SERMONS AsE LIKE Guss.-some ar
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SERMONS ARE LIKE GUss.-Some are
large, others are small some are long
others are short; some arc new, other,
old some are bright, others rusty some
are made to be looked at, others to be used ;
some are loaded, others empty; some are
owned, others borrowed.


Some are air guns, some pop-guns, some
Of every size, from the pocket pistol TO me
Paixhan gun. Some are charged only
with powder, and make a great noise a''d
smoke. Some send only small shot, that
irritate rather than kill Some carry heavy
metal, that does execution. Some dis
charge chain-sboi, moving down platocns
Some are wide -mouihed mortars, throwing
only bomb-shells. Some are duelling pis-
tolls, used only at controversy things !!


Some go off half bent. Some flash in
the pan. Some make terrible fz, the
charge all escaping at the prilning hole.
Some shoot too high, some too low, some
sideways, a few directly at the point. Some
are aiming at nothing, and hit il. Some
scatter prodigiously, some kick their own
ers over. Some are unerIing others al
ways hit the wrong object. Some have
too much wadding, and vice versa.


Some are alarm guns others are compl-
mentary guns, used only for saluies on spe-
cial occasions. Some are in series, con-
sttuting battery others are swivels, made
to turn in any direction. Some are useless,
some dangerous. Some amuse, some fright
en-, some exasperate, some explode, some
gain the victory.


Very much depends upon the manner in
which they are made and managed.


VERY GooD.--A valued friend Of ours.
who has most intelligent daughter, was
yesterday at the breakfast table, questioned
in this wise by his interesting child:


"Papa, why is the Fourth Of July, and
Washington's Birth Day, like the new
President Of Mexico2


"l'm sure don't know, nv dear girl,'
the parent replied


~" Well then, III tell you. Because
they nre General Parade Days, Paredes. J"