News comes to os from Vienna “ that the first of the great religious ceremonies, the traditional washing of the feet of old people, has just been celebrated in the Burg.” Religious ceremony, indeed ! Why, surely this is nothing more nor less than a form of feet-ish worship. “Don’t waste your time in clipping off the branches,” said the woodman to his son, “ but lay your axe at the root of the tree.” And the young man went out and laid his axe at the root of the tree, like a good and dutiful boy, and then went fishing. Truly, there is nothing so beautiful as filial obedience. A good old man up in Epping, N.H., went to a prayer meeting the other night and unwittingly fell asleep. He was called upon to,'offer prayer, and, being dutifully punched by his better half, bellowed out, " Gol, darn it, Betsey, kindle it yourself/’
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Western Star, Issue 857, 5 July 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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