Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 48.
HUNTINGDON", PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1873.
NO. 30.
The  Huntingdon Journal.
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A P. AV. JOHNSTON, Surveyor and • Civil Engineer, Huntingdon, Pa. Officf. : No. 1 l.'i Third Street.      aug21,lSr2.
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W^t ^x\m' §.omn\
A Hundred Years to Come.
W- iill within our gr.ivc-i iiliull s.!-.;..
A hiinilreil ye:ire to come ; Xo living fiimt for us bliiiU v.cei..
A Imndred jears to come: Bul other men onr land will till, Aud otlier men onr streets will All,
And other Itirds shall ^ing a.^ gay.
And blight the snnsliine us tu-day, A hundred yi-ar-i to tome
Caldwell  of Springfield.
aVew JEBsEv-17Sn.
IlereV the spot.   Looknronnd yi>u.    AI^otc on the hight Lay the Hessiunci encumpetl.   By that churi-h on the right Stood the gannt Jen^ey fiinners.   And here nm a watt— Vou may dig nnyuiicri! and you'll turn up a, Initl. Nothing more,   flransea Bprin^;, watera run, fltjwers blow Pretty much as they did ninety-three years ap»j.
Nothing more, did 1 Kiy ? .Stay one mom«nt, you've board Of Caldwell, the ]Hin«in, who once preaclied tlie Word Down iu Springliuld ? What! No? Come, thatV bad—why
All the Jcrseyw oflamo!   Aud tlicy g;i%'c hini the name Of the "relwl high priest." lie stuck in tlieir gorge—¦ lie lorod the Lord God, and ho huted King Gcor;;e.
He hud cautic, you might say ! When the Ilessianf Ihat day Marched up with Knvphuuiieii thev Btoppcd on tli«ir w;iy At the "Farms," whore his wife, with a child in her nrms;'
alone in the huur«.   n4iw it happened none knew ttut Goil—an<l that one ol tho hireling crew Who fired the shut! Enough!—there ehe lay And Caldwell, the chaplain, her liusljand, awny !
l>id he pronrb—did Iio pniy ? Ttiink of hini, as yon ftand By ttio old church to-day—^thiuk of turn and that Iwiud Of militant plou^hboyR ! 8ee the nuoke and tlie heat Of that rsckless advance—of that stra^ling retreat! Keep the gho^t of thnt wife, foullyslain, iu your view— And what eould you—what should you, what would you do?
Why just what /.*• did ; They were left in the lurch
For the want of more wadding.   He ran into lhe church.
Broke the door, stripiK>d the pewF, aud diL-ihed out ia the
With hia arms full of hymn-book-*, aud thix-w down hia
lo&d At their feet!   Then, above nil tho shouting and s\\o\.f. Hang his voici*—"Put Watta Into 'em—B<>yi', give 'era
AVatts!'
And they did. That ii all. Gnwf.es ripring, flowers blow Pretty much as they did ninety-three years oko. You may dig anywhere and you'll turn np a ball— Bnt not always a hero like thl^—and that's alt.
—Hrkt Hartk.
Delia's Goreneit Bot
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'Why do you go (o ClierrywooJ ?" ask¬ ed cvoijbody throo years ago.
"Because nobody else goes there," we truthfullj' and unfashionably replied, and we nover regretted it.
¦When tlio ntilroad journey, was ended aud the twelve mile drive in a two-seated spring wagon was superadded, it mxist be confessed that the sight of Widow Blalch- ford's, where, in the Yankee parlance of our driver, we were to "put up," was not enlivening. Externally the ho'ase was of bright red, and for a moment its appear¬ ance increased our heat and exhaustion ; but once inside, the coolness and shadow wero inexpres.sibly soothing. The rooms were deliciously dim to our weary eyes; through the window came the tinkling trickle of water over rocks fiom a spring behind the house, and though the wtill pa¬ per was a pattern of chocolate-colored urns in painfully precise rows, on a ground of sombre gray, and two mourning pieces, framed in black wood, were conspicuous ornaments, the pure white dimity curtains, and the jar of pale green and delicately fragrant wood ferns in tho fireplace gave grace and lightness sufficient to redeem the depressive effecta of the first mentioned features. The windows looked out on a grand mountain panorama, crowned with changing clouds, and the valley stretching away below. Wo exclaimed with delight a? we sank into the straight-backed cush¬ ioned rockers, and took in the situation.
"I expect you're dreadful fond of moun¬ tains," said the good hostess beamingly.— ''But hadn't you better take some supper now ? The hills will keep, but maybe the victuals won't."
