The Salvation Army.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 38, 8 September 1887, Page 2

The Salvation Army.

'• MANIACS " — BLASPHEMERS — OBSTRUCTIONISTS—A CONVERT. ■■■■■te

Al the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night a letter was received from Mr Burob, but the tone of the letter was considered too disrespectful to merit a diecueeion, Ths .otter was as follows" Kindly consider the advisability of framing a by-law to prevent the gang of maniaoa calling themselves the lalvation Army, from marching up and down our streets, and blockading the foot* pathe which I have paid for, to the exten k h»t foot-passengers have to leave and go on to the road to get by. I would wish you to consider that our houses are made of wood and that they would soon ignite with a spark (tom these torches, as they march along the footpaths’, not speaking of the inducement given to young girls and boys to meet at their so-called barracks, ” Distasteful as the Army street-parading principles are to those who prefer modaration in religion as in other things, the conduct of some of those who take pleasure in mocking .hem is shocking to the feelings of oonsclenclous people, On Tuesday night several men behaved in a disgraceful way near the Salva* don " Barrack ’’ headquarters. The way in which they made use of sacred names was lisgusting to listen to. At the B.M. Court yesterday a man named McConville was charged with being drank, md with obstructing the Gladstone Road lootpath. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, while intoxicated, penis.

tsntly refused to '* move on ” when requeued so to do by the police. For being drank a fine of five shillings was imposed, or 24 loom imprisonment. A similar penalty was in* dieted ior obstructing the tootpath. A Gisborne resident was brought into prominence at the annual meeting of the Salvation Army at Melbourne latently. Said Staff Sergeant Spratt:—“ At Gisborne, one >t the last stations opened, several remark, ible cases had occurred. In one ease a man who had formerly been a Crown Prosecutor n one oi the principa! towns, but who had tunk very low through the effects of drink, so hat he slept in the streets at nigbt, had been brought rounfi, and had recovered the larger tortion of his practice.” The Hastings Star's editor is evidently not in admirer of the local Salvation Army, lays he: -"The Army have just added a :ornet to their regiment from which proceeds most abominable music almost bordering on a ireach of the peace, The artiste who blows he instrument is quite a rara avie in their midst, as he seems to labor under a weakness n the puff, and tho blow fieri, blow low ilasts that issue from that tium iet of his, remind one of the old gentleman in Barna* immortal poem, who Screwed bis lipes and made th<m skirl Till roof and rafters a’ did dirl.” One th ng we have to thank the Harmy ot Gisborne for is that they have not yet introUJed a band. Long may they contino without it.