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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5360, 1 June 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

A Queer Cosscrii-i.— France has also her “ peculiar people." A young man. residing near Mans, ■ named Thurean, refuses to become * V bold- sojor. boy," as bis religion forbids him. He belongs to the •‘'tittle' Church,” which is guided by the New Testament.' The sect dispenses: with a clergyman, and: after marriage is consummated the bride and bridegroom appear before the Mayor to have their union registered. The young man's father fears that if a soldier his boy might cut down a customer. Balloted a conscript, Thureau refused to strip for medical- examination ou religious' grounds. The doctors did not insist, but certified he was sound for the service. Arrived at tho' • depot, hb declined to pnt on the uniform. Two sol- ‘ (tiers stripped him, left him alone in a room having a freezing point temperature and an open window... On returning, in the course of' an hour,, he was in full regimentals. Xoxt ho refused to handle a rifle. They placed it overhis plate, but ho declined to touch his I food. Then they tied it on bis back, where he left it. i Persevering not to shoulder arms, he has been seni tenced to- two years’ imprisonment and benefit of clergy. 1 1 Tuiutß is nothing like presence of iniml. A wellknown surgeon was performing a difficult operational, one of the London hospitals the other day, when the unfortunate pupil suddenly died. After a short 'in-' tervai,said the doctor to the assembled studients, “ I will now. show you, gentlemen,. how I should have completed the operation had the patient not succumbed." ■ - ■ ■ -