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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1841, 26 November 1874, Page 2

Gents' clothes cleaned, dyed and presied Geuta' light suits cleaned, ss. N.B.—ln future all goods and orders will only be received at the Thames Dyeing Establishment, Eollestoii street, Shortlaod. A negro in a religious gathering^prayed earnestly that he and his coloured brethren might be preserved from what he called their " upsettin' sins.'' " Brudder," said one of his friends, at the close of the meeting,' " you ain't got de: hang of dat ar word. It's 'besettin',' not upsettin'.'" "Brudder," replied the other; "if dats so, it's so. But I was a-prajin' Providence tq save us from de sj[n qf intoxication ; an', if that ain't an upse|«&i! sin, '% dunno what am." A seriously-inclined but illiterate girl had been so constant and attentive ad church that she had the entire service by heart. She always had her prayer-boot before her, and much edified the young man to whom . she was _ betrothed by the close attention which she bestowed upon it. One Sunday, happening to have forgotten his own manual, he asked permission to look into hers. She readily graced ij;, but great was his surprise tq ccc the book held the wrong way in' her hand. "My dear," said tie, '^youifbook is upside down." "I know it is; but that's the way I always read. lam lefth.ahded." '