New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01
ECCLESIASTICAL BITS.
From The yhitehaH Rerie,c-Londoa.

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The Bishop OF Winchester was once very neatly
'.soldr by one Of his own clergy IN the diocese ot
Oxford The Rev. Frank Burgess. Mr. burgess was
an ardent foX-hunter The Bishop although
thorough hOrseman, detested sporting paI sois. But
Frank Burgess was not an easy man to deal with.
He was independent and tesiy. Nilberiorce tired
two or three plans indirectly 10 let the iox-hunting
parson know that he dlSapW0yed OF the p3stine,
but finding that these had 30 eflect, the BISop de-
tcrnined speak for himself, and. meeting Burgess
one morning IN Oxford he gently leu up 10 the oo-
nnxious topic. "Y0u had capital day yesterday,
Mr. Burgess, for fOX-hunting ~ your nelghDolbood.
yes my lord" said Burgess, most excellent, ana
n capital field and splendid ran" SUPPOSE you
do NOT hunt now n SAID the Bishop, inteTrogaiYely.
Nor much my lord replied Burgess, and then rec
ollecting the Bishops objection, aud thinking that
this reply might be construed as casnlstlCal, the
Vicar added, Not so much as j should Ike ms
lord" "No. / dare say not" sa:d the Bishop; but
-but"-looking with that peculiar glance OF LIS, a
glance half sarcastic and half iTonleal-"do YOU
think Nj. Burgess that your presence III tho hullt-
ing field adds 10 your Influence among your PARISH
toners r. Il do not know whether II adds 70 my inns
euce, my lord" replied Burgess; but 90 not KNOW
that il detgacts from It," The Bishop Thought. 10
necessary 10 be frank now IN bis turn ana tuttlng
on a severe tone, lie read the vicar a sharp lecture
moon the unprOfessOual character OF t'N-hunter
i'm "A black coat. Burgess listened as respectfully as
he could; but when the lecture was over he bowed
and asked permission to make one observation.
This was to point ont TO the Bishop thar III theneWs,
papers of day or two before hls name had appeared
said the Bishop. promptly " but If you had been
there you would have seen that was never IN the
same room with the dancers. Mr. Burgess-neFfr III
the same room." "And that, my lord" Saa Bur
CESS. with equal promptness, ''s my case. ] haze
such bad cattle that though ride to hounds pretty
often, am never IN the same held WIN the huut-
never, my lordW -,
And the Bishop once provoked an equally neat. if
less personal, retOrt from toX-hun,lng paI>oh,
who rode so re .ularly 10 hounds that Nilberiorce
lost his temper with HIM. YOU go galloping all
over the country, and your parish Is going to ne
dogs" That, my. lord;n replied the moor lelpIe
priest. sis why hunt. When my parishonels arc
going rs your lordshIp says, 20 the dogs lwith u
slight emphasis on dogs, 1t is. submit. my ioid,
my pos tive duty 60 90 also, If only to LOOK after
them" -, -
But WHEREFORE, as a rule, was as ready with his
repartee az "a man IN his position must lie. lie once
spoke to a keeper upon nelghborlng estate, where
ne sometimes spent quiet day shooting about not
going 10 church. The man pleaded guilty 70 the
Bishops impeachment, but added that be rsad DIS
the keeper al do not End there that the Apostles
went shooting" "You are quite. right, my man.
quite right" replied the Bishops" but 1t was be-
cause there was no game III the Holy Lahh' lhey
went fishing instead"