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Show PREACHED FROM THE SADDLE. English Country Parson Found Seat Aid to Inspiration. Mtorx to -x quaint U'tle church in Uiifclnml observe n nirlotis relic in the shape of u lilfjli sttio'l with n leather top like n sai'ille. The parls clerk shows not n little pride In this relic and tolN lis story with relish. Dnrlns tho Hovontoenth and clRhteonth centuries cen-turies the country paisons wero nc customoil t spend much of their lime hunting with their country pqulres. OftcntlmcB the fox got more attention than the sermon on the following Sunday. Such aa tho case with tho parson who left tho saddle stool he-hind he-hind him as n relic of the dnyn of foxhunting fox-hunting pnrsons. Ho was a good denl more at homo In the snddlo than In tho pulpit, so In order to Introduce) some of the llfo and spirit Into his discourses dis-courses which ho felt while In tho hunting field tho roeiend gentleman had tills sndillc stool inn do. It was placed In tho pulpit before the parson mounted tho steps. Once astride this hobby the parson was nble to reach a much higher degre of enthusiasm and eloquence than he could have unmounted |