Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-11-22

~ Inc sIoitoWlnS Is ths Au0" -t'Os4A
ing account of the outrage committed up
on Mr.. Bapst, the Catholic Priest. When
it is reccollected that the Rev. gentleman
died from the effects of his i'll treatment,
the levity of the account is perfectly hor-
rifying. To what viii this spirit of intol-
GRANGE lead people !?
Tar and Feathers.s-.A g Holy P0dre''
in Trouble.
FREE PASTOR RAIL RODE PRIEST.
We briefly noticed in our last that a
Catholic Priest in Ellsworth, be-, had
been tarred and feathered, &c. Since
then we have obtained full particulars,
which, we hasten, as in duty bound, to
place before our readers. By way of
preface, We ought to state the whole thing
was merely intended as bit of fun. but
the priest, however, who must be q
sury sort of being, took it all in earnest,
and actually got vexed at the boys. But
to particulars Father John Bapst, =
Catholic priest of Bangor, Me-, made
himself particular obnoxious to his
neighbols," by persisting. in spite of Ju.
dicial decisions TO the contrary, in inter
public schools, over which he had no mat
ter OF control, whatever. Judges, lawyers,
school teachers, DC, were ali set at def
Ance by this self constituted " Daniel
and lie would have his way in the public
schools. lie was not only annoying to
the people OF Ban 5or, but be was abso-
lately impudent The citizens, good ma.
tured souls that they are, suffered him to
continue in his wild career but some of
tue boys kinder had an itching to head
him. He kept on, however, and finally,
brought sat in one of the tribunals of
Bangor, to see If lie couldn't have his
own way. That suit is now pending. He.
did dream that the boys were preparing
another sui for him-oh, no not he. lie
had it all right-he would show the here
Tics what he could do, DC. The boys
made up their minds to show him what
they could do. They were some of the
boys. they were. They knew thing or
Two, khey did. Ola Padre should have "a
good time Of it, he should II shouldn't
cost linn "HotAiu" for ride, it shouldn't,
The boys would make that all right, they
| would SO. Well, the Padre weat one day to
see some OF his duPes in thu village of
Ellsworth, aud the people Of that spot,
feeling DESTROYS OF coniessing to the holy
father, gathered together on . Saturday
night-A first rate night for such things
aud in mass went 10 the house where
The good man" was putting up. Now,
rhe Padre must nave been doing those
things Which he ought not to have done.
and felt ashamed thereat, for Immediately
the boys entered the house, our holy ia
1. .
said the boys, " The PADRES full of his
fun again, he's playing hide and so
seek" We'll, the boys didn't miud hav-
ing little fun, and they commenced to
seek for the "Gelier hidin.' They
soon spied him and you know how boys
are when they're playing-they mean
everything we'll, but they "will maui a fell
Ter. SO 1t happened to the "feIer a hi
din - they mauIed him so, that they ac-
tuaily nearly got all the clothes off of him,
but it was all in fun. and "Mey didn't
think the good man was going to get
mad at it; no how" He'd had lis fun
with MeHa, down ct the school house, and
they didn't git mad, what's the use ?''--
81 thought and said the boys. The more
the boys played with him, the more his
clothes got g tored" and as astonishing
as it may seem, he raved and Tanted so,
| that he didn't leave himself With a stitch
of clothes on him. It was his own fault,
however, for getting so angry And yet
these boys didutreally imagine that he
was mad in earnest. They Lhoughthe'd
be all right again that he was only do
in en-" that he was so fond of his school
boy pranks, that he was only maxim
6leeye," DC, DC. When the boys saw
that : Padre" was in state of nudity,
they thought he was''in fora swim, and
accordingly they took him down to the
ditch, but the water was too cold, and he
didn't go I'M The boys didn't urge
him. About this time, for it was after
twelve O'Clock that night, the wind began
TO spring up aiittle, and the "schoo boy''
felt little cold. The boys tell for him
in consequence not many Of US know
what IT Is TO be = OUT Of a night with no..
thin on u.s. We say the boys fell for
him-they continued to feel for him, but
none Of 'em had more clothes on than
they wanted themselves so they thought
OF someLhiug-a brilliant idea struck 'em
old mother Sniggleby had been picking
geese that day, and had left all the feath-
ers in the barn Well, but what's fea-
theirs without something to keep 'em to-
gether % That's true-ah little Hen
Slubens has it-Hen's always wide awake
Hen, he said, that '' Billy Bailey had
been bilin pitch that day, and if they on
ly git Ere built under the pot they could
soon get suit of clothes for their cold
playmate. at it they went, and soon
g the pot was bilin." but the poor boy
had got SO benumbed with the cold or
something else that he could hardly stand.
However, they managed to give him
completes covering of under garments,
which looked as if they had bsengs.p pitched
onto him." as Hen Stubbins said, and
then finished by coating him with suit
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