Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1859 — A Happy Rebuke. [ARTICLE]

A Happy Rebuke.

Watty Morrison, a Scotch clergyman, was a man of great wit and humor. On one occasion he entered an office at Fort George to pardon a poor fellow that was sent to the halberts. The officer offered to grant his request, if he would in return, grant him the first favor ! he would ask. ! Mr. Morrison agreed to this, and the offi- • cer immediately demanded that ceremony I of baptism should be performed on a puppy. The clergyman agreed to it, and a party ol many gentlemen assembled to witness the novel paptisin. Mr. Morrison desired the officer to hold up the dog, as was necessary in the baptism of children, and said: “As I am a minister of the Church of Scotland, I must proceed according to the ceremonies of the Church.” “Certainly,” said the Major, “I expect all the ceremony.” “Well, then, Major, I begin by the usual question—do you acknowledge yourself the father of this puppy!” A roar of laughter burst from the crowd, and the officer threw the candidate for baptism away. 7•• • - world is a great treadmill, which turns all the while, and leaves no choice but sink or climb . (£(7“llorace Greely reached New York, on his return from California, last week.