Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-01-18


moved in society of peculiar sort
plenty of lords and ladies, honOrables
and so on, did he know-after man
ner: and he, as we have said, was ae
cepted as Christian attorney. Their
are two or three sorts of Jews: tn
mealy Jew, the red or sanguine Jew
and the blue-black Israelite, who al
ways has dark blue mark round hi
shaven chin, and the ladies Of who's
tribe have tendency to wear mus
taches. Mr.. Tabernacle was of th'
mealy kind; had very red lips. whit
skin, fiaxen hair, and silver eyebrow.
and eyelashes. In those days every
body did not wear mustaches-which
had he worn, young Tabernacle wouli
undoubtedly have dyed; and our soil
eitor's early education at that great uni
versity, which was then profanely
called 'Stink-O'-malee,' prevented hin
from tripping into Angle-Judaic ar
chaisms in his speech. A Welshman h,
was, from the Welsh Tebernacles, to al
people except his wife, his daughter
and his own people.
What thing is faith! The son o
old &c S. d. was ashamed Of his people
but he yet married from among them
and Mrs. Tabernacle, though by NJ
] rnaone ;nd;Ra,aaS 60 tba ab.r,,,e or ~
ciety, was devoted to the religion of hel
people. So was her lsmented father.
in-law, as We have seen; who, although
only five feet one inch in height, had
equally with a giant, soul-and one
as he felt, to be saved. Hence he spoiled
the Egyptians with an incredible devo-
ton; but his unworthy son, though he
too spoiled the Egyptians, worked on
the Jewish Sabbath, and frequently
went to churches where he might meet
| with his clients at their devotions. 1t
is with grief that we explain that Mr..
Tabernacle did not go there from relig-
iOus purposes. He even affected to
sleep during the sermon; but he was
accompanied by his daughter Myra.
Myra was beauty, and, better than
beauty, a really good girl. Mr.. Tab
ernacle had married early, and was a
well-preserved-handsome in his own
eyes well-dressed, and prosperous
young gentleman (act of Parliament,
Geo. -, cap. y when his daughter,
with the vigorous adolescence Of her
race, was full-grown woman of eigh-
teen. The attorney was very fond of
her, dotingly fond of her, indeed; and
Myra, who was fine brunette true
mixture of mealy Mr.. Tabernacle and
his ravan-haired, black-eyed wife-ac-
companied him every where, even to
church, where she sat under the Rev.
erend DIR. Smiler, the fashionable
preacher of the day. Some woman have
a penchant toward theology. Myra's
mother was learned Jewess, and held
theologic discourses with her rabbis ;
and had demolished Christianity so Of
ten that Myra began to be excited about
it, and read and reread until she began
to believe. This curious change-at
once so awful and so prinful to her that
she hardly knew what to do-she kept
quietly to herself, saying nothing to
her mother, and very little to her IA
ther.
Are Chris tains good men, papa p she
said, one day.
'Uncommonly good, my dear-for
business = he said. Il would rather deal
with them than with our own people
Bah! He snapped his fingers at them,
for he had lately been set at defiance by
one of them. q don't care how little l
see Of themr
well, I'll tell the TRUTH said Mr..
Tabernacle. 'They are good. They've
treated nae well, anyhow; and always
tell Myra Cavendish the truth
He had given his daughter that fine
name because he loved her from the
first. Love of offspring is very strong
with men and women of his race; and
somehow the baby had grown UP with
the second fine name always sticking to
her. She was called Miss Cavendish'
by the servants more frequently than
Miss Myra.
And, mamma DEAR said Myra, they
believe just what we do. There was DR..
Smiler expounding Malachi the other
day, and he said just the same as you
did,
Some Of their priests are learned, re-
turned Mrs. Tabernacles. 1T didn't mat
ter where you go, perhaps, as have
thoroughly grounded you; and as ior
Samuel, your father
Tut, tut! 1 go upon business, my
dear. What does it matter what you
believe? 1t matters what you do
Myra turned away from the two, and
sought her own room. At church her
growing convictions came upon her
with redoubled force; and DIR. Smiler,
whO.was by no means gifted with mis-
sionary or apostolic zeal, had yet, with
out his knowing it, managed to convert
her. OF what good may we not be the
unconscious instruments! Smiler, D.
D., was spooney, soft fellow, who
preached touching sermons, very well
suited his audience; had little or no
learning, but borrowed good deal
and was a beautiful reader. He would
almost weep at his own tones when he
read; and, conscious of his strength as
well as his weakness, he took care to
pick out the Sundays of the finest les
sons, gospels, ETC., and would then read
himself nearly the whole OF the service,
to help his curate-Or, rather, assistant
who was, of course, a good roll to
him. 1t was whispered that he answered
an applicant for the post with, you're
exactly the man l want; but You have
a magnificent voice, and you read well
therefore You won't do for me-
Knowing his weakness as well rs his
strength, the doctor used to supplement
and back up his soft sermons with
learned discourses on the minor proph-
ets;, and, as he drew from sources OF
which his congregation knew nothing,
he seemed prodigy of learning. Myra
drank in every word; and upon one
Sunday, when the doctor read the Ser.
mon on the Mount'-that most beauti.
full Of all written lessons-in q way thai