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Show Heavenward! The late Hev II H Howard, of Newton, Mass , a good old preacher of the Methodist persuasion, olllclatcil one day nt n funernl at Aubiirndalo, and at tho clnso had u word or Inquiry and advice, ns is tho local custom, with man) or thoso present Among others he approached a lady, a stranger to him, who wiih visiting In the neighborhood, and, alter shaking shak-ing hands, asked her If she was on the way to heaven "Yes," Hho prompt!) answered, "and ir you come that way 1 sliould be pleased to have )ou cull" The good old man, horrified nt such seeming levity, turned away, without reply, when n friend, Bitting nenr, remonstrated re-monstrated with Mrs. , who, still more hoi rilled at hor mistake, said she understood him to ask If sho was on her wn) to Hudson, where she lived ' |