The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-10-22

On one side ss n De wss pulling half 81
teeth out OF his head-ihsn he savageiy fam
med in siIoss on me oilicf, asifhs was knock
ing The rsst Of his grinders down his shrost-a
after three quailsrs Of an hour, The Nm hand
which had bsen doing msnfal service 10 th
lower subofbs bessaso faA, sad sent for
reimbursement, ~asssspsn he sight hand
afier hitting the upper chord o. 9 sharp, ,
furious dig 10 keep L quiet ia the interval
scampsrsd 70 the rescue, only stopping b.
the way to besiow upon the middle c coup
10 Of punches by way Of rsminder--ihen The
player with both hands, holh feet, and biz
knees, went at the poor ins,rumsu, snd bella
bored him 90 anmsrcifullS ia The lower pipe,
that be lost his wind and cried, enough in
a roar OF agony.
This was the prelude.
Then the singing commenced; the opsfa
folks stood up 10 earn their money; they sang
as IL the muscle rcaie bad been creased on
this occasion, and tt,sy were climbing Tor a
pig on the top Of il; they would 60 up mole
OF two aad then slip back--sach one wen,
one notch higher than the one before him,
bat fell back before he reached the prize,
and his voice subsided into dscontented
growl low down in his ribs. At iasi, after
five trials, each one Of which ended In al at.
tempted squeak, one female, with a mouth
like haichwsy loosened her bonnet strings,
made desperate scream, and went 80 high
thai she finally got firm hold Of the olesg-
inous reward Of merit, and bots Il off in TIL
umph; then they al stopped.
This was The singing
Then The muscular man came out of The
bowels with the prespiralion dropping from
his coat ia,ls; as he hadn't another sui, han
dy, he sat down ia The dsaughtto dry.
This was ihe finale.
Here the minister read q number of gratis
advertisements for concerts and twenty-five
cent pic MICS; then there was another single
handed combat between the orgsnist and his
old enemy, and some more gfeassd-pig vo.
calizaiion by the thousand dollar choir, after
which the "s,ar" preacher began 10 perform
in earnest; he read a iexi and stack to the
subject for fifteen minu,es, giving his hear.
efs "f,s" about their short comings when
the plate is passed then he gave glowing
description Of the joys Of Paradise, aud by
his eloquent words had got US 30 far into the
spirit land that we could sImos, hear the de-.
parted epifits blow ttsis noses, when suddeH-
ly he cut shoh his nigh flown pieiy, and be-
gan to talk politics and general news. He
spoke Of the state OF the stock markets, gave
notice OF the new patent ballot. box, a re-.
view Of the encouraging prospects of Frs-
mont, the value OF Sharps's rifles, and The
retail price Of Schiedam Schnapps.
Then he gave with great guslo delightful
account of some imaginary pleasant iranssc.
tons in Kaasas, wherein couple Of men
were roasted alive in burning log cabin,
while their wives were compelled blythe a.
miable border ruffisns to supsrin,end the
cookery. Then he made some very good
jokes, at which the people laughed; then
said something about The "Union," which
they appIauded. ! should have supposed N.Y.
sell in a ratification meeting if the men had
not ell their hats Of, and there hadn't bsen
SO many women that their bonnsls looked
like cherry orchard. Soon be pu, 10 word
about Buchaneers'' and "BIack Republi.
cans !" thought then I was in political
meeting, sure, and expected every minute 10
hear No-5's boys come down with three
times three and 'iigern for aBuck and
Breck." After this be grew more frantic a.
bout sbleedlng Ksnsas,n and talked 80 earn.
ssily abont Sharpe's rifles tha, | ooucludst
he had an esency and gotta percentage OF
all he sold; be didn't make any remark,
about Schnspps, and didn't sse any botles
though suppose there must have been q
sample handy. He bad now got his minis
tenal steam almost 10 an exploding point, and
raced 'ound his little platform ss Il he We,
crazy, and wanted TO go, at somsbody. ne
mixed up things -chisnan love and pis,y
Fremon! republican principles; gunpowdsi
% q moral agent, and medicaied gin As {
means Of grace, nigssrs, siavsswhips, ehsriy
btothsrly affection, underground railroad
disunion, flowers, little children, voting, bal
lot. boxes, polls, White House President
and Knew Noihings, ending up with loud
exhortasion fot free speech, free soil and Pre-
mont whh a strong hint that be wanled them
to.contiibute pretty literally when the deacon
came round with the plates, as the money
was nssded to eirculsts republican docu,
msnts in Pensylvanis and New Jersey.
This was The preaching. ~
Then ie took two mIautes resi-, and made
| q prayer eontaining summary sf he poIili
cal nsws fer ths ~ssk; ihsn he put on b,
overcoat and disappeared through the trap
door.
The organisi pla,s The peopIs out with
grand msscb, 10 which trumpet solo We
very scohspicuous, and added fsw dancing
tones BY wsy Of Keeping Sunday school chill
dfsn qniei.
iwsns home trying to mentally digest sh'
Pofhiso1sIisions hash | bad ilslspsd 10, snl
ehdsasorsd q dscfds wksshsr there vAa ID
mdch peihi61 fof 5hsPisit ,1f fso Rills pist!
| fot he rolIiies. Cans 20 ths eonelusion; IA
In ministef wsnss 10 msts i 5usinsss Q
slecl,ousafius h ought 70 stump ihs Slai
for biz fasoriis 6sndidaiss, and chafgs hi
espsnses IL the csnissi is0nmilfee.
/ Thon9htfully, !. Il