Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-09

Dips into OId CNi2'O Life.
THE PLACE, THE PEOPLE, OC-
CURRENCES AND PASTIMES.
By NOSE HARRELL,
NUMBER V,

lS4S, took it into his head that the people of
Cairo needed instruction in vocal music, and
until he tried, he didn't know but he was the
very man to impart such Instructions.
He was good man for the early days of
almost any country, and such as would, Boone
like, keep beyond the advances of genuine
civilization.
Into the midst of his first meeting he stalked,
| the observed of all observers. He wore short
| the top of his coarse shoes, you may rest as
| sured there was no friction. His shirt collar
| was open scandalously wide, and around his
middles was tied a garment known as a
wammus.''
"Now," said he, in a nasal voice, " the
sing, to commence on, Windham page 81 Mis-
sonrl Harmony"
He was provided with two joints of a mon
ster cornstalk, which he used, perhaps, for the
| two-fold purpose of baton and killing cross
! dogs. Saving the air with this, he paced to
and fro, head back, singing Windham. How
he sang, it must remain a matter of memory.
Each note seemed to be choked through his
nose, then caught up in his mouth, and finally
smothered in his stomach. He rolled his eyes,
like a juggler watching his balls, the same as
if each note were ball which it was his pro.
vince to catch and swallow. He closed amidst
shouts of laughter which could not be stillcd
| by the very manifest evidences of his growing
| anger. The men rolled about upon their seats,
stamped with their feet, and seemed to be in a
perfect agony of merriment, while the few
women present were little behind in noisy
symptoms of enjoyment.
| Mr.. Windham finally seized his chapeau, put
his book in his bosom, and left Cairo, hugely
disgusted at the peoples want of appreciation
of the fine arts and so ended the first singing
school ever attempted in this Cody city.
A room in the second story of the old Nc
Kenzie, which stood near where the st. Charles
now stands, was provided with benches, and
called the Cairo Chapel. In this, about once
| every month, the Rev. Henry Richardson con-
Quoted divine services. With this exception,
we had no preaching in Cairo until about the
| year 1850.
While the few people here twenty years ago
professed to be good, aw-abiding men, there
was but one church member in town who
could, fttipgly, approach the throne Of grace
in prayer. This was old Jimmy Dagear, an
excellent old man, now gathered to his fathers.
A Sabbath School was started in the Cairo
chapel carly in lS4S, and was attended by
about twenty children. When Dagear was not
To oil yyitb q
prayers had to be omitted, for, unlike the con-
dition of society now, if we had but one chris
tian among us we had no hypocrites. We had
| no person, as now, base enough to bend his
| impious knee in supp lication of the Almighty.
and then devote the balance of the day to plan
ming how he might successfully swindle some
person, party or corporation. And right here
may say that if some of these evolves in
| Sleeps clothing' were kicked out of our
present churches, and forbidden a hypocritical
participation in the services, the churches
would he relieved of the heaviest incubus they
| bear. To the credit of our churches, be it
said, that there are but few of these, but these
few are very prominently obnoxious, and should
be promptly cut off as fostering tumor from
| an otherwise healthy body.
The 4th day of July, ls4s, was duly cele-
brated in Cairo by about one hundred persons,
a due portion being women and children. The
Declaration of independence was read, DR.. G.
T.. Lind delivered an Grafton, and, l believe,
refreshments were served on the ground to the
participants. 1t was a real pleasant affair,
family like, no person got drunk, there was no
ill-feelng, accident or occurrence of any nature
that served to mar the innocent and joyous fes-
tvities.
DR.. Lind's Grafton is worthy of place in
our reading room, and shall be placed there il
a copy of it is at all obtainable. Here is a
brief extract and Of like material was the
whole effort: II tell you to guard with sacred
| vigilance the ballot-bo1. Europe stands q
beacon blaze upon a rock, warning US that tht
road to national destruction is opened by sur
Rendering the blessings of the elective fran
chse As the warning Ishmaelite pitches his
tent upon the tombs of Assyrian monarchs from
his riven heart he asks where are the mighty
| gone? The proud fabric of constitutional lib
erty, reared by our forefathers, crumbled ane
its wreck cast in undistingulshable mass upon
the broad ocean of eternity, ne Washington
will arise to heal, to restore, to re-erect it
Nurture, then, in the garden of these little
hearts, love for the priceless boon of liberty
for without liberty gold has no value, age NJ
reverence and beauty no charms" This il
from the Dr.. pereroration, and he was vocif
erously progressing with it when boy abou
ten years of age, approached the stand and ap
pealed to the speaker in voice that all cou
hear: :" Please don't get any madder, sir, TO
if there gets to be fight here some of us chill
dren might get badly hurted." In commo
parlance, that appeal "took the starch out
of the doctor. His elm was gone, and h
closed his able effort almost Immediately.
CRAwFIsHING.--The harlot organ denies tina
the TIMES is the organ Of the Cairo Chambe
of Commerce We never announced that
was such an organ, but when meeting
, called it is usually done by the Secretary of til
i. Chamber, and officially, whether in the TINE
or through any other medium. The Secretary
however authorises us to say that he did nc
spec idly request the local Of the Democrat G
any one else to announce special meeting c
the Chamber on yesterday.
DAILY CoMMERCIAL.-This is the title of
new paper just established at New Alban
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