, 1869-06-06
a SHORT CoURTsHp,
The Hrtdc Of n Fcw K1ours Mourn
the Sudden Departure Of n Ious

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Ffora fAs St LouL Rtpua,tean, AoyH.
a rev day5 ago, Nj. Fauning, young wldower,
nrT1ved in this city from Memphis, ami took rooms
at fashionable boarding house on Ftfth street
the gentleman though yet IN his weeds, was al-
fable and agreeable, as Widowers sometimes are,
and during bis shors stay vas looked upon By MI
a marvellous prope. man. The shortness OF his
staJ, however, has something 10 dc With the gtst
Of this 1toE. and We proceed at once to develop
Fanntng 8 doDc,liation in Mrs. Green's boardlns-
name betose. but tic sequel will show 1t Was net
necessary he 1ntlnated 10 the lAndlody that he
was de.irons Of procuring hoosckccper-some
cue to take charge Of his home aud two Interest,"
ting children IN Mcmphla. Our tntormsIlon Is not
% her daughter; but he Was introduced to Miss
Matilda Green. and In haJ an hour they agreed
5n ps1 sy "fs s1s he9d Ss Lawful
priest was sent for. They were married ami I'm
med!ately set on for Memphis Their trunks and
travelling e1ects were transferred TO the other
aide Of the river, but unfortunately too late 10.
under the dieaeIceahle necessity Of remaining
room II ihe shcrmsu monsc % and remalaed e led ii
night Next morning, after breakfast the h1s-
band came suddenly into the pretencc Of his bl4da
&c Cd a. NJ
ence IL hannibal Missouri, where business OF tn
p0fane awaited hir. or course thcrr was no al
tcrnasise but that OF leaving his new-r.adc bride.
50 he handed her the snug Little sum Of f}ye hun
drGd dollars In shining gold. aud, telling her TO SO
70 her mother and remain with her till hts return
tears, but full OF faith In his truth and worth.
The nEe hundred dollars showed he was all right
thsrs n - 49, no getting around tAa', sac thought
Inc paperS Viii hresdy, 20 dou',t, nave raised a
suspicion il the mind Of the po4tcd render rs to
the deno+<rNtat OF this hasty wedding. To c1t .he
story short, tho youuE bride Was soon told that
been waiting severn! days iof Inc re.urn Of her
husband, without woni from hIu, and, while
her friends are Of the opinion that be will never
rgfu,D, and that that she has been imposed upon y
her, and make her happy.
A Peculiar Religious Sect.
Ftn Philadelphia t0hD} cove4pon'enex Of tas
C1erttdnd Herald.
There Is now IN progress nbout sesenteen miles
determination, demo tnosa = The omish % or tHas Amisa
The present meeting u KIND of national conEer-
cncc embracing all the sect in The United stases
ministers hre here from all parts Of tho Union
where any Of Tits Denomination arc TO be found.
md they arc having EEand time generally.
Owing e., e shs pss.s Of ether business i
ne meeting on sunday, Shleh was @ .Se ms: f ii tse M
conference. Instead Of coming together IN =
God, they met at . farmers barn early IN The
forenoon and commenced their religious eter-
was said tha, about one hundred AMI nfty moye
McTO expected THIS latter portion, however, ts
extremely doubtful, as II IS not likelJ there are
two hundred preachers Of that denomination IN
this country. The entire number Of ou1lsh
present would probably rcaeh sesen hundred, snd
there were great naany outsiders, and had the
been three thousand Of the l4tter, a. news Of tnc
intended meeting had sprcad nbfoali, and people,
prompted merely BY curiosity, expected u he
there from twenty mlea distant Tables were
epEcnd Ill around In the barnJar1l covered With
entablea for every one who desired 70 eat a,1d the
Niss:s CAPS, wh,e kcrcnieis shout thetr neeks ana
shoulders, nnn btue calico dresses, kaw that none
OF tho tables Should lack In pruTtslons ut auJ
seTesh short aldrcsses ve7e denvese<i. but aid
not apleaz to attract thc asteat.on Of the crowd,
who came merely to sec the ceeen.sc!tJ
And indeed II was m odd sight TO any one M
accustomed to sec ihetc people There
faces, young women and girls With "cheesg Ike
rosea," and who looked as "sweet As peaches, "
and little E1fls who could seasceJ waddle about,
~ S'cssSd n szae he 81 sas TsJ nc ~ q;
worc the wh.tc kc.ch!cf Aaa white cap, The racn
all permit tho bea1I to EroE. Rat @eaT hooks oo
iheir clothing instead Of buttons. Il may not be
lltnte1esung TO BONE Of your readers u l
GIVE sketch OF the sec1 merely stating It's origin
and few other particulars.
was eanca.cd n he Catholic fai;h. md u lis o.
1919 entered on niA duties priest In 1880 he
| commenced to read TIC New Testament and sec
| iaS that he Was deceived, he very soon Tenounced
| his former vtewA and commenced TO advocate
what he believed TO be the t1ue doctrine OF Christ
Wherever he went he made many cnnVcrtH. ant
! those who enbraced religion - taught By n11t
| wete termed Aenrouites. From ihts Cnurct
xpr1nE the denomination Known As Aull1h o.
| Unisn and the name WIS dtltvct froM ont
Jacob Amen, who Was \ very strict Mennonite
| preacher In Switzerland. Their confession g
| 1altn Is the game that Was adopted IN DoEt<Echt
Holland, In 1858, h5 The Aennouttcs, and. IN fset
| there Is bur 1tttle alnerrncc between TIES
! people md o,ncr Acnroulh.s, the Arnlsh bc.at
norr s3nplc IN their ,iress and more STRICT IN ttei
discipline They are extremely ho<7!tahlt, nlKAy
receiving Strangers and feeding them wtthou
making any charge therefor, and It IS rn.de .hel
| duty BY their religion 70 tAke care OF Al tbs
| belong to their church. Consequently none o
| them aIr cFcr found IN our 1larnateS, OF llvtn
on the contributions OF the rab!ic. They tc!iey
that It Is wrong to marty outside OF the caurce
claiming thst matrino1y, ~ taught hy Chris
sequtrss previous untnu IN the church, Zoe
| consider # tipfnl 70 iepet force by forrs
Ard consequently are Il al tines opposed I
wE. It Il required that they rash eacn other
| feet thereby keeping frtah tn their memories tn
lessou OF humility Taught by the Savior when
| washed his Disciples feet They beliere It 10
sin to take aa oa.a, On any OCCASION, claim thi
yea and nay ale tust IS ttndtnS n any o1th- The
ministers hsve no a1ed salaries. and eyei5 tneu
ar rrugal, thrifty, qa.c: nensee7 OF eecaesI vsi
CONSCIENTIOUS In al their dealings, yet cArtfll
| srcurc their just dues IN money matters - u
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