Show an in the indent town of fall held conn used to bo a pond said now to b up which bor alie bame of pastor pond about this somewhat peculiar nain there t till lingers a story to take us back to the thirty years of abe present century it was f practice of many goo divines 0 that day 0 o divide the sunday sermon into two arts one of which was dellver cc in the forenoon while the other lu thi phrase 0 the time was deferred till attel intermission the story in hand relate to nn intermission panon pan on larriba biad a bad habit of put ting off till tomorrow what ought to hav been done today haviar something to do with a bottle 0 aqua tort is a violent and destructive acid which ho should have used on saturday but which occasion he had put off till sun day he forgot how time passed and wu surprised to hear abe church bell ring foi morning bervice vice hastily butting the glass bottle into tin pocket of ills buckskin breeches abe barsoi started for church in a hurry in the bouru of his sermon as he warmed with his su eject and with great force body camo la contact with abe hard kakei pulpit and smash went the bottle with hands uplifted as ho was about t close a fine sentence ho tb pulpit stairs through the center aisle and out of the church all the congregation fol lowing hini had the good man gone craz on he rushed anul he camo to lai bt spond ft bhart distance from the church into this he flew up to his middle the congregation stocal in amazement won dering if their pastor wag about to commit suicide he soon explained how matters stood and in a short time after getting some di clothes be returned to the and aln libed bis sermon companion |