THE USE OF A RECEIPT.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 408, 15 March 1879, Page 2

THE USE OF A RECEIPT.

In tlie City of Halifax there dwelt a lawyer, crafty, subtle as a fox. An Indian of the Miami tribe named Simon owed him some money. The lawyer had waited long. His patience at last gave out, and he threatened the Indian with lawsuit, process, and executions. The poor red man got scared and brought the money to his creditor. The Indian waited, expecting the lawyer would write- - a receipt. _ ? , “ What are you waiting for?” asked the lawyer. “ Receipt,” said the Indian. “ A receipt ?” said the lawyer, “ a receipt; what do yon know about'a receipt ? can you understand the nature of a receipt ? tell me the use of one and I will give it to you.” The Indian looked at him a moment and then said, “S’pose maybe me die; me go to heben, me find the gate locked, me see ’Postle Peter, he say ‘ Simon, what you want?’ lire say, ‘Want to get . in he say, ‘ You pay Mr J. Dat money V What me do ? me hab no receipt. Have to hunt all over hell to find you I”' He got a receipt.

The Melbourne Leader says : —One of the arguments advanced in defence of a secular State system of education has been that the clergy are not really' so zealous on the subject of religions instruction as they profess to be, since they do not avail themselves of the opportunities which' have been afforded them. .This argument,which has been often put forward and as often substantiated, was repeated by Mr Rasleigh at the Wesleyanlconfereuce. That gentleman is in a position to know, for her is chairman of the Daylesford board of advice, and in that capacity he stated at the conference that though the schools in his district ard open to any who wish to impart doctrine after school hours, the opportunity is never taken advantage of by the local clergy. The remarks of Mr James, M.L.A., were equally telling and to the point. If Bible-reading were allowed in the State schools, this, he said, would be regarded as a concession to Protestants, and Roman Catholics and other sects would then claim parallel indulgences. „ The clerical party', he thought should have “ more confidence in themselves,” and not expect the State to do their work for them ; while in answer to the charge that larrikinism had increased under the secular method, he pointed to the statistics, -which shewed,, last year that crime in Victoria bad decreased f and that the moral status of the population generally improved.