A Pointed Argument.

Feilding Star, Volume xv, Issue 335, 9 June 1894, Page 4

A Pointed Argument.

The lnte Mr. George Dodds and a Scotch minister were a pood many years ago deputed to go from Berwick to Eyemouth to speak on the Temperance pic fori-i. This was at a time when stramre views were held by many on the subject of teetotalism. There were those who, like many at present, regarded a'cohol as a good medicine, and there were others who appreciated it on dietetic grounds. The Scotch minister was one of the latter, and his remarks on the platform were by no means satisfactory to the Newcastle mnn. Returning from Eycmo ith for Berwick the two lecturers missed their w y, and were on their way to Edinburgh The minister " took the see," at this, and lyinir, down by the roadside, declared he would not go a step further until he had had some rest. Dodds looked about him, and al sys full of fun, seeing a hed^e-hog*, decided on a practical joLe. He placed the hedgehog in a pocket handkerchief, atid approaching his companion said : "Here is a pillow for you." The offer was gladly accepted, but in a moment the laggard felt the" progs^ of the hog and jumping up exclaimed : " What in the warl' is that?" " It's a good creatare of God, " was the solemn answer. " May be, " said the other, <* but it wasna intended for a pillow." "No," said the other, " but still it's a good creature of God*" The minister laughed, saw the force of the argument, and profited afterwards, it is said, by this truly pointed application. __