The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-15
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

PALM sUSDAY-EAsTER sUNDAY-wATrING
FoE WARM fwEATHER-PoLITE POLICEMEN
a DTsCORDANT AsSoCIATION-RELIGION
IN THE PUBLIC Schools VERDICT OF
POPULAR TSDIGNATIOS. ETC.
Especial Correspondence OF the FRREMAx.1
PHILADELPHIA, April -, 1881.
DEAR MCPIKE-The religious ceremonies
of Passion Week" are the most deeply in
teresting of any in the history of onr Lord.
Every day of the week is a sacred one. On
Sunday last palm sunday, the first day of
Holy Week, which is .consecrated to the
commemOratiOn of our Divine SaviOur's suf.
ferinGs, l heard in st. Mary's church, this
city, the singing of the same music that was
sung on the same day in St. Peters church
at Rome. y full male choir, composed of
members of the SOdality Society, trained
especially for that SOlemnity, were led by
their trainer, Professor Edward McGongle.
The Passion of our Saviour was chanted by
St Mary's rector. Rev. DR.. Horstman and
Revs John II. Dillon and Joseph c. Kelly.
The part OF the Evangelist was sung bV the
Rev. rector; the part of our Saviour by Rev.
Dillon, and the solo parts Of the synagogue
by Rev. Kelly The singing of the choir
and the chanting of the cleTgymen were
sublime indeed. II was a solemnlv thrilling
cOmmemoratiOn Of our Divine Saviour's suf-
feTingS and death.
EASTER SUNDAY, THE SUNDAY OF ALL sun
DAYS.
In cOmmemOratiOn of our Saviour'S forty
udNS ldSllH4r society mas IOr Iue last flNe
weeks, nguratIVely speaking, been in sack
cloth and ashes" Before writing again, and
before the issuing of another FREEMAN. the
penitential season of Lent will have ended.
Sunday next Will be Easter Sunday, which
} OF all the SUNDAYS in the year is the most
memorable. 1t is the day on which the pen
itential season of Lent gives way 20 triumph
ant reloicing-the dayOn which fasting gives
way to festivity-the day on which the robes
OF mourning are changed for the emblemS of
q X a
/ mere Sabbath-slmply a day Of rest-but
{ day of light and joy. With q flood of sun
( shine from the Throne of God it marks the
/ worlds progress out of darkness into light.
/ 1t is the day on which our Lord and Saviour
/ Jesus Christ arose from the sepulchre in
/ which he had been laid after the cTucfXiOn.
/ -Four hundred years before the Christian era,
/ in the age when men walked in the dim
/ twilight, with no conception of the full sun
/ shine of religious liberty now enjoyed by the
/ Christian world, the last prophet of the old
/ dispensatiOn spoke of the rising of the Sun
/ of righteousness and promised there should
be a healing in the wings of this Sun to all
/ who believed. That Sunrise came, the Sun
, of righteousness throwing world wide light,
/ scattering the darkness of the graves and
/ shedding the fullness Of illumination on the
/ better days that are yet to come. 1t is the
/ day Of the sun of Righteousness, and all
! should rejoice thai it shines upon us.
GONE, GENTLE SPRING -
! ."Come, gentle Spring; ETHEREAL mildness,
continuance weather
has very much effected the business of the
city. 1t has hada depressing influence upon
the retail trade and especially on that pOT
. ton which makes 4 speciality Of goods ap-
. prOpriate to Spring. All have been waiting
and longing for the advent of more prOpi-
I tiOuS weather Openings are being post
/ pOned by both retail and wholesale business
! houses, all OF which are looking forward
/ anXiOusly TO the advent of beautiful Spring.
/ Until the weather becomes more promising
] q
B number.
Polite POLICEMEN.
