The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-06-29

sun ria in all his glory at half pest four
clock, aud at ten, wleu the insetip begun
II was hot enough TO boil cggs IN shade.
\ long whilof afore tho second bell rung.
the meetin-house was crowded with peo-
plo. ram jam full All tho choir was there
aud the forriu musicianlrs Lasidea Wall,
abou. quarter after ten in oome the nin-
ister, and y plagucy geuteel, stiIf lo0kins
sort OF chap lie was ,ew. lie walked up
the broad aisle aud into the pulpit as though
he owned tho meetih-lious5 aud every.
body in il. Soon as he got there, he hem
mod aud hawed little, hlowctl his nose q
great deal, took up hyinn-hook, aud said.
Tho choir viii sing, IL they please, the
two hundred and thirty-third hymn, short
paEtieulai metre hymn two hundred thir-
ty-thrce. Then he road the HYMN In .
sort of silk and worsted Kind Of voice, as
soft as soaked saw dust. While he was
doing this picked out the tunes, and II
aud il took two OF them te slug that hyfnlI
with, new Itch YOU ! Picked out q long
metre tune for tho singers Then NO al
stood UP 10 sing, instrnhent IN front. Jest
oitvr wo begun, | whispered 10 Sal and
leke Joges, and says !, Put in all you
know, and you'd better believe they did 1t.
Well led OF the sitgin in double-quicl
time, so thatwe got through tho ftSt etags
"a afore the mGsicianers bad played halt
their tune lIoWsArnevet 'fliey kept on
playing while we stopped to breathe, and
then the congregation began to sucker, and
the ministers face looked like maninoth
specimen of blood beet, cqt IN HRlvcs.
.wqited patiently Ter the mqsie to stops and
Srter . while Il did. Then We was just
agoing to sing again, whon the italian chap
tue big fiddler, you know, walks up to me,
shakes his bow in my face, and says -
'You much diabolo, you--vat you CALI
spil6 dc meYsiSke. S'pose you do II again,
YER much sple Your head" ~ -,
"You will, hoyY" says / then guess III
spile yenrn in advance
Then Up kstW Without Any more. adew,
and planted il Under 'Mr. VinCgarsslcft ear.
Very directly, of course, he fell, and out
Sal being ii, the way, like tarnaI fool. he
struck smack agin her, and she fell too
Then Mr.. Sledgehainner, the German man,
lit me from behind an awful loundcr on
the back Of tho head zske Jones Him a.,
the same time and place. The rest ot th4
male singers rushed forward to put IN sor's
shar, tumbling over US as we all lay pros-i
trate on the Aoor, Snd Of cParse there was
very beautiful and general mlss Al
around the choir,
Then some ofIths gals sAng oEt Rurdsr,
some Oh EN- fre, Ard sso9Em,e on 'eiA halIelHfii
out 'calI the constablel" sailor chap Ia tho
gallery sung out "eall the watchG one Of
the deacons ran MP into the pulpit, and tho
minister, thinking hewas Gpmin' TO kill him,
SHE'D the big Bible at the deacon's head,
aud then Jumped ont Of the pulpit window.
In the meantime Sal pulled all the 'stasn.
crs off the Italians face. and takin' me for
the. German .yiolinist, slapped my ch0pe
most tremendously
Thon both Of the mqsicisneEs got up,
and zeke Jonee and Riokcd' sem 9At Of ths
Eeeiin' house. and the oSAgrsgatigR kicked
us out arter 'cm. Sal got her brsn pew
kaliker delaine tore AL 10 smash. -" "
The sexton shut up the meetin-house,
and there qint been no preaclin.," nor sar
pecially sihgip', Of any e2nsequence there
since; aud that aint IN, / don't tAjpk thai
there ever will be 'Ehe m,tss ip ont chdif
was the only great eyont TALKED pa fgE y
long tipe in them parts, tell ye. y"