They did not long, for we addressed our¬ selves to their disposal with marked suc¬ cess. What a supper ! Crispy fried brook trout; smaller and sweeter than any other fish that swims ; powdery potatoes of mar¬ velous whiteness, heaped-up doughnuts, ample slices of brown bread and white dit¬ to, "slap-jacks" of size and tenderness, and the inevitable Yankee "soda biscuits," hot, light, and yellcw. How good it tatted only those can know who, like ourselves, have traveled far and long, climbing for hours straight up hill after hill, to reach at last table-land, where tho air is so pure, so elear, so bracing, that we rise body and soul on tiptoe. Then we slept the sleep of tho just and undyspeptic, on husk mat- tressefs that were neither thin or knobby, lulled by the tinkling spring into pleasant dreams.
Cherrywood life for visitors was exhilar¬ ating with fun, fishing, mountain climbing, atd mountain drives, too, for those v?ho had the temerity to struggle into the high wagous fearlessly of the steep up and down road, and confident in the strength of the harnes.t. Gradually we came to know and like mtiny of the people, being taken in their homes and interests with afreeheart- edness which we fear will cea.se if Cherry- wood ever gets a name as a "nise summer resort," and learns the give-little-and-take much .system of most places so yclept.
Our hostess, dear motherly woman, was a stout walking encyclopedia of information regarding every neighbor, great and small, spieing each tale or anecdote with shrewd comments and keen perception of charac¬ ter and softening all by honest, unpretend¬ ing charity.
••Take notice wlio's in the store, won't you 't I'm particular to know if Reuben Gilson has got back."
She called thus after us one pleasant afternoon, as we were going for the papers left by the mail stage at the storo, which was also the postoffiee for Cherrywood, and we assented, wondering inwardly if Reuben Gilson went about labeled, that we were expected to know him at once. A glance sufficed to tell ns that all the occupants of the store and porch were known to us, but as we turned from the building a tall, blithe figure passed us, with a ringing tread and a courteous gesture of salute that did uot savor of Cherrywood manners, which, though kindly, were mostly unpolished.— We had a glimpse of dark, keen eyes, and plain, sensible features, and presently re¬ ported our observation to Widow Blatch- ford, who came to jnact us through the gloaming, greeting us a few ytwds from the door.
"Certainly, that was Reuben," was her interested assent, "I declare, I should like to see Delia Bligh now."
Biiirh ? Surely we remembered seeing her. It was our first Sunday in the white nieeting-house, when, with all the congre¬ gation we faced tho choir for fhe singing of the last hymn. A sweet, apple blossom face 5vith its delicate tints .-ind baby blue eyes, redeemed from mere insipid pretti- ness by the decided character of the square litfle cjjin and the firrji curve of the lips in repose.
•¦A wilt! rose amonji uiuUeu stalks,'' the doctor had called her, with a man]s eyes to the cheeks and dimples only, winning by Ijis femark a pleased smile from our hostesi.
But what had pretty Delia Bligh to do with Reuben Gilson's home-coming ? As all women from fourteen to four score are alive to any hint of ti love story, we pro¬ ceeded to importune our hostess for infor¬ mation, and she, kind soul, .soon gratified us.
Pretty Delia Bligh and Reuben Gilson hiid "kept company" from childhood, and had beeu engaged; but after Reuben went into business at Grafton Jlills and Delia taught school at Oanberry Corner,*, a coolness arose between them, onding in tho breaking ofthe cngtigenient.
"Reuben is a favorite with me, and so is Delia, for that matter," said Mrs. Blatch- ford. "Girls are high strung; mostly they have more pride than wisdom when they're young. Delia's no exception, but she is good material. F don't want to see her spoiled.
"What began the coolness ?" we que¬ ried.
"Reuben lives at Mrs. Frye's whou he is here; she is his auut. I guess that had tis much to do with it as anything," s;iid our hostess, with a shrewd laugh. "I don't speak against her. I know no harm of her, except being Jo.sephine's stepmother, and that's more her misfortune, poor thing."
We knew Mrs Blatchford's opinion of the thin lipped "Josephine," having heard it aforetime when we also heard the story of Dorema Fletcher's bravo struggles against poverty and public opinion.
"Honey on the surface and gall inside." our hostess summed her up ; adding apol¬ ogetically, "to be sure I suppose she is soured by what she has gone through. It must be wearing to be disappointed al¬ ways in what you set your mind on get¬ ting,.and it isn't every one has the gift to drink vinegar and keep sweet."
"There is such a thing as making the vinegar ourselves and imbibing it instead of something sweeter," we suggested. "The bitter in every cup may be transmu¬ ted."
"Certainly," said Mrs. Biatchford.— "But then some have unfortunttte disposi¬ tions from the cradle, you know."
