The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15
Rome and Masonry.
From the Nashville Advocated

I'm BISHOP OF RIO Grande, says the
Opinion Nacional of Rosario, has excom-
municated and mathematical the Ma
sons of that province, cursing them in
the name of God the Father, God the
Son, and God the Holy Ghost, of st.
Peter, st. Paul, and st. Andrew, of all the
apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ, of
the four Evangelists, of all the martyrs
from the beginning of the world to the
end of time; he cursed them BY the
heavens and the earth, and all things
therein, in their houses, when travelling
on land and on waters, in Church, in
coming, gong, eating, drinking, playing,
when counting sleep, asleep, and awake,
walking, riding, sitting, working, and
resting. He cursed all the powers of
their bodies, interior and exterior, their
hair, eyes, head, ears, Jaws, nose, teeth,
throat, shoulders, arms, legs, feet, all
the joints, and finally wound up as fol-
lows: Curse them Jesus Christ, Son Of
the living God, with all the power of thy
majesty, and may they be delivered up
to eternal condemnation if they do not
repent and confess their faults. Amen,
amen."-[Valparaiso and West Coast
Mail.
After reading this one may we'll ask,
OF what spirit is the reverend Bishop
who thus Eliminates his curses over his
fellow-men? The Church of Rome does
not favor Freemasonry, not because of
any evil doctrines taught by the craft,
but because it ignores the claim of any
prlestly interference, We give another
specimen of the light in which Freema-
sonry is viewed by this Church in a let
ter published in the Galway Vindicator
of February Is. The following letter
appears in the London Times:
"SIR:I have been rather severely
criticised in q few journals for having
lately declined to attend a Freemason's
funeral. Will you kindly allow me to
explain myself in the Times on this oc-
casion9 The Catholic Church does not
allow her clergy to read the burial-serv-
ice owe the bodies of those who die out
of her Communion. On this account [
was obliged to decline attending the
funeral of the late Armour-sergeant
Johnson, who died on the 29th ult. He
died q FreemasOn. No Freemason is a
Catholic. No Catholic can be q Free
mason;* the moment lie becomes one he
secedes from his Church. / have al
ready given this explanation to the mill
tary authorities of the Chatham garri-
son on my declining to attend the
funeral OF the late Sergeant johnson,
and | believe it had been accepted as
satisfactory. Allow me here to state,
and | &c so with much pleasure, that
since l first entered the British army.
which was in 1854, no military superior
ever ordered or requested me to per
form any duty which could be found to
clash with any of the regulations of
my Church. They ever rather expect
and wish IshouId adhere mnat strictly
fo thu faithful ~ uJ
regulations; and, by Gods grace and
blessing | am determined to do 8 as
long as ! move on earth. Your obe-
dent servant, MICHAEL CUFFE, Roman
Catholic Chaplain to her Maiesty's
Chatham, Feb. 49,"
FEMALE GORMANDIzERs.-Insinua-
tons with regard to the habits of the
: fashionable women of America have
not been unfrequent for some time
past. There were whispers of whisky
in connection with this subject. and
some went SO far as to count in absinthe
among the cosmetics to be found on the
toilet table of af1uent beauty. These
charges were, however, as th~istle-down
compared with that brought by an OBJ
servant European, who passed most Of
Inst winter I'M New York. His opinion
~ GIlnt Tic UeSeGLlnS SIN Or American
girls is-well, not to put too fine a point
upon it-gluttony.4 They reject, habit
lally, the normal three square meals
per day during the ball season, reserv-
their appetites for the late suppers.
An average dashing duck of a New
York belle, this person AYERS, (mind, we
don't Youeh for him. win consume at
supper a plate of stewed oysters, a brick
0f lobster salad, aquart or 50 of stewed
terrapin, unknown quantities of iellies,
ices and other such delicacies that are
in season. This may account
for the ferty tons Of Gapdinea which we
are told, formed q part of the cargo Of
the lost steamship Europe, and which.
oddly enough, were on their way out
here in company with large o0nslgn-
ments Of silks. Let these fair german
dizers beware. Heavy suppers and
good looks cannot long go together:
and there can be- no doubt that roast
beef, ale and regular habits have d
good deal to do with the buxom ap-
learance Of most English matrOns. even
when past ulddls age.-IEnglish Paper.