Show the Ite pairs were siale the mr adams of leominster was an eccentric character and had no hesitation in speaking his mind either to congregation or to individuals ho was about to exchange with a neighboring minister a mild and inoffensive man who knew abo bluntness of his disposition and said to him in advance you trill find como panes of glass bronen in the pulpit window and possibly you may suffer from ho cold abo cushion too is in bad condition but I 1 beg of you not to say anything to my people about it they are poor and disinclined to think of repairs before mr adams left home that sunday morning he filled a bag with rags and took it with him when ho had been in the pulpit a few minutes the draft lichan to make itself felt and ho deliberately took a handful of rags from his bag and stuffed them into the window the sermon dwelt upon the duties of congregations toward their ministers and be coon became very animated and brought down both fists with tremendous force upon the pulpit cushion the feathers scattered in every direction but pausing exclaim why bow these feathers floi he proceeded with his discourse he bad fulfilled his brother minis request of not addressing the congregation gre gation directly on the subject but all abo same be bad effected his point next sunday tho window and cushions were found to bo in excellent repair youths companion |