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/ What the cause of this sallow complexion,
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symptoms of many a 'offerer! It is the liver
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agent for the proprietor.
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(Cr Better die than live, if I am to be
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exclaims the poor sufferer whore life has hocome a
burden from the racking paroxysms of fir inter
mitten?, and whom confidence in human aid is de
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pro rietor's agent, 'l'. REA D Ft `(IN.
How few who think aright among the thinking
row,
How Melly never think, but only think they
do."
c - .l' The sentiment implied In the
nhove exclamation is on no subject inure fully ex
crap efied than en that of health. But few give
it a single thought, and fewer sti'l reflect upon it
with the observation and good sense which mo t.
sera of miner consequence receive. As thee va.
Lion te,u•hes the fact that Dr. Osgood a India Chtd
agogtte is a never fai'ing remedy in rever and
Ague, good sense would surely indicate its prompt
and immediate use. To he found at
T. READ & SON'S,
agent for the proprietor.
jnne 27, 1948.
Certificate.
JULIA PARKINSON of Huntingdon desires
to say that she has used the India Cholagogue"
for Ague and Liver complaint with entire suc
cess. She therefore recon,inends it to all sim
ilarly afflicted.
FALL AND WINTER COODS,
Great Reduction in Prices.
DORSEY & IVIAGUIRE,
H eve just received direct front the Eastern
and are note opening a splendid assorment of
NEW AND CIAP GOODS ,
consieting of overy variety of
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Suited to Ladies and Gentlemen's wear, including
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tunnies, Gingham, a ahem, Checks. Shim 1,. &c.
We have also a handsome assortment of
READY-MADE
CLOTHING.
They would oleo invite attention totheir stock o
G 0C E I ES ,
Sagars-5, 6 and 8 cents per pound—
Molasses, front 37} to 40 cents per
gallon ; and every other article usually
kept in a Grocery Store, at equally
low• prices.
Soots, Shoes, Bats and Caps,
Hardware sad Cutlery, t Nine, Glass and Queens-
MIT, Drugs, Medicines. Dye Stull', &c.
Alt of which will be sold at very reduced prices.
The Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to call
and °asinine these Goods, as they cannot fail to
please all both as regards style an d price.
DURSEY d• MAGUIRE,
In the store room formerly occupied by Jacob
Miller, opposite the residence of Judge Gwin,
I'iunriuedon.
(10` All kinds of Country Produce ta•
ken in exchange for goods. [Sept. 26.
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TS hereby to all persons interestol, that
the T•ust account of Joshua Greenland and
IS
Nwoope, tssignees of Dr. Jacoh M. Corer,
iota of Cass townahip,has been filed In the office
lof the Protholotery of the Court of C .mmon
'Pleas of liuntingdon county, and that the same
will be presented to the said Court or the second
Monday of November next, for confirmation and
allowance,
JAMES STEEL, Prooy,
Oct. 17. 1849.
TENNENDS
Washington Gallery of Daperrotypes,
No. 234 North Saba Street, N. lir. corner of
Caltooled' Street,
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111'1E Likenes;;;ken and beautifully colored
at ilia well known establishment furores not.-
ion. are universally conceded to be sttc►t. in et,
cry respect to ten in the city. Pictures taken
equally well in cloudy and clear weather. A
large assortment of Mcn►t.t.tuon and LOCKET.
on hand, front $2 to $6, including the picture.
- The subscribers respectfully invite the citizens
of I lunlingdon County. to call and examine spe
cimens of the latest improvements in the art of
Daguerreotyping, which will be exhibited cheer
fully and - without cha ge.
T. Bc. J. C. TENNENT.
July; 4 1846.
A fresh supply of Mackerel just arrived and
ft for sale by J. Si W. SAXTON,
THE PIIItENOLOGIST.
BY 11. it. ADDISON
I NEVER recollect a warmer enthusi
ast than Professor Leyden. tx hen ho
spoke, he seemed to forget all other
worldly circumstances, all other sub
jects, save the one engrossing topic on
which he was engaged. His eye, wide
ly dilated, saw no object save the bright
imagery created by his fertile brain.—
His voice was impassioned. His every
pulse beat high. The professor, at the
time 1 speak of, was just two and thirty,
and ranked himself as the very leader
of Grill and Spurzheim's energetic dis
ciples. On the subject of phrenology
he was discoursing when I entered the
dining room of the [Won Hartmann.
