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Show CHURCH 8ALOON8. Kntlaad I'tx...... K.t.tal Doing Thrltla llo.lar.a. Warwickshire, Hngland, posscsse the chief ot a class of anomalies of which up-tn-dale America ran exhibit no par. It la nothing more nor less than a minister of thn gospel who openly runs a public house. The established es-tablished church I far from being teetotal tee-total In It doctrines, a teetotallsm, even among the more rigorous of thn sects, ha never been popular In England Eng-land The public house ramo Into the possession ot the parish ot which Itev. Osbert Mondaunt, the gentleman In question, waa the rector, through the will ot an eccentric old miser, wlu, perhaps, as much in Irony aa good faith, left It to tho vestry In charge for the benefit of tho poor ot the parish. When this waa made public the reverend rever-end gentleman consulted several temperance tem-perance reformers, who, of course, advised ad-vised blm to sell Immediately, The majority of tho vestr), however were In favor of running the place on rqult-ablo rqult-ablo terms, and devoting the proceed to the purpose prescribed. Tbo result has been aiicriiuiful beyond expectation, expecta-tion, an appreciable Income being each )car derived for clothing, coal, etc. The principle nro as follow 1, The sale of puro beer. 2, No profit whatever to an Individual. Individ-ual. 3, No credit allowed. Blnco the success ot this place several sev-eral English minister have taken out license on tho name plan, and In each Instance nro reaping a harvest for their parish poor. |