, 1877-08-03

And round tho premises torc,
Tilt bts tubs mud other utensils lay
wreck on the laundry door.
Then the Icathen be gathered hs savings SCENT,
And sailed for his own conntree.
''So MCLEAN man for me-" he AIghed,
s'ife velJ nuchce tho ffec.'
JEWS AND 0ESrILEs m ENGLAND.
The Town Of Taunton. In England, contains
according to the last census, population Of
Ii, 400 souls. Two Of these auu3s arc its Mavor
and Vfcar. The Mirrors name IL Jacobs, md
the Wears name s Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith tus
distinguished himself from several other gen.
tlcmcn henrlng tho same coRnomen by writing
to Mr. Jacobs the following extraordinary letter:
TAUNTON. Jul5 :, 1877. Sta: It appears 10 bc
como our Mayot, ars ~ nn''sptited rcrson, and
case. there BE- no truth In this supporitinb, wilt
you authotfke nc publicly to ssy 40. ana Tins ee.
secd,ng;y painful sna t!!st.ss.sn. ,mp;esssoa, I.
would also be an act Of }usticc sn tho Aldermen
end Town Councillor. who havc elected you IL free
them from tho lmpntat1on nndcr which they NOW
rest OF having knowingly closen for tho chief ON.
Ger, and. in some sense, representative Of oar
they themselves psofess nut only TO beiore In,
not TO wossaip a. their Lord md God. propose
to pneilsh ths tet.sr sosetner with sny answc.
servant, FHsDkn,cx sxiTn,
Vicar Of St- Jokn'a, Taunton.
To this illumination tho " unhaptized person,
and consequently not CuIatian," replied "a
follows:
TAuxros. .Julyo 1s?7.-Rkyrnrxn SIN: bare
received letter bearing yonE sienaturc,' and bat
Il . forgery. / am proud 10 a,ow mysclf a mcmber
e. ss fsw ss1s s 'a xes SsS es s
st enr.a b nssss sas
RtT1if ftar tnt
in the choice Of their nrst Mayor. / ahall ever
retain pleasing recollection Of tho high d'tine.
moi permit anythinx to mar tho pleasure feel il,
AyrH JAcoaa, stayor Of Taunton.
1tHntH1t London Lstt<r to kt,c lark Hasld.
Dropping in At Longs Hotel In Bond street
th.s morning to cali upon gentleman tsou, New
York, presently found myself the rontrc OF
shrong OF Americans, who related to me grtey~
auee. forgetting perhaps TINT am no longer
tho editor Of paper In Now York, ready At all
tincs to takc up the cudgcla In good cauac,
and quito willing to leave others to lag the cred
It ind profit Of whateyer might be accomplish
ed. must say that fouisl tho "otl,crs " play
their part with great alacrts, especially a. It
required no effort, mental or physical, to ena.
bic them to do 1t. Well, tho grievance in qucs-
tion was this: 4 certain man nainel Benjamin
NOT nlec sort Of man citlscr to look At Or
| have uny dcnlfngs with-1Welleth Ia Conduit
street, aud there scllotii Ulster coats, as some
OF Jour readers may bo aware. 1t aPpeaEs that
behja.utn has put q rlacar.l fn his window set
| ting forth that TO order will bc reeclyea from
Americans @ x.l,oat hey prspay%s1. Of asos!t
slur upon the whole body gt their comntry,nen,
a,il not without reason. Yet some el tho gen.
| tiea,cn In this toum had gfycu Benjamin orders
do not think should have done under the cir
cunstaucca. .-..
| However, my curiosity waa aroused, anil
weut round to the sousc Of benjamin, aud there
sure enough IN tho window was The nutice con.-
plaincd of-not written, Or evrn printed, but
| paintcd on 11g boaF1t the wor.l " "AnlcHsuns
being large enough to be read acroas the street
"a aaantft<t and polluted declaration ut hosfifi'
ties agatnst one particular natiou, HUI II said,
mo orders taken from strangers Of foreigners
without doposls,h no otu would havc Ind
| right to sesunt It, but to Single out Amerteuus
for thc reproach implied Ia merely earryiu4 the
1Oko Httlg too lar.
happen to hare slight acquaintance with
this tsrm. aud thought would 70 In a,,d ask
| tllein about It. l aD0n found that tho Wnr was
intended to bo ono to tho kMfc, aud that Benia-
NJ quarter. I asked hin il hs did not tliink
il WIS All impudent thing to stick such
notice In hts window, merely from tnlsi-
ncss point of ylcW1 '.No. hc uil not. 1t was
But they would soiac, notwithstanding tho NJ
tice.n Pray, what lartn have Americans done
yuuf" said l TO this queer inau. who sosp IIuo
| spectaclcs, and had QUO eve tl!rne.t towards
| heaven and the other In contrary ard loss
| pleaslng direction; "w1at fafm have they ever
iiuns y0ut'' ~ don't want tEetn here" uuotts
benjamin. a!uln. "An,erleans r. people 'lon't
mean t1 have nl,otlt this shop" But why stfrk
al Insulting nottee tn your wimlow9" ltecause.'' y
| rcplted licn(anfn, ~ u4an 10 insult them"
"Thfs will DO your great deal Of haFtn, aud
| tion Is enough" "Your reputation" said I.
s.ls that Ut unpleasant aud offensive little
Jews, und. therefore, not thing to boast
of," whereupon, strangs to tay. Ren!smln and
turned Into hot bricks beneath their feet.
| THIS led mp TO repeat what had satll 10 61tne.
I what more 1eciieu language, for II Ia y pity
not to make ote's aclf understood on such afl
| occasion. The particular BeuiaEnln, who waa
| adorned with blue spectaclss and u revolving
| eye, ravcd anil foa,ned, but lauje no eiGort u
bis yArl-lneasure. An American aclNatntance
| at milne who stood BY went back to Longs to
| report progress, and 1t is not Improbable that
Benjamin will hare to takc that nottrr out OF his
wiulow bcfoFc long, II 10 does MT like to be
| told what he ts-whicn II appears FROM tho ci-
| feet Of my innocent remarks is not tho Gust
how .an lie suppose that Americana Will like TO
be called what tbay are Aotf But Atrtcla Vi yours
| whom have Just lett suGgcsta that The tlotlte
IN the window is lreru jew d'csprtt. II may
bo Bot hut IL has been the means Vi greatly dis.
turhing tho autlIar'a ta'lispUxure to-day, Atl!
fancy that for tue future AinercanA will not be
~ eager to run With their noncy to man wl,o
inslnuates pretty plainly that thHv aEs not pvcr
honest, un1 thai thclr ruou " .nur1 to he 10.
sired titan their company
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