Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-23
John Bright ard The Clergym an

The folosing incident IL related on the
authority of Mr.. ". l.. Bright. NJ p. MIR
Br ght went il 10 an agricultural district one
day, and he had to walk from the station a
long way into the village. On the way a
clergy man, who was driving in a dog.ca
came up to him, and the two men passed tn,
time of day. The cl rgyman offered tt
drive Mr. Bright into the village. and Mr.
Bright accepted the offer. The clergyma
was a Tory, and he had been readIn1 a
speech Mr.. Bright hal male tle previous
night and turning to Mr. Bright, he said
| Have you seen the raprs TO-DAY, sir?
Yes said Mr. Blight. What's il
themr Why, that rascal John
Bright has been making anorher speech ;
And what WAS it about asked Mr.. Bright.
why so-snd-so and .o-and so. and he went
on to relate the incidents of the speech
Then they discussed the topic. and Mr..
Bright said, Well. it is jist possible that
Mr. Bright may have been right, and that he
was only expressing his honest convictions
htft We rOmtbhHk ia u WI, NO
there cant b." sal the irate clergyman; IL
| had h m here. Ia feel just like shooting
him Neither revealed his identity. bat be
fore they separated the Clergyman invited
Mr.. Bright TO go to his church ne1t
morning, and MIR. Bright promised TO 60
And he kept his word, as he always
did. The clergymsn took for his
theme Mr.. Bright's speech, and at the con
clusion MIR. Bright thanked hun for his very
aole sermon. As he was going home to din
ner friend of the clergyman met him and
said, You have been preaching under distin
guished patronage this morning, then. No.
said the clergy man. Oh, yes, you have.
said the friend, You had John Bright among
the congregation. You must have noticed
him perfectly we |. and | assure you it Wa.
Mr.. Bright Why, said the clergyman. i
drove him to the village yesterday in m,
dogcsrt and called him a rascal and execra-
never said word. He kept perfectly calm
and cool. have insulted HIM. | must 60
and oologize at once '"-H James Gazette
According to the estimates thus far, it
appears that something like 10000 men
expect to take part in the industrial pa.
rade MayI. The following additions were
made to General Butterfield's list wednes-
day: Ancient Order IIibernians. Edward
Carey, 10000; BROOKLYN Bricklayers'
Union, five org suizations, NJ. J. Murray
president, 2,50O; Tammsny Society, Gen
eral John Cochrane, 5000: Manhattan
Ship Joiuers. Richard l.. Raleigh, 800
Columbia College, John A. Dempsey, 200
A correction is also made. showing that
80. 900 Germans will parade, while the ag-
gregate of the various Irish societies will
reach figure almost equal to this. As
time goes on there is little doubt that |
there will be the addition of other bodies
which will largely increase the above
figures.
The Pennsylvanii Legislators have
amended their Alien Labor bill by provid-
ing that the fines imposed on persons en-
ploying foreigners shall be RENTED in
case the latter declare their intention of
seeking citizenship. Bat this change still
fails to commend the measure to the favor
Of the Pennsylvania Press which sensibly
Under this bill aliens are offered . wrong
inducement to become citizens. They may
hate the United States Government With ali
their hearts, but if citizenship means en-
ployment and will save those Who give them
work fine Of Is cents day the most bitter
Anarchist will want to be naturafized It
once. We do not want citizens procured by