Show NOTHING HARD ABOUT IT man a 8 eloquent prayer really a asim sim pie proceeding josiah main a grandson ot of the first settled minister of rochester N H whose bronze statue adorns the cen aral square of that thriving city was a local character celebrated for his wit and skill in argument and as cun cult ning in his speech as jamie the cynic on one occasion a company bad had gathered at the popular grocery among whom were elder hider and siah main alain and a bet of two quarts of rum was made as to who could pray the best the elder or main alain all had taken several portions of rum or else it is hardly likely that the elder would have consented to join in the sacrilegious test the elder prayed first and his petition was so long loud and fervent that a consid erable crowd gathered before he fin dished then main began and prayed with so much greater fervor and eloquence that be he easil easily won the bet the elder declared he didn dian t see how he did it why declared main I 1 began where you left off and put in what you left out and that s how I 1 did it |