Show the scotch divine many anecdotes are related of the ream a scotch presbyterian of the old school who forty years vears ago ended a long and successful ministry in in the venerable town of L anew new hamp shire As the inscription on his tombstone tomb stone fieth from nature he inherited an energetic and capacious mind with a heart of kenderest ten derest sensibilities his manner had not only something of gravity and authority 2 but was frequently qu antly relaxed by much of or native wit and general humor during the agitation in 1812 relative to the declaration cl of war with great britain it iiii li N well weli ell eil known that the subject met with a strong opposition in the new now england representation in Congress congresses as well as in a great portion of the people in this section of the country meetings lee iee tings expressive of hostility to the bill were held by the people throughout these stales states and it was proposed that the good people of L should mani manifest feit felt their pacific spirit and define their position A public demonstration was agreed upon and old par paron parson on M being considered the man for the times was called upon by a committee appointed for that purpose with the request that he be would prepare an address appropriate to the occasion the parson did not yield a ready compliance but illustrated his bis reply on this wise 1 I once knew said he a widow lady in scotland who had bad an only son upon him she elie had expended much to enable him to acquire an education fie lie was absent from home for along a long iong while attending school having completed bib bis course of studies he returned to hla hia good old mother molher I 1 come john said she on the night of his arrival home and when they were about making preparations to retire youve been a long time awa away y from me my son and have studied much I 1 know ye are a good lad but I 1 have never heard ye pray try it john for ye surely must know how with all the ahe learning learnine ye have got accordingly john complied made a long 1 1 humble and as he supposed satisfactory a acknowledgment c know of his sina sins and general unworthiness and of his great indebtedness to his maker I 1 well mother says john how did it suit ye pretty well pretty well john replied the old lady but why ye gie the old deil dell a lap slap or two ahi ahl ah says john not I 1 not 1 I for you know mot mother hery hert theres none of us knows whose hands we may some time fall into the old parson used to give the following leaf from his private journal with characteristic good nature he was appointed as delegate to the presbyterian synod which convened at philadelphia before leaving home he made sil sll domestic provisions that would be requisite during his absence not omitting omil ting to select a substitute for himself to occupy the head seat at table aa as well as to conduct conduce the family service the appointee was J one of his hia hired laborers he b being eing i a member of the parsons church who though rathel rather more liberal with his professions of goodness than replete with its spirit was nevertheless regarded by the charitable unsuspecting parson as an upright conscientious man and under the circumstances the most available man for the office 2 on the morning following the parsons departure hll his good lady Mrs informed J what was expected of him during her husbands absence and he accordingly after having officiated a at t breakfast read passages passages from the scriptures and concluded the ha services with prayer in fact he he performed the duties dulles assigned him in a very creditable manner quite in accordance with the requirements of mrs at nis his prayer wag was to be sure somewhat prolonged beyond the usual a I 1 time allotted by bv I 1 the he parson to that sacred ceremony but mrs M with extreme delicacy of feeling refrained from insinuating hat that any abbreviation in future would be desirable the next morning however the services the prayer more especially especial ly con consumed su med so much time that she was forced to remark that in haying baying time especially in fair warm weather like this mr na M always cut short the he services be bearing in mind the oid eld adage make hay while the sun shines perhaps he be does maam perhaps he does replied J very benignly but cousee you see im paid by the month maam and iu in hot ilot weather like this id rather pray than mow any time ff V mrs partington says that just before the last war with england circumstances were seen around the moon nightly shooting stars perambulated the earth the desk of the sun nun was covered with black spots of ink and comments swept the horizon with their operia tails everybody said it profligates war and sure enough it did come its costiveness costi veness venesa was felt throughout the land but the bravery of gen jackson expiated the american citizens and forel forein foreign n domines soon became a bye word t oal cal 0 lawyers have grown so very genteel hey they have altered their very name and very nature once upon a time they used to be called attorneys now forsooth they are solicitors formerly they were styled lawyers but ut now nothing but bannis will do and nice bannis they are for a feller to lean going down stairs to the deuce sam slick thae th TheE erose osa oga slug i is 1 making great hayo havoc camon among he rose rosa rosi bushes in central ceil celi trai new york |