ONE OF WEBSTER'S JOKES.
A correspondent from New Hampshire BSya Horn. UacieljWebater heard an ane.d ite of old father Soar!, the minuter cf hia boy hood, which has never been in print, and which is to good to be lest. It was cuaternary then to wear buckskin breeches in cold weather. One Sunday morning, in the autumn, Father ?earl brought hia branches down from the garret; bat the wasps had possession of them daring the Rammer, |HKwere having a nice time of It in them. By dint of effort he got oat the intruders wad dressed for meeting. But while reading the Script-ores to the congregation, he felt a digger from one of the enreged small waiited fe'lowaand jumped about the pulpit, slapping his thighs. Bnt the more ha slapped around and danced the more they stung. The people thought him crazy and were in commotion what to do : bnt he explained the matter by saying: 4 Brethren, don't ba alarmed. 'J ha word of the Lord Is Id my mouth, but the devil la in my fereojiio* 1’
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2599, 5 August 1882, Page 4
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179ONE OF WEBSTER'S JOKES. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2599, 5 August 1882, Page 4
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