Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-10
BUYING AN ORGAN hen IN.

had voted IN gene raj town NICE TIM. tina,
they would no longer have u. bank and
bank currency but that each and every tub
should stand on Its own Bottom, they turn,
ed their attention 10 the election OF min
lister To othciaic In tn. church that IN ~
had long since erected. Ia this the orlho
DIX succeeded, and Mr.. Pork was duly
Installed pastor Of The congregation OF
- 'a',lebum, ard er oDie'o reader Of the
siHging. There was great rejoicing " hen
the worihysminis,er was ordained The
people gathered in from nearly all the
country. They sent down The bay for
fresh oysters and they had plenty OF ham
and cabbage for dinner, and wound up
with the great deicucics OF pumpkin pies
aud cider; besides, apples, oranges and
,ntiy were circulated among the children,
and every thing that was good brought
out and set before the people. Il was said
that the ball in the evening Of this joyful
day cost The round sun Of ten dollars
Others denied that, aud said il cos, but
five. There were some susp,cions tina,
there was an upper crust and unier cyust
on the occasion. Ii may 10 So, but as
faithful! chroniclers we do not dare 10 re-.
cord i, as fact.
One great cause for this rejoicing will
be found in the annals OF Qua,llebnm,
which duly set forth that there had been,
previous to The OF dination Of tho new min :.
lister, many conflicting opinions about va
rlous matters, even among the orthodox,
who had aided in killing the bank and It's
party; some had been in favor OF building
a southern wing on the church, for the &C
commodation of those who had blacks,
while others thought it would give SO great
a from, to the wind, that the church would
not stand II. Others thought that the oc-
c,pan's Of this wing would be so far Of
they could not near the mlnisler--espec.
tally as his voice was not very strong
We suspect they did no, care much aboul
the preaching if they could only sell the
pews. and so The southern wing party be.
Ing in he majority, q the minister of the
southern wing, the anli-wingers knock
,d-"der, and come in.
nus harmony caused a great rejoicing
on the day that the minister was oruu,u-I
1t is true that among this fun and frolic
there was some right bad humor. There
we're iarnal sight Of folks that wanted 10
help the minister preach, some wanted To
write his sermons, some 10 give out tie
Psalms, and even The place of sunday
school teachers, and sections were yery
eagerly eous IA, t"r. They could so roely
wal, until the ball was over, before thew
were Jumping over en-, h other 10 get to
the min lister.
This was kept up for several Sundays,
much 10 the amusement of lh1se who did
not like The minister. The deacons ad
been elected, and were 10 be found sup>
porting the minister very regularly, al
, though some OF them appeared 10 be un-
) easy about something or other; yet The
, men 10 siye Out the Psalms, readers, war
: dens, sections, teachers. &c, had not near
5 all been elected All, how ever, went on
: very we'll considering, excep, the singing
but the singing could not keep time any
more than II drove Of pigs. Some SUMO
one tune anu snuo --''o', 10 dreadful
, p" HE one was singing "Old Hun
dred, another would beat ogt " Near,
and so On 10 the end Of the chan.e, n
music except " Fruro," which none q,
them ever 'oa, he'd, The only harmony
10 be found ia the whole musi. v,s. u,ou
all wound W with an anthem 10 the min.
l''er; until he began 70 disc charge the old
wardens and sections then some or ,h,c,
would not sing the anthem at all.
No wonder The poor mi..isler GOT tired
oI This way of doing. pretty quick. file
compl ined about il, while the old ClL.
VINO had been in Qraitlebum ever s,nce
The con gregation, vas little one. and Tho
meeting tousc was not more thar. half
org as II Is now, could not help LAUGHING
rgh' out IN meeting, TO see such cutting
Up though they did feel sorry to see the
way the good old house was used.
The deacons finally got lose and
having decided that there must be Soma.
hing done 10 improve the singing. CON.
cIudt d that the best way would be TO buv
an organ, stick il up in the church and
make II play all the time just such tuoe q :
'hey wanted and make all the singers
sing after II or not sing atall,
The only difficulty was TO get The right
KIND OF an organ. They did H., care
a61ut the price, for the whole Town of