AN exceedingly novel prayer-meeting took place recently in the upper part of town, which, it is believed, was the first of the kind ever held in Ulster County. It occurred at the Court House, in the petit jury rooms. A jury had been sent out to deliberate on a case, about six o'clock, and had vainly endeavored to agree upon a verdict for six long, wearisome hours. The midnight hour had arrived. Discussion had been waging hotter and hotter. The debate was most pronounced. The jurymen were well worn out and sleepy, when they were startled into a thoroughly wide-awake condition by a proposition to them made by one of their number, a venerable man, who had not been so demonstrative in argument as many of his companions. He proposed that the jury hold a prayer-meeting. It would certainly do no harm and might better fit them for the further discussion of the case. All the jurors agreed, and the meeting began at once, the gentleman proposing it reading from the Bible. The scene was peculiarly one of unusual interest. It was the dead of night. No one was stirring. The Court House was dull and dark, and the jury, in a little room all by themselves, were engaging in a service of devotional character. Not one on the panel will ever probably forget the occasion. When the prayer-meeting was over, the discussion was resumed, and it is a fact worthy of note that an hour or two afterward the jury agreed upon a verdict.—Kingston, N. Y., Leader.