National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-06-03
Job PrintiNg

A NEW SECT.-A new phase of
religious fanaticism has broken out
in New Jersey. Itfirst appeared in
the congregation of the Methodist
Church at Macopin two years ago
and has since spread, until the orig
inal church is destroyed, and the
new religion has entirely suplanted
old. The fanatics term themselves
Jehovah's band. Their peculiar
form of Worship develOpes itself in
putting, blowing, whistling, shout
ing, jumping, wrestling, falling to
the floor and rolling over, and
other actions of n muscular nature.
Baptism is by immersion in the
village mill-pond at midnight. On
Sunday the service is continuous,
and the fanatics refuse to read or
write or even to receive a letter,
their only recess being for meals.
John Rhene Smith, a welltO do
farmer, is chief of the band. The
Methodist Conference has sent
some of its best preachers to over.
| throw the new sect, but in spite of
all their eloquence the heresy ls
spreading.
PUNISHMENT ENoUGH.-A man
with four wives was brought before
Hans Swarthart, a Mohawk Justice.
for commitment on the charge of
bigamy.
-Four vifes ? exclaimed the aston
ished Hans, four vifes dat vass a
most hiuocious crimes Dissharch
him at vonts.'
why ? protested the prosecutor,
why discharge him when the proof
ispositive Will the Court explain "
Yes, ecShplains. Off he lfs
nit four vites he got punishment
enough. lif NIT one, and | got
much bunishness already
The written answers to questions
propounded to candidates for admis-
sion to the High School at Hartford
Ct, at the recent examination, were
some Of them highly amusing. One
of the printed questions was: What
would be the probable cargo of Q
ship loaded at Rio Janeiro " and
the answer written in several cases
was Diamonds Another question
was: For what is Sheffield, Eng
. land noted p and the answer writ
ten to this by several scholars (who
j.. had probably read newspapers re-
Gently to some eytenD was. 'Shef.
field Is distinguished for it's Semitic
o school,
t A revolution is going on among
n the Partisan demi monde. 1t cen
t sists principally in their firm resolve
=. to appear before the public in the
,. most rigid guise, without scrap OF
+ lace or twinkle of diamOnds-noth-
O ing but high bodices and floral or
, naments, which extraordinary sim.
f pIicity they explain by claiming that
:. they must be distinguished somehow
a from "respectable women"
G At bal mdsque given recently at
X Rome by the Princess BarbeIini, for
)f the benefit of the night refugees,
Ie some members of the demi. monde,
4. who had paid twenty francs for their
o. tickets, slipped in under. cover OF
1t their masks. and, their presence
d becoming known, all the Roman
/, Princesses instantly unmasked.
Il. While all admit that it is great
Is mistake to be the wife and child Of
a drunkard. there is another crea.
q turc entitled to sympathy, and tina
=" is the drunkard's horse. He never
- complains, and is therefore apt t6
~ be overlooked; bat he is no less ;
sufferer. How often is he litchet
no to IA fence post, and forced to stan,
~ y, there all day aud far into the night
80 without food or drink. witing to hau
af his besotted master home.
~ Then the chances are that hc vii
Io he turned lGto his stable with moth
as ing to nibNle, by the unmercitul mal
~ who'is mercilul neither to himsel
,'o nor to his beast. Some Bergh shO't
-, be found to look after the drunk
he ards horse.
~ ~ Then, too. there is the drunkard'
ln dog. less entitled to sympathy, c
~ course, because not tied like tn
~ ~ horse, but still an object Of pity
-, 49, He sits for hours at saloon doo
rs m waiting for his master to stagge
49,, forth. and may sometime Oe hear
40 to whine u sort of "Father, com
- home,n under the door.
-, Poor fellow he realizes the evi
nod OF intcmperance. We have see
- him sitting on the door steps wit
4" great tears in his eyes, waiting tc
,,o his master to emerge from some lfa
wv of revelry. We have seen hi'
glance pleadingly into his face, as
- grieving to see him thus gong
of the dogs, and have even observe
the him raise his paw in admonition-
an warning him 10 paws, ~ II were, !
OK his downward career. The dogs
psc st. Bernard are trained to scare
,ur for beated travellers overcome ami
tod the snow storms of the Alps, brin!
ich iur them food and stimulatin
of drinks. Now would it do to impo
Ike some of the breed, and train the
nd to hunt up belated tipplers and x
nat them home Instead of food ~
his stimulating drinks they might
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