, 1874-08-09

When the great circus comes to town, with its
flying banners. high-stepping cayalcsde, and
blatant horns, and pitches its tent upon the
groen, Immediately thereafter numerous smaller
tents, which were not represented in the street
pageant and do not figure on the gorgeous
posters, appear aa il By magic and invite the
crowds to enter and behold the wonders con-
tanned therein. The side-ehows arc smaller
in dimensions, but the pictorial induce
ments and the harangues OF the man
at the door. are always more attrac-
tive than tue aliurements 0; the larger
tent. The cosmopolitan amusement seeker,
conscious that he Will find something which will
richly repay him, aud tired ct the staleness OF
the circus, rarely fails to visit the side-ehogs
The great circus at Brooklyn has now been in
progress many weeks, drawing 1nrgo houses and
elicitiug al1 kinds Of criticism upon the charac-
ter OF tho performances. Many. however, are
tired Of attending, and, IS there il nothing new
on the bills, we have thought it would not be
amiss to call the attention Of the reader to some
Of tho side-shoWa.
These are various in character and quito nu-
merous. The Rev. Florence Mccarthy has
started newspaper called Orion and is
onsily engaged in "belting" his Baptist brcth-
ren. The Rev. ". c. Dandy, OF the Ada Street
Methodist Church, has been found guilty Of
chewing too much tobacco. James Drosman, an
ex-CathoGo priest, now ruminates in the Bride
Fr,I1& re
Methodist Church in Fort Wayne is up in arms,
and twelve Of the sisters wero sent to the lock-
up the other day for gouging each other with
pa.asols- The Rev. A. Hollington, Of the
3 card saying that he won't preach
any longer because the members OF
ms church have called him liar; and
the 1ev- J. F. Chafree, Of the same place,
says he is slandered because he is sccused Of be-
ing bypocrite nnd pbarisee. Hethodis.
Episcopal clergyman Of New Orleans, being .
married man, recently eloped with handsome
womnn belonging to luis congregation His law
ful spouse, not relishing the operation, followed
up the guilty pai1 and overlook them at Armenia,
4N+ oA kAo A0A6Ou AA4f E1 1t11Euh4. Il scene
ensued. Both women claimcd the worthless
vagabond. The Law, however, gave him to his
rightfu1 spouse, and she departed in triumph
with him. with Ill that that impies. The Rev. J.
Benson Hamilton, Of the Broadway Meth
odist Church, Somezvillo, Mass., has cot
into trouble with the Superintendent OF the suu-
dny-school, owing to certain unpaid bills. Suits
for debt and counter-suits for libel have grown
out Of it, and the Holy War has spread into two
churches, giving occasion for numerous other
scandals, which are delighting the lawyers.
Tae congregation Of the First Presbyterian
Church at West6eld, N. J., Is on the verge ct
disruption because it 1las been charged that the
Rev. Alexander McKelrcy Was Installed as pastor
BY means ct fraudulent call. The details Of
the affair chow degree Of low cunning aud CHI
cauery worthy OF bnmmera' vA1d-meering.
The Rev. Joseph Porter, pastcr Of the
Phnnixvi]le Pa-) Presbyterian Church, is
up for trial On the charge Of sponging
living ont ct ono Of his parishioners. The Rev.
Howard T. Alexander, who recently vent
down to the Eastern Shore Of Maryland to
make Methodist oonvarts, u charged with
having seduoed young lady By tbs name