' Surely, if Reuben Gilson litis lived in the house with her he must know her too well to be influenced by her. if ho really loved Delia Bligh," we said.
"Hum 1" said our hostess skeptically. "Do you kuow blinder bats than men arc in somethings ? I don't. He sees nothing artful in the way she picks up Delia's ac¬ tions and twists them to look queer. He thinks she is fond of Delia, and tries to make the best uf a light-minded flirting creature for his sake. Bats ' you may say."
"Thon he is very weak to be deceived by that mischievous old maid," scornfully proclaimett littlo Mabel.
"Bless your heart, child," said -Mrs. Biatchford with her comfortable laugh, "nothing is so helpless as a single-minded man in the hands of a calculating woman —for a time ;" with significant emphasis on the hist clause. "Besides, Josephine Frye's isn't the ouly tongue in the world, either. It's my opinion nothing but talk has parted Reuben and Delia; that and their foolish young pride. Maybe it'll come right, maybe it won't. Either way folks' tongues have enough to answer for."
If the coming right meant the reuniting of the sundered lovers, it certainly did not .seem probable as the days went on. Pretty Delia sang in the choir on Sundays, and Reuben Gilson's eyes rested on the apple blossom face as if it had never been dear to him, and the sweet voice floating through the old meeting hou.se had never touched his heart. And more tban onco a broad- shouldered young farmer drove up from Cranberry Corners and tarried at tho cot- .tage of Calvin Bligh.
We became acquainted with both the young people, and Delia was speedily a great favorite with the doctor and tho children, though the feminine spirits of our party could have little patience at her cxchaHging a lover like Reuben Gilson for the Cranberry Corners rustic. We admir¬ ed the sterling .sense and keen intelligence ofthe young man, but there seemed to rest on him a grave reserve, almost a gloom that prevented any approach to familiar¬ ity.
Presently a rumor was afloat—how it originated no one knew. Who ever can tell how. "They say" begins ? But gath¬ ering additions daily, increasing, spreading in the mysterious ways that ouly rumor grows, a whisper that all was not well with Reuben Gilson's integrity ; that hia uiiu- sually long vacation was enforced, not vol- untiiry; that he had left his Grafton em¬ ployer with a stain upon his name and hon¬ or. Strange tales were hinted of how his employer's son htid suddenly gone no one kne.v wether, and how his flight implica¬ ted Reu'oen Gilson as a comrade in dishon¬ esty j there were not wanting declarations that even now trial and exposure were threatening the latter. Did pt^ople believe Ibis ? Did they accept without question this blighting of the good name of one they had known from boyhood, and whoso record had beeu hitherto blameless ?
Cherrywood was not a whit behind oth¬ er towns in swallowing slander, and who¬ ever does not know the ground like growth of scandal, has had but a limited sphere of observation, A few clung to their faith in Reuben Gilson ; our hostess was one, but she showed the trouble aijd disquiet she staunchly 'denied. Singularly enough no breath of what was on all lips seemed to reach the victim himself all thig time. He kept on the grave tenor of his way, ab¬ stracted, absorbed ; and you may be sure gossip did not fail to comment on t'lis in- diffijrence and  seeming    unconsciousness.
W^hat Delia Bligh thought nobody knew, until one morning she appeared iu Widow Blatchford's kitchen, on the plau¬ sible errand of obtaining a recipe for''spiee cake.*'-!- Some other thought lurked be¬ hind the troubled blue eyes, and the faet was ..^pecdily patent to the de;u- old wnman whose spectacles wore leveled at hor favor¬ ite.
"Now tell me tho rest," said she, pres¬ ently. "Are you going to set up a kitch¬ en and oven of your own soon ?"
¦Oh, Aunt Biatchford !" (our hostess was "aunt" to half the countiy round), 'no, of course uot I" with a quick, pained voice. Then moro softly, "Do you kiiow what people are saying ?"
"About Reuben ? Yes, child ; it isn't true though."
"Folks believe it," said Delia, sadly. "Ho looks so sober and gloomy; something is wrong, somehow, I aro suro."
••Hum !" snified Mrs. Biatchford, •'docs Calvin Bligh believe it ?"
"Father ? Well you know how falher is. He isn't sure ofhis own mind until he is opposed. Then it's made up <(uick.— And I said I didn't believe it, and mother ion, and now ho wqij't bijlievo anything else. Deacon Quimby went to see Reuben and he would not hear a word from him ; said he was busy. And oh ! aunt, a man waa up from Grafton yesterday, and the deacon heard him talk as he  went  away.
