How A Minister Came Nearly Puffing A Patent Medicine

bpeftking oí eurious advertisinir, they lell iliüi ;i cortain fashkraable New Vork pastor waa taken in, but notquiledoM for, liy H Diatnifftcturw of palenl medicine, li seems tliai liedoea nol verv carafullv examine Hie roqtiests for innouncemenu sent to liim until lic siands up lo rand i lu in in tin! pulpit, Tboy usual ly consfot of uottcea o ray er ïueelings, social gaineriugs, aad otlwr matten reuitiug to liio coun'etration, bul alonji win. tbem Bi-o i'ontniuiik-ationa from otlier cburcbea, ainl ihi-se commonly ronslsl of printed eitculnrs, Aller readiagoul a uamber a few Sumlays go, the minister starled witb a neaily printed page tbnt Iwgan wiih a scriptural qnotation aboul loujfyity, and proceedcd wltli an arguuiciil In favor f !!) posslbility aod duty of allainiag old ' Ue,i a good elocutionist, and lic dehvercd a paragrapb in good style, Then lic furlivolv glancsed aown towards tlie bottoin of in page and fouml that tlio pending matlei led Inlo an adverlisemeut. He made iim discovery In time to save üiinsolf, ftlthougli he bad to uop iiwkaiiliy. and iiis beuren ware at a loss lo know uliy lic did not tinisli.