, 1877-03-11
The Tempest in a Teapot Now
Agitating Christ Church.
Anonymous Letters and an Unayailing
Search for the Author.
What the Husband Of the Accused Has
to SAY on the Subject.

the author 1,c;nr nrcttv safely assumed AZ A,
.rgnn,.rt ,o.,ree thntr +-,th nv ,rhar :,
oA',!e'' ',.A .Aen - 49, ous "ne1' -
Bishop Cheney presidcs, some score of laaic
receive communications rejecting In a yeyy dc
fidcd var r,son the moral character ~ Tho,
hn.h,nds and pvhen s,id co,n,,nnir,tiors seen
~ .e;s. ~ "a..a,s ~ - ~ .1~ $3.50. s~
church as their author, the affair rises into some
thing more than usual importance, and. Will
M flonht none of the ,ec,,fents If thcse letter,
NM snr credsnce =, ,ho nh.res. aoanet the,
l'"t a1s eesa1ncs IL tae cnalgee aeaust aoe1
LOVING spouses, the motive which at present IN
spires them Is one Of righteous INDIGNATION, aut
q burning desire to discover
-,,..,..,,.
During The past. month tn Of As So 'sA these letter.
have been coming, ut intervals, whoever be o.
somc ~ thcm - conta;r;,r - o,ra.t dca1 ~ tcdo,,,
1nstto1 xhfch ,,,an,+ - ,nnat ~ 49,
in short, such innocent trivaliucs as many ladies
will talk about over tea and toast, ant
<,fhcrs eont,,nintr matter of a mora serious
r,at,1ro In fa,+ 91e 1o+tar er., m O., f,r aa r.
-. .7 wv 'a1,.t ~ - - =.
the lady to whom the letter Is addressed, is pay:
fng altorether too much attention to a certain
uom,n- mr. an IN other instances thev charae.
ri,b ~, s1;n1 t,;rectnes. ~ statement +hat air
Il is sunnorring another vomau yho sustaine
10 him, for the time being, such relations as
gas.e un W G-ss nes%ssI nuanaIu ..a1 anu sne' .s
peared at irregular and infrcquent intervals.
Or course the fatr recipients we're annoycd but
it is not probable the feeling was d.
rcrted into anything beyond TINT At
49,. n1,rt.;,.1act,, asea,i3+s .v;t hroo,,
s. ~ 10y -a,o.s - ,cnen
and defense, or domestic scri,n1naqes in which
an abnormal amount of hair-pullinc and tongue
iashinw took place. The ladies confjded in their
would give anything to know
wuo THE WRETCH WAS
that dared to strike at their regulations in the
dark. Dire would be the vengeance that should
fail on bis or her 1 devoted head, Well
naturally c1iough the recipients, after ponder
ing the matter over in secret came together
and compared notes. What was most surpris-
fng was that the handwriting, as they thought,
must have been written by the
SANG person. An additional circumstance
went to confirm this belief The writer Of the
scandalous notes had, In careless moment,
unthinking1y written a note on onc-half OF q
sheet Of note-paper, tom of the remaining
sbnet. and fhereon inscrfbed another screed.
When fbr two regiments came, to comn.re the
handRritiup Of the two notes. not onir did tic
chirosraphy agree, but The size, shape, e. and
corrns1and IN everr ~ n.rt;,1sr " H., 1a9;as ~
- ~ AZ -. A e+,r ies ts -
eora,'e, Wh, .uu .s si s,te hee 40" ~. +;s tIe
T1,tb1e.s ,nyaier Of the 1 neacefn,3 reiet;ons ~
aeeI q tedas 1s.h. " h.9 iet III tesaaos ~ -
ns,5 ~ ~ SaHea Iass tt - as e 44eetou,
1 u t.Aa na o ~ I D!t oyA ~ eulye IT, uul!iS ~:
aue aa,na t1ns tns o1suop nan nalnistcIea 10 Ms
1eEA 11A aie. 0aeoef e7a se13 natuaHJ 1eeelveo
l4sS unet " uotes. ca1uS1 lettets' ctC;,
uoul t0e ianes ol tLc cone1cgaLloi, ana, Wnue
4vc95o 70 tn!nang tnat any o1 tne 1anaes "hom
sne mac cons1oefeo 9erlf1enuscoq1d oe so utter
~ ease, so 1hurouGhaJ depraFett, as TO lndi1e
eucn wicked caiunnles, yer IN order to silt the
matter 20 Inc very bottom, she gathered To-
Eetncr #h21 had been presented OF this mass OF
correspondence and compared it with the notes
receiveu By her indignant friends. After vast
deal Of scarcn4n& and comparing 1t IVES found
that the handwriting uf the anon ymous letters
was identical or at least the ladies were positive
It was, with the handwriting Of Mrs -.
member OF the church. Discovery No. 2 But
II was astounding, SO much 50. il fact. that at
first blush It appeared actually improbable.
WHAT COULD BE THE MOTIVE
to insn3Fo such conduct In A member. of t1,is
Great church fami}y,-a communicate ut the
same altar, q believer in the sane faith, and.
furthermore, q woman heretofore assotiated
with the ladies of the church in The most init
mate and pleasant relations, snd asra{pst whom
there had not been the least breath OF susDicioua
Inc stern facts, however, stared them in the
face, and. like Bauouo's rhost, would not down.
After carefully pon1crinr over the matter they
came to the conclusion that the only nossihle