He said, 'V/cll. Reuben, three hundred will do it, and you may call yourself lucky to get off with that; and Reuben answered, 'ho would sec about raising it, but had a good mind to take his chance" "
'¦Aunt Biatchford, I want to trust you with something. I want your promise to keep secret always what I say now," pleaded the girl, getting close to her old friend.
"Well," said Mrs Biatchford. affirma- ativcly.
¦'Aunt, I want you !i give hitu this," said Delia, very low, but eirneslly. "It's my governtiient bond—.ill mine, \ou know —fivo hundred dollars Uncle Silas gave me in his will. Ho must never know where it came from—never. May be Reubon has gone wrong ; it don't seom like him, bat youug men have temptations, and if just this mono}' will set hitu right aud give hiin a chance to begin agaiu, I waut he should have it. Reuben was good to me when we were little—.tnd—I u>-ed to—liko him.— I don't want him to be disgraced and wiek cd. Oh, auut I talk to him—he'll listen to you. I know ; tell him to set himself right with the money, and then get right with God. Reuben used to be good. T don't think he went wrong of himself."
•'That monoy was fur your setting out," s.aid Mrs. Biatchford, still unbending.— 'What will your father say '!"
"I .shall not bo m.arried," said lelia, j-et more softly-. "Father will never know I've parted with fhe money. I can teach and earn more, I'd rather work my fin¬ gers off than—than not save Reuben ?"
"Delia Bligh, you're a good girl," said Mrs. Biatchford, suddenly losing her grim- ncss aud drawing Delia iuto her amplo em¬ brace. '•! take back any hard thoughts I've had, and I'll do 3-our will and keep my counsel. There—there child—I kind of mistrusted you liked Reuben still; don't cry—yes, do, it will help you bear it."
Th^n the old lady and young girl kissed and comforted each jther in true womanly fiishiijii, and Calvin Bligh never guessed Vi^hiit had deepened the flush on his pretty daughter's cheeks, as she gave him his tea that evening.
3Irs. Blatchford's opportunity fur keep¬ ing her promise tame speedily. Oppor¬ tunities do easily come to peoplo in ear¬ nest.
When the yomng uian understood the meaning of her kindly, simple talk at first he raged "like a wild tiger," as she after¬ wards expressed it, and then he threw back his fine head and laughed so loud aud long the good womtm thought his reason had departed. Then he explained to her how his employer had indeed failed, and he himself wa.s undoubtedly out of a situation at present. But that he and his employ¬ er's son were connected iu some invention which they were struggling to get patent¬ ed ; that they were contesting the point with a wealthier man, and had been like to lail for want of funds.
"But we shall pull through nov.-, and our fortune is secured," said the young man. "As for your offer of aid. Aunt Biatchford—hero give me the bond. It shall help me out of perplexity, though it isn't needed to save me from disgrace, and you shall have it again with compound in¬ terest in six weeks. Only I shall always be in your debt for so mueh love and kind¬ ness and Christian charity.
Then he kissed her wrinkled hand with tho grace ofa knight of old, and went away.
But whon widow Biatchford and Delia Bligh next met, was there not a private jubilee 1
Cberryv,'Ood eyes began to get open, and the Cherrywood gourd of seanihil to droop in its highest branches, about that time; and when Reuben Gilson cime back from a mouth's sudden absence, there were plen¬ ty to welcome him as a "worthy young man, very smart, and an inventor of real genius."
Straight to the widow Blatchford's went Reuben, and to her with gratitude and love he rendered up Delia's government bond, with marvelous interest.
'•The land of man !" cried the dear o'd woman, "but I can't take more than it was to begin with. She'd never fjrgive me— there, what a blundering old creature I am."
"She'!" cries Reuben, his dark eyes aglow.
It is my belief that Widow Blatchford's blunder was not unconscious, but surely the error or the purpose were alike forgivable. With laughter and tears she let him win from her the uame of hor whcse hand had been ready to pluck him f'rom shame aud dishonesty, and if ho went from her pres¬ ence to that of Delia Bligh, who will wish to look with curious eyes on the interview that followed 1
".\tid they're to be married at Christ¬ mas," said our good hostess in extreme de¬ light, as she told us the news next day.— '•Tliey'U live at Grafton. Reuben s.ays his wife is too good to stay where folks blacken a iiian's name fur nothiug, and think the-ai- sclvcs smart for doing it. Delia was near not forgiving me for ttdling ou her, but then, au old woman like me is blundering sometimes.
