The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-06
HUNTINGTON RowDIEs IN TROUBLE
Metbodists After Young Aristocrats who Dis
turbed their Devetiens.

The young men and women, of the first
families OF Huntington. who had such a fine
| lark ut the Methodist watch-nipht meeting. are
In trouble Of mind. Their escapade does not
| seem nearly so funny since the receipt Of the
| following notice:
The trustees Of the .Methodt Church have retained
nen w IN shs e9nrcn on pee a The
II hne OF 20 or thirty days ~ jail Before issuing
RI nj against YOU. as Implicated IN such difosdeiy.
ed you TO save yourscf from arrest and publicity OF
Sa pr9cecdlnzs. % maklns sastaci.ry scttlemeni,
ns "a default on wic legal cdnes vii he com
Many Of the young men and women Yesterday
climbed the stairs leading to Lawyer Piatt's
ONCE, and some OF them. with tears In their
eyes, begged him not to have them arrested.
But Lawyer Pldtt. while personally inclined to-
ward mercy, deems that he has a duty to per-
form. The trustees Of the church are deter
mined that every one OF the offenders who fails
to make apology and settle the matter shall be
prosecuted to the full extent ofthe law.
The particulars OF tho disturbance are thus
stated large congregation had gathered In
the church on Sunday evening. At o'clock,
between forty and nfty young men and women
came ~ from other churches. All W, re- I'm the
best of SPIRITS aud seemed bound to have "A
good time. One Young man took some comic
pictures out OF his POCKET and showed men, In
the young dies. Tue curcs Wcre passed
around and caused much laughter. some ais
orderly fellows began apJl tudiug tue clergy
mans remarks. They pounded the n Dor with
tner canes, STAMPED. ana stamped thutf hands.
Cat calls and wnistiing were heard. he noise
auu confusion bC came 80 general that The D. stor
was OOii., Il TO stop. lie came down FROM the
pulpit. ana going to the wort on nders. = rove
ia vain To put a stop to the noise. Finding that
all appeals to stop the disUrderly proceedings
were Intellectual, the Rev. Mr.. RICHARDSON aud
the brethren offered up prayers for tue Offend
.rs' who even then were not shamed into good
behavior.
hfec hours Of paudemonium passed and mid
night came. The hev. MIR. Richardson said I:
" Let US have afcw minutes silent prayer a. m.
old year goes out and the new one comes in." he
pastor aud church members knelt, aud while
tbtlr petitions were going up to heaven the
WICKED young men anu women INDUCED IN sys-
tematc aud frequent coughing. soon after
the meeting broke up In great disorder Some
Of the wicked fellows stood ON the Sidewalk In
front Of the church and insulted the pastor and
members when they came out Of the house.
One Resident OF the village told the reporter
that several OF the young men hugged and
Kissed tue girls In the meeting. a youth amused
himself 10y plum NJ pieces OF paper ON the hats
OF the 'adics VINO sat IN the seat In front OF HIM
and others threw wads Of paper about the
house. Another added to the tumuit by ex-
bloulng percussion caus. The offenders didn't
notice that one OF the members OF the church
was quietly writing down all their names Ia "A
memoir indum book.
bn Monday next warrants will positively be
issued Tor All VINO neglect to call UPON Lawyer
fIdtt. In tue mean tire. intense excitement
the sons OF two OF the leading merchants, tue
daughters II wealthy retired citixen, ana tie
sons OF prominent manufacturer and Of town
Official.
Tue reporter visited two OF the Young men
They SAID that they aid not realize how uadI,
they were acting; one thing led to another unal
the bounds OF irOptiety were exceeded.
me members on the Methodist Church in
BtbNlOn, Long Island. were also disturbed hv
diSorderlv persons during watcl.night services.
some OF tue on nders nave been arrested anu
committed TO jil