It was a fine summer evening. Straw
berries and other fruits decorated the
board. The well-iced Johannisberg and
the cellar-cooled Lafitte stood tempting
ly on a table, around which about a do
zen young men, with the worthy baron
and the professor, sat.
It appeared that, in the height of his
enthusiasm, Leyden had, to please the
company, examined their heads, and
with many wise looks pressed the bumps
which he declared to be the unerring in
dications of the human character and
passions. Some unfortunate wight in
company, however, had evidently shock
ed the examiner by a demonstration of
wicked propensities, for he strenuously
refused, on this occasion, to pronounce
upon the several organs, declaring he
"might give offence," he "might be
wrong," " indeed it might appear invid
ious ; in short, after making several
similar excuses, the professor sat down
in meditative silence; nor could he
again be brought to speak, save and ex
cept upon the general merits of the sys
tem, a subject on which he never failed
I to enlarge.
It is a curious fact, that I never in my
life heard the subject of phrenology
broached without a laugh being raised
at its expense, which very naturally an
noys the supporters of this theory and
brings on the warmest argument. It was
a *scussion of this kind that probably
had raised the fire which flushed the
cheek of Leyden on the evening of which
I speak.
The conversation had now taken a
new channel. A dreadful murder had
been committed in the neighborhood of
the black Forest. A young girl had
eloped from her parents some weeks
before. The companion of her flight
was supposed to be a young tnan who
had been staying in the neighborhood;
he had disappeared about the same time.
She had just been found savagely tour
&red, while the supposed partner of
her guilt had reappeared, and declared
that he had with difficulty escaped from
the hands of banditti, who had, without
any apparent motive, seized and im
prisoned him. To prove this, he show
ed several severe wounds which he had
received in the successful struggle he
had had with two of the gang in his en
deavor to liberate himself. This stbry,
however, appeared so improbable, that
no belief was attached to it, and the
young man was hurried to prison, there
to abide hts trial.
This sad story had been repeated
with painful minuteress by Carl Haiti..
non, a handsome young man, who had
lately arrived at Backe, and whose mild
and gentlt manly manners had already
won for him the golden opinions of till
the society assembled there. 'No one
was more pleased with him than the
old baron. It was even believed that he
ranked so high in the good old man's
opinion, that it was rumored he had
proposed and was actually accepted by
Clara Hartmann, with the full sanction
of her father.
As a nnrrator, few could excel him.—
His vivid description lent life to his sto
ries ; and when he chow, (as on the
present occasion) he could harrow up
the nerves of even the most apathetic,
by depicting horrors in their most gla
ring, most appalling colors.
One burst of indignation, as ho con
eluded, bespoke how truly he had inter
ested his auditory• A thousand execra
tions were heaped upon the head of the
unhappy youth, who seemed plainly, in
controvertibly, from the details given
by Curl, to be the perpetrator of the
bloody deed.
"I'll go to see his execution myself.
1 could enjoy the death tortures of such
a wretch !" indignantly exclaimed the
Prince of Olsebuch, a young Russian,
as he took a pinch of snuff, and handed
to his next neighbor his splendid box,
which dazzled the eye by the richness
of the diamonds encircling it, "If such
a wretch existed on my estates, I'd have
him racked."
" And well would lie deserve it ; a
cold-hearted, crud assassin," chimed in
another.
HUNTINGDON, PA,, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1848
May he be punished in the world to
comey fervently ejaculated Carl.
"Nay, nay, silid'the old baron, "that
is saying too much. It is true m man
deserves an earthly punishment; but
you aro allowing your anger against a
vice, my dear boy, to carry you too
far." And the old noble good-naturedly
patted Carl on the arm.
Thus various subjects were discussed
and argued ; but during the whole even
ing Leyden spoke not a word. At last
the hour for breaking up arrived ; and
according to etiquette the prince moved
first. Ere he did so, he requested the
return of his snuff-box. The person
to whom he had handed it declared that
he had passed it to the next, who in his
turn denied all knowledge of it, as did
the rest of the company.