'So then it is all right," we .said, "and all the talk iiccomplishcd no harm. That's good "
Then and there our good hostess turned with impressive uplifted finger, directed at our caroloss lips, and utter.-id this homily ;
'How ! Nor harm, do you s;iy 1 Don't you call it something that those children were parted for most two yeaas, just by talk '! That fhey suffered and had hard feelings ofeach other, and lost out oftheir lives two years that they might havo been happy in 't That Delia's heart was noar broken by tliinking him a thief, and Reu¬ ben's namo was stained among his own towupfolks'!' All over, you say. Well, but the scars are there, 'i'he jiain needn't have been endured'!¦ Yes. but it was folt Life won't look exactly tho same vo those children if they had never lost faith iu each other, aud Reuben '11 never have the charity that was his before ho learned how ready people are to take away a man's chariicter wantonly.
"Slander turns out a lio, and folks think no harm done. Words are cheap and folks are careless of them. Bnt if thoy know Vfhat words are, they'd feel their lips scorched with hot coals whenever they use the insinuating speech, or the uncharilable remark, or meanest of all tho nasty little 'thoy say' that carries a blight with it 'Tis never meaner than when it has a han¬ dle of unexplained truth, and takes up appoarancvs that ain't understood, and twists thom crooked.
"No, child ; spokeu words don't die; you can't eall them back as you call the cows home at night. Hearts ache fur 'cm .1.nd souls go astray by their moans. And it is ray bslief no more solemn reckoning is laid up against mortals than for the mis¬ chief of their careless tongues." Wl.eii any of our readers feci like tolling a story commencing "they say." we hope they will remember this.
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Reception of the Convert.
rrr.iii till- •¦(¦iitholic Stanilard" of Julv f2th, Ooo. D. Wi.lIT, (lute Heforoiett minister,), Kditor and Maua^er.
On last Sunday morning, July tith. Rev. I']dward O. Forney, a graduate of Franklin JIarsball College, and also of the Theological Seminary of the (German) Re¬ iormed church, and, until a short time previous, mini.itor of the Reformed Cou- grogatiou at Norristown, Pa., was received into the loving arms of our holy Mother, the church. Mr. Forney, theologically, had belonged to the so-called Mercersburg school of thought, and was trained up intol- loctually and theolosically under the in¬ fluence of Dr.'s J. W. .Nevin, Harbaugh, Gerhart, Iligbee, and Thomas G. Apple; and by these Protestant Theological Doc¬ tors, the first seeds of Catholic truth—so far as our knowledge extends—wore im¬ planted in his mind. He was regarded by the members of tho sect, which be has abandoned, as a young man of moro than ordinary ability and promise. He was confessedly the most talented and eloquent Protestant preacher in Norristown. The congregation in which he preached was ono which required the highest order of intel¬ lectual ability to satisfy the demands of its members—his three previous predecessors, whose ministry covered a period of twenty years (more or less), having been gentle¬ men of much more than ordinary talent and culture.
His iuimediate predcecsiior was the liev. Dr. Dans, now of Baltimore, who previous¬ ly was elected to the professorship of Greek and Exegctical Theology ofthe Seminary of the Reformed church—a position 'ivhich he declined accepting. Tho minister pre¬ ceding Dr. Gant was Rev. P. S. Davis, now in Chambersburg, Pa., a beautiful writer and eloquent speaker ; and preceding him was J. S. pjrmentrout, Esq., now a convert fo the Catholie church, whose scholarly ac¬ quirements and intellectual gifts, combined with rare modesty, are known to many in this Diocese.
Itis not saying too much f'or Mr. Forney that he filled the pulpit formerly occupied by these gentlemen, with entire satisfaction to the members of the congregation. A few months ago he was elected Secretary of the Classis (a term equivalent to "Con¬ ference," as used by the Methodists), of which he was a member ; and about ten days ago he was elected by the Alumni of Franklin-Marshal College to deliver the Alumni oration at their annual meeting— an honor usually conferred on the older graduates of the College.
Mr. Forney has had the subjects in¬ volved in fhe conflict between Catholicity and Protestantism under consideration for several years, but only lately received the gift of divine faith. When he became conscious ofa clear and definite conviction, ho at once gave up his congregation, and left Norristown with a view to freeing himself from tho distractions fo which he would neeossarily have been there subject, aud visited Churchviile, Berks county. Pa., for fhe purpose of making a retreat in thiit secluded and quiet spot, under tho di¬ rection of the Venor.able Father Agustin Bally, S. J.
After the conclusion of his retreat, on Sunday morning last, Mr. Forney made his abjuration of Protestantism, and his solemn profession of the true faith. He waa baptised (sub-conditione) by Father Bally, S. J., as.sisted by Rev. John P. -M. Schleuter, S. J., of the Church of the Blessed Sacraiueitf. Churchviile, and Rev. Daniel J. M'Derniott, of St. Johns, Phila¬ delphia. Thore were present, besides a number of the members of the Church of tlie Blessed Sacrament, Prof. C. H. Budd, M. D., and George Bering Wolff, personal friends of Mr. Forney ; the latter of whom was his sponsor.
