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Show Lecture Experience. They told me, writes Eli Perkina, the following religious anecdote about Josh Billings, one- night when I lectured lec-tured up in Poughkoepsie: It seems that Josh used to he an auctioneer, and they say that in times of great mental straiu, has been known to awear. Many people do the same. Horace Greeley did, so does ex-Senator Chandler. Well, on one of theso occasions, old Deacon Crosby came to Mr. Billings and expostulated ex-postulated with. him. Said he "Joshua, you should not swear. It is wrong, Joshua all wrong." "I know it," Baid Josh, almost Bhedding tears iu his excessive humility "but, the fact is, deacon, I don't mean any more by my swearing swear-ing than you do by your praying." |