New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-05

Of n good and reverent clergyman who felt mpelled
BY some irresistible power to add to the first liie
OF the Lords prayer: "And hope he will stay
| there And so impossible 1t for him to over
come this strange habit that he found 1t expedient
to resign his curacy.
whitSunday. which according to the movable cal
cndar Of the Church falls today IS festival now little
regarded. although in oden times 1t was almost as
highly esteemed Christmas. strange 1t NAV SEEM
In all the Artlurian legends festival, MT even
Christmas ITSELF is so frequently mentioned. There 1t
appears by Its old name OF Pentecost and II WIS so
called because the event which Is celebrated by Whit
Sundaythe gift OF tongues to the aposcs-fcl on the
day OF the Jewish PentccOst related by Scripture
WhitSundaytldc a great day for morIisdances In
old English times, when sunday celebrated with
something Of tlat boStrous mirth which characterized
all the early English festivals The stcrnness OF our
Sunday OF to-day and the tendency TO observe Ii m ligd
solemnity belongs as all know TO the strict Puli
tan Christianity. Sunday celebrated all over the
world before the time Of the puritans much rs 1t
Is on the Continent today day OF innocent
alton and pleasure well OF churchgolng. Whit
Suntde comprised the whole week following Whit
Sunday. Then It that Whlisun ale was brewed
and sold by the church waens to defray the repairs Of
the church. and vaiious Mysteries played in one
Of which spoken Of OF the most popular Of the
day) Noahs wife Is represented an ncOrlfgibe
shrew, who secuted any necessity for an ark and re-
fused to go into II until her pulled her In
by force Most OF the PLAYS represented Scrpturnl In
Gdents as then understood and some Of them were
rcverent In tone that they commended by Luther
as "spectaces which do more good than sermons"
But the majority were corrupted by rfbadry and
irreverence and would not he tolerated today.
June 7 Is famous I'm the annals OF DnnmOw, IN Eng
land, the day which fitch OF bacon is awarded
annually by jury Of spinsters Of unmarried men TO
any married couples who prove that they had been
married year and day or longer without n quarrel
OF any kind whatsoever. The list Of claimants this
year is already announced BY "The London Queen"
II contains the Of five couples, one Of whom has
been married fifty years. From this II might
Be gathered that conjuga harmony Is more general
than In Olden times, for It occurrence once
for any couple to be bold TO claim this reward,
and much for the reward 10 be granted BY the
severe and upright Jury. Tho custom established
80 early that the date IS hidden In obscurv. II was
said have been begun by some jOvial monks in the
rrOry OF DunmOw, and when the order was broken up
by the burning OF the prory, even the Purans had
respect enough for the custom 10 continue II. The
couples had to make oath that during the year and
day or during their marriage, they not only had not
nuarrelled. but had never regretted their marriage,
and n open again 30 engagement would make the
same again. Chaucer audes to the DunmOw custom
in describing The Wife of Bath There have been
some lapses In this curious observance and
when II was discontinued but altogether 1t Is one Of
The most ancient OF oil curious local customs.
A particularly pretty blOter Is made OF stamped
leather The material Csheepskin) Is first cut the
Size required and Is then wet; and when half dry
the design Is sketclied with n soft lead pencil,
nressinp the lines well into the leather. With a