A CONVENIENT APPLICATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3657, 31 December 1879, Page 4

A CONVENIENT APPLICATION.

♦ The conversion of tho Jews in Poland is igoing on very satisfactorily as latest dates. It always does. Near Posen, a Jew named Lsvy ■waa nearly s'arred to death, on account of tht* prejudice existing in the village ngainet his xeligion,- so, yirlding to tho miseries of leansess and tho cravings of his stomach, he abjured" "Yom Kippur," "Rosh Hoshono," Tuccoth," and " Lai Succoth Town Tikomwiuj" went to confession to a priest, was "batized Ignatius Pius and became a devoute attendant at Muss. Business prospered, and, as they sat on the Comstock, he struck a bis levad, waxed fat and prospered. But on Friday there was nn unmistakable smell of beefsteak issuing from h<B domicile, and tho -villagers rushed en mnxte to the Padre, aghast with tho ne«s. HU reverence ran down, ■peechlcs with horror, and found Mr Ignatius' Pius Levy walking into the affectiors of a larg.» tenderloin at a healthy, fivo mile gait. "Js it pos-oble," he cr'ed, "that you, who Bre so iii ivro a convert, .-o devout, a Catholic, ore eating meat <•» Friday ?*' "No," replied Mr 1 rvy slotilly, without interrupting his meal, "it ci vainly is not poseible. I wouldn't do it for nil the money in the world." " Are you crazy, that you lie ■o infamou.-ly before my ores?" shrieked the Padre. •'Certainly not," reforfci the .Tew, as he swallowed tho last mouthful, wiped his mouth, and lay back in his chair. "I am not eating meat! My name w?s Levy, the Jew, and you poured a little water on me and changed me to Ignatius Pius, the Christian, This used to be a beefsteak, but I sprinkled it with holy water befora I cooked it, and changed it into the finest salt codfish I evei ate." He was absolved.