Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-10-28

tnem-or of them to the Church-lsSery man-
ifest. Piety and putrescence seem to be akin !;
worship and whiskey appear to agree. Pope
ry and pig-stie have evidently some relation.
The archiepiscopul residence of sHs Grace, ;
is very appropriately located amid the most
devout and faithful of the flock. Who will
doubt the ardent piety of the inhabitants of
Mott, Mulberry, and Prince streets ? The
ssDead Rabbit organization is composed of
the most devoted friends of the Church.
When Mass is performed-we mean cetebra-
ted-when the holy and delicious incense of
the Church ascends to the s.throne of Grace"
odorating with divine aroma the olfactories of
ss.Sancta, que Beata Maria.-she of sthe I'm
maculate Conception refreshing, revi-
wing, and invigorating, must be to her-''the
ever blessed Virgin''-the accompanying O.
dors, ascending from the aforesaid piggeries
and groggeries! Who can tell their value,
reeking with saturated solution of the exu-
dations and excrements of close confined Pigs
and Paddes-both turned out together for
the same purpose, Of enjoying the sunshine
and the sewerl
What subject of inspiration for the genius
of Mozart, Raphael! We ought to have
another Mass in f fat-and new picture of
the Virgin, by an ssIrish American artist
Now we have not the slightest doubt that
much, and good pay, comes from the aforesaid
piggeries and groggeries, and that they are
more useful and reliable allies of the Church,
than whole square of good, substantial, cul-
tivated, and refined persons Popery and
pig-sties are more nearly related than their al
lucrative cogIomens indicate.
There was certain scandalcus controversy,
some time ago, on the subject of the acquired
and accumulated wealth of one John Hughes,
who signs himself with a as Diocesan of n New
York. The allegations were to the effect that
the said John had obtained possession, and
kept possession of some property, worth mil
lions of dollars, the same being the property
of the Church. If all that was alleged were
true, we see reason why the Bishop is to be
blamed. The Pope has always acted upon the
principle that the Church was the Priests and
| they have always said that the Pope was their
head, and their all in all. Now, for an Arch
bishop to get hold, and keep hold of the dio-
ceSan property of the Church, was very proper.
1t was only a layman, and he not of .sthe true
Cnurcn, WHO tnOuSlt Sucu CONuuCt III DISH
opw was ssmost tolerabe ,and not to be endured -
The piggeries and groggeries had done what
good Catholic piggeries and groggeries were
bound to do-to support the Church-and
John had done what true Catholic Arch
bishop ought to do. He had taken care of
what belonged to the Church. One OF the in
habitants of these piggeries and groggeries,
may, and ought to cheat a hereto like us /;
but he must, and does pay the clergy and the
Bishop, from his birth TO his burial.
How the devout heart of the aforesaid John
Hughes must rejoice, when he finds so many
of his devoted followers from the land of st.
Patrick, reverently copy his most holy exam
pie, by signing their names with an Y.
There are some movements begun toward
erecting new Catholic Cathedral up town.
The location is one that was famous for Irish
and German Catholic piggeries. The attrac-
tion of affinity is strong in nature; and no
less strong in social and religious matter. than
in organized or even unorganiZed matter. An
ordinance of the Corporation drove the pigs
uptown, and they, not naturally, but spiritu
ally, attract the Church after them. Pork and
Potatoes, and Popery and Pigsties, all begin
with p. Who is there in Ireland, that does
not know the formidable letters, Pr. Here
after, let them stand for Popery and Pig-stes.