Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-03
TEN PERAy yCE ALI,
Weddings and Christcnings performed


I. rounds odd, does it not Mr.. Marpc hands
sou his card, if you introduced to him, and says
he will be every happy to see you at his little
place. You see it is 1,mprancc Iol, no low
place"
"Well, Mr.. Mnrpc, what do you do there -
"Oh ! we have q little music, and we dance and
talk and enjoy ourselves"
there 2"
We'll We have Lager Bier. Of course, must
drink something you know"
:" But nothing stronger eh %
"Well punch. Oh yes, punch but no other
liquors. You Sec it Is very convenient. There is
my church right over the Hail."
Your church %
eyes my church where preach Sundays
am missionary there. And SO you see, when any
body wants to be married to have n child chris
tened and to have little celebration, perform the
ceremony up stairs, and then go down into the
Hall, and have the room and the music all ready,
snd we dance and enjoy ourselves and have every
thing convenient and handy"
Now what have written is an actual fact I have
not been to Mr.. Morpe's "Tempcrance Hail." but
have his card, and he did hold such conver.
saticr with the gentleman who showed it to me.
That struck liltle the worse case had ever
heard Of. 1t is that the Of Grace church
makes it his business to attend getting up parties
for the fashonablcs, and is almost as much Of ne
ccssity in such cases, he is Sunday in church,
if the party is to be the thing But then he is not
the pastor Of the church. does he lay any claims
to missionary character that ever heard Of nor
does he give parties in tho church building so his
case is not quite so bad.
What is to be done with such case a. this Ten.
pcrQnce Hal Thank Heaven at least that it is uf
foreign institution, Il .s terrible to think of the
state of the German population Of this City, popu-
ation which i, increasing with immense rapidity,
and is already large that large quarters Of the
City are inhabited by Germans almost exclusively
as to make one think he had reached iore gn
country only to pass through their streets. Irreli
gous, very often infdel, if nut Rheistic they form
a body among us, whose existence and increase
should not be o;sed by without observation. a
gentleman told me once Of being with some we'll edu.
GATED Germans, who had just come over, in q hotel
One Of them took up book which lay On the table
and finding it to be Billie expressed great dis sus
and wonder at the state Of things winch would have
that book lying public tables. Ny Informant
suggested that there certainly most excellent
things in Ihc book. "Oh yes" said Of them
"but there is also much (5chwcinereD swinisl
,tut." Their newspapers bear the same character
almost universally, iuculcating irrcliggn, dcnoun
cling ~. ministers knaycs and all religion a
priest craft. Truly t.2te Ia room for "missiorary'
among them, for many missionaries, AID many
Bibles. They are very much given t. iutcmperanc,
here too. This Lager Bier is now used most eztcn
.ivcly in the City. Five years age, the word was
hardly known here. Now it starcs you in the face
ON every corner almost. 1t is not probably the
worst beer IL the world. bu: is supcfyins, be
numbing drink, bad enough in all conscience, and
whose effects plainly noticeable upon our crnii-
nal calendcrs. Very many Of these Lager Bici
saloons have music regularly, either vocal nstru
mental, and they regular and rery general re-
sort of the Germans on sunday evenings. Thu
they bring over the their European way OF
spending the sabbath, w.ll a. many other evil
views and practices. How strong the Influences
must be which to meet and overthrow this in.
coming flood, can only be imas sincd iy those who
know little Of the character and extent Of that
flood it.elt
Yours. a.., ALPHA.