Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-02
For The Oslorl Democrat
" Robbing Peter 20 Pay Paul. VI

Robbing Peter 10 Pay Paul"
MEssRs EDIToRs This Is an axiom.
which contains more truth than poetry
There are - many ways now IN popular
vogue 10 rob the people, scarcely know how
Ia express my thoughts and views concerning
the church grinding operation now on foot.
| In November last, when In NcwbuUpor,
Mass. delivered and published an address
concerning the arts and tricks resOrted to by
some proiesscd rcligionIss, who had agents
prowliAg about the country taking up colloc-
tons for every conceivable purPosc. Among
other prricnors, the " .clmcn' are said 10 b.
al going TO the devil and Il is suddenly d.
covered that /" Homes" aud Bclhcls" arr
tn h. their Savior Aud funds must h. rails.
ed to cree, and furnish these houses Tor lhr
sailors, in every part of America And
great hue and cry j. ~ up about the Poor
Sailors I have sccn "a much II thi, tom
fooling. and learned rho n - rrIr'i ne
rnon,y, have M patience with the pretend
ers, and cannot help speaking II them a. |
think and feel. whoever may h. offended.
was reading book entitled /" Tho Hrslo-
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came across the following narrative Of rogue,
and copy it, as the Gp'' here related sorrr,-
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Ito" some Robbers " h"''ed the "Ind''
We brothers had taken up 4 lodging
HOUSE. and received lttlc or no custom, and
We soon saw that new plan must b. taken
To get money, and tho easiest way We could
come By hi, ir'ok ~As by playing uiek' 90
the suPrriitious
Many a,rick We worked them and among
others, were the following
4 Prcconorrisd plan wa formed bctWcrn
seven or ,igh, OF Us to ape the priest and
thus 10 raise funds bu, how "a carry ths boz
10 good effect was our greatest study. Al
| last. however, Il vas argued that che u u,
should E.irn himself dad and smother u
Us should profess to H. the priest, and then
the res, Of us should h. Vitne,sc, and tue
moumer,. and call oR the brethren Of ihe
church for money
. Accordingly We proclaimed the death u
one u our dear family. who vas regularly
. LAID ouI, and prepared ia due order fnr the
grave, And brother Alfred dressed h!mssif
. like a priest, for the Ooclsiun was urrcu,
and We took -oo.l rlrr IN have but one priest
on thc Ocrasiuu, to save expenses Knowing
tia, one would do as we'll for ~ a, twenty.
and to gc, the money wa, an ~ wanted -
So, after large multitude Of the church ~m
assembled To witness for the priest. that be-
done las duty iai'hSiy. IN saying his prayers
Sc, over the corps Alfred began t"'sll lh"
people ahou, the awful Tate Il Ananias and
\ SapPhlra, who were struck dead ~ tho spot
for holding back thsir money from The church.
and 10 dcscan' on the terrible "ra'h OF ""i
on all those Who boarded uP treasures on h'
earth, when the Lords moaey was NEEDED 70
assist IN building np w' church Ah'
then, aid he what Viii h'conT OF YOU u
YOU refuse 10 br''ow your money On - great
and go"d acauSo a' thus Who can tell The
value Of the soul y lie then Piously kN".i
down beside u" 'Npp'''a oorp''' and 'on'-
nencrd PRAYING M thu most solemn and dole
iul manncr,-vhlch icN Methodist m'n u
camp meeting could c'ccl'-'nd when 'h'
YmPa'h'e' '"r ''' oean "err Nus 'r'D''''
ne Io'' up spoke A'h''' N W' l""p'' 'n'
then pa'''"R round M h@' We s" over i
hundred do''ar''
Seeing We made out 30 wrll this hit, ""
came ,he same game over others, 10 other
places. On Une occasion Ne wanted five hun
drcd dolln IN pay Jail fees, for one Of on'
brothers, but how to al~c tive knew not.
unless through the church. The money must
b. had and 50 We went To work again With
the corps and the Pri,'t. And Alfred knew
how 10 put IN the pa,hcucs, and search he
heart and pursc lie would raisc his hands
and cyes to the wall, strike his breast lncr'-
sanity, and utter with emphasis, TIE Lari
! ior,ih a chs,,tHi rir,r and then dcscrb@
the blcs.cdncss Of the good and benevolent,
. in the spirit world, where he shall be happy,
where no sorrow can interrupt hi, Joy-vhcr
all the srrIfcs and divisions and commoilon'
OF this life will cease forever where the -
deemed soul shall reign IN peace and tranquil.
ny, counting his beads, PraisIng the virgin,
a, vrb,t,ycr else plcas.d ms s,uI with al