The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-04
FIOm the Detroit Advertiser.
DOESIlCkS
Goes to Church i'll New York.
HI-NQREQ AM ONE AERAW STREEI

SEVENTY HUNDRED AND ONE MARROW STREET.
Having seen the operas with detcstation,
the theatres with appreciation, George Christy
with exclamation, and No. Dey street, with
utilization; having visited Castle Garden, the
Model Artists and the American Museum, in
fact knowing something of almost all the other
places of amusement i'll the city, l resolved to
complete and crown my knowledge by going
to church, and hope may receive due credit
for my pursuit OF amusement under difficulties.
| made known my heroic determination to
new found friends, and they instantly resolved
to bear me company Bull Doggc, by way of
variety, and Damphool from force of habit
(Bull Dogge seldom goes to church, and DAM
phool always does.)
Sunday morning came, and tie aforesaid in
dividuals presented themselves - b. ID. looked
pugnacious and pugilistic, and Damphool per-
tectly marvellous--in fact, majestic as this lat
ter-named parsonage had ever appeared his
coat tails were now SO wonderfully short, his
collar so enviably large, and so independently
upright, and his hat SO unusually and magnti-
Gently lofty-that he certainly looked i bigger
Damphool than ever before.
Passing up Broadway through a crowd of
people of all sorts, sizes, cOlOrs, and complex
ions cOuntrymen, running ever every third
man they met New orfers threading their
way through apparently ungct-througha
crowds without rufiling their tempcrs or their
shirt-collars by tie way have discovered
that no enc but Il genuine Newly or!.cr, born
and bred, can cross Broadway upon dianitivd
walk) Fircmen in red shirts and their coats
over their arms : news-boys, with very scan-
ty allowance of shirt, and 10 coats at all =
Dutch cmigrants, with dirty faces, nasty brcc-
chcs, and long loppy-looking pipes: Irish en-
iyrantS, with dirticr faces listcr hrcechcS, aid
short, stubbier pipes: spruce looking tarkcs
and wenchcs ar:aycd in rainbow-colorcd Ea-
bil!mcnts We at last reached the door Of the
church. Everything looked SO Graudiy ginger
bready, that hcsitated about going IN. lit
tie boy in the corner, Earciooted. with letter
in the poSt-osficc)told us to $50 ill.,, and called
us lemons" Did not perceive the force of
his genealogical remark, but went in never
thelcss. Man in a white cravat showed us to
pew floor covered with damask. with little
stools to kneel down upon - Bull Dogce says
so the faithful will not dirty their pantaIoons.
Pretty soon c--Organ-somctmcs grand
and solemn, but generally fast and lively enough
for contra-lance. (B. ID. said the player got
big salary to show off the organ, and draw Il
big hOusc) He commenced to play Old Hun
dred, (DamphoOl suggests Ancient Century,
AT first majestic, as it should be, but soon his
left hand began to get unruy among the bass
notes, then his right cut up few monkey
shines in the treble; left threw a large assert
ment of quavcrs, right led off with grand
flourish and few dozen variations left strug
gled maniuIly to keep up, but soon gave out,
dead beat, and after that went back to first
principles, and hammered away religiously at
Old Hundred in spite of the antics of its fellow;
right struck up march, marched into quick
step, quickencd iutO a gallop left still kept at
O!d Hundred right put in all sorts Of iantas
tic extras, to entice the left from its sense Of
propriety; the left still unmoved; right put in
a few bars Of popular waltz; left waivers a
little; right strikes up favorite polka; left
evidently yielding right dashes into jig;
loft fairly dosorto ito oolorr, and COOS ovor
to the enemy, and both commence an animated
hornpipe, leaving poor Old Hundred to take
care of itself. At length, with a crash, a
squeak, a rush. roar a rumble, and an e2pir-
ing grOan, the overture concluded and service
began.
First a prayer, theni.a response prayer
response by the priest and people alternately,
like the layers of bread and butter and ham
and mustard in sandwich then a little sing,
then little preach then more petitions and
more responses. Damphool read the entire
service, minister's cues included, and sung all
the hymns. l noticed that DIR. Bull Doge gave
all the responses with a great deal of energy
and vigor. He said he always liked to come
to this kind of church, because when they
jawed religion at him, he could jaw back.
Kept as cool as could but could not help
looking round now and then to see the show.
Elderly lady on my right, very devout, gilt
edged prayer-book, gold-covered fan feathers
in her bonnet, rings on her fingers, and for all
l know, " bells on her toes" Anticipated gen.
tleman in same slip, well preserved but some
what wrinkled, smells of Wall street, gold spec
tacles, gold-headed cane, put three cents in the
plate. Fashionable little girl on the left--two
founces on her pantalettes, and diamond ring
over her glove.
Young American looking boy, four years
old, patent leather boots, standing collar, gloves
and cane, and cigar case in his pocket. Fop-
pish young man with adolescent moustache.
pumps, legs la spermaceti candles, shirt in
front embroidered a Ia 10 race horse, cravat