Every one had seen it, every one had
handled it, but none could now produce
it. The room was searched, the ser
vants had not even entered the apart
ment, the door had never been unclosed,
none had stirred from the table. The
affair began to wear a serious aspect.—
The old baron felt his honor wounded,
but still hoped it might prove to be an
ill-timed pleasantry. Under this im
pression he rose.
"Gentleman some person amongst you
had, doubtless, concealed the box intend.
ing thereby to give our illustrious friend
a fright, and, in good faith, he deserves
it for thus carelessly forgetting to look
after a trinket said to be worth fifty
thousand florins; but, us he seems real
ly uneasy about it, I must beg the per
son who has taken it instantly to return
it, and confess the joke."
And the noble affected to laugh. None
however responded, and Hartman saw,
with increasd uneasiness, that he must
now take up the matter more seriously.
"My friends, you cannot feel offend
ed when I offer myself as the first person
to undergo the ordeal—an ordeal, I al
most blush to say, we must all submit
to. We mast be searched! None but the
guilty can feel annoyed at this propo
sal."
Professor Leyden started tp. "By
Heaven ! I'd sooner die!"
Another was of the same opinion, and
objected to undergoing such an opera
tion, which, at the very least, implied a
doubt.
Poor Hartman looked like a ghost,
He glanced appealingly towards Ley.
den, who now rose.
" Let the door be locked," he said, in
a grave voice; " let it ne well secured."
This was done. "Now gentlemen, you
must either acknowledge the correct
ness of the measure I adopt, or I, the
disciple of a juggling science perish !"
and he drew from his pocket a small
pistol. " Nay, start not, my friends !
against myself alone, I mean to use this
weapon, and only in case 1 wrongfully
accuse an individual now present. You
may remember, before dinner, I phreno
logically einmined you all. There was
little to say about you generally; but
there was one amongst you in whom I
could not be mistaken—one whom I
wished not to have named, whose pres
ence ever since has made me shudder.
I see the gentleman to whom I allude al
ready turn pale. Nay, attempt not to
smile. I ant either a villain for allow
a false theory to mislead me, or you,
Carl Hoffenon, are both a robber and a
uoirderer!"
A thunderbolt would have caused less
consternation. The baron started up
in a rage and agony; the prince believ
ed the professor hnd suddenly gone mad,
while the others looked, with searching
glances, alternately at Leyden and Carl.
The furmer had cooly resumed his chair,
the latter sat pale, immovable. What
could it mean 4
Old Hartman was about to speak in
no gentle terms to the man who thus
had insulted his future son-in-law, when
waving his hand, Leyden quietly added
" Search him."
The baron, in his engerneas to defend
his protege, at once flew to do so. Im
mediately the snufl•box fell on the table.
The worthy old man sank, overcome in
a chair. In the breast pocket of Carl's
blouse he had found the box, which the
other had, unresistingly, allowed him to
draw forth.
For a few moments there was a dread
ful, death like pause. The party seem
ed petrified, while the trembling Carl
seemed to struggle with his feelings.
At length, as if suddenly, awaking he
started up, and incoherently pronoun
ced—
I' The hand of God is on met I
would, but Cannot, Hy this judgment.
Professor Leyden speaks the truth !
am a robber and a murderer ! Under the
name of Gratz, 1 wooed and won the
peasant maid of whom we spoke just
now. In madness 1 espoused her. 'I ired
however, in a few short days, of being
tied for life, to one uneducated and low
bora—hearing that Clara Hartman pos
sessed nnbonnded wealth, and knowing
that my rustic wife alone presented an
obstacle to my wedding this fair heiress,
I slew her—aye, cruelly slew her !—and
caused her lover to be seized, to turn
the finger of suspicion towards him.
Had he not flerl, to-morrow he would
have been stabbed. As for robbery, I
can only say, l long have headed a bold
band, whom even now, I'll not betray,
although they'll laugh at me with scorn
when they hear how foolishly 1 fell into
the hellish net that Satan had laid
for me, and call me fool for not having
the power to resist temptation. That
cursed box was far too brilliant. Some
spell lurked in it, which drew me with a
face I could not stand against, and made
me rush at once upon my ruin. But
I why thus moralize 1 Let monks go and
pray—it is too late for me : let common
fellons suffer on the block—it is too
mean a death for me. Thus I laugh at
Fate—l'm never unprepared I" And ere
a single arm could move to prevent him
he had swallowed the contents of a small
vial, which, afterwards proved to have
been filled with prussic acid.
