Denied by Father Dennison

New York, 1895

The Brooklyn Times of Monday printed a statement that it said was uttered by Rev. Father Dennison of St. Monica's church in his Sunday morning sermon. Father Dennison assures THE FARMER that he did not use the language attributed to him, or anything like it.

There was to have been an illustrated lecture in the Reformed chapel on Monday evening, 21st., by the Rev. T. Calvin McClelland, Ph. D., subject, "The Frozen Cataract." The lecture did not take place, as it would have interfered with the Union religious services. Nevertheless, the Brooklyn Times of Tuesday, 22d, contained a "full report" of the Rev. McClelland's remarks, which were never delivered, and some praise of the illustrations, which were not shown. The reporter may have been on a bat, and seen some other things that looked like frozen cataracts — in a glass.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 1, 1895, p. 1.