Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — Nothing New. [ARTICLE]

Nothing New.

James Payn tells of a monk who, having to preach upon St James' Day, and being Implored not to be so long-winded as usual, good-naturedly consented. He mounted the pulpit and thus addressed the congregation: “My brethren, three "mouths ago I preached a eulogy upon the saint whose festival you this day celebrate. As I doubt not you were all very attentive to me, and as I have not learned that he has done anything in the meantime, I have nofhlßg to add to what I said on the former occasion.” It has been decided by a Brooklyn church that playing cards isn’t wicked, and two-third* of the congregation have quit using them.