N | s C E / L A N Y.

A HARD RUB FOR TRUTH.
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Old Parson M. of ---, Worcester
county, sometimes used to be absent on q
Missionary tour. Once on time, having
Just returned from one of these excursions,
he found his congregation quite drowsy, and
wishing to wake them up he broke off in
the midst of his sermon, and began to tell OF
what wonderful things he had seen in York
State. ..,a.sra .@
{ Among other wonders, he said he had
seen monstrous great mosquitoes, so large
that many of them would weigh a pound
The people by this were wide awake.


eyes, continued Parson NJ, "and more
over, they are very often knownto climb
trees and bark" ,@.


The next day one Of the deacons called
upon him and told him that many OF
the brethren were much scandalized by the
big stories told the day before. g " /.


"Wh It stories 7" says Parson M.


"Why, sir, you said that the mosquitoes
in York State were so large that many OF
them would weigh pound"


SWELL" rejoined the minister, "l do re-
ally believe that GREAT MANY of them
would weigh pound" - a ",.


"But," continued the deacon, "you also
said they would climd up trees and bark ~


aWeIi, sir" says ,Parson NJ, "as to the
climbing up on trees, ] have seen them do
that--bavn't you, deacon 7"


"Oh yes" srat !.


"Well, how could they climb up on the
trees, and not climb on the bark ~


The deacon left.