Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-30 | Page 12 | Out the Sermon Short

Cut the Sermon Short. Three wealth) New lorkrn one of whom wan I lnnind Claieiirn Htedmm Ihe net and hanker were nn (l nh Ing trip In northern Maine nt one lime While theie thej iruule the a. qualiitaiue or a preacher vvho Mr Stedinin used to ssj roved to them that a man may be long-winded anl vvlltj too In spile or the time honnied statement atom brevity being the soul ot wit The New Yorkeis entered th little buk wools meeting house Just as the pica, her tei,an his oermon lie con Untied speaklns for two hours, and finally whin It got Inte In the nflei noon and he showed no signs of stop Ping the vacationists began to gel uneas) and wonder If the) woull gel out of the woods before dark A I last thej felt that the) could slay nn longer so the) rose and stiitee to file out The thrend of the parson a dls course snapped oft short r I nder the i Ircumstaneee he said grlmlj we will Interrurt our seimon ind lake up the collection at this point The preacher s qulel wit sloot him In gnol tead for the Hire, strangers contributed handaomelj ' hlenco ( luonlcle