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! A New FASHIONED FAN.-Some years ago


in Natchez, Miss Prof Maffit was announced to


preach in that city on a certain day. The fame


of the gifted orator had preceded him and every


person in the city of Bluffs was anxious to hear


him. Somehow the news happened to reach the
hovel of an old woman who, perhaps, had not


heard a sermon for a quarter of century: and


very seldom went out into the world. She deter


mined to hear the stranger. 1t being excessive


warm weather at the time, and having no fan, she
started to purchase one. She got to store where
they happened to know her, and aware of her ig-
noranc@ they determined to have some fun. They
told h"r they had just received a new fashioned
fan, a very beautiful article, and handed her q
common gilt 6e1loscsl She tried its power to
raise breeze, and was perfectly delighted with
it. To church she went; the house being crowd
ed, she took her seat near the pul pit. The text
was selected, and the speaker progressed and
warmed with his subject, and so did the old wo-
man, who brought her fan to her face, and
commenced blowing away as if her salvation de-
pended upon her keeping cool. This attracted
the attention Of the audience and the speaker look
ed down to see what was the matter His eye
caught the old woman-he stopped and smiled at
the ridiculous figure she cut The old woman
observed him looking at her. and cried " Go it,
my magnolia, breks God Tse all attention" The
audience tainted the curtain dropped, and we left,
but the image of the old woman with her new
fan is yet before us.