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upon a pair of crutches; and who thereupon confesseci, onbuing taxed with the imposition, tliat tlie Herr Pastor atIris church had given him 40 thalers to go as a cripple toTreves, and be " miraculously cured " immediately he wasbrought into connexion with the sacred garment. Or eisesome one who has a relation at an Apotheke's in a countrytown, will declare to you that the Lutheran clergymanof the village was wont, while out on las rounds, to dropin at the chemist's and ask them to oblige him with a glass;whereupon he would draw a bottle of some strong water froma secret pocket and toss off a portion of it, saying, that it wouldnever do for one of his cloth to be seen entering a " Weimvirth-schaft " (common tavern).

Nor are these the tales of mere ignorant gossips, but storiesrepeated by the educated teachers at the prineipal schools ; sothat when such intolerance prevails, even among the Lehrers,the German children inay be said to learn fanaticism with theirvery aiphabet; and though tlie people, in after life, cannotopenly persecute, still it is impossible to prevent them secretlyslandering the members of any opposite church to their own.

Moreover, while we are on the subject of clerical scandal wemay mention that one, who knew the priests well, declared tous, that it was by no means unusual in the German countryvillages to see the gown of the Herr Pastor's cook hanging ona nail beside the ghostly (geistlich) gentleman's coat behindthe door. Now, we would not for a moment unjustly doubtthe chastity of these worthies; but, as unprejudiced individuals,we must confess, that there certainly does appear to be somereason for the report which insinuates that their Catholic reve-rences are frequently inclined to live on very intimate termswith their housekeepers: for the bishops have ordained that nopastor shall have a maidservant living with him under fifty