The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-25

sapping them away slowly but too surely,
my attention was attracted by some lads
who were gathered around q Are in what |
once was the deepest part of the castle
moat. Presently, after due deliberation
and much gesticulation, and having select |
ed one of their number, the chosen ambas- |
sador advanced towards me, and addressed
me in the following terms, 81 have come
Sir, to say, please 70 remember the nth OF
November" looked down at their little
fire, which was only q few brambles heap
few pence when Suddenly thought that l
would ask him the object of his incipient
bonfire. He said that he did not know,
but they had always had one on that day.
1 then asked him what happened on that
day, and much to my surprise he told me
that Jesus Christ was killed on the 5th of
November Imagining that this reply
might result from u mlscOnceptlon OF my
inquiry, | asked HIM some further ques-
tions with a view to ascertain whether he
quite understood the import OF his answer;
I give you verbatum the questions and
answers, which were written down on the
spot as asked and replied to. .'And who is
Jesus Christ, my boy - said. Gle was
a shepherd" "What kind of q shepherd
dren in the fields" "How used he mind
them 2" t.He used to take care OF them in
the fields" "Used he to teach them" ~
don't know, but he used to mind them"
.'Now, who was Jesus Christq" 81 don't
know, only that he was shepherd"
know" "You told me he was killed. Who
killed him 7" "The French" "Why did
| they kill himf" "Because he liked Gods
| children" "And how did they kill him r.
''They stook him with knoife.' Have
you ever heard of jesus Christ before 7"
'.Oh, yes, he was II bad man who killed
Gods children" care you quite sure that
the French were the only people who help
ed to kill him 7" eyes, the Oirish Urish),
but they be's as bad as the French" "Did
you ever hear what people was it who cru
crucified him." "What do you mean by
crucifyipg himf I" 'Sticking him with a
knoife." HDid you ever see cross Z" eyes,
the Roman Catholics have them" "Who
are the Roman Catholics Z" "The Oirish."
care all the Irish Roman Catholics !" eyes
who were killed Roman Catholics !" "No,
| they were Professionals" fare you Pro-
testant or Roman Catholic I" "I'm a
Protestant to be sure"-this with q signi-
| fcant smile at my innocence. "Are You
certain that Jesus Christ was killed on the
5th of November Z" Eyes, I'VE heard So"
'sHave you ever heard of Guy Fawkes Z"
eyes, he came to the fire last night"
.sWhat sort of man is he I" "He is a
queer IN, that he be's-I saw him yester-
day. &What was he doing I" "He stood
in the road and asked for money! Amazed
any Mortified at the lamentable ignorance
| of the very fundamental principles of
Christianity displayed in the answers of
this otherwise intelligent lad, asked him
did he ever go to church, when to my sur
prise, learned that he not only went to
church, but also to Sunday School in the
earlier part of the day, and had attended
for some years q fonndakion school, con-
Quoted by, think, a Mr.. Button, which
he called "Herity Charity I deemed it
quite useless to ask this juvenile thelogian
to spell the name for me, but presumed
dridge's Charity" He had no idea of any
: nations existing except the English, French,
} and the "Oirish." On looking through the
guide book to bennington, found proud
array of charitable and benevolent institu-
tons, not few having reference to foreign
missions and the conversion of the heather
and others who are described as being in a
state of that tertdarkness, in which Judg-
} ing from the amount of Christian knOwl-
edge displayed by this specimen, the mass
of the children of the English working GLASS
, seem to be ingulfed. / venture to suggest
l to the hon. and most Protestant member
) from Warwickshire that an inquiry should
7 be made as to the amount of Christian
1 knowledge communicated to the recipients
, of education under the foundation which
F., has charge of this little heather. l make
. no apology for communicating the result OF
4 my Dialogue with the ambassador of the
8 Kenilworth admirers of Guy Fawkes. Ii
may be of use, indicating the value O.
q that class of public opinion on religious ant
t political matters, represented by the Guy
Fawkes demonstrations. w. ID. u.
wAp WITH Notwithstanding new