Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1887 — That Wretched Drink. [ARTICLE]

That Wretched Drink.

Rev. Ernest. Wiii' -rlorc-', Bishop of Newcastle, is an eloquent and persistent advocate Of total abstinence. Now and then, from a sense of duty, he arrays himself in well-worn clothes and goes a out incognito among the poor and criminal classes on tours of observation. On one such occasion he was riding in a third-class railway carriage of which the only other occupant was a pitman. The latter, viewing the Bishop’s clerical but “seedy” garment, remarked, "Pse war’nt ye’re a poor curate, noo, travel in’ ’i’ the likes o’ huz?” “I once was, my friend,” remarked the Bishop, “but ” “Oh, aye, I see!” cried the other, in all good faith, “that wretched drink! Aye, aye! Too bad!” The incident—without naming the Bishop—has since formed the topic of a cartoon in Punch.—New York Tribune.