Show S SENDING ROUND tnt kiri kiti HAT an arm deac describes the j by preachers on circuits in making a congregational gregat tonal ional collection in the following amusing 1 ng terms we had a visit from the presiding a elder of yur our district at one of our qa quarter artery y meetings we had not paid our circuit preacher nry dim aim 19 ag is the boyo boya say and we expected a from the elder well we were not disappointed the elder preached ched us a in oving moving discourse from the next ext 0 oxe O ve no man anything Y at the close of ibe the sermon be ie came at once to the subject in hand 31 brethren said he have you paid brother anything th this 13 year bothin nothing at all I 1 understand well now your preacher baui live on air and you must pay up thapa thays ine lue idea lie he neds ne ds twenty five dollars now anu and must have ilava iti III steward well take up a callec tion now 22 here some boide of the he aud letice near the door began ganto to dine slue out dont aunill run exclaimed the elder steward lock that door and fetch the beyll key be c coming coming down out of the pulpit and taking C b by y the stand table in front the steward locked the door and then deposited the key on the tho table by of the e aderi ident new new now steward said be he go round with t I 1 must have dollars out of this crowd of yoi joi leave this thi house ahouse 11 here was a fixl the congre congregation atlo atio n were were taken all aback abaco the toe old folk folks looked astonished the young folks tittered the tae steward gravely p to the discharge of his official duties the hat was wa passed around and at length deposited on the elders elderd able tite the elder passed out olit the funds anthe on the table and counted the amount 11 abree do iara lara and a halal A slow start brethren go round again steward 1 we must pull up a heap stronger than that thai 11 around went the steward with his hat bat again and finally pulled palled up at the eldors stand nine nine dollars and three quarters carterel not nov enough yet go round again stew Siew arla ariH around goes the steward the third time twelve dollars and a balf half mighty slow brethren fraid your dinners will all get cold before you get boas homa to eat tat emi eme em go irmand roanie again steward B by h S ime time the audience began to be they evidently thought toe joke was getting gett irig to be serious but the elder wab waa re I 1 lent e tl legs leas A 1 aie aia and acain arain circulated the in de ti ble lut tut ani and slowly but surely the pik pih P on th the a table swelled to towards wardel the requisite amount 11 twenty four dollars and a half balfa oaly only lack a halt half dollar go rohnl again steward just then there was a tap on the window from froan the outside a hand was thrust in hod holding boding in the half dollar between the thumb and fi ciger riger and a young fellow outside exclaimed here parson heres your moneal let my g gal gai al out 0 there im tired of waiting for her I 1 it was the last hair that broke the camels camella I 1 back and the congregation burst intia into a roar of laughter la |