The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-14
given a voice of their own, and permiss

dain to employ such instruments in her
Harmonious cOSmogony In the place of
worship where it is my privil, ge to rent
few slIlingS, there are three Of those in.
frrior viOlinS called curateS. Their spir-
ltual and temporal master, the rector, is
understood to possess the gift Of pulpit
c'"qnence, and he himself indorses the
cnngr egationsl opinion il is impossible
for young woman TO hc uraRareof hcr
beauty, as for a divine not tn know thar
he is persuasive. If the f"rmcr can get a
plain female cou in to 60 about with her,
50 much the better; il the latter can pro-
cure curate, who has slight im[. .edi-
meut in his speech, his own orations de-
rive advantage. The delivery" of our
rector is held to BE- particularly beautiful :
If the three curateS, one has slight lisp !;
another has so weak voice that he can
! not be heard beyond the second pillar !;
and third doubtless from some con.
>citntionS motivc) refuses to aspirate his
! "hS.' We have had less dccrepit speci
mems, aud more satisfactory to the con-
grrgation at large, but, somehow or other,
they have always failed to satisfy their
, Snpc, ior. Some Of them have hccn good.
l""ki"g young Flows enough. with an
earnest air. and impressive manners, hut
The fact is that our rector VAS not anx.
iuG> to retain these SeraphineS /; he want
ed SECOND fiddIeS aud now he has got
them, (which nobody (;S the soTg Says)
can deny" who has ever listened to tn m.
TGry read prayers when he is advertise
t"PIcach; they are only allowed to deiv-
rr >'Imon al afternoon service. " hen few
except nursery maids are present and,
the br nchial tubes having before now
proved the channels Of clerical popularity,
they are forbidden to have inter sting
dis a>cs. An old pew opener, who is "a
molhcI'y sort of person, and has recon-.
utnded some decOction of her own to
the one with the weak voice, is the only
individual beside myself who takes any
interest in these young divints. As for
me, their very appearance strikes me as
infinite " more pathetic than our rector's
most elaborate periods. go to church
in thc afternoon by preference aud if
any drcoction would cure lisp, or fur.
nish q gentlemen with a sufficiencv Of as
pirates, | would procure it any expense
within my means.
Nature has put it out Of my power to
venture upon the periidiouS seas without
ti,e most irightlul results therefore can
say nothing Of my own knowledge about
the second tiddlts of her majr>ty's navy !;
| am told however that there Is partic-
ularlv large supply Of that instrument to
br found on boarl ship. Tn, sc are made.
too, upon n capital plan; they are rever
>ihl": upon one side, which is always
presented to an inferior, they represent
ii t ti'isIleS. Thus, the captain, exc, pit
ON the rare occasions when the admiral
COMES on board, sees nothing but second
tlddi,s; whereas the powder monkeys
sec nothing but first. A curious optical
illusion.
have also no personal experience OF
tow tbs mat'er is managed at the bar,
bat from the published reports Of law
eases, ! should imagine that tie second
Ii idle system is there to be witnessed in
peifvction. a" For the plaintiffs. Mr.. Glib,
=. C.: Me>srs. Sing>mall and Nocount
wrIe also retained on the same side. -
Mr.. Glib, We read. made powerful
APPEAL, which occupies column and a
half Of the newspaper. MIR. SngSInall
raGc a few observations. Mr.. Nocount
followed" The observations are not
printed, SO we do not know whittier Mr..
NncouHt went. This want Of public ac-
know icdgmcnt is to the excessively touch
ing. ! dare say, the two juniors knew a
great deal more about the plaintiff 5 case
than Mr.. Glib, q. &. | am quite sure
they gave it a great deal more con>idrra.
tlun. They talked OF it, walking arm
II d arm under the Wrelched little rortico
which runs round our Conrt> If Chan
crty; they discussed It on that neglected
lawn where aw kward squads Of 'hc Dew
uS OAn are for ever taking their sad
pleasure; and although they looked AT
thr matter from every possible point Of
view, and exhausted it, they never hint,d
/" one another, they never entertained in
th'lr own bo>omS, the drSlahility "f cut
that have my sympathy; and if | had a
rhanrcry raSe Tomorrow (Which | am
thankful to say, | have noO, would in
Struct my attorney to let SIngSmall have
his chance. There is nothing mean or
tawning about him; he is only possessed
by divine patience.
No eye. perhaps, that does not belong
20 member of the faculty has ever wit
nrSsed medical consultation between
family doctor and the expert that has
been called in at crisis; the profession
Is bound 10 secrecy; otherwise, very
pretty illustration OF our subject might,
should think, be borrowed from that
source. These gentlemen always take
lunch together, and both wine. glasses aie
made Use Of; but whether the thin violin
dlSrourSeS any thin music whether there
is consultation, in short, OF only di tactic
mon"l"gur, that is more than ! can say.
Nv own belief is, that No. makrs some
remark upon the quality of the liquor,
with which No. haStens to agree; that
at the expiration of what No. | considers
IL decent interval, he winkS. whereat the
other smiles with intelligent SuhServience;
then ont they come in proper order, and
with supernatural gravity, and the first
fiddle remarks" The case could not be
left in better hands than those IN which |
find it: every remedy known to science
has been employed, and the rest must be
left to Nature" The appearance of No.
Q ,lu,ing these observations is that of a
gentleman who is receiving knlghthood
from the blade Of his sovereign. Alto
gether, the second fiddle medical is the
least to be pitied of all that class Of in
strument.
Iprotest would far rather be one Of
the above than any of the same de>crip-
tion who belong, for instance, to the Par
liamentary Band at St. Stephens. You,
my ChaEtist friend, who demand not only
to elect representative, but to sit, per-
chance, in the Commons House yourself,