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Show placed in the pulpit before the parson mounted the steps. Once astride this hobby the parson was able to reach a much higher degree of enthusiasm and eloquence than he could have unmounted. unmount-ed. . THE CLERGYMAN'S HOBBY HORSE. Visitors to a quaint little church in England observe a curious relic in the shape of a high stool with a leather top like a saddle. The parish clerk shows not a little pride in this relic and tells Its story with rellh. During the Seventeenth Sev-enteenth and Eighteenth centuries the country parsons were accustomed to spend much of their time hunting with their country squires. Oftentimes the fox got more attention than the sermon on the following Sunday. Such was the case with the parson who left the saddle sad-dle stool behind him as a relic of the days of fox hunting parsons. He was a good deal more at home in the saddle than in the pulpit eo in order to introduce intro-duce some of the life and spirit into his discourses which he felt while in the hunting field, the reverend gentleman had this sadda stool made. It was |