, 1874-04-02
WHAT MADE THE DEA0oN'B NOSE RED ?


Tllc littlo unploasantuoss botweon tho 1loy.
Floronco Mccarthy aud l'tB DoaconB hna dovol-
opoa many curious phases which nro moro tlan
ordinarily intoroBLinK, booauHo tlioHo pllasoa Of
lilo arc trontol from d 1lovo1 standpoint. Tlo
tl,scuBsion OH TuoBday, for instance, ranged
ovor wido variety OF topicu. Mccarthy, ot
courao, IL tho min thono OF Tho eccentric Byna-
pllony which IL III oolirao Of performance Il! tho
Union Park Dapt'pt Church, hut from. this COLI
tral POINT tho childron Of light radatod of ii,
Aomo worry livoly fAntRalaB, anong which, OH
TuoBday, woro points Of discipline asAnutt and
bnttory, rovivan, flna1,cos froo unclloB poigonH,
tho doctrinal position on lying, orysiro1as, tho
habits Of tigers, tho qalitcH Of bcor. tho otloots
Of cold In tho head tho odor Of wlialy nj
pared with that Of tobReco, Bandor, tho lsycllol-
oly Of mnrrtage murder, social Bt,obbery, bnp-
tlam, acua, mud intoxication. 1t would ,s Il
plonsant tasle to examine tho ylows OF lilo chill
drou Of light upon ali thoao topics, but It could
not be dono iu tho limlts Of single art!olo and
wo must therefore, porforco, limit ourselves to
ono, namely, intoxlcation.
Tho faotB which gave riso to tho discussion OIL
intox,oation wero Doacon Kingnla,1's noAo. mud
an nforonco drawn from Doncon Kingsanl'n
ioHo In ONO Of tho llov. MeCartl,y'H TINT
! Doacou Kingsanl waB dr,,nlart. 10 DO Buro
tho Tov. MCCARTHY protested that ho Ind novor
| callei Deacon Kiugslaud lrunlartl that ho
lad mover alluded to Doaoon KingBland'B nose
that lo knew nothing about hs noso tint ho
al, }r}i
mated that Deacon Kingsanl's 1850 might DO nj
| rcd aB roso, mid 1t would moi altor hs opinion
Of tho Doacon. Ihisdd not Ra:infy tho Council
however, aud 40 1t rushed In to tho dofonHo Of
tint noso, md probably much to tho HurpriHo Of
tho Council, tl1oro waa II division on tho Uoacona
| nopo, and n wrauglc oyor tho noso, and fuss
about tho noso; md, bcforo tile squahble wnB
| ovor, tho loso waH pulled, md twiBtod, ani
| blown, until tho Doacon himself hnrd1y recog-
nizcd 1t, md tho outside public s to-day ,l,loor
thin as 10 tic roa color OF tho noBo, nul ii tho
roao rcally IL red whether tho rod comos from
aoua or from apiritns Ji1t'nc,,N.
Doforo proceeding to oxarnino tho testimony,
and in ortlor 10 Bl,ow tho difference botwoon tho
clildron Of light mud tho children Of darknosa
In doilning vnriouB htagos Of intoxioation, it IL
necessary 10 Indicate tho various technical
phrases used by tho latter in describing man
who makes night Of It. First ]lo is triilo
sprung; tlIon drunk III q fool; tho1l drunk aH
1oilet owl, and by ILLS tinlo lo IL alfaons over,
mud things begin to double up. from this
point OH, tho tloBcont IL rapid. To growp drunk
aB bazos; tl,on drunk III t. fladlor; tlon full
NJ tick; tllon blind drunk thor, drunk
ns lord; and finally doaa drunk In which, con-
tition ho is obliv1ous to currency initiation,
quostIons Of theology, or what o'clock It iB,
Tloao ter,na aro simplo, but forciblo; torso, hut
characteristic. Tho ehildron Of light arc not 10
fortunate III their noncpoaturo, aud this will
explain lilo l,arasBing uncertainty and l,[intucas
OF their testimony i'll deallrg with Dcncon Kings
lantl'B noao. Nr. parout, WHO soou,od 10 tako
anything but q parontal interest in tho Dea-
con, tcstiletl that ho told MCCARTHY TINT
tho Deacon WIS drunk, heoauBo llo had takol
drunk. Tho Moderator boing Of onirion tint
ma1l might llayo tho smell Of liquor OIL lfs roath
| without bcinf, drunk, Mr. pMront got itt!c
mixed and announced tlat ho had Hoon him 60
| into beer saloons mud presumed l,e won't III to
I drink. 1Io Ind alBo hoard that lo waB In tho
| habit Of drinking, but lio mover Haw tho Deacon
druuk enough to full down, which auggcsts
d startling range Of poyBibilllios ~ to
tho extont q Doacon can indulge III
tho flowing bowl. Another notn1or immo-
diatoly plunged Parent Into q dilemma by i'll
quirlng whether tho Doaco1i might not 30 into
tho saloon to got hiH midday lunch. This was
Htunnor for Parent, but llo got ont Of 1t ncatiy
by rotorting tint ho prohably did, NJ ho Lad
loasd thnt they Borvo1 FREQ lunches. Notwith-
standing thiH ulkind alluaon to tho Dencon'B
thrift, hiB noao thus far IL aafo. Tho noxt
wituoBa, however, III I'LL important ono Miss
Trip WINS evidently bound to convict
tho Doacou Of tripping very often. 6lo
was oyon firmly convinced that tho Doacon
| waH "unlor tho Influence OF liquor" ut tho busi-
noHs meeting. silo know l1o was drunk, because
| Ills faco WIS rod aud Ills breath Baolt. 1lr.
KohlBaat WAS anxious to know II Miss Trip
WIN not awure porson's face might got rod
without drinking, wl,oroupon A1iHs Trip ro-
lovol Nlr. KohlHaat'a anxiety by informing him
It wasn't tho Doacon's fAco, but hiB noHo, that
got rod. Kohlanat waB still in4uialt!vo, how
oyor, and ,gautol to know II AliHa Trlpp
waB not aware tint cold In tho
Doacoll's head might na1,o tho Doacon'p noHo
rcd. What nliaa Tripp'a yiows upon tho oirocts
| Of cold In the Doacol'H head may bo, wo Hllall
| probably noyor know, bccauso Just ut thin i'll
sta,lt tho llev. MCCARTHY strroll out fron, tho
shoulder aud tloorcd tho unlucly Kollsaat by ill.,
quiring II T. cold ln tho lioad would mako tho
Dcacon's breath Hmoll OF liquor. A1ias Trip
saw her opportunity and administered coup IL
grace to her prostrato KohlHaat by Informing
hi,u that aho noyor Haw tho Doacon wlou lo
want drunk. TllH waa q Hottlor. Kohluaat
feobly smiled, but did uot como to timo. A