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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 17, 21 August 1885, Page 7

An ami-clerical congress has lately been holding its meetings at Born-*. Is object its to raise opposition to the Church and the clergy in all parts of the world. Among the foreign delegates Mr. Bradlaugh is said to ha* c represented England. The Congress of the Catholic Circles of French working-men was recently open »d at Paris under the presidency of ftl.de Mun. Among other distinguished foreigners present was Dr. Bagshawe, Bishop of Nottingham, well known for his warm sympathies with the working classes and the interest which he has long taken in the improvement of their social condition. Following is an exact copy of a composition in history by a little ten-yew-old girl attending one of the secondary schools of Lancaster, Pa. The thoughts, dates, punctuation and spelling all prove that the little lady is endowed with striking originality : "1. William Perm was born in Boston in 1607. His father was a soap and candle maker but William did not like that trade. Then the government owed his father a large som of money and when he died it was given all to William Perm. He was the first white man whu founded Pensylvania. He founded Pensylvania because His name was William Perm. William Perm joined the Quakers but his father did not like it. And he discovered America in the year 1492. 2. George Washington the first president of the United States born in Virgini i in the year. When George was a little boy he would never tell a lie. Because he thought it was not nice. It tia not nice nether. He studied all kinds of things to be a president. 3. Abraham Lincoln was born in Wales in 1599. His father was a wool-comber, but Abraham did not like that trade. One day Abraham was standing on the rail-road, and a man by the name of Gitue came behind him and shot bim. Then he got put in jail for it. But it was not nice of him because he shot him on the rail-road. 4. Roger Williams discovered America 1492."