Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-25
THE CHURCH FAIR.

Now amt that strange Thought had told
everybody about it, to be sure Ls well twill
be news to You them You know Nora Thorn
dale, Judge ThOrndal's darter. She ca me over
to our house and said congregation were goin'
to have fair i'm the village meetin' house, f..
.. Do tell, sur 1. "Who's goin' to preach?"
oh ssys she, mighty smilin,' Eve aint
goIn to have Preaehin'; a few young persons Of
the congregation, who seem to take q deeper
interest in the ehurch's welfare than the mem
btrJ themselves, desire 10 purchase q few in
dispenssble articles for the meetin' house, and
We thought II all Of the church would pre-
sent US pies, and meats, and such things we
would sppoint night to sell them In the ysstry
Of ,he church, and take the proceeds to buy the
necessary things. The plan 10 well received,
especially by the young You know the money
is To be spent for charitable purposes, and on
that account everything given us will sell for
double its value"
Well, I wouldn't have believed that there
was 80 much wisdom left in the world as to have
cODjursd up that" suxI
lis even so, said Nora. "And what will
You givel You live on a farm and farmers
produce lots of things that would be aocepta-
Bile"
well, will give two roast turkeys and six
chickens suz /, thinking that would be as
much as anybody could expect those hard times
= Um, we'll, what else1 'Tis for the church
you give, you know Church members should
not be less anxious for their interests than the
world"
You see was church member and she
wasn't.
well, I'll give you jar Of peach Jam, ,; SUI I.
" That will help along some. A few bushels
OfapPles or sroast pig would be acceptable
She was 50 ravenous | began to be sorryI'd
offered her anything. HowsOmever, L thought
Id 60 the whole hog or none, so promised the
pig and apples.
''Of course you will give Us cheese and cakes
snd milk, and cream, and then think you will
have done your part at giving. BY the way,
we are tO have historian tableaux and Mrs
Amos Bruce wanted should ask you to take
the part Of the witch Of EndOr All YOU will
have TO do will be to dress to represent the lady
and stand perfectly still behind curtain, and
people will pay something to see you?''
Well, Use old and ignorant, and didn't
know what / was about, 90 [ consented
Il sent them the pig and turkeys, and chick
ems and apples, and the rest Of the things
wanted, up to the meetin' house the day before
the fair
The next day husband tackled up his old
horse and ehase to carry me to the fair. Our
old chaiss, somehow or other don't look very
we'll. There's hole in the top and sides and
sOme Of the spOkes of the wheels are gone The
wheels squeak powerfully, too. Well we hadn't
butJust got into town. when il seemed as if all
the boys out of Jail come hOlIerin' and hOotin'
sfter Us as If they were possessed.
Hurra for the witch of Endorl Her chariot
apprOaeheth, Make way for her majesty" they
kept squallin at the top of their hangs
Do ask them unsig ghtly critters to be civil
suz | TO husband. my patience gone entirely
q. At that he clambered ont Of the chaise, and
after um, lick-erty split, tight as he could leg
it, And, oh, massy sake, he dropped the reins
On the ground, and the old horse took notion to
20, and he went. You see be knew the way to
the church, and he put chase for it. Husband
he came hOlerin whoa, whoa Just as / was
riden up to the msetin' house The meetin,
hnuz vardxV full ,fE EalE 49,
as if they hadn't any respectsbility in um
got out Of the ehaise and made my way through
the crowd, and when they wOuldn make room
L elbowed them right smsrty. I'm desput thin
Ol aesh, and my elbows awful sharp, and when
i hit Um they gave back as ii they IL been stuek
with dagger.
Paid twenty five cents to go into the church.
The table inside did look beautiful. Nora, she
explained the ixings to me. There we're trap
boxes that contained = hundred things worth
one cent, and one thing worth ten, and they
paid five cents to grab, and il you grabbed
right yon would get twice your moneys worth
Then thOre was n ring cake. Twas divided
INTO fifteen slices, and one slice contained a
ring worth fifty cents; 81 he that got the right
slice, got ring. And there were guess cakes
and ever 50 many kinds Of such things, too
numerous 20 mention.
Wall; they dressed me up to represent the
witch Of EndOr. / never was very handsome
aud they rugged me up at such q rate that L
must have looked awful / stood behind a cur
tain, and people paid a ninepenee to come in
aud see me. Some went of mad; children gen
orally scared Some went off laugh as If they
would split. L evidently produced n powerful
Impression on all thst saw me. People at last
began 10 come to see me faster than they could
be accommodated. l could hear um talking
around the tables about the witch of Endors
pig, and turkeys, and cake. began 10 feel
dreadfully as though was making fool Of
myself
- stood there feelin' desputly, and had Just
made up 4 face to cry over my unfortaL ate con-
dition when all of a sudden down came the cur
tain; and there stood right out sfore um ALI
They sOt up such hurrain' "a never heard
before or since. i elbowed my way through
I'm like wild-fre; made for the getting out
place, and started for home.
Wal, L went home with all my witch of
EndOr riggin on. When husband came 10 the
door to let me in, he was so frightened that he
set The dog on me. The dog came towards me,
grOwled and run as If he q break his neck; and
haven II seen him from that day to this al
last convinced husband that was his beloved
wife When | explained it all to him the way
be grOwled was n caution.
Wal they raised three hundred dollars at
that abominable fair. With il they bought an
ornamental chandelier and a silk pulpit cush-
Ion, and hired carpenters to make gingerbread
work all over the meetin' house.
I'm Just Mrs. Deacon Wares opinion about
church fairs, L am-that they are Just the
wiekedest swindles that orthodoxy ever toler-
ated. She says that the older church members
think | was desputly imposed upon at the fair;
aud declare, / don't believe but what was -
HAvs CHRISTIANS RIGHr TO Shout The
Rev u. W Henry, a Methodist divine, of
oneida. New York, has Published book en-
ntled Shouting in all ages Of the Church {"
Mr.. Henry, unlike the Quakers, does not see
much virtue in silence, and believes that the
spirit is often manifested outwardly in shout
ing, in various noises, in falling, and in such
Ike ways. He says: The question to be de-
terInined is, whether shouting and other pecu-
harexercises are allowable or not, and whether
under certain circumstances, they are not posi-
tive duties We maintain the aft rmative Of
both these questions, not, however, without
Qualification IS to time and circumstances. In
illustration Of his subject he travels through
various Prominent events Of Bible history, and
Tue rks of ssley. Evans, Edwards, Abbott,
Cartwright. Finley, &c., assuming that where
there Is real victory there is right to shout,
but not otherwise. He insists upon his liking