We heartily congratulate Mr. Forney that his doubts and struggles for light in regard to the truo faith are happily ended; and that, in the great and abounding mercy of God, hs has been led forward, unfil he haa found certainty and peace in the guidance and loving embrace of our Holy Mother, the Chureh. To the mem¬ bers of his late congregation, who esteemed him so highly for his consistency, his earn¬ estness and his piety, and who accepted as true his forcible expositions of principles, which find their legitimate, practical con¬ clusion only in the bosom of Catholicity, his aefiou—involving, as it tloes, the sun¬ dering of the most tender ties, the sacrifice of valued friendships, of a high elerieal position, of reputation, of bright worldly prospects and of othor considerations, whieh wo aro not at liberty eveu to refer to—ought to speak most loudly. It calls them, with a divine voice, louder thau human words could, to follow him into the bosom ofthe church, whoso divine institu¬ tion, unity, perpetuity and autharity he has often set forth in his sermons. His friends, too, in tho Protestant ministry, of the same theological school with himself, who hold, intellectually, the same ideas, which, under God, led him forward, may well lay his action to heart; and a.sk them¬ selves whether God is not speaking to them throngh him, and calling upon them to "go and do likewise." Mauy of them, wo are sure, see the rottenness of the Protestant platform ou which they stand. Many of them preaeh truths that can only find their practical fulfillment in the Cath¬ olic churoh. .\nd yet thoir posilion as Protestant mlulster.-', and their action in ascending Protestant pulpits, gives the direct lie (pardon the harsh wordj to what they preach respecting tho divine charac¬ ter and perpetuity oftho Chureh, ifs apos- tolicity, its divine authority, and the di¬ vine efficacy and power of ifs Sacraments They have no ftiith in Protestantism. They cannot. For they know that it haa lio corfiliide itijd can ftiriii.sh none to its adherent.;. And there can be no faith in what is in its own ntituro uncertain, and which loads its followers only into uncer¬ tainty. They know this, and yf*t in every action fhey perform as Protestant minis¬ ters; nay, every moment that they allow their fellow-mon to regard them as minis¬ ters, they rroelaim in deeds, whioh speak loudtir than words, their confidence in a system, whioh, in their hearts, many of them doubt and others entirely disbelieve. How they ean continue in this selfcontra- dictory course ; how they can introdtica members by their counterfeit form of the holy Saorament of Confirmation into a re¬ ligious .«ystem, of whose truth they them¬ selves have doubts, and which, with more or less clearnes.?, some of them are convinc¬ ed, is false, schismatic ic.,d heretictil; how they cap. jirofbssadly disdiarge fhe func¬ tions of a ministry, which some of them are not satisfied is Apostolical, tind whicj^ others ])ositively know to hi .,.''1, Aposto¬ lical ; how fhry Can go through tho cere¬ mony of Protestant imitation and travesty oftho Holy Communion, is moii-vi than we can understand. Yve recall this last word. We can under.=fand it; and vet we ron-
not. For we .acknowledge, with shame and confusion, that we wore once guilty of the same inconsistency and .self contra¬ diction. May God have mercy on us and them, and bring them, as we trust He has ns, to true contrition and penitence; and may He bring them—as we know and re¬ joice He has brought us—to the light and peaco, whicii only can be ibund by sub¬ mission to the true Church ; the Church founded on the Rock; the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church, which anchored on Peter, has continued, fornine- teen centuries, unmoved and immovable, unchanged tind unchangeable, amid tho conflicts of human pa.ssion3, the changes of human institutions, the origin and rise, the downfall and entire passing away of nations, peoples, dynasties and kingdoms ; and which amid the rago of Ilell and the enmity of the world, continually renews ils youth, and increases in vigor and in strength. Let not our Protestant friends, whom we still love, and upon whom we look with a longing, yearning heart, though the ties bf association and friendship, that once bound us closely together, are broken, think that we speak unfeelingly, because wo speak plaioly. Let them not think that wc arc inscisible to the painful strug¬ gle through which they must pass or the sacrifices they mnst make, iu fullowing the loadings of divine truth. Wc know thom. For we have passed through them. But though the immediate experience be bitter as gall, in the end it will bo unmistakably sweet. They will recover a hundred fold more than they give up. This is not our poor word, but that of our Divine Lord : "Amen, I say to you, there is no man who hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children or lands, for My sake and for the Gospel, who shall not receive a hundred times as much, now in this timo * * * * ^yif]j persecu¬ tions; and iu the world to come life ever¬ lasting." "Blessed shall you bo when men .«hall hate you and when they shall separate you. and cast out your name as evil for the Sou of Man's sake. Be glad in that day, and rejoice: For, behold, great is yuur reward in heaven."
