The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
Sudden Profanity.

Sudden Profanity.
The shocking case of the profane church
member which will probably be handed
down to latest posterity by the village
of Tacitus. involves a sweet-tempered, re-
fined spinlster, leader of sewing circles
and young peopls societies. One day, on
meeting some neighbors bound for the
postofhce, instead of uttering the usual
amenities, she broke out with strange oths
and hdeous phrases. People were awe
struck at the power of satan thus re-
vealed Had she been a consistent hypo-
critic or fallen a sudden victim to the
foul fiend2 There was talk of a church
trial, when she was removed to a sani-
tarium on medical advice. The physician
said that an alteration expected at her
time of life, had made her irresponsible;
yet some puritans asked how such langu-
age could have been treasured in a guilt
less mind, and doubted as psychological
explanation. At the end of q year the
woman returned in her old self without
memory of her lapse, and the villagers,
agreeing to a public request put up In the
postoffice said nothing to disturb her re-
newed activities of piety
The so-called Royal Household of Faith
Is an obscure, secretive band that meets
from house to house and is not known to
have connection with any other religious
take Of its mysteries, which include in
cense, a high ritual and ecstatic commune
cation with the unseen world. The sys-
TEN seems to be Oriental and monarchical,
judging from conversation heard on a
street car;
How is your family?' said a gray
haired woman to another
Haven't your heard sister? My hus-
band was called before the King last
week"
"Ah" (sympathetieally).
YES, he has gone to the court. But the
Prince paid us a visit only last night, hal
lelujah."
The mountains a mile or two back from
the village contains the cottages and huts
of sundry hermits and crackbralns. These
solitary masculine freaks might be COM
pared with the unhinged spinsters of the
village Their homes are hidden In ra-
vines or amid thick woods A mountaineer
who lives in soliture and at the beginning
of winter lays in three months provisions.
so as to hibernate like bear, is not ex-
pected to be like a townsman. but there
are cases that exceed eccentricity
woman botanist had an adventure with
one of these wild men of the woods. She
was collecting flowers on a high plateau
when a shaggy, STOPPING creature APP
peared and began to run toward her, ut
tering strange cries.
II ought to have collected him along
with the other rarities, but l was too
scared" says the woman $50 I ran
down the mountain path and he chased
me- His language sounded like some
thing between Gaelic and wildcat He dis
appeared and [ thought was safe, when
he suddenly came in sight a hundred
yards below me. Imagine my redoubled
terror. Then he did an extraordinary thing
as IL were a runaway COW, for he began
piling brush and timber In the path to
head me off It was SO ridiculous that
lost my fear and let him ply his antics.
He kept jumping in and out Of the woods
and trying to block the path until | got
to the foot Of the mountain"
Other cases are an ex-Confederate off
Ger who sports the gray uniform with
several badges and medals, an alleged
italian duke who plays the flageolet to