Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-13
dy, partly from financial and partly from 1 sentimental considerations. l

dy, partly from financial and partly from sentimental considerations.
 There is some Fourth of July left in Lynn Massachusetts, as well as in New Haven. Lynn grocer has been boycotted because he desires to keep his store open in the eve- ming half hour longer than the Commit tee" wants him to. The grocer says to the public: 'I have been abused. My liberty has been trampled upon, my personal rights sneered at, and this in country that professes to respect the rights of even the meanest of it's people. I shall keep open my store in the future, as I am keeping it open now, and when the last free born citi- zen is coerced, SO that he dare not enter, I will close my shop, sell my depreciated real estate, leave this enslaved city and seek place where can once again breathe the air of freedom" Success to you
 The Rev. John L. Scudder, of Minneapolis, believes in tobogganing, and also in enjoying good theatrical performance. He says: To day the stage is a permanent and prodigious factor in our civilization, and is regarded by many as positive necessity to offset and relieve the wear and tear of modern life. Thirty thousand people attend the theater in New York city every evening, and pay out annually for dramatic entertain ments over g, 900, 900. One reason why the theater finds such liberal patronage in this age is be- cause business life is so intense. People go to the playhouse to forget their cares and worriments, to be amused, rejuvenated and cheered. And this is essentially the office of the theater. Its business is to entertain and enliven, to provide vent for pent-up spir- it's, to unstrap mems burdens and give them an opportunity to take a breath and straight en up. In these days there is little use in trying to talk the theater out of existence or telling the people they must not attend. They will go in spite of the clergy. Already 25 per cent of our church members can be found in the playhouse, and this notwith- standing the pulpit has been storming against the stage from time immemorial.
 That there is great need of reform in the tenure of land in Ireland is well illustrated in the case of tenant of Lord Kingston who was recently evicted for non-payment of rent. This tenant, Patrick McManus, had
  ther on leased 'sfarm" of eight acres of worthless ground which he hsd by retaining two and one-half acres by carrying up soil fertilizers from the valley by the basketful on his back. He found himself in arrears about half years rent, had no money to go into court and get a reduction, and was turned out. MT. Blunt l figures out how the case of debtor and credi- l tor stands: "Pat owes Lord Kingston :e2 9s. ! lid. .,plus costs for being evicted, e3 12 10d, total $6 2s. Sd. Per contra, Lord | Kingston has got from Pat a house of the | approximate value, let us say, of gro; two md 8 half acres of waste land reclaimed, ! value, say e10, and for eight acres of land I .esumed without compensation, about eaO, md for fines at various times, say e5-total, l e105; and the balance of Patrick's loss is | e9S 17s. 3d. That is to say, Patrick, after evsnty years of honest labor, is to die in he workhouse because Lord Kingston owes Jim e9 17s. 3d."