Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1898 — Clergyman’s Experiment. [ARTICLE]

Clergyman’s Experiment.

A loadable attempt on the part of a Nottln ; Hill clergyman to practically ifflustr te to the working class portion of his the combined benefits *>o& religid i and a tankard of beer has, we regret! to hear, proved unsuccessful. The B |v. Prebendary Denison started, for th< ;soclal pleasure of his congregation,' f [Cltnc Whefe the reverend gen*’ tlemat lor his curate went, after dispenein : theological pabulunf In the ehurcL land served the members with beer ai I other, corporeal refreshments. ‘ifhe, Id! i jyias : ip keep them away from ppjbjlc and to afford them honpst with a reasonable amount of ttpp 5. >• (By the rules no man could jd\Wtth Mquor more than three tftnes t : tfie eourse of a night. But the? ‘clergy ij an-Was unaware of the degree" Jf ppt o original sin at least of bibulous Ingenuity among the rougher classes of -Notring.* Hill. They evaded the rule by duhjbing together their twopences and treating each other, so that in the .fourse jf the evening a member was , ab}«* to obtain half a dozen, or even more, idrinks, 'lnstead of three. The result was sometimes unpleasant, and the Prebendary has .therefore reluctittttly determined to give up the experi-ment.-y London Telegraph.' i : 5