The unhappy wretch, who confessed
himself to be the same who, under the
I assumed name of "Sand," had filled the
country with terror, died in tortures too
horrible to describe. The accused but
innocent youth, was liberated from the
jail and in three months, Clara Hartman
became the bride of the professor, whose
love of phrenology had thus led to the
discovery of guilt, the manifestation of
innocence, and the acquisition of the
prettiest girl in Germany.—C hambers'
Edinburg Journal.
Bullying a Witness.
There is an attorney practising in our
conrts who had attained a great notori
ety for bullying witnesses on the oppo
site side of cases when he ls concerned.
As it would not be polite to give his full
name right out of the crowd, we will
merely call him " Wyke," for short.
There was a horse case, a very com
mon case, upon our magistrates' dock
ets, trying before the Squire Shelbaker
one day in which Wyke happened to be
" fernenst" the horse. A slow and easy
witness," had beeri, called to the stand by
the plaintiff; who in a plain straight for
ward manner, made the other side of
the case look rather blue. The plaintiffs
attorney being through, Wyke commen
ced a regular cross-examination which
was cut short in the following manner :
" Well, what do you know about a
horse—you a horse doctor 1" said the
barbarian, in his peculiar contemptuous
and overbearing manner.
" No, I don't pretend to be a horse
doctor, but I know a good deal about
the nater of the beast."
" That means to say that you know a
horse from a jackass when you see
them," said %,‘ yke, in the same style,
looking knowingly at the court, and
glancing triumphantly around the crowd
of spectators with a telearaphic expres
sion, which said, " Now I've got hire on
the hip."
The intented victim, gazing intently
at his legal tormentor, brawled out
" Oh, ye-as—jes-so—l'd never take
you for a horse !"
The Supreme Court of the United
States could not have preserved its grav
ity through the scene that followed.—
Everybody was convinced that, whatev
er the attorney might be, the witness
was a hoss !—Cincinnattt Despatch.
A Joke not all a Joke.
The editor of the City Item tells the
following story. It is so good that we
hope it is not a story in two senses.—
Certainly it is good enough to be true:
A few nights back, a small party of
Indies and gentlemen were laughing
over the supposed awkwardness atten
ding a declaration of love, when a gen
tleman remarked that if he ever offer
ed himself he would do it in a collected
and business-like manner.
" For instance," he continued, ad
dressing himself to a lady present, "1
would say, " Miss S-, I have been
two years looking for a wife. lam in
the receipt of a thousand dollars a year
from my business which is daily on the
increase. Of all the ladies of my ac
quaintance. I admire you the most; in
deed I love you, and would gladly make
you my wife.'"
"You flatter me by your preference,"
good humoredly replied Miss S-, to
the surprise of all present : " I refer you
to my father !"
"Bravo!" exclaimed the gentletnen.
" Well, I declare," said the ladies in
chorus.
The lady and gentleman, good read ,
er, are to be married this month.
"Pat ," said a captain of a ship
to an Irishman who was a pas.enger on
board, and who sometnnes used to sleep
twenty-four hours in succession, " how
do you contrive to sleep so long1"
" Howl" said Pat, " why I pay partic
ular attention to it."
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Qf\t Jo -41414(s
MANAGEMENT OF LOVE AFFAMS. and, she she was jest as good as mine,
I've heard folks say that wimmin was ! till you cum agoin arter her, and now
contrary. Well, they is a leetle so; cant touch with a tdity foot.pole."
but if you manage 'em right—haul in " - sez "whet on arth are.yon
here and let 'em out there -- you can talkie' about 1 I :tint got nothin to do
drive 'em along without whip or spur, with your gal ; but s'poue I had, there
just which way you went 'em to go.
flint nothin for you to get welly about.
