The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-10
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THE WIgKRBESTMA NAN IN MN YORK
ne st,uts Up MS. water street Dance
House--PrRyer Meeting There-AThe
Old Den 90 be n Magdnlen Asylum.
lasslodg Trom the N,dYs SUN hdg. AIkO
John Allen shut up lis .daGce huaise at
midnight On Saturday aud announced thdt
! il W9nld ngver be opened arainl except fdr
some geed pHTpqsei Shat asRd1nge house,
its career had closed. Anunlb0r OF ehris-
TRAN friepds We're preseut, who had been
notified of his intention. 'hna, .81et the
hous6 Had been ci1fed, 4 nliditght prayer
meeting VAS heldfn the lancihg sa16on.-
Allen, his rNtfe. aud ithe girlsitSok part in
the prayer meeting, aud joined heartily in
singing The, lyianssi3 as e. NtIlJd
Many of Allepis neighbms and bots of
lQRierS igatheyed in the atTHtr. In 'front.' Of
! 30l Water street, aud discussed tbe por-
tentousRopducf az lie WiekedpJ Alqn.
Some tRod3At h6'd.gonq crazy i,oilt4B foIt
sure TINT h9 l1iew Whit ne, YIt$ hhBdf, aud
had feallvImdie tmSihi5 MN rs iditt the
business far the t4hkd Of his'thildren but
an oncular tlRnEe House l~seopersnidi
| .I3IiAael you whats the Natter IFS re-
ligionl These cussed singini aud 1nayjn'
fellers have got hold vi Johp.qpdffH get
tin, Ia, be too damned religious. Religions
unhealthy, It's worsc'n cholera. IT'S took
many a poor Teller off, and noy its gSttin.
hold Of John, and it II take him OF least
ways il. n takel lim off from Water street.
You see Hlit don't l--a A INlt.
This .do%claridi0n was received with silent
... -. -.-lHal -ANga. 1871 FrIN Al
dommibfraiiaion impending over them.
On SUNDAY morning thaltpllowiug m
nouncement, written in hpld plain hand
was posted on The d99r o. 9Ol Wqter street:
TINS DANCE HOUSE, IL cLosEp ~
mo gentlemen admitted. pmless ac-
tompahied ~ their wives, WHO wish to
employ MagdaleU's- az dQmCsliCs.
81 "a 90i-' J0fiNQynIEN."
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This notice attncted 9reataLteniion and
groups VINE SonstmflKi Wthering TN the
streets during the day. discussing the mat
ter and making all manner Of prophecies IN
egArdf 10 the4V-Aultl tAL
-mtte-Atsrnoon Allenattsndadlhe Sab
bath S4haplhh me9tin5At th4 IHbwAd
Mission, vhdre the fact thtthc Mad closed
his dance house was publicly announced.
Allen himself mude n few remarks, MS fol-
lows:
.lf+oHE ALLEN's spEErHs
Ladies and gentlemen, unaccustomed MS
| am to public speaking, my address viii
not he prolix. l simply say that although
I / have been called ".the wickedest man in
! New. You. I Will sli6w VET to The world
that Inm ibf the wichedcsti hiau ia New
York that I will Help the ohtcnSidnd fallen
] 90 aN.I .yggala .HnaN av,yY..t,aNaas tN. .Ha.Al
that / will begin from this mdment 10
achieve a moral refmm whenever and
vbcreverlI can. Iilwnutim my friends TO
stand by mo Us / shall haYetR bard time of
u fgrp while, aud ] will in future devote
my liza TO doing good ~ fares J. gtuJ,,F
10 SEEMED very Crank anil Honest, aud
n downright eatiest- hs W.. hone he Wis,
I dild will contiuud to be. 'Ni" "
% hlttr Allen took his seat Il was omoun.
ioAneed that there world De prayer meet
ing aGdht33 house NJ thoa ctenincl and q
prayer meeting WAS held last night ut 30i
Water street, in accordance with such an
nounccmcut.
ed PRAYER NEErINGtLAsp5HIGHT.
pWntcr street WIS arraycd in all its wick
Eelness last. evening. BY contrast, such
streets sermI IT, possible wickeder ON sun
day than on week days. The evening was
close and sultry: the t%euefnents aud dance
houses filthy and warm. The heat drove
the residents out in the open ain. Not
TINT the change. munh for the bet.
ter. for the stencil that rose from the filth
aud garbage of the cutters wua intolcruhle.
Men sat smoking and Hwcttu%, JNomenin
very dishabille costumes kept them rom.
pany in both, while ragged boys aud girls
gulter snipos as they are called ROLLED
about md played with each other in tn,
mud Thecmzy music ofbmde, the croNk
ing of n worn ont pino, and the grooming
ing whine OF n dilapidated violin, fionto,
lonthe heavy mir from inUida many II dane,
house. inviting passprs-by to enter Ties.
antqIopms OF perdiuons There was ON,
housn, however, from which oil this nois,
aud wickedness had passed away, out Of
which the evil spirits had been cast, nnt
whose proprietor had turned over a new
aud very important leaf IN the book of hi,
life, This .wQs J0f, the house OF join
Allen. 'h h'ia ~
Az 76clock we reached tao house, anC
found Johu sitting outside the door. 70.
GOODNESS he had discdrdef cont and vest
and sat in his shirt sleeves, lie was il
good humor and cordially invited ,is I,
4 enter, remarking.as he did SOL that he wa
, going 10 hayeja prayer mreting there NJ
soon al the Clergyman came. The bar
noon hid been arranged for the purpose
Tables We're placed in TIE centre OF lh'
u room, aud John told .ole Of his boys :,
chuck down o, few Bibles md hymn
books, and bring n Jew more chHira
He then inquired Are Yom = religion
parsonage Tor ~ o VII c9iilh n'clergS
man to TAX WIN y9a',.." we eSpneSsuo
pfeferonce Tor n '~disenhise WIN himself
lle spoke AIrSseyepS ~ ms l~elofhlatioh
Sond he WIS shd ne Ind Eoi ONT OF IN
business ana was determileu 10 make VI
IN NNHIN WHY he ffttll Tor the nNlNltt ~