New-York tribune., 1868-09-22
THE PRAYER MEETING YESTERDAY.

Kit Rnrn does not pretend that his heart has
been touched by the revival IN Waterst or aa t m
in % %cSuseSDg to have prayer meetings held IN his
Dit" Instead OF acting in srespecf ana W M
he 80 seemed Yesterday to consider the whole thing
as good joke on somebody nom which he Was 10 reap
,?h narye m cof aRe5s Gne might hsve seen the pPo
tor seated behind his bar eating ms r1ia1, In
The only visible preparations tbat hau @ oeen
made for the occasion was the temporary 1I S,r
removal OF decaners and bottles and me placing
a'Ts red 'b beasty fce deeply pdented with smallpox
marks and expression to use the Worus VI - =, ot
knows hun we'll as II he would chaw man up II Ao so'
Took 1878 in New Haven te-hehe-he," said KIT = TO
yell-drcssed young man who leaning agalhst t9e
bar with both elbows on the counter and glass OF SODA
water in one hand and cigar IN the other mi is IN
dePwn his knife and fork lays his forearm along the
counter his head on IT, and breaks INTO
ggge, whenever one OF his Tetalners says somc's '"s
is intended to be remarkably witVo
"Why. John. dn IT, went up thar with socun and ster-
ling charged 81 head, got the people all S
d9%m Ne% K things S Smashed up ali have
walk TO Bridgeport TO take the cars home A., -
the street around the door, the conversation was az
much shout Johns last move about tho meeting at
Burns Pit" Below is printed only one OF inc many
. lie vans to leave slocum at home next time he
goes said one~Ved bully to acrowd that had collected
They're of team, ,:,ned in another; clad in the
red flannel SHIRT so popular IN the Fourth Ward.
They say Storlug along, too, but SlOcum looks
the most like a Snowman" said the flrst Speaker.
" Amt he "a son OF - on Wlcclo iNPhVo the sec
ond ~, , -,
AZ about Ave minutes before IL the people began
arrive and secure seats in the pit some nnHereu in
the barruom to the pictures that hang upon the
walls. while some passed directly through. looking S,,
neither the right nor the left Not more than nan
dozen lnde- were present and they occupied sort OF
place OF honor, immediately IN front OF the
pit. When Mr.. Arnold opened the meeuhg tho hmpni-
theater was no, more hnf ull bnt before the meeting
closed nearly all the occupied ana DOtn en-
frances dcury packed by those VINO were elther
unable unwilling Ia 20 Inside prayer vas nrst ihaue
by the Rev Mr. Reid Of the Macdougalst church. ana
and rXhoIiafious also made by others
both clergymeu and laymen. Mr.. Van Meter spoke AZ
some length, taking hi- theme the wors of 81 raul
am not mad" lIe said, that during campaign, poll
ticans were in the habit Of yelling. and building bon
really acting like crazy men, they wOulh go
into Just such places that, and would drink ana make
fools of themselves. and pay large sums OF
might make dupes Of men and use item Tor thclr own
ends and all tho people consider them very smart Iei
lows" But as Christians 60 INTO the dcns OF
Water-st pay out their money, ana spend their time 10
reform men and 10 their souls thousands OF people
hold up their hands holy horror They ana every ty
sheet In city become suddenly very jealous 81 the
purity Christian people who go into such places
FOR such purposes and call them mad fanatics Why dld
nc there instead Of preaching salvation IN tho peu
tiful chapel OF the Howard MssiOni Simply because the
associations OF Kit Burns pit would ara" t.setner
what done after O'clock between IL ara IL was
the house Of God. Others spoke In the same strain.
After the close OF the meeting the PIT Was worry
rapidly cleared and at about 10 minutes aet ncoh'
bottles and decauters had been replaced behnd the
few minutes later Of Kits agents STOOD at
the entrance 20 tho pit" calling out 49,.
Wak right Ia. gentlemen, II you want 10 SEQ tho pest
city; only head worth four times
| the money" &C.. sc Kit informed tho fov who
out OF this" About attended the show. and the
malnder wended their way homo or to their places oil
| business.
| Conducted by the Rev. Stephen II. Tyng.Jr. ~