Connecticut western news., 1877-12-21

She sed we'd feel 'em touch our face, And when the lights were lit Sue sed sperrit passed around;- Were any teched by il?
 Some sed it didn't, some it did, Aud sed il teched me.
 "An." she said ''I was list the one You wished SO much l0 see."
 Miss Hil." sed I. ''Thas want Seth Jones'"
 For that Tar hand that cum Had on drettni graft ig wsrt Like that one on your thum." She kinder turn+d leetle red; Sez she, "Your faith is weak. But it you See his face you'll say 'ris true of which speak" Wall, there we sot for quite a spell, With light daown pre,iy low, When all at once afore our. face,
 Thar came 6gger slow;
 All wrapped in white from head to foot;
 It scairt the fOkes lot. Sed l. If that is you, Srlh Jones,
 A pretty style you've got. It seems to me I'd he ashamed To come s-pOkn' raOun'
 Before all this Ire pile O fokes, In Randy HiTS night gGoun. know 'tis her'n-I seen her mar A ruffl n il one day; An 1t you haint got clO'es to wear You'd better stay away"
 The fokes all yelled. and Beth he scud, And haint ben seed again; But since then, that 'ar H., um Haint spoke to your
 AUNT JANE.
 That Waldensian 1mpostor -MR PEAsE: Aren't you mistaken about the Waldrn. sian alluded to in last weeks NEWS?
 think the man Dr. H. Crosby speaks of is nnother person. This man call on mt md showed letters. not tIom Dr.. G., bu, other well known ministers. Certain per sons gave Eim money, whU would be likely to know. If misr4ke please correct. Yours. R The item in relation to the Waldensiau evangelist in last weeks NEWS, we obtained from one of our most reliable exchanges, th- New Milford Ray,a ,and we still enteItail the impression that our worthy c"nttmpo- rarY IS right. After getting a hint that Dr Crosby had disowned any letter he might have h his possessions and he probably would learn the fact about as quickly al others,i would be indeed strange if thismar should still exhibit amongst hls letters oi recommendation this Dr. Crosby letter. H. could continue his imposition with bis let ters from ''o,her well known ministers. which prlhaps might be genuine; they hay ing been favorabIy impressed with the flu ent. oily tongue of the rascal, aided hy the Dr.. Cros' y forged letter, and thus one de- ceived and imposed upon minister mad. to assist in misle' dng others. We hope we are in error in our belief that ,he state. ment of the Rag is correct, but are very much afraid VIC are pot. The Rev" c. E. Hewes talked temperance very beauti fully in Salisbury. L,ktville, sh, fiji Id. anc in many other places here about. and ir fact so beautiful was his language and de- mrAnor, that the thought that he could he { bad man never entered the minds of those who listened to hlm, yet it appears he wil drink whnkty like Fourth Ward polite ian; plsy cards like Mississippi fl .tbost m n, xnd get as drunk as New England rum! When We see the true character Ot such men developed. it is true that one Il liable to go to the extreme in his remarks and condemn everybody whose reputation ls not positively @ i8bllshtd amongst us, bu after all, the safest pl' D is to be safe, snC to look with distrust upon every strangrl whose credentials are not established hy ''sdvIces" received previous to his coming II benevolent nrganz uIon in New York, Philadelphia or Boston chooses to send agents amongst the people Ot inc country asking assistance to their institutions, il would be most xcellent plan for them tC send tc the churches that are to be visited ivy these agents, t'udl ices" of their coming, tor It has got to be a risK of grave impor, tance to give money to the Various leeches that infest the country, and thus encourage imposition. We hope we are in error iu our OpiEi0n that in almost every Case Oi men travelling about. asking assistance oi the kind aud benevolent, To any Christian Organiz stiOn or 'Or any Christian ohj ct, tney are impostOTs; are only tremps of t b gher order, r,golng about spOnging their lv. ing out of the better class of p-oplr; board ing with them as long ss it will do. and np- p'UprialiDg their benevolent contributions to ih, ir own use, 1t indeed they do nUt' like Hewes, go on N genltel drunk with them. We have worthy poor enough iu Uur own chulc tor the xercse Ot all the henevolence most ptopIe possess, and it each church Organlz .tinn wOnld appoint a committee to Ook after it. and devote the contributions for benevolent aud missionary put poses, to better it's condition both spirit ualty and temporarily, lusteac of trusting their funds To sef-olganizrd bentvol.nt st,- cl,'Iirs, with their self appointed oft1c~ls and self-appointed salaries; or what is stiil worse. 10 reverend agents "ith their pockets full ot Dr. Crosby letters, we have no nrsi- latiOn Ill saying their mOuey will he put, like that of the renowned Ames, f'where il will do tue most good"
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