To some it may seem strange that per¬ sons, intellectually gifted, learned, in many respects self-denying and pious, possessing many admir.ible virtues, should remain in so self-contradictory a position as that which we have describeti. It may seem strange that they should hold and pro¬ claim truths, which, under divine grace, led others forward inti) the true Church, and yot thoy themselves remain without. The answer is plain; there is nothing strange about it. Faitli is t\xa gift of GoA. Intollectualconvictions. logical conclusions human knowledge and learning do not constitute faith. They amount to nothing without divine grace. Men, of just and sound ideas intellectually, may serve—as do we often think, our non-Catholic quon¬ dam teachers, and still friends, we trust, of the Mercersburg and Lancaster school— as guide posts, ever pointing out the "road to Rome," but never moving forward one step themselves; not able to move forward for they have not the divine help by whioh alone they can move towards the right road iind walk therein. "Without me," our Saviour says, "ye can do nothing." .Vnd without Him, and His grace, our Jlereersburg and Lancaster friends may be (as they have beon) used instrumentally and against their own wills to prepare others, and fo a certain extent, to direct them onward into the enjoyment of bless¬ ings, in which they themselves shall not participate. May God give them grace and light and strength, that they may fol¬ low those, whom, according to all human probability, it might have been supposed, they would precede, into tho loving em¬ brace of our Holy Mother, the Church, and may he thus enable them to share tho certitude, the peaco, the blessedness, in whieb, under God, through their iusfru- menfality, unintentional though it may have been, others, far their inferiors in every respect, now rejoice.
Life In Vienna.
There is dot in the whole city of Vien¬ na a place to obtain strong, intoxicating liquors, in whieh any ono of the visitors to Barnum's, Levell's or Geekie's could bo coaxed to enter. It can bo only bo found here, in any of its varietiea, in what we would eall low "rum mills," frequented by hack drivers, who are, in fact, the only class of people in Germany who have come down to the Amcriaan level of making betists of themselves. They are the only drunkards in this immense city, and, in fact, the only men who show in their coun¬ tenances any evidence that their beverage is other than cold water. We have somo Germans at home who we regarded as swollen up and bloated with lager beer, but we are rather inclined to suspect them of producing this result hy mixing whisky with their beer. The women here drink neatly as much beer as the mon, and more healthy aud finely developed specimens of feminine humanity cannot be found any¬ where thau are to be met in the restaurants of an evening, with their parents, husbands, brothers or lovers; partaking of tlieir eve¬ ning repast, washed down with one or two goblets of the national beverage, which most of them were reared upon and wean¬ ed >Yith from the cradle.
An American gentleman who-had sev¬ eral times visited Vienna, and traveled ex¬ tensively in Europe, remarked fo me to¬ day that he was satisfied there was no peo¬ ple living who understood how to enjoy lifo so well as the A'^ienuoise. That hus¬ bands, wives and children all moved about together, and enjoyed themselves in com¬ pany. There are no anxious wives wait¬ ing for the coming home of husbands from carnival gatherings, nnd no occasion for '•Caudle lectures" among the family men of Vienna If nothing more could be al¬ leged against them than their mode of eat¬ ing aud the quantity of beer they drink, they would be a very exemplary people. This mode of outdoor life certainly has the merit of relieving tho wife from tbat great¬ est of all vpxatioi^s of the present day, the uiaiiagcnt of the cook and culinary depart¬ ment. The old axiom, "As to-morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes to- diiy," is the favorite sentimei^t of the peo¬ ple, and nntler the conviction that "a fresh mind kuflpH the body fresh," fhey have adopted as their practico and rule "totake in the idea of to-day, and drain oft'those of yesterday," By the enjoyment of life themselves thoy bt<ld to the idea thattbey are oontiibuting to the enjoyment of ofh- ors. As to their Christian duties and tho observance of Sabbath, no man has a right fo judge them. They attend church on Sunday inorniiig, dofi'tlieir hats and cross themselves before each of the numerous shrines erected along the thoroughfares as thoy pass, and spend the afternoon and eycnings on Sur\day iu listening to music and cugaging in social converse in the gardens, or attending »ho theaters or the opcr.1 — Ci.rrefpondent Baltimore Awer.
Scraps from State Exchanges.
Warren has the Park fever. Altoona is infested with mad canines. Harrisburg wants a fire alarm telegraph. A town hall  in  Indian,i is what they want.
There are .5,000 miners in the Lehigh region.