There is enough uncertainty Just now in
/ their tenure of Office to make Philadelphia
/ policemen altogether lovely in their DISPOSE
I tiOuS and manners. It is astonishing how
( very scrupulOus!y polite and decorous the
! policemen of Philadelphia have grown since
/ the inauguration of a Democratic NavOr-
For some time past the Committee of One
. Hundred have been seeking evidence against
: police officers who OverStepped the bounds
of duty, So far about ole hundred have
: been found who were guilty Of overt acts
, For some inscTUtable reason most of the
I wide-awake cities are choosing Democratic
Mayors IN this year Of grace. What does
| this portend2
RELIGION N THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action Of the committee on the con-
? duct Of Miss SculI, principal of the Girls
. Grammar School, was 50 openly defiant of
Justice that steps viii probably be taken to-
7 wards withdrawing all Catholic pupils from
"
7 OpmentS are being promised growing out of
, allegations that the Catholic faith is viIified
. in the public schools, from which Catholic
1 children are now absenting themselves
Over two hundred scholars have left the
. schools in the Nineteenth ward alone. If
public school teachers are at liberty to villify
and abuse the Catholic faith and impair IT'S
doctrines, steps will De taken to lay the mat
, ter before the courts in the form Of a bill of
( equity to restrain the collection of school
. taxes from persons aggTicyed, on the ground
7 that, under the action of the School Board.
/ they are refused the rights which are guar
( antced to them by the laws of PENNSYLVANIA.
; The matter is OccasiOninC considerable eX-
. citement throughout the city and the end is
/ not yet
A DISCORDAET ASSOCIATION.
For long time there has been a want of
. cOrdiality in the Young Mems Christian AS
+ SOclatiOn of this city. Tie bad health of
. Mr. John WanamakeT, and the pressure of
other duties, have prevented him from watch
/ ing closely the workings of the Association,
and the consequence is that it is going to the
'bOw vows" It is dying of too many boss
Z eS. There are now less than !, 600 members.
aud 1t requires 20, 600 to keep the Association
on sound basis. There has been great dis
cord at the rooms of said organization in
. this city, and many who have hitherto active
/ ~ participated in the work are withdrawing
from the \ association. It Is deeply to be re-
gretted that the Christian young men of
7 Philadelphia cannot dwell in peace and har-
mOny, instead of induiging in bitter feeling,
H.. ?
Jhelr meetings meantime being conducted in
scenes of disorder and indeceucy, where a 4
should be order and dccency. "But some
, small potatoes will boil that way" Let us
pray that John Wauama ker's health NAV be
restored so as to enable him to watch the III
tereStS of the organization with that COM
mendable care he has heretofore exercised.
VERDICT OF POPULAR INDIGNATION.
The people will not accept the Attorney
General as sCapegoat for our legislators
shortcomings. The attempt to impute i'm
( proper motives to the Attorney General
seems to meet with verdict of popular con.
{ demnation. Our Legislators cannot give a
good account Of their stewardship. 1t was
1 their evident intention to extend the session
/ until the expiration of one hundred and fiftv
days. Not one in fifty of them can earn
( One-fOurth as much at home as they receive
at Harrisburg, and for that reason the ses-
( sion was to be prOtracted. The public is
scanning the record of the Legislature close
. ly, and popular verdict of Indignation is
! the result It was high time that there
f, should be an official Interpretation of the
. law. The per diem allowance of $40 for fifty
additional days is forbidden by the constitu-
ton, yet our worthy, pa(y) )triOtic legislators,
Z VINO SWOre 10 obey the constitution. wanted
/ to take money they had no tight to receive
/ under its provisions. Attorney General Pal
/ mer therefore deserves the lasting retnem-
brance Of the people of Pennsylvania for
/ bringing up their derelict representatives
I with round turn. g. n S
/ y SET OF TEETH TRAVELS ALI OVER A
[ LADY's BODY.-From AIidd letown, Orange
county, y. Y, comes most remarkable stO-
ry. On the 9th Of January. 1865, a maiden
lady at that place swallowed new set of
fa!Se teeth, which became separated from the