The Trinity journal., 1856-11-29

instrument and bclabored him so unmerci-
fully in the lower pipes that he lost his wind
and cried enough, in roar Of agony.
This was Che prelude
Then the singing commenced the opera
folks stood up to earn their money they
sang as if the music scale had been creased
on the OCCASION and they were climbing for
a pig on the top of it they would go up
note or two and then slip back-cach one
went one notch higher than the one bofofe
him, but fell back before he reached the
prize, and his voice subsidized into discon-
tented grow low down in the ribs. 4 { last.
after five trials, each one Of which ended in
an attenuated squeak, one female with
mouth like a hatchway, IooSened her bonnet
strings, made desperate scream and went
so high that she finally got firm hold of
the olcaginouS reward Of merit, ana lore it
on in triumph then they all stopped.
This was the singing.
Then the muscular man came out of the
bowels with the perspiraton dripping from
his coat tails as he hadn't another suit han
dy, he sat down in the draught to dry.
This was the finale.
Here the minister read number of graf
is advertisements for concerts and twenty
five cent pcnicS then there was another sin
gic-handed combat between the organiSt and
his Old enemy and some more greascd-plg
yocalization by the thouSand-doIIar choir,
after which the star preacher began 10
perform in earnest he read text and stuck
to the subject for fifteen minutes giving his
hearers fits about their shortcomings when
the plate is passed then he gave glowing
description of the joys Of Paradise, and by
his eloquent words got us so far into the
spirit land that we could almost hear the de
| parted spirits blow their noses when sud
, denly he cut short his high-fown pety, and
, began to talk politics and general news Ho
5 spoke OF the state Of Stock-markcts gave
notice of Il new patent ballot-boX a review
of the encouraging prospects of Fremont,
the value of Sharp'S rifles, and the retail
/ price Of Scheidam SchnappS
Then he gave with great guSto delight
ful account of some SanEunary pleasant
transactions in Kansas, wherein II couple OF
men were roasted alive in burning log cab
in, while their wives were compelled by the
amabic border runians to Superintcud their
cookery. Then he made some vcN good
jokes, at which the people laughed then ho
said something about the Uuion' which
they applaudcd. | should have supposed my
self in u ratification meeting if the men
hadn't all their hats off, and there hadn't
been so many women that their hats looked
like cherry orchard Soon he put in
word about Buccaneers and Black Re
q publicous > | thought then was in p6t-
icaI meeting, sure, ard expected every min
ute to hear No 5's boys come down with
& three times three and II tiger for Buck
and Brnck' After this he grew more ffanf
, tic about bleeding Kansas and talked so
earnestly about SharpcS rifles that | CON
- cuded he had an agency aud got a per cent
age on all he sold he didn't make any re-
marks abot Schnopps aud didn't zee any
bottles, though | suppose there must have
been q sample handy He had now got his
ministerial steam almost up to exploding
point, and raced round his little platform an
if he was crazy, and wanted to get at some
+ body. He mixed up things Christian love
and piety Fremont Republican principles ;
gunpowder as a moral agent, and medicated
- gin as II means of grace, niggers, sayes
whips, charity, brotherly affection, under
T. ground railroad, dlsunion, flowers, little chill
+ drcn, voting, balIot-boXcS polls, White
f House, President and Know Nothing. end
g ing up with loud eXhortation for free soil,
\ free speech and Fremont, with strong hint
+ that be wanted them 20 contribute pretty
r literally when the deacon came round with
u the plates, rs the money was needed to cir
culatc Republican documents in PennSyly1-
! MIA aud New Jersey
This was the preaching
, Then he took two minutes rest, aud
5 made prayer containing summary Of the
, political news Of the week then he put on
his oycrcoat and disappeared through the
( tran door
t The organst played the people out with
c grand march, in which trumpet solo was
j., very conspicuous, and added few dancing
y tones by way Of keeping Sunday school chill!
{ drcn quiet
t went home trying TO mentally digest the
I politicoreIigious hash had listened 70, nr,,
endcayored to decide whether there was too
much politics for the piety or too little pie.
I ty for the politics Came to the conclusion
/ that if a minister wants to make business
=, Of elcctioneering he ought to stump the
{ State for his fayorite candidates, and charge
c his expenses to the central committee.
c Though ltfully,
G q X. PHuANDER DoEsuCKs, Z. 3.
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