The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-20

tOUUO oncn, or less, TO that nrm thnt OF tne "
companies. CO we're not Liable for moro than
10000 each, and 80 on; furthermore. that these
various companies represent many cties. from
London to Chicago. and from Boston to Gal
weston.
How Is the law against Sunday shows 10
be enforced in the casc Of floating theatre that
is towed we'll out into the bay or Sound or up
the river, before the play beRinsl 1t IL none too
early for the authorities to BIO considering this
| question. for such theatre Is actually being
| fitted up.
May there not be n hint here for the official
brethren who run the seaside camp meetings In
this vicinitv7 They object. not without reason.
to Sunday excursion steamers. But whit il
there to hinder the Ocean Grove brethren. for
instance. from pressing one Of these steamers
into the service as floating church. with
preacher. choir Bibles aud hymn books Then
busy city Christians who are unable to get
away from their stores or Offices on week days
would not be deprived OF the benefits Of camp
mccting-woud even have forctasto Of thom
before thoy arrived on the ground.
The Shawl Neck cocks with which DR..
BBowN OF Georgia proposes to whip anything
wearing gals and feathers that Kontuckians or
Tenncssecans can bring into tho pit at New Or
y,
counts. u very game breed Of birds. Success
has attended their lighting in five Interstate
matches. II thcr record is correctly given. At
Atlanta the Dusty Millors were so declsivcly and
| unexpectedly dustcd that one hacker Of these
| famous Alabama birds found himself poorer by
| tll 900 after the battle was over. The Shawl
| Necks next got away with the game cocks Of
\ South Carolina ut augusta. and altcrwnrd gave
walk OF imported Cuban chickens good roa-
son to wish they had stayed where they were
matched. A lot of Irish Reds from Long Island
were the next To give way before the onset IT tho
Georgia fowls. and then the Shawl Nccks were
ready 10 tackle the formidable Chany Eyes OF
North Carolina. Arriving on the ground not in
the best fighting trim. they nevertheless over
came the tarheol chickens In sixteen out Of
nineteen mortal combats. After these achieve
ments II Is not surprising that Georgia sporting
men point with modest pride TO the Shawl
Nocks as invincible birds though il might be
well to remember that the uncertainties Of cock
fighting, as Of horse racing. arc greaf. Dr.
BROWNS ironclad chickens como from n long
series OF crossing OF game breeds which finally
resulted in heavy-set. baggy-necked. square,
breasted cock Of dangerous pluck and muscle
II they triumph over the Kentucky Dominiques
at New Orleans. tho growing Of their Georgia
hackers will no doubt be sonorous.
II next Sunday does not find the chapel on
Capt JAsnEsoN's canalboat fully supplied with
tho Bibles and hymn books which tho members
OF the congregation are unable to buy. tho
churches Of tho city will have reason to DO
ashamed Of themselves.
There are pleasanter things in city life
than n January thaw An unsophisticatcd
visitor from the Vermont hills would have some
difficulty in recognizing in the black slush
through which New Workers wade and splash
on such occasions, the white. clean. dry snow
Of the country. Yesterday morning the authori-
ties who preside over street-craning made an
attempt to scrape and cart of the unpleasant
looking compound from some Of tho principal
streets. Perhaps they will perseverc.
What would the grandfathers and grand
mothers Of tho present generation of Method
lists have thought and said Of love feast with
out bread and water2 Yet such love feast
was held in n church in this city yesterday and
If the grandfathers and grandmothers aforesaid
had been present 10 listen TO tho experiences
and the lusty singing. they would probably
have been convinced that tho modification Of
old Methodist usages had not extnguished the
old Methodist fire In the mouths OF their de-
sccndant5.
Early Sunday morning riscrs, living near
the parks Or in the suburbs. saw n rare picture
yesterday. 4 frosty iog hung over the country
before sunrise. and every tree every twig. was
clad in a Eossamer robe Of surprising beauty.
When opera singers get out West their
pcnt-up ieaousias rage with freedom. Last
year Mrs RozE- MApLrsoN's struggle for the
best dressing room was with Miss KELLOGG;
this year It has been with Miss lIAUK. Miss
KELLOGG carried too many guns for her. aud
she was beaten hut this year In her fathcr-n-
law'stroupc she has como m with flying colors
and Misc HAUK is chagriued and discounted.
Drcssing-room triumphs Of rival singers are
evidently sweet. and defeats bitter. as well as
victories and disasters at the footighis. Vol
umes could be written q the wars Of prime
dome. were there a HOMER NJ for the task
EDWARD PAYsoN WESTON has started on
q walk 81 two thousand miles over tho country
roads Of England. and is 10 deliver lny lectures
in towns on the way-the task TO bee accomplish
cd in ono thousand consecutive hours. Ep-
WARD PAY oN WESTON will have ample oppor-
tunity to exercise both his lungs and his legs
and will probably be- both hoarse and weary
before he again sights the ermy pail that hangs
over England's metropolis. Judging from urec-
edent the famous pedestrians tongue is not
likely TO give ont before his feet.
" lie Givoth Snow Like Wool" was the
Biblical text Of tho Rev. Dr. kINa yesterday
The Roy. Mr. NEWTON offered to young women
An Old-iashioned Beautiner.' Tho Treat
mont az tho Body" was the topic of the Rev.
Mr.. FRorHINGHAM. Tho Rev. Mr. ADAMS put
"a Question to Mon and Women who Think"
Shall We 1.-Two After Death p inquired the
Rev Mr.. NANDERvEEE. Tho Rev Mr.. ArrLEcK
dwch ON Happy Marriage" the Rev. Mr.
kip, on Adams Marriages" tho Row Mr.
HARIs, on Love- and tho Rev, Mr.. NYE. on
A Young Mans Choice Tho Rev Mr.
MoRsE opened Tho Only Door" Tho Row