Show BROKE UP THE MEETING devout aivish for strawberry time de s service the atmosphere of the vestry was characteristically frigid and the few worshipers stopped around the stove as they came in among them says the biddeford Bid deford journal was one man now deceased a well known character in his day who came from the north of ireland and had a rich brogue and sonorous voice lie was very deaf and when he spoke it was in a tone to correspond with his defective hearing fie ecat face to the stove and did not hear that the service had commenced apparently meditating on the be verity of tho weather while one of his brethren was offering prayer in a weak piping voice one other sat beside liim at the stove and to him be suddenly remarked with all the volume of his voice and his rich brogue 1 I shall be glad when it comes time for strawberry festivals shant you his observation drowned the prayer and temporarily broke up the meeting as the most devout worshiper could but laugh at the mistake the relation of which comes so timely this week of ungentle february 94 tiie kacens annual until once a year the queen of madagascar bathes in public in the presence of as many of her subjects as can crowd into the palace courtyard in former years she was wont to descend alie marble steps innocent of raiment but bince the advent of she wears a boobe robe and disappears behind a screen here the ablutions are performed amid ranch splashing the screen was introduced to satisfy the missionaries ahen the queen emerges from behind alie screen her complexion is at least three arties lighter than before then all loyal subjects shout and taking it for granted that the queen lias bathed they disperse to their borass and do liebic lie wic after the annual bath ticy uli fel uncomfortable for table but a f v daj to mae them fed hicl look natural rain and nil iro 1 |