The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-09
A FUNNY MIXTURE.
THE SHARK AND THE BALTI.
MORE COUNCIL.

Our old friend, Judge Cough, pub
fishes very interesting paper at
Chippewa Falls. Wis, called 'The
Catholic Sentinel" The Judge is an
original thinker.and we always read
his reflections with pleasure. In his
last issue he has an article taking is
sue, to some extent. with the order OF
the Pope against certain secret socie-
ties, and also an article about the ad-
ventures of a certain Jack Robin
son." who was nearly killed by shark:
and the foreman has mixed up the two
articles in the most ludicrous manner,
so that one can scarcely tell where the
shark begins its work and the Balti-
more Council ends theirs. II we did
not know that the Judge was strict
ly temperate man we should conclude
he had been celebrating Christmas III
Old-fashiOned Irish style, and was re-
sponsible for the confusion Of ideas:
but as it is we conclude that the fore
man is the responsible party.
Here is the article:
"There is subject matter Of far
more Importance to the church, AS
we'll as to humanity, which seems to
pass unnoticed by the censors OF Sc
cret socie ties and that is the liquor
traffic More Catholics are lost to the
church in one year by the LIQUOR traf-
| fic, than through the agency Of secret
societies in twenty. Why therefore at
| o1y hA In
greater untouched. Is the man who
joins secret society, which his con-
science tells him has nothing in it
detrimental to Catholicity, to be con-
demned and driven away from the
church, while them whose traffic
in Liquor drives hundreds of Catholic
souls to perdition, is taken by the
hand and asked to sit in high places
among the elect?s We are not point
ing at the common salOOnkceper, so
much as at the great wholesale dealer,
who supplies the poison broadcast
over the land. Our Divines should
give their attention to this question,
and purge the church from the crying
evil. If they arc in earnest regarding
the danger of secret societies, to the
faith, they ought to be doubly earnest
in their endeavors to root out the
habit which makes beasts Of men, and
covers the church with shame and
scandal. We may be told that the
council of BaltiInpfc seized him by the
leg and bit it off above the knee.
Jack was dragged on board, moro
dead than alive, and lay for a long
time unconscious, His fine cons titu-
tion however stoG1 by him, and ~hc at
last recovered. and was shipped home
to Belfast. His mother however had
died before his arrival and was thus
saved from witnessing the second mu-
tilation other SON.
We are astonished that Catholic
paper should represent the Baltimore
Council as biting poor fellows leg off
This is worse than any charge made
against the church by our lold friend
Professor Sims.
We hunted around through the col
umns of the Sentinel until we founo
some more of this conglomerate anG
slandcrous article.
Here it is:
"AS soon as he was we'll, he left tho
old home and such was his cleverness
vessel bound for Barbadoes. He per-
! formed his duties satisfactorily, unit
one day when the ship was at anchor
Jack undertook to catch large man
eating shark that kept annoying the
sailors by swimming round the vessel
Jack let down some bait, but in doing
so his arm caught in the line and as
| the fish seized the bait, he gave a sud
, den pull on the line, and jerkcd pOol
Jack overheard He had hardly
touched water when another monster
had condemned the liquor traffic. W.
believe the mem eerS of that council
, entered a mild protest against intem
perance, but we have not hear(
that either the liquor dealer or the
drunkards have been forbidden The
sacraments for persisting in their be
setting sin nay we have the spectacle
, in the diocese of Green Bay, OF +;
, clergyman speaking against hi
bishop, and telling his flock that the,
may drink all they have a mind to
the bishops protest to the contrar.
| nothwiths hstanding."
They say they have society of au
thors in London, and every year the,
, hold a grand banquet, and the frs
toast, drunk standing, with all the
honors, is, 1.-THE memory of Napoleon.
And if one inquiries the reason Of thi:
strange practice the answer is:-"H,
once hanged publisher"
+ Alas! No great ruler has yet tet
UP by the neck "a single prOof-reade
or foreman; and SO We grieve as ont
without hope. l. D.