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342 LI ~ EXrertence may be a \ dear teacher,” said a clergyman as the contribu- tion box was returned to him empty, ** but the members of this particular flock who have experienced religion have accomplished it at a very triflin cost, The choir will sing the seventy-ninth hymn, omitting the first, thir and fourth verses, in order to save unnecessary wear on the organ."—£ x, WHY? WE understand that the son of the Reverend Dr. Burchard objects to hav- ing the popular histrionic donkey of the Casino addressed by the name of his revered father. This sentence is slightly equivocal ; but our intentions were good. Now, of course, we like to sce a son jealous of the paternal name. But it seems to us that the son of the Reverend Dr. Burchard is just a shade un- reasonable in his recent remonstrance against Mr. Digby Bell's lightsome familiarity with the ass of the Casino. Of course when Mr, Bell calls his histrionic colleague ‘* Burchard,” and when the audience, on hearing this appellation, incontinently goes into fits of reverberant hilarity, it is fair to assume that the popular mind traces a similarity between Mr. Burchard and the ass—the simple domestic ass of commerce. But why should this fact rile the crystal spirit of the Reverend Dr. Bur- chard’s son? What is there in the simple, gleeful comparison of his revered father with an ass that should wound his pride of lineage ? What has the Reverend Dr. Burchard’s son against the ass? The ass is an excellent and praiseworthy animal. The ass minds his own business. The ass never meddles in politics. The ass keeps his re- ligion to himself. The ass does not speak ill of his neighbors. The ass is notan admirer of Mr. Blaine. The ass has never been known to ex- press admiration for ‘ smart” and unscrupulous politicians. The ass does not make public profession of sanctity, _The ass does not try to arouse sectarian animosity. The ass is of a retiring disposition. The ass has no inclination to put himself unduly forward. ‘The ass is not alliterative. Many worse things than this might be said of a man. much more unpleasant than the name of ass. What, for instance, might not loyal and temperate citizens of the Catho- lic faith'say of a Protestant clergyman who would denounce their religion as the ally of Drunkenness and Secession? Would not ‘‘ass” be a term of flattery beside the designation they would naturally apply to a man so narrow, bitter and uncharitable? Why then should the Reverend Dr. Burchard’s son object to the com- parison instituted by Mr. Bell? Let him take a lesson from the patient resignation which the ass exhibits under the circumstances. —Pucks YOUR PARLOR | prepared with Gold Paper and g inch Border for $20.00. Without Gold, $12.00. 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