Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-30

naS been voted t0 nave Sclentlnc muSlc lrOul Boston. introduced into our choir forthwith ea5
 What in thunder do you mean {, says l.-7
 II consider that eur musik is raytheri n, that r So far as the real ginerwine is consarned,
 mental part of the bizzines that I am talking
 about. You know that We ,ain't got any of
 that kind to speak on, now, Mr. Hidgkins.''
 Nor don't want any, as knows on, says I. l 'HThe proprietors think different,' said. the Squire, and says they mustard will have it. s | Then let lem get it and be darned' says l. Then you have no objection, says he. t Not a bit says l. feeling all the time as if
 was knocked higher than kite. s,i-i
 Wal, we've been talking with Dodge about
 it,'ssays the Squire, 'and he's agreed to send
 up a German, chap to play the violin, and an
 Italian to play the big fiddle, and some kind of aegal eritter with an outlandish name, to take
 tn. place of your sