Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-26

other. Occasionally, 10 be sure, one Of your
officious blue flies, who, as everybody knows,
are amazingly particular about such matters,
would buzz into his mouth, or nirt into his ears
a passing admoniiion as TO the improprieiy of
sleeping in meeting, when the good old genie I
mnn would start, open his eyes very wide, and
look about with a resolate air, as much as to
say, 81 wasn't asleep, can tell you" and then |
setting himself in an edifying posture Of at
ieniion you might perceive his head gradually |
settling back, his mouth slowly opening wider
and wider, till the good man would go ofragain
soundly asleep, as il nothing had happened.
II was good orthodox custom Of old times
to take every part Of the domestic establish |
ment to meeting even down TO the faithful dog,
who, as he had supervised the labors of the
week, also came with due particularly to
supervise the worship Of Sunday. | think |
can see now the fitting out on a Sunday morn
ing--,he one wagon. or two, as the case might
be, tackled up with an "old gray or an "old
bay" with buffalo over The seat by way Of
cushion, and all the family in their Sunday
best, packed in for meeting while Master
Bose, Watch or Towser, stood prepared TO be
an ou,guard, and went mcekly troi,ing up hill
and down dale in the. rear. Arrived At meeting
the canine part Of the establishment generally
conducted themselves with great decorum, lay.
ing down aud going to sleep as deceniIy as any
body present, excepting when some of the
business loving blue bottles aforesaid would
make a soriie upon them, when your might
hear the snap Of their jaws as they vainly
/ s.,ob, 20 l.v hoid Of H. .a.nI... N.a -
s"ug"' 10 iay "o'' o' ne ohenoe, No" ana
"'"' V''"oe, s'"'e " '"e s'A''''e'' se,o"'"-
nes a'u e.s",'es y"u h''gn. "ea, some o'o pa
uih.ch giving h'hseIi rouS'ns SNAKE ana put
pau'ng sooery "p lhe ais'e' as II 10 see ihai
everything was gong on properly amer when
he would lie do"a and Compose himself TO
seep again ana certainly ihis was as lmprov'
ing way Of spending sunday as good Chfls-
tan dog could DESIRE
bui tue glory oil our meeting house was It's
singers seai-ihal Inc empyrean oi 'hose VINO
reJoiee 10 the di'lnc' mysterious art o' ia-sol-
ia-ing' VINO oy 'adis,ngaished grace and pri'il-
eee' could rise ana iaii the cauaiisucAi eighl
no'es' ana move serene 'hioueh me enchanted
region of mats, sharps, thirds, hiihs, and oc-
tases'
iheIe uey sal III 'he gahery ,hai hnea ih'ee
} sioes VI vac h"uso' "eo'e, counter "no1 a'o
oase' eacn WIN "s appropriate leaders ana sup
: pnners; mere were generaily seated Tue bloom
Of our young peop'e' spafAhns' modest, aud
b'ushing s'rls on one slhe' WIN Their ribbons
} ana hnery' making ,he Piace where they sal a
J oloomlng ana 'feiy as a mower garden an'
"a. 7. as ~, saa"s INC" on '',e "'"
! - Lii ~, 'es "'se''e "'u'e
> given and returned, and that there was not Of
. ten AZ much Of an approach to filtration as til,
o distance and the sobriety Of the place would ad
c nit. Certain il was, that there was no plac
d where our village coqueiics attracted half s.
& many eyes or lead asiray half so many hearts
. But have been talking Of singers all ihi
| time, and neglected to mention the Magnu
j., Apollo OF the whole concern, the redoubiabl
: chorister, who occupied the seat of honor il
= the midst Of the middle gallery, and exaci
+; opposite to the minister. Certain il is tha
S the good man, il he were alive, would neye
e believe it for no person ever more magni6e
II his Office, or had more thorough belief Of hi
II own greatness and supremacy ,han Zededia
d Morse. Methinks can sec him now as he ap
It Poared 10 my eyes on that first Sunday, whc
/ lie shot up from behind the gallery, as il b
= had been sent up by spring. lie was iii
y lie man, whose Grey-red hair, brushed straigl
IT up on the top of his head, had an appearance
Il as vigorous and lively as real fame and ihi
n added TO the ardor and determination Of all hi
ID notions, had obtained for him the surname {
e the Burning bush." He seemed possesse
Of with the very soul Of song and from the mt
ST nienl he began TO sing, looked alive all owe
ill It seenied to me that his whole body woul
l. follow his hair upwards, fairly rapt away b
at the power OF harmony. With what au q
Is did he sound the important la-so-la in the eaI
Of the waiting gallery, who stood with the
l. mouth open ready to seize their pitch, prepar
p tory to their general SET 10! How did his a
ct cendihg arm asionisb the zcphyrs when once !
ID laid himself out to the impurtant work Of bea
!, ing time How did his little head whisk fro
n, side to side as now he beat and roared towar,
n, the ladies on his right, and now To the gentl
ct men on his left II used to seem to my a
,r tonished vision as il his form grew taller, b
a = A a as.a