Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-10
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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 qulckstep,
quickened into gallop; left still kept
at Old Hundred right put in all sorts
of fantastic extras, to entice the LETT
from its sense of propriety lett still un-
moved right put in few bars OF
popular waltz left waVers little right
strikes up iavorite polka, left evidently
yielding dashes into jig left now
fairly deserts its colors and goes over to
the enemy, and both commence an AMI
mated hornpipe, leaving poor Old Hun
dred to take care of itself At length,
with crash, squeak, rush, roar,
rumble, and an expiring groan, the
overture concluded and service began.
First prayer, then response pray,
er-response by the priest and people
alternately, like the layers of bread and
butter, and ham and mustard in sand
wich then little sing, then a little
preach, then more petitions and more re-
sponses. Damphool read the entire ser
vice, Ministers cues included, and sung
all the hymns. l noticed that Bull Dogge
gave all the responses with great deal
of energy and vigor. He said he always
liked to come to this kind of Chuch, be-
cause 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 gill-edged prayer-booA.
gold.covered fan, feathers in her bonnet,
rings on her fingers, and, for all | know,
"bells on her thes." Antiquated gen.
tleman in same slip; well preserved, but
somewhat wrinkled smells of Wall.st.
gold spectacles, gold-headed cane put
three cents in the plate. Fashionable
little girl on the left; two founces on her
pantalettes, and diamond ring orer her
glove. Young-America-looking boy, four
years old ; patent-leather boots, standing
collar, gloves, cane, and cigar case in his
pocket Foppish young man, with ado
lescent moustache, pumps, legs a la
spermaceti candles, shirt-front embroi-
dered la 2.40 race horse, cravat la
Julien, vest a la pumpkin pie, hair la
soft soap, coat-tail la boot-jack, which,
when parted, discovered view of tho
Crystal Palace by gas-light on the rear
of his pantaloons, wristband la stove-
pipe, hat la wild Irishman, cane to cor
respond total effect la Shanghai
Artificial young lady, extreme cf fash
ion; can't properly describe her, but here
goes; whalebone, cotton, paint, and
whitewash; slippers la Ellsler, feet a
la japanese, dress a la Paris, shawl a la
eleven hundred collars, parasol la
mushroom, ringlets a la cork-screw,
arms a la broomstick, bonnet la Bow
ery-gal, (Bull Dogge says the boy with
buttons on him brought it in a teaspoon
fifteen minutes after she entered the
house, neck Ia scrag of mutton, bo-
som a la barebones, complexion a Ia
mother of pearl, (Damphool says she
bought it at Phalon's,) appearance
generally humbug. (Bull Dogge offers
to bet his hat she don't know a cabbage
from new cheese, and can't tell whether
a sirloin steak is beef, chicken, flesh
or fish.
AT length, with another variette upon
the ongan, and all the concentrated
praise and thanksgiving of the congre-
CATION sung by four people up stairs, the
service concluded. / thought, from the
manner of this last performance, each
member of the choir imagined the songs
of praise wovld never get to heaven if
he did not give a personal boost in the
shape of an extra yell.
Left the Church with confused idoa
that the only way to attain eternal bliss
is to 90 to Church every Sunday, and to
give literally to the Foreign Missionary
cause.
Bull Dogge tried to convince me, that
one-half the people present thought that
the Sixth avenue runs straight into heav-
en-, and that their through tickets are in
sured, their front soats reserved. and that
when they are obliged to leave this world,
they will find coach and four, and two
servants in livery, ready to take them
right through to the other side of Jordan.
Yours, reverentially,
OK PHILANDER DoEsTIcKs, P. b: