American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18

A writer in tho Pittsburgh CatA0lic
calls Mrs. S. to task for her severity &c,
in the above; to which she replies in "a
succeeding issue, and from which reply
we mako the following extract, addition
ally descriptive of those ceremonies.
GAS they proceeded with their pro-
gramme, and we saw the host--or what
we supposed was it--the living, tangi.
bio preseuse of an incarnate God, rolled
up in table cloth aud trotted about on
a hand-bartow by fourlit,le fellows, with
about as much appearance Of soIemuity
apparent TO our senses, as boys usually
exhibit i'll carrying one end of a stick
which bears basket Of potatoes, we
got little beyond our depth in fancy
but in our written account still confined
ourselves to the petticoat question, feel
ing that the other was one to which we
could do no kind of Justice but we
trust that Visitor will pardon us if we
now suggest that, i'll case they conclude
to keep the Lord Of Heaven and Earth
III a bread tray, they ought to show him
some kind OF decent respect. Poor, mis-
erable, beggarIy Professionalism would
teach men To show more reverence in
the presense Of the dead body Of the
hCmbest pauper, than we could SEQ
there shown TO the living body Of the
Lord OF Glory. They appeared as if
they wanted to be revercntial, but there
were so many things TO bo attended to-.
| I,F h. "A
tie wero SO important. and it was such
worry to get them held just right
The canopy was like quilt half framed:
| that Is, there were wooden sttetchers at
each side, but mono at the ends, aud it
kept falling together as they held it up
by four sticks like hoe handles. Down
in the corner, by that part of tho house
which they did not sprinkle, it was so
hard to turn and keep up the order of
march. Then one or two from the pro-
cession left and hurried back to the front
door as something had been forgotten.
Somehow the machinery did not work
well and all through the day it appear
ed TO us as if somebody was always for
getting something he should have re-
membered, and as if many of them had
so much to do they feared they should
not have time to get through. Once it
| appeared as if some one had forgot 10
take off the cap Of the Bishop who was
saying mass, at the time it should have
been removed. He gestculated while
and finally snapped it off himself We
wondered they did not postpone part of
tho exercises until the afternoon and 90
loisurelv through with what they did
perform.
1t was in this particular Of haste, es-
pecially, that the exhibition fell short of
that or Norma. In tho latter the
priests move roYoreutly about as if i'm.
pressed with the presence of some high
er power but here it looked as if the
great body Of tho actors bad their minds
wholly occupied with their part--their
dress, appearances aud what tboy had to
do next.
Well, wbilo we are agape with won.
der as any other heathen might bo ex-
pectod to be, thinking all this doubtless
had some Pickwickian Specification that
we knew nothing of hero comes Bishop
Hughes TO tell us that it all mont relig-
ion. Wo caught tho idea in moment.
Religion was like the shawl worn by an
old lady we once knew, and which was
described by another as being green as
grass. red as blood, yellow as a mari
gold and blue os indigo ;"--some of il