The New York herald., 1877-11-04

.a.... 20 jump al your conclusions or 70 skip the
main point IN argument
Tramps olass .: people Who are perfectly WILL
ing to earn thor living By The peoples
browx
Courpg s said 70 DO OF tho greatest delights o.
lie bat there 10 kind In which large number
take pieasure-vis, courting ar investigation.
II 10 said that there are people In the world
cannos possibly make fools oishemseves, because
the work done Tor them In the beginning.
his for man 10 jump through the crack Of .
whip than 70 do deliberate wrong and not get found
out
sorrowiug husband Gays that shsrs u . very
marked difference between heavenly and human
gels Tho iormer have only wings whilc many Of the
lasisr have both wings and cawa
You would never regard ponitcntiary - thsolog-
cal school, and Jet the doctrine Of ee win cenclu-
svsiy settled for every maa who en.erA
Tho old Hebrew sects have reappeared In modern
cely-
But. Mary, you arc very Pharisee,
While am very sadducee
The Episcopaaus have touched very tonderiy tho
matter OF popular amusements. Or. Addison seems
willing 10 admit that square dances both healthy
and innocent but complains that ,hey cam. DO kept
square, bus havo such tendency round themselves
or that before the dancers know they arc whirling
about the room In that mutual embrace which tho
walsz aliowa As for the theatre tho Rev. NJ Newton
declared that shcrs certain dramatic interest in
human which = right clam eradication
and seemed imply shat II the Church would boldly
take hold Of and squeeze ous ~ immoral
elements u might bs made Of instruction as
we'll ~ amusement All this has the smack OF com.
mon sense The Church, ~ body, stands aioof from
the theatre, yet largo proportion Of is members
20 every evening, and honestly tssl
10 done thereby. There q feeling In The community
that such duiL hard grinding mes these does
man good 10 enJoyH hearty laugh 81 farce. Les
hops very wrons for Is Is certainly Agroas
freshmens after tho teasing and rsting Of
anxious day y'swork
We never before known that the stoioai rod
man had in him . vein OF humor Ho seems, how.
ever enjoy bis OF sarcasm with the appetite OF
Dougas Jesrod, and 70 be able 70 manufActure IL
shen. One Of those painted heroes recently paid
visit 70 . penitentary, and among otner things
said 70 shs kcepsrs-'You have people here for all
OF crmesi" The answer waA Of course. In the
Affirmative "well, shsn," continued the untutored
savage swont yoa show me she cells Of those mon
who rob and swindle the lndtansa" When told that
the long OF coils which mad been apart for that
purpose were At present empty the red man gave
erunt which moro eloquent and sarcastic than
two-ho speech would have boon. As crticism on
our Indian policy Il was brief and conclusive
The Rev. Mr.. Soc has been convicted Of two here.
siea In Tho nrst place he allowed woman 70 occupy
his pulpit which the Presbyssry regards very
naughty and unscripsurai shng do. Il did not OBJ
j~cs the because could not preach, bat
because she woman II the Presbysery would
80 st further and abolish all women, without regard
TO sex. Il would hit the right the head In the
second place, the reverend gentleman advised
neither preach profess what oalled rhe per-
feet lfs." IL would be = delight certainly, to nnd
perfect man. but In such times as theso we must %
contsnted. and many or rs would be more shan con-
tented, 10 nnd one who had the ordinary virtue Of
honesty and promptly paid his debtA Diogenes had
hard time Of II and iosg hunt whom hs sought for
honess man, but nowadays foar that the seek.
ing would give before his object was
comphshed. II the puipitwould cease try to make
men perfect, and bs satsned with making them hon.
orabic enough mob 70 rum on With other peoples
money, startling and wholesome change would be
Effected in the community. What we noed most s
not the frothy nonsense Of snlessness, but good
dose OF ordinary moral principle. s
This matter OF ialse hair tnne became .
. serious ecclesiassioai problom- Cicmont Of Alex.
andrta raised the vsxed question. which might not be
wholly inapplicable IN these days When the priest
puts his hand In blessing your head who receives
the blessing, you, the person who owned The hair
which you wearingf Better to be baldheaded
than to bs cheated out OF your benedioton In that
hoped 70 appropriate, but which you have somehow
mlssed, may have lodged In wig chignOn, and
are waiting for some one 70 claim thsmi The severe
logic Of the Fathers brought about another catss-
srophe Thcy asserted that the OF dycing the
isnot only inndel practice, but direct con-
traventon OF Scripture, which distinctly declares
that . man cannot make one hair white or black It
also assertsd that wearing wigs by men and top
knots By women was a. good as giving the lie to that
passage which tells that can add anything
80 hrs stature.
Some parts Of Mr. TrothinghAm's theology. or reli.
gon, science, whatever It may DO Called sounds
like base note In the overture Of despair. When
great sufferer wrote 70 him from tho midst Of hts
ferings "Can you tell mo that shall see my lost
friend againi the old religion tells this-can you %
he With q cold complacency that might have
boon blown from the OF iceberg, mo; ono
Of these days this perhaps be done, something
better than this; but at present. mo- We have NOS
gone far this yet" But not TO 60 lar this
is not 90 at oil. That s tho very nrs question 10
which bleeding hearts demand an answer. Until Mr..
Frothingham has got somewhat further on In his phi
losophy he must have llo is worth talking
about Call II superstition or what you will, prefer
the old fashioned religion which binds up wound TO
the new fashioned ono which tears 1t open
It's all . matter Of temperament Alter q wild
burst 6f passionate tears people clear up with
cloas sky and plenty OF sunshine and tho dewdrops
the grass mako almost GLAD that raned awhile
ago. Thon there others who mako business ofa
storm They begin with mist. which increases to an
uncomfortable drizzie which lasts nearly all day, and
they up with cold northcr Of cutting sar-
casm. IL is much better, n you must havo bad
weather at all, TO have u real good thundor storm
which put end to all things created and
after that brilliant sunset than to have the samo
Of water In the shape Of sputtering rain that
lasts all day Nes
Our most hearty sympathy has ut last boen exc,tcd
behalf or Mr. Henry Bcrgh. His long life has boon
consccratcd amciioraion OF tho condition of tho
animal and vegetable world Such has becn tho SIN.
guiar nxcdness Of his purpose that no has oitcnmcs
passed by fororn and homeless baby and wcpt tears
OF balm ovcr the CALLED shoulder OF n sick muic.
When tho community asked II Mr.. Bcrah was not a
little fanatcal in this respect eyerY horsa In Tho