The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-16
LENT.
Rules for the Faithful.


this year on the 22d instant. Bishop Wood has
issued the following rules for the observance of
Lent in the Diocese of Pennsylvania
/. All the faithful who have completed their
twenty-first ear bound to observe the Fast OF
Lent, unless dispensed for legitimate reasons.
2. One meal a day only is allowed except on Sun
days.
8. This meal is not to be taken until about noon.
4. On those days on which permission is granted
TO eat meat, both meat and fish are not to be used
at the same meal, even by way OF condiment.
8. collation. or partial meal is allowed in the
evening The general practice OF pious Christians
limits its quantity to the four tn part Of ordinary
meal.
vegetables, and fish are permitted at the collation.
Milk and eggs are prohibited.
7. Custom has made 1t lawful to drink in the
morning some warm liquid, such as tea and coffee,
or thin chocolate made with water.
s. Necessity and custom have authorized the use
OF lard Instead OF butter IN preparing hsh, vege-
Q. The following persons are not bound to observe
the FAST namely All under twenty one years OF
age, the sick, pregnant women and those giving
suck to infants, those VINO are obliged to do hard
without injury to their health O'O' ''' '''''
10. BY dispensation, the use OF flesh meat will be
allowed at any time on Sundays, and once day on
Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays,
with the exception OF Holy Thursday and the
second and last Saturdays OF Lent.
fasting by age or laborious occupation, are not re-
stricted TO the use OF meat at one meal only on
those days on which its use is granted by dispense
ton. JAMES f. WOOD,
Bishop Of Philadelphia.
Catnedral, Pnnauelpnla.
THE UNION LEAGUE OF AMERICA.-A meet
ing of the National Executive Committee of the
Union League of America will be held this
afternoon at the National Union Club Room,
Chestnut street, above Eleventh The COM
mittee will sit with closed doors. The subjects
to be considered are these:-
The condition of political affairs in Arkansas,
Missouri, North Carolina, and Florida has
called for energetic action on the part of the
committee. A petition from leading colored
men in North Carolina will be presented pray
ing for the interference of the Republican party
to save them from destruction.
Action will also be asked of the committee in
behalf of the members of the League who have
been threatened aud intimidated in the at
tempted exercise of their political rights in
Georgia and Marland. In the latter State the
farmers have combined together and resolved
to employ no one who is known to be member
of the Union League. The condition of
Union men in kentucky is represented as
deplorable in the extreme. In the Congress
sional district known as the "Henry Clay dis
trict," the Democratic candidate was elected by
less than one hundred majority, and the bad
feeling engendered by such hot contest has
brought forth a disagreeable state of feeling
which promises to eliminate in outrage The
defeat of universal amnesty in this and other
Southern States is desired among Union men
1t Is represented by prominent members of the
League that the time for this amnesty has NOT
yet arrived, and that If it is attemnted 10 mass
such a measure, it would render it necessary for
every outspoken Union man, black or white Ia
leave his property and take refuge In a North
ern State