A Sacrilegious Swindler.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 September 1910, Page 4

A Sacrilegious Swindler.

The Berlin correspondent of the Chnstilan Would says tHmt'tfliose who come in contact with the Austrian people outside the large ronkes oil , population, find tint there exist (tooths of ignorance, superstition and intolerance, to parallel which we must go back to the Dark Acres He supplies two or three instances, ' urn 1 ,' 10 ' 1 tnG is a specimen : - Jhoro is a town called Hossnmi, in the province of Mora.via, ami lor some time past a well-dressed man j*as been going to and fro there and in the neighbouring villages, reiyosenting himself as St. Peter, and taking orders 'for places in Heaven ' Acording to this individual, rfcllvo world , would come into contact with the comet some time between May 18 and May 2~), with the result that a catastrophe would happen, which would be the end of all things. J here would be in consequence" , a tremendous crush to get into heaven, and unless you were provided with a pass, which would be recognised by fit. Peter, the janitor of the celestial portals, you might have to stand for years outside thn-jlieav-wily gafes and take your dm nee. And while you were waiting the devil and all Ins angels would be hoverinp rtround seeking to snatch yon away.' This person did a roaring business, charging ten kromer, about Gs 8d -h>r a ticket. There could he no dou,bt a'bont the gond : faith of the man, for were not the tickets headed with a cross, and did not they bear the signature of the Saint '"Petrns ?"