CONFESSIONS
Open Confession is Good for the Soul
Surgeon's instrument case lost in some saloon. Reward. Dr. H.E. Lebel. 1227 Hennepin.
A certain rector, just before the service, was called to the vestibule to meet a couple who wanted to be married. He explained that there wasn't time for the ceremony then. "But," said he, "if you will be seated I will give you an opportunity at the end of the service to come forward, and I will then perform the ceremony."
The couple agreed, and at the proper moment the clergyman said: "Will those who wish to be united in the holy bond of matrimony please come forward?"
Thereupon thirteen women and one man proceeded to the altar.
The Irish lad and the Yiddish boy were engaged in verbal combat. Finally the subject came down to their respective churches.
"I guess I know that Father Harrity knows more than your Rabbi," the little Irish boy insisted.
"Shure, he does; vy not?" replied the Jewish boy. "You tell him everything."