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Show WOMAN DID UAPTIZINO. Mala CaaverU Ttoli II, foil lha tVniuaa llatbxl Out. At Cramer hill, In New Jersey, huu-dreds huu-dreds attended a "bapUzIn"' rocently. Tbo Immersing was donu by n woman Mrs I-ottle Miller. She marched bravely down to the shore, followed by the candidates. Tbeso wero by no means tbe least Interesting features of the bsptlsni They ere arrayed In the coat-off black aklrts of their wives or sisters, which anything but facilitated facili-tated their movements through the mud. Their legs became unaccountably unaccount-ably entangled In tbe voluminous folds of these garments, and before midstream was rearneo ina convene were begrimed by their many troubles. trou-bles. After a final exhortation Sister Miller itartwl with her llttln flock nn tbe road to Zlou Among those about to be Immersed was Mrs Miller's lit-1 tie son, a chup ot nbo tt 9 years. Tha I party bad gone only half way In the , mire when the woman's maternal In-1 atlncta ross above her religious ones, and without watting tn gain the deep water she then and there "sprinkled" the head of her son, rather than subject sub-ject him to the danders ot tbe stream, ny this time rnwboata steamboats and other pleasure craft hsd assembled In H tbe river, and everyone waa ready tor gaH tbo dipping In a stentorian voice H which could easily be heard on shore, H flitter Miller reid a solemn service. H Then with the help of a deacon and H an elder aha Immersed the candidates. H They came up spluttering "Hnllelu- HH Jatui" and "tbe Bong or the Bared" greeted them ai they returnaj to. tawl shore. It waa asld tbat arrangements HM had been made to Immerse ten worn- HESt en, but nlno ot them bad backed oat. wMk and the tonth, being of dimensions laaVdB that mode Mrs Miller look Ilka a iffM dnarf, had decided lo wall tor VjiM stronger arm. hssw |