The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-28
OUR NEW CLERGYMAN.
Lecture mt the Academy by II. j. De CordOYn,
esq, of New York.

Lecture at the Academy by II. J. De CordOyn,
This popular orator delivered a lecture on
"Our New Clergyman last evening to a crowded
house. at the Academy of Music. The lecturer
commenced his discourse by describing the
place where his plot was laid rs being situated
between Wobbleton and Hucllleberryvile, and
shut out from sight of the noble Hudson. The
place was called Turnipdale and was built in
saucer-like hollow A lew houses were to be
seen dotting each side of the hill aud were, as
they appeared, the dwellings OF the bloated
aristocTats of the place. One of the houses,
the one highest up the mountain, was occu
pied by the nabob OF the village, Mr. Upham
and under whose nostrils, the village of
Turnipdae was built In this village were
two lawyers and newspaper office, the
sheet being named Ta'pipddle Standard of
Liberty which was not remarkable for the good
English to be found in its editorials. Then there
was the picturesque little church which will
form no unimportant part of this story. The old
clergyman, the Rev. Mr.. Walker, had resigned,
and was leaving for new incumbency and an
additional salary of $500 per annum. The new
minister, the Rev. Mr.. TTott, was to be paid the
large salary of 5000 per annum, but this amount
would not always be guaranteed in the village
of Turnipdale, and therefore Mr.. Upham pro-
mised to make up any deficiency which might
be apparent at the end OF the year. Everybody
had the Dew minister on the brain, even the
bald-headed little sexton, who was also the cob
bier of the village, and the deacon could not
sleep at night for dreadful dreams from which
he inferred some trouble or other would happen
TO prevent the new clergyman from entering
upon his new sphere of duty
The lecturer then gave an account OF con-
Versation over the tea table in Mrs. Hubbns (the
wife of one of the deacons) parlor, which was
also her dining-room, and which was made hot
to suffocation by one of those many stoves en-
ployed for, he believed, motives of mistaken
economy by so many persons IN the country,
who roast themselves sixteen hours every day
in a hot ROOM in order to have the upper room
warmed without an additional expenditure, and
in which the ladies could go and spend the re-
mander of tho twenty-four hours. AT the tea
table sat Mrs Hubbns at the head Mrs. Price
on her right Mrs. Carter on her left, Mr.. Carter
and Mr.. Price by the side of their ladies, and
Miss Araminta Hubbins and Miss Crocker. The
conversation was amusing and of the ordinary
busy-body style 1t showed up the hypocrite
and the curious; and the speculations, matrlmo-
nial and otherwise, which were indulged IN
made the audience laugh to their hearts
content.
When Mr. Trott arrived, it appears he was
shabbily but genteelly dressed. This made no
difference to the Turnipdae folks, as 1t would in
New York. and grand reception was given the
new incumbent. When Sunday came everybody
went TO church. Trott was the centre OF attrac-
tion. After the sermon Mr.. Upham asserted
that II was 'the best discourse that was ever
preached in Turnipdale." Mr.. Hubbins charac-
terlzed 1t as the outpouring of the cream of
propriety." Mr.. Price said it was "a good, ear
nest discourse, full of truthful Christian feel
ing" The bald-headed sexton, who was also
the eobbler styled it thuswse: 1T was such n
beautiful Sermon and so full Of wisdom that
was dumbfounded sir; IL made me perfectly
stupid" And even Drunken joe as he was
caied, Lali crazy, lAeorllted wretch, said
that was the talk. Mrs. Hubbns praised il
eXtrayagaIty because there Mas mot a particle