When I lived down at Elton, there
If the gal has takin klikin to me,'taint
was a good many lust rate gale down I my Sault ; and if we've takin a liken to
there, but I didn't take a likin' to any each other 'taint your fault; but I 'mint
of 'em til Squire Cummins cum down so althlghty taken with her, and you
there to live. The Squire had a mighty may get her ell for, rite; so you had'nt
purty darter. I said some of the gals aught to get savage about nothin."
was lust rate and a leetle more. There I " sez he, rather cooled down,
was many dressed finer and looked "I'm the unluckiest thing in creation.
grander, but there was something jam I want Cother ddy RIZ pineewhere there
about ance, that they couldn't held a was nit old woman died with the bete,
candle to. If a feller seed her once he or some such a disease, and they were
couldn't look at another gal for a week. selling out her thibgs. , ell, there
I tuk a liking to her rite off, and we got was a thimderin big chist
,of drawers,
as thick as thieves. We use to go t o full of all sorts of, truck ; so I bought it
the same meetin, and sot in the same and thought I had Medea epee, but when
pew. It tuk me to find warms and hints I cum to look at them there wasn't noth•
for her; and we'd swell 'em out in a I in in it worth a cent, except an old silver
manner shocking to hardened sinners; thimble, and that was rusted up so that
and then we'd mosey hum together, I sold it for less than I gave for it. Well
while the gals and fellers kept a looking I when the chap that bought it took it
or. es though they'd like to mix in.
I'd always stay to supper; and the hum lie heard somethin rattle—broke
the old chist, and found lota of gold in
way I could slick 'em with merlasses it, in a false botto m I had'nt seen. Now
and put 'em way, was nothing to nobo- if I'd took that chist hum, I'd never
dy. She was dreadful civil, tew ; al• found that money: or if I did, they'd all
ways gettin somethin nice for me. I wa s been counterfeit, and I'd been tuck up
up to the hub in love, and was going in for min on 'cm. Well, I jest told Pa
for it like a locomotive. Well, things , tience about it, and the up and Called
went on in this way for a spell, till site I me a darned fool."
had me tight enough. Then she began "Well," see 1, " Ephe, that is hard—
to show off, kinder independent like.-1 but never mind that—jest go on—you
When I'd go to the meetin, there was can get her ; and if you do get her, you
no room in the pew; then she'd cum can file the rough edges off as you please.
and streak it off with another chap, and That t'ckled him, it did ; and away he
leave me sucking my fingers at the went a little better pleased.
door. Instead of sticking to me as she I Now, thinks I, its to look aster Nan
' used to do, got cutup round with all the cy—Next day down I went. Nancy was
other fellers, just as if she cued noth. all alone. I axed her if the Squire was
ing about me no more—none whatever. in. She said he warn't.
I got considerably riled, and thought 'Cause,' sez I, (mak in bteev 1 wanted
I mite as well cum to the eend of it at him,) " our colt sprained his foot, and I
once; so down I went to have it out with cum to see if
.the squire Won't lend me
her. There was a hull grist of fellers hiS old Mare to go to town."
there. They seemed mighty gitiet till I She said she guessed he would—bet
went in; then she got to talking all ter sit doWn till he comes in.
manner of nonsense--sed nothing to I Down I set :she looked sort o' strange
me, and darned little of that. I tried to and me heart • felt queer all around the
keep my dander down, but it wasn't any ledges.—Arter awhile sez 1:
use—l kept moving about as if I had a I " Air you goin down to Betsy Mar•
pin in my trowsers ; I sweat as it' I had quiltin 1
been thrashing. My collar hung down Sed she,." I don't know for Bastin; are
as if it had been hung over my stock you goin 1"
to dry. I could'ilt, stand it;
so I cleared Sed 1" I recoiled I ithld."
out as quickly as I could, for I seed Sed she ; " I s'pose you'd take Patience
'twas no use to say nothing to her. IDodge "
I
went strata to bed and thought the mat- Sed 1"I mdut and then agiti 1 inout
ter over a spell Thinks I that gal isi not."
jest a trying of me; 'taint no use of our l
Sed she," I heard you're gOin to get
playin possum ; I'll take the kink out of married."
her ;if I don't fetch her out of that high Sed I should'm wonder a bit—Pa;
grace, use me for sausage meat. tience is a nice gal."
