
Fame ornamented with lusting memori
als of persons thus claiming their well
deserved honors —persons who have
been the boast and blessing of their
day, by dint of unsubdued patience,
fortitude, and vivacious genius. Every
department of art and science is filled
with them. The stimulating examples 1
are ou every hand. From the lowest
rank of life they start forth. They
break all the shackles of ignorance.
The repulsive frowns of the crowd
cannot daunt them. The fears of the
timorous they do not listen to. De
termined to excel, they do excel till
success, more or less complete, crowns
their glowing efforts.
Jones gave a lawyer a bill to be
collected to the amount of §3O. Call
ing for it, after a while, he inquired if
it had been collected.
“ Oh, yes,” said the lawyer, “ I have
it all for you.”
“ What charge for collecting ?”
“ Oh,” said the lawyer laughing,.
“ I’m not going to charge you —why 1
have known you ever since you were a
baby, and your father before you; §2O
will be about right,” handing over 610.
“ Well,” said Jones, as he meditated
upon the transaction, “ it’s darned
lucky he didn’t know my grandfather,
or I shouldn’t have got anything !”
— wot • 9m
—With wicked intent the De
troit Tribune says: “A circus
stopped in Illiode Island last week
and canvassed the State.”
HIT AND HUMOR.
—Some ladies, this season, wear
wings—on their hats—but it doesn't
make ’em angels.
—The woman who makcth a good
pudding in silence is better than she
who makcth a tart reply.
— -
—The hair from a ladies' braicf
should never be worn on the lapel'of a'
gentleman’s coat, unless the putties are
engaged.
—“Can you inform me,” said a stu
dent to a bookseller, ■ whether I ear,
find anywhere the biography of IVI
-?” “ Yes, I dare say you will
find it in the Course of Time.”
—“ Well, if a haitch hand a ho'
hand a har hand- a hess hand a lice
don’t spell ’orse, then my name huin’t
’Enry ’111.” - >
—When a woman is care-laden and
heavy-hearted, nothing shakes the
megrims out of her quicker than for a
couple of ladies to stop in front of the
house long enough for her to examine
the trimmings on their bonnets.
+ an
Probably no characteristic of the
female mind is better developed than
the docility with which women accept
the fashions of the day. Ee they beau
tiful or hideous, becoming or unbecom
ing, comfortable or turturitig, they are
the “fashion” and must be worn'.
ntrg •
—Old Lady (who sleeps badly).
“Now, Mary, if I should want to light
my candle, are the matches there V
Mary : “ Yes, ma’am, there’s Wan.”
Old Lady: “One! Why, if it
misses fire, or won’t light—”
Mary: “ Oh, divil a fear of it,
ma’am. Sure 1 thric-d it.’?
i ■up • if i
—“ Do you enjoy going to eliurcl',
now ?” asked a lady of Mrs. Parting-
1 La* me..l do,” said Mrs. Parting
ton. “ Nothing does me so much good
as to get ap early on Sunday morning
and go to church, and hear a populous
minister dispense with the gospel.”
—There was a ludicrously sudde
descent f. oui the sublime to the ridicu
lous where a clergyman preaching ou
the “Ministry of Angels” suddenly
observed, “ I hear a whisper,” the sud
den change of tone started one of the
deacons, who sat below, from a drowsy
mood, and springing to his feet Le
cried, “ It’s the hoys in the gallery.”
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—A Western editor, whose sub
scribers complained very loudly that
he did net give them news'enough fo f
their money, told them that, if they die/
not fiud news enough iu the paper.they
had better read the Bible, which, hi
lnd no doubt, would be news to most
of them.
A sad story is told of a Congress
man, new to the ways of the House,
who mistook the meaning of the clap
ping for pages Which always foilows the
chaplain’s opening prayer. “ Well,
that beats me,” said he. “ I don’t see
anything in that prayer worth cheer
ing.”
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—The wife of a Welsh minister,-
John Evans, asked her husband, “ To
you think we shall be known to each
other in heaven ?”
He replied, “ To be sure we shall t
do you think we shall be greater fools
there than here ?”
—An lowa paper tells of a smart
wife who helped her husband to raise
seventy acres of wheat. The way she
helped him was to stand in the door
and shake 4 broom at him whenever he
sat down to rest.
—Does the court understand you to
say that you saw the editor iutoxicat
ed? “ Not at all, sir, only I’ve seen
him in such a—a—a —flurry as to at
tempt to cut out copy with the snuffers;
that’s all.”
—“ Dear me, ~ how fluidly ho talks,”
said Mrs. Partington recently, at a
temperance meeting. “ I am always
rejoiced when he mounts the nostrils,
for his eloquence warms every cartridge
iu my body.”
—A little girl and boy, three or. four
years old, were playing on the ice when
sis fell down and commenced to cry,
B.ub ran up and soothingly Jispod .
“ Don’t cwy! Thwear! Thwear! l’hav
damn !’’
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