Mad dogs are making it lively in Berks county.
Scranton is full of Democratic a.<)piranta for offiec.
A cercus is blooming after nightfall in Reading.
Tidiouto enjoys herself by tub races on the river.
Reading is moving towards a paid fire department.
A cemetery is the latest improvement8 at Emlonton.
Cricket has bowled out base ball in the Oil Regions.
liocal option, they say, is driving trade from Warren.
Tho new railroad shops at Connellsville arc under way.
Six new school houses were built in Washington county last year.
The Venango County Agricultural So¬ ciety isin a flourishing condition.
A new lodge of Odd Fellows was insti¬ tuted at York on Friday evening last.
Hugh Kane, of Indiana, was suffi^cated with foul air in a well last Wednesday.
There is no public convenience that Mercer needs more than a good town hall.
And now the "Indian relics" found ia Forest county prove to have belonged to a mule.
Pump up a little of two dollar oil is the wa}' Titusville creditors approach their debtors.
The County Home of Washington coun¬ ty contains 115 paupers—CO males and 55 females.
George J. High, Recorder uf Lancaster county, has been sued for charging exces¬ sive fees.
Tyroncrs aro proud of their new Syls- by, which threw a stream 237 feet on the day of trial.
The stock has been subscribed and Clear¬ field is to have an incabut—in the shape of gas irorka.
Major Finch associate editor of the Ti¬ tusville Herald, is down with hemorrhage ofthe brain.
The Turner well, near Edenburg, is doing sixty-nine barrels a day, by actual measurement.
The new Odd Follows Hall at Tyrone was dedicated on" Thursday, with appro¬ priate ceremonies.
Altoona has eight building and loan as¬ sociations, whose aggregate weekly loans amount to $12,000.
A lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has been established at Hooks- town, Beaver county.
Edward Levenride, 17 years old, took his last bath in the "Stony Creek," at Johnstown, last Sunday.
A number of saloon keepers in Altoona have been held to an.swer for infractions of the Local Option law.
A number of visitors from the cities are spending the 'heated term" at different localities iu Lebauon county.
The blaek wgU, on the Jordon tract, near Turkey City, is pumping and flowing one hundred and forty barrels
Hon. Simon Cameron has been sojourn¬ ing in Somerset for several days past. His family are at Bedford Springs.
An Irishtowu, Lancaster county, swim¬ mer, recently made two miles in an hour, and wants any one to beat that.
A Johnstown cow comes up to the mark wtth twenty quarts of the "lacteal" daily, and Johnstowners say "Beat that."
There are 198 tribes of Red Men in Pennsylvania and 17,796 members. Their receipts last year were §148,046.67.
It is said that four firms in Sharon pay tbe Erie & Pittsburg railroad three hund¬ red thonsand dollars annually for freights.
The Butler Citizen wants the Postmas¬ ter's salary increased, because the business ef the office there has doubled within the past year.
Prof. W. H. Day, editor of Our Nation¬ al Progress, delivered the oration Thnrsday at the Franklin, Venango county Emanci¬ pation Jubilee.
The territory occupied by coke burters in Westmoreland county is tive miles wide and fifteen long. The number of ovena aggregate 3,550.
A geutleman well informed in the iron business, estimates the amount of pig met¬ al in Sharpsville and Sharon, to be worth oue milliou dollai'S.
Nine huudred aud seventy-one gross tons of blooms for steel rails were manu¬ factured at the Cambria Steel Works du¬ ring the week ending July 12th.
Alexander M. Carroll Patch, of Hous- tonville, Washington,^ Pa., has secured the cadetsbip from the Twenty-fourth District, be being the successful competitor in a class of sixteen.
Ten entries have been made by aiabi- tious adventurers who have recently been practicing the science of navigating a tub, for the tub race which will be paddled at Tidioute, Friday.
Recently several persons in Frankstown, Blair county, wore teasing an intoxicated mau named Henry Yon, when the latter struck a man named Kelly on the head, severely injuring him.
A hen belonging to a farmer in the vi¬ cinity of Saltsburg, Indiana connty, re¬ cently made a nest near the top of a maple tree, at least twenty-five feet from the ground, and brought out a brood of chicks.
On Tuesday while several boys were hunting berries in tho woods near the Ly¬ coming counly poor honse, they discovered the lifeless body of a young man hanging to the limb of a tree. From a deep cut in the abdomen it is supposed he was mur¬ dered.
David W^ilson, a soldier of the war ol 1812, and brother of Wm. Wilson, cashiei of the Fayette County National Bank, in Uniontown, died at his residence in Mif¬ flintown, Juniata county, on Tuesday rooming, the 15fh inst.. in the 85th year of his age.