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Show GAVE HcR A SHOCK. Preacher's Text Seemed Like Horp Thrust to' Choir Singer. To tho Inhabitants of the llttlo town of Princeton, Me., .tho subject of matrimony mat-rimony Is a sorlous ono, thcro being very few el'glblo men In tho "plnco, whllo old maids aro Iegl ri, Tho little I churcli In tho town being without a pastor was receiving a candidate every Sunday from nome theological seminary, semi-nary, and the maiden ladles woro anxiously anx-iously awaiting for tho pnrlBh to do- cldo which of tho candidates should pormnnontly mil tho pulpit. 1 At last tho decision was made. I Now, tho choir was composed almost wholly of ambitious maidens, so it is 1 needless to say that on the morning of tho first sermon by tho new minister min-ister every member of tho choir was arrayed In tho brightest ribbons nnd gayest smiles. Perhaps ho foremost one In tho chase for n! nlrcrs was a Miss Dupllcy, and sho hm Miosen the sent In tho choir whero nho could not fall to bo Been by tho minister. That morning tho tnln'ster choso for his sermon this subject: "Keep thine -yo slng'o," nnd tho first words of his sermon wcro theso: "Bewaro of duplicity." All oyes turned to Miss Dupllcy. The next Sunday she gavo up hor Mat in th choir. |