Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-01

sal use When business called a public officer
to Boston, his wife, mounted behind her low
ing spouse would sometimes accompany him;
and, after doing her shopping, return with the
horse and her purchases. What prudence and
what scheming were necessary,-the purse
and the mode of transit having both to be kept
in view. And what would a modern crinoln'
ed lady say to such ''march to Boston" and
back with her representative?
SINGING in the sanctuary received due atten-
ton. In 1890 only six tuaes were known in
the province-Oxford, Litchfeld, York, Wind
sor, ST. David's, and Martyrs Not sinner
can now be found poorly furnished. In
! IVA the Bay Psalm Book was published,
which had thirty-seven tunes in it, and all
common metre but those tunes had TO do duty
for all metres, whether long, Hallellujah
or short particular. "Solemn" questions
acould present themselves. Ought one person to
do all the singing, the congregation joining in
spirit, in prdyer7 We know its negative an
swer. Would st. Paul allow women to sing
in public? They said, in practice, yes. We
suspect the "womens'" views were heard more
uiSbihSliS thdIl tlle dpOSteS. Dul Will you al
low carnal men and pagans or Christians only
to sing in public? This must have been de.
cded in favor of the pagans, as that denomina-
ton has always been found in our choirs, and
often filling the Office of director
Finally, shall we sing the tunes invented
| The innovations won. The "tunes invented
have been sung ever since, and many living
saints never heard of any other The first
singing school was in 1867 or 1868. In 1880,
the singers had permission to occupy the
'front seat in the gallery" A little contro-
versy sprang up, as in Worcester, between the
choir and the deacon. The choir would
not wait for him to do the "deaconing,"
--"drowning his voice when he attempted it."
Many very properly left the meeting house in
disgust They were for the cold ways" The
change was startling, like sermon on nation.
al righteousness now in some pulpits, and mer
in the town was in 1909.
The forefathers of Strawberry Hill (Leices-
teri found Sambo in their wood pile How
did they view him? As man, and, if SO,
with rights they felt bound to respect; or, as
an inferior race, the status of which was I'M
settled They shall answer for themselves.
l charge you, said one brother to another, in
Conveying one of these ebony chattels that all
IDEAL kindly by and with the poor boy that
they hold themselves engaged to bring him
up in the fear of God, knowing that he has a
precious soul as ,oeH as ue." "They worked
| - A. A.
field and at the same table, and the masters
children grew up with feelings towards them
of almost fraterna regard" In the instruc-
tons of the town to their representative in
| May l773, we find these noble words Gas
we have the highest regard for $50 even as to
revere the name ot) liberty, we cannot hold
but with the greatest adherence any of our
fellow creatures in state of slavery. There
fore we strictly enjoin you to use your utmost
influence that stop may be put to the slave
trade by the inhabitants of this province" A
certain "Black, mot unce) Tom" lived here
an exemplary Christian life. One Sunday he
was found at work on an OK yoke. When
told the day, he threw down his tools, exclam-
ing, after little reflection, "WeI, massa
Lord knows l didn't mean to cheat him. and
l won't I'll keep tomorrow for Sunday in |
stead" And he did.
The very first shot OF the revolutionary war
at Concord is supposed to have been fired by
Major Pitcairn, on that memorable 10Th of
April-"heard," as Emerson says, Ground the
world" AT Bunker Hill, Major Pitcairn was
shot down. The man who fired that shot was
named Peter Salem. He was a slave upon Ell.
tering the army, and lived many years in
Leicester after the close Of the war We have
very pleasant description Ut was always
treat for the younger members of the family
to gather round Peter" and the Pickering
blaze lighting up his black face, 10 listen TO his
stories of the war and what he had seen,
",Chen he ,cas out ocih MaSsa Niron." He was
especially at home by the firesides of those
who had been in "the service" and with whom
he had shared the perils of war which thus
far has been productive of little good to his
race. We are sorry to see almost an apology
for the extended and deserved notice he re-
ceives. What higher office has history than
to vindicate, in its loftiest tones, those in hum
bic life who have been, undeservedly, the vic
tins Of poverty, prejudice, and injustice?