The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . epartee. 251 apt to resent any attempt at insult. An interesting illus-tration of this is given in a story current early in the presentcentury among the older people. It was that upon a cer-tain occasion, shortly after Weiser had left the Kloster toaccept the commission offered him by Governor Thomas,he was riding over the old Bergstrasse towards DowningsMill, and when near the Reading road he met the Reformedpastor of the Cocalico (Bethania) congregation riding upona horse, Weise
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . epartee. 251 apt to resent any attempt at insult. An interesting illus-tration of this is given in a story current early in the presentcentury among the older people. It was that upon a cer-tain occasion, shortly after Weiser had left the Kloster toaccept the commission offered him by Governor Thomas,he was riding over the old Bergstrasse towards DowningsMill, and when near the Reading road he met the Reformedpastor of the Cocalico (Bethania) congregation riding upona horse, Weiser, thinking it a good opportunity to repaythe dominie for some previous insults, accosted him withthe greeting that he (the pastor) evidently thought himselfabove the Lord whom he professed to serve. The dominieasked for an explanation. Weisers answer was that wherean ass was good enough for the Saviour it should be goodenough for him. The quick-witted dominie replied, thathe knew perfectly well that that was true; but as the Gov-ernor had appointed all the asses as justices he was forcedto ride upon a TAIL-PIECE FROM KLOSTER FONT. CHAPTER
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