| Show ANSWER TO A caul cahn caun CAni 2 I 1 1 j A clerical cle cie riVal friend sends this unique answer to a cail cali call calk the tho following answer substantially with names omitted was waa recently returned to a call extended through a home missionary agent igent to a young toung minister it to 0 settle in in the I 1 interior of one ones of the western states dear brother allow me to group groua a few objections against going to I 1 speak by the card 1 I 1 you know that state is considered thew the korst worst one in the union that county the tho worst in the state that town the worst in thoo thoa tb county and that neighborhood has hag the worst set bet se pf af men in town one ono man theres there thero is such a ron son of thata that a hinn man cannot speak to him sani sam sant sev 17 he hei hol 19 considered however the best man in town the prophet samuel had also the advantage v q in his hia day in that nabal liada hada good wife but this mans wife is worse than himself the lord also smote nabal that ho he died but this man and his wife aro still alive you are right when you call it rat rather or adough a rough country but the grandest ades kind of mis mission nield field P 0 M esste s S 2 tho who mud is from three to nive five feet deep deel an if alluvial fluvial deposit of that thal depth I 1 lying ing upon a substratum 0 of f c clay impervious impervious to water this unde r s tr Y of clay how however everi is the only salvation t of the tho county preventing everything chive g g from sinking below it AIL all traveling tra ling done doncon on horseback hor sebach but hut my horse is not long legged enough to touch the under si ratum stratum the tradition is that when the tho creator finished cementing the world he threw throw an extra of mortar down downin in this county 3 mosquitoes areef are of the mammoth kind generally termed galli nippers many of them thena will weigh a pound a and nd they climb up on the trees and bark 4 esver fever and ague are indigenous coun country r flat la and the streams run both way waya 3 ague g u a shakes even eteh the bark off from all e except x c e pt gum trees few have ever crawled out of that sixteen miles swamp alive and they were shaken out by the chills 5 the inhabitants are ildi riot as loving as cooing cooing doves the last commandment bilat that ye love one another probably las has not rea reachel reached cheI chel them yet et as they live so far inland indeed it it is the kilkenny cats over again you know the cats fought all night when nothing could be found but a cloud of fur and the tip of tail tall bo so norval beat well a cloud of fur has rested over this district a score of years bol boi bobtail tails of no account G that salary of maximum must be a mistake as that Is 16 a 1 larger e r sum of money lioney than was dver dier ever heard hear larf darf of 1 in n the county there is h one advantage however to be mentioned in this connection pastors in this district have generally been I 1 settled for life their longevity however has not hot been remarkable remark re abYe all things considered I 1 think id better decline the call hoping that the successful candidate may make his gwi will wiil 11 before lie he Isett settles los ios 1 he might get his life insured had not all the life ansur ance companies abandoned that part of the country it is fortunate that the church has no man m n in view I 1 mean fon lor the maut mani mant your bro THERE are in the united states about railroad corporations that operate steam power roads the joint length of the steam power awer roads in the united states stated is about about 2000 miles and their joint cost id fd Is 14 about equal to an average of for each mile I 1 ten mINd THAT WAY the late JQ Q A Griff luf lff had a keen wit and sometimes used it with greab great effect even upon hinbest hib his best besl friends walking one day during the rebellion down state street with his friend gov Bout boutwell ivell iveli a newsboy den approached them with his hib papers under der lia uia arm shouting 91 Erola eros tho the 1 iasi last c edition ali aly all ali about the great union vW victory oryll 1 I must have that said boutwell and he bought the paper he I 1 scanned the columns curiously and eagerly but there wag was no news of victory to bo be found drat the boy said boutwell tel ill 1 I have been then turning to bas comp companion arlion arilon he hei asked what do yori yora think griffin Griffi awill will wiil become of that boy who in his tender years has laar Ipar net to practice such debit his end 11 rep replied lied ggriffin griffin as very evident lle lie he ile will probably bbs become ednid a country coultry trader then meniver Me niber of tile sig L legislate Leg islat uro ihen then then governor vernor vennor and at nit last sink dawn w i J 10 d be a member of congo ess ees ia ha H I 1 ovide evidently fitly tending that way tit miia ade nde sign n but bub buffor forthe the tho mt rest of trie to way fla seemed pondering over gaen scenes beenes ei in his past b history L boston cor coy |
