Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-04-07
4 Minister IN rights.
LudicrOus Situation of q Re0crend Di
rine-He is Robbed While
Honestly TOHing.

A somewhat amusing affair, involv-
ing the presence Of well-know1 divine
in very ludicrous position, occurred at
Cincinnati a few days ago. The par
ticulars of the scene we obtain from the
| Cincinnati Evening Chronicle of the
Goth ult., which says:
A few days since. well-known min
! ister, who owns a house in the West
Enid which is now vacant, paid the
premises visit for the purpose of exam
ming their condition, After taking a
survey of the house and finding every
thing all right, he took look into the
cistern, the bottom Of which, to his sor-
row, he found covered with sediment,
old tools, tin pans, stones, bricks, &c.
After viewing the filthy mess fer some
time, he came TO the conclusion that, in
view of the hand times and high price
of labor, the wisest course he course he
could pursue was to clean it himself, es-
pecially as his sermon for the week was
written, and he consequently had plen-
ty of leisure.
Having7once resolved, the old gentle
man lost no time in executing. P-O-
ceeding to the house he Invested himself
of every article of clothing save his
drawers, and thus attired entered the
cistern, went manfully to work, with
hands and shovel, until the whole mass
| was thrown up. Having completed his
for the purpose of donning his costume
of sober black, when, oh, horror of h or
rors. not garment was to be seen where
he had left them. All were gone.
| Thieves, it appears, who had not the
| fear of the law or the reverend cistern
cleaner befOr, their eyes, had en- ,ered
the house, while the old gentleman was
digging away to the tune OF Old Hun
dred, and stolen his clothes.
Here was a nice predicament to be
placed in! Not q stitch of clothing t
hide his akedness, save the sadly dam
aged drawers, and no means of procur-
ing any save by an appearance on the
street in his rather primitive costume,
which modesty forbade, but the chill
ing temperature of the house urged. EX-
ercise was his only means of keeping
warm, while racking his brain to de.
eide upon a method relief. So at it he
went, and Notwithstanding his consci-
entious scruples on the subject of dan
cling, some of the livliest hoe-dows ever
eXecuted-by minister at least in this
city, the silent walls of that DESERVED
dwelling then witnessed. The noise u
he old gentleman's terpsichorean per-
Torrance finally attracted the attention
and brought to his aid a number of the
neighbors, whose horror and astOnish-
ment can be imagined at witnessing the
performance of breakdown by their re-
| spected fellow-citiaen in q custom al
most as scanty as Georgia full
| dress
Thinking, of course, that the old
gentleman had gone as near stark mad
as he was stark naked, the neighbors
approached him with great caution, a d
not for some time after his discovery
was it decided to furnish him clothing
in order that he might go at large. One
of the boldest of the party, however,
finally approached near enough to hear
his explanation of his strang, appear
ance which the appearance of the els.
tern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a suit ofclCthes
was procured, the Cd gentleman clothed
and warmed, and allowed to depart IN
peace, amid the suppressed filters and
giggles of the spectators. He has, we be-
lieve, since decided to give up the els
tern-cleaning business.