The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-02
4 Singing-SehOOl Broken Up.
HErcHABosSucK, (L. I.,) Apr

h6fCHAbONNUCAp lyJ hpfh D. lS0V. Sir-on one occasion, some years since, an i'm genious historian in your periodical described, with good deal of mInuteness, and some personal e1ag- geraton, the treatment which received at Tinne- cum on Long Island. in my endeavor to open, by preparatory lectur' singing school ia that vi- lsgs; treatment instigated entirely by Mir. Wetherby, Pretended singer, but in the art of true psalmody an ignorant Tamus, as he himself showed that night. Since l went away from Tinnecum, I have been taughting large classes in my native 1 state of New Hampshire, and also in Maine and Connecticut. The hutchinsons had their first rudi- msuts of me, and they now keep as good time, and sing in complete tune, as can myself, after ! whom their style is modelated. But want to say to yoa, and l want you to print in your columns, the treatment which have received in the town of Heichabonnuck.
 1t does seem to me that Long Island is one of the onmannerdest localities the face of the globed 1 airth. The way ia which have been used here believe was preconcerted before hand purpose IL does look like it. certain; and shouldn't wonder Il old Mir. Wethsrby up to Tinneeum had hand iu it. They say he's livin' yet and that hos as bear with sore head, and never laughs except when somebody talks to him about my being druv away from Tinnecum. He must have hesrd that was stayin' at Jericho, and that l was comn' to Babylon and Hetchabonnuck, cAlIailn' to Iectur' and form classes.
 | opened at my first lec,ur' here to moren sev- eniy five individuals such people, of good char acter, girls and boys 1t in the long room of good big bui.din', over pothecarys shop and hat store There was cracks in the flood below, and could hear em come in and ask for medicine and when was -6xin my programmys and tickets was disturbed considerabul by a-laughiu' down in the store. We'll, my second iectur' night come, aud I had fifty pupils. They had just done bestn time, "Upward beat, downward beat, hither beat thither beat, and had done it frst-rate; and they was all standin' up the floor to try lesson in tune. 1 was staudu' up before 'em, with my hand raised, and had jest said ''SeoHRd!" q was proud 1 to 'em, il was such promisn' class,) when see some of em begin to put their han kerchers to their faces and stop their mouths, and some 'eH ag'in was holdn' down their heads and snickerin' and them at the foot of the row begun to move of ''What in the creation," says |, Is the mat But just at that minute l smelt l think the most s'archin' N the awfuest smell that ever see in my life IL dreadful!
 Sir, a little ways from where we was all standin was a window. which h'is.ed; but il a dam psh sour day, and of the girls had pretty thir froeks on 'em, SO had to shet il do wn g'in con siderabui quick. We then moved 10 another eenC of the room; the class formed. and though there was some caughin' at first, got 'em arrang d good and had jest said "Seound"' sgin, when righ under my feet, standin' up at the head of my class there came up agn that dreadful-smeilin smell | It was the most ex-screwshiating flavor that eyeI my nose went into: and this time lhe pupils coudn' stand it.
 Now was mad. was determineu, II chokeI in doin' of 1t. to find ont what it was. peekeo down through eete crack in the il or, and there see feller standin' two chairs, laaghin' ready to bust with great big bladder, and pipe stuck into it, a-squeezia on it together like belIowses and the eend offhe pipe run through ieetle hole just where I'd been stundin.
 h was the n,eanest, nastiess way of breaking uF a singin' -school that ever and We had some experience in such things, when was younger man, and could stand it better. He'd been ana gone and got two bladJers and filled 'em runnin over with Suifrated Hdgergen G0sh, and he was squeeziu' it up into my school room! None 0 them peupils E been 10 my school since-not on' on 'em; and I've got to pay my board for two week. longer here, any how, cause l greed 10, in writn' and every time go out doors see O my peu p,ls laughin and putin their hands to their nose in tho most provokn' kind O way; and I've got [, st-y here two weeks aud beaf il. Did you ove hear of anything mean in your born days hope you will print this for the sake of justice, the cause of humanity, and also the art of music 1 Your obedient servant, PETER CRAM | P.S.-I've been told that it is a of old MT Wetherby, to Tinnecum, that keeps the 'pathecary shop. l hat lets the thing out O the bag to-
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