The morning call., 1892-11-06

garments. and then they made him
until they had emptied bottle of wine and
aubottle of beer. about o'clock in The
afternoon they found their way to their
respective homes, beginning to be a little
serious. and, in my opinion, ashamed of
their stupid enterprise and drunken pre-
ambulation." But behold this entry on the
following Sunday: 1--WE had as good SER
mon as | ever heard Mr.. Porter preach, 1t
being against swearing" That was the
representative parsou of those days.
A supper at Fuller's is thus pictured:
=" We continued drinking like horses as the
vulgar phrase is. and singing till many of
us were very drunk, and then we went TO
dancing, and pulling of wigs. caps and hats;
and thus we continued in this frantic man.
ner, behaving more like mad people than
they that profess the name Of Christians.
Whether this is consistent to the wise say
Ing OF Solomon, let any one judge: Wine
Is mocker, strong drink is raging, and he
that is deceived thereby is not wise"
Even at tho parsons house there was
little difference in the fun and fury
OF supper. "There was no swear
ing aud no i'll words, by reason of
which Mr.. Porter calls it innocent mirih.
Dut III URlBiOu Ullltf BluCH
Here is very quaint reference to swear
Ing: I'm the evening | went down to the
vestry; there was no business of momentto
transact but oaths and imprecations seemed
TO resouEd from ali parts OF the room; the
sounds seemed to be harsh and grating. so
that came home soon after z. / believe, If
the penalty were paid assigned by the Leg
lslature by every person that swears that
constitutes our vestry, there would be no
need TO levy any tax to maintain our poor"
Mr.. Turner was addicted III a sociable way
to gambling. The following entry is de-
seriptive: went to Mr.. French's, where l
plaid at brag till supper; and my wife lost
So. I'd. Thank God. very sober, as was all
the company except Dame Durran0."
There is much more in the diary about
drinking and swearing but with another
quotation these quaint extracts may be
closed: .MT. -, the curate of Laughton,
came to the shop in the forenoon, and he
having bought some things of u,e (and
could wish he had paid for them), dined
with me. and also stayed in the afternoon
tlll he got in liquor. and being go complai-
SAINT as to keep him company, ] was quite
drunk. How do detest myself for being
so foOlishP
The Vice of swearing seems to have been
very prevalent In past centuries and is
pretty prevalent to-day. In the times of
the Plantagenets and Tudors swearing was
the habit Of all classes, and the clergy took
part in the profanity with round-mouthed
energy. Queen Elizabeth could swear like
trooper or the army in Flanders when
anything crossed her resolute mind. Philip
Stubbs, Puritan. actually suggested that
swearing should be punished with death.
The English dealt with swearing legis-
latively in 1746 and punishments pretty
severe were imposed. especially after con-
victon a second time. In "Peregriue
Pickle" Commodore Trunnion illustrates
his age by yolleys of oaths.
The novelist who desires to thrill his
readers with a sensation Of horror will
not fail TO note a story OF travel which
comes from Utah A fact which vibrates
shlyers is worth twenty fctions designed
for the purpose. A Brooklyn man who sat
upon mule to study geology and archaol-
ogy In association was thrown, mule and
all, from narrow trail down gorge. He
aighted near an eagles nest and unfortu-
nately the birds OF freedom were in the
neighborhoOd and resented intrusion while
welcoming quarry. The eagles pecked at
the poor fellow as he lay spitted upon q
sharp lut Of rock. and eventually his body
fell over and what remained OF him unde-
vnCred was dashed to fragments. What
fate thi: is for the heaviest villain Of fiction
that can be invented? The incident will
not be lost upon the imaginative mind.
In his novel, "The Ivory Gate" MIR.
Walter Besant INDUCES in some specula-
tions which show bis drift toward collec-
tivism as against individualism in human
affairs. In striking passage be remarks
us the present state of individual property
where every man works for himself and
bis househ ola-one through which the world
must pass before il can reach the higher
level Of working each for all? First men
and women hunt separate; they live apart
in hollow trees and caves. Then they live
together, and the man hunts for his
vile and children. Next they live
IN communities, which grow into towns
and tribes and nations. Then men
rely on the protection of law, and work for
themselves again. That is our present
stage. 1t has lasted l0Dg-very long. Per-
haps it will break up some day; perhaps
sooner than We think. Who knows? All
things are possible-eyen the crash and
wreck OF civilization which has taken
thousands of years to build up. And upon
1t may come-one knows not-that other
stage which now belongs to the dreamer be-
fore the Ivory Gate" Beehive intelligence
10 working out the problems OF human life
has made some progress, bnt there are no
immediate signs of its becoming the solu-
tlon of cur woes and the pioneer of persn-
Dial happiness.
a little cloud still seems 10 hang over the
fate Of Ormonde, the famous racehorse. If
A. ONNo NOhtO ~ al Tie pTlc6 OIL
S150,0co, the State will receive flip In the
opinion of the rest of the world for sport.
The owner in Argentina has no reason to
repent his bargain in buying from the Duke
OF Westminster. He has almost doubled
his investment, and meanwhile for years the
horse has been his. Ormonde is pronounced
roarer. Whether this defect in lung power
IS transmissible seems to be a debated point.
but IL is very probable the Duke of West
minister. perhaps the wealth lest Peer In
England. would not have sold the horse but
for some defects. At the time of the sale
the Duke was very much blamed by his own
countrymen for allowing a racer of such
fame to go abroad. The money paid could
have been no object 10 him and IL the morse
was of any benefit to BRnos Ayres, it wa.
OF equal value to English racing blood.
horse that wins the Two Thousand CuIneas.
the Derby and the Leger in one year is a
rarity. Roaring Is perhaps durable in this
climate. and if that be the case the risk
taken by the purchaser will have great
Iecompense- BRUSH.
II the Kelly and Crinln1i1lS gang earn the
election, ii tUiu mean fraud and corruption
and all manner Of abuses under the city