I heard tell of a buy wunce that got to I I looked nt her ; I seed the tears com
skewl late on Sunday mornin : master in.
sez— Sez 1. " maybe she'll ax you to be her
"Yost tarsal sleepin crittur, what has bridestrittith"
kept you se latel" I She riz right up, she did, her face as
"Why," - says the boy, it's so ever: , red as a boiled beet. Seth Stokes!"
lasting slispery out, I couldn't get aldng, sez she—and she could'in say any more,
no how ; every step I took forward, I clue tics 50 (ell.—
went two steps backward ; and couldn't Wont you be bridesmaid 1' sez I.
have got here at all, if 1 bndn't turned , No' sed she and she bursted rite
back to go the other way."
"Now that's jest my case. I have
been putting after that gal a considers
' ble time. Now, thinks I, I'll go t' other
way—site's been slitein of me, and now
I I'll slits her. What's sass for the goose
is sites for the gander
Well, I went no more to Nancy's:—
Next Sabbath day 1 slicked myself up,
and I dew say, that when I got my fix
ins on, I took the shine clear off any
specimen of human natur in our parts.
About meetin time, off 1 put to Elthum
Dodges. Patience Dodge was as nice a
gal as you'd see 'twixt here and yonder,
any more than she wasn't just like Nan
cy Cummins. EphraimMusscy had used
to go and see her ; he was a clever feller
—but he was dreadful jelus: Well, I
went to meetin with Patience ; and set
right afore Nancy ; I didn't set my eye!:
on her till after !pectin ; she had a feller
with her, who had a blazin red head;
and legs like a pair of compasses ; sha
had a face tts long as a thanksgiving
dinner. I know'd who she was thinking
about, and it ivasn't the chap with the
red bead tiuther. Well I got to boein'
Patience about a spell. Kept my eye on
Nance, seed how the cat was jumpin ;
she didn't cut about like she did, and
looked rather solemnly ; she'd gin her
tew eyes to kiss and make up. I kept it
up till I like to have got in a mess about
Patience. The crittur thought I was go•
in arter her for good, and got as proud us
n tame turkey.
One day Ephe came cum down toner
place lookin as rathy as a millishy offi
cer on a trainin day.
" Look here" sez he, " Seth Stokes!"
as loud as a small clap of thunder; I'll
be darned."
"Hello !" sez I; whets brokel"
" Why" sez he "1 cum down to Itev
satisfaction about Patience Dodge. Hero
I've been courtin ever since lest year,
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Well, then sez if you wont be
bridesmaid, %rill you be the bride 1'
She looked up at me—l swan to man
I never seed anything so awful pooty !
I took rite hold of her hand—
Yes or no,' sez I rite off.'
Yes,' sez she.
6 That's your sort,' sez 1, and gave her
a hug and a bust,
I soon fitted matters with the squire.
We soon hitched treees to trot in double
harness for life, and 1 never had cause
to repent my bargain,
AT Churubusco, a young man of the
Emerald Isle was shot in the head ; Oft
the arrival of the surgeon of the army,
he was tidied by a f.iend if the wound
was dungerouse, and answered that it
was, as he could see the brains. "Ah
by my soul," replied the son of the Em-
erald Isle, " please send a little to my
father, for he often told me I never had
any."
NEW ORLEAISS UOURT.-A woman had
a tnan arrigned for coming into her
house, and putting her in fear of some
outrage. " Besides," said she, "lie call
ed me out of my name. "But that's a civ
il action, " said the coon.
eel for the defendant. "No it's not
civil action" cried the indignant lady,"
" anti nobody but a lawyer would say
so 1"
What is your opinion of Our new
minister 1' said Mrs. Prattle to Mrs.
l'arrington. !Oh,' said the good lady,
'he's nothing but an ignorant ramus.
Last Sunday he preached on the parody
of the probable son, and lie said it was
not true, but only brought in to haluci
nate a doctrine. Now, did you ever !
Any body can see from the infernal evi
dence, that it is most true. A pretty
way to preach the gospel indeed ! I
aint gain to sit any longer under the
dropping of such a f nc tun ry as that.'