The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-05
HUMORS OF JOURNALISM.
The Religious Reporter in AmerIcn

The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury says the Pail
For kePs e years. ' are od
Graflen" was the man. Charley originated the de-
Rypocrites" Death put an end to his labors year
ago Zone year ago last Wednesday" writes his |
around him and lay down to pleasant dreams,
looking not upon death with terror, but as bluff
and trusy friend whose hand ne could grasp in full
piring journalist into the realms" etc.
The @UrS with zes aad sp M
writes anonymously Qor which there seems to be
sufficient reason and tells III us very little about him,
to that process having gone on simultaneously with
the conversion Of "peacon Jacob, gardener, our
other s; pc people. Mt q pastor, deacon Or humble
thing about them all, and tells it with a frankness
which must be the delight of many tea;table in
when dealing with 'the cloth" appear in recent
articles The pastor of the Tabernacle Methodist
fhe reo0e hS do not to suVe our
dear brother. Through the instrumentaity OF black
tea and fried potatoes ne WILL Doubtless extend MS
When called to the harvest
of the Lord, he will certainly come bearing with him
ply, too, kept his church open all the summer. He
Is another devoted man. ''The trst sheaf he gar
gest kind of subsequent stack OF them-was Alfred
G. Harmer, now engaged in piously laying out the
The Rev Francis e. Arnold is described as San ex-
tremely fine specimen" whom the ladies Of his
pastor in all Pennsylvania. He doesn't need any
artificial Gloom Of roses; while his moustache is as
trumpet vine throwing It's laughing tenarils over over
in the vestibule OF house, with morning-glory
passers.s The Rev. Samuel w. Hallowell is
pastor Of another II stamp has e eeas t6 0
Devil with black eye since the trst day he received
tlata an praap m a suburban church,
the hospitality OF brother from New England, the
land OF, cold Sunday dinners and and, sixty y.minute
after such sermon nothing short of broed fowl
would do; and luckily, Mr.. Brick, of the American
Justice to the chicken, the reporter went to hear
Brother Badger, of ST. stephens. Mr.. Badger Is
room in his white surplice we thought of zacche1s
climbing the sycahore on the day that our Lord took
pastor is so shortsighted as not to know
his principal warden from "the cam-dealer who
operates in hiyalves across the way, and he passes
his time in state OF warfare with Brother Joe
Parker, who holds outdoor prayer-meetlngs, and
addresses the Lord In shocElngly ungrammatical
thizes with the parson but eX-City Missionary Rev.
John Street gets the tomahawk:-"He made the
missionary business furnish nest-egg for a luXu-
rious eompetence = = = Street lives in lavender
ale and claret. You can BOTH the latter in
packages the freight cars, at frequent intervals,
bsarng his address In turpentlme and lampblack:-
The Hill OF Zion yields
A thousand precious sweets"
The reporter deals with the laity as well as the
clergy. Noting the appearance in church OF Brother
Harry Dreer after heightened tour in Europe, he
says s:-"BrOther Dreer so long sang hymns in the
American chapel at Paris that he could not quite
eradicate from his yocaizaon the Partisan accent"
The same brother is also reported to have dOne up
his devotons in wayside chape!s the lever lifts Of
the Alps" A Mr.. Jordan, ''who so long supplied
Philadelphia with bottled stout" having joined a
Catholic Church. is described as Zone of the few
men over thirty years OF age that hasn't lost the
faculty OF blushing;" and Brother William Matthews,
Just fresh from California is credited with "a heart
about the size of an egg plant" aAd pocket-book
to match. '1t is a nice thing muses. the reporter,
''to have laid up where burglars can't get
at them; big balance In bank is also good
thing. We should like taste OF the sensation
Noticing the departure OF gentleman from the Re-
formed Presbyterian Church, the writer says
1Brother Dunlap, like so many useful Christians
dnds the road to fortune good deal shorter by way
of New York than by way OF Philadelphia. The
only drawback to New York is that its distance from
Heaven exceeds that OF this city about $4,000 miles
When Brother Dunlap starts for Paradise he intends
to do so from Philadelphia The history OF anothe
brother Who being tempted, went astray, Is told a
edifyino length We refer to it only for the sake o
fhe reporters preventive against such lapses :
tsWith ten hours labor per day, aud diet OF salt
herrinRs and potatoes, this gentleman IN al pro
bablty would have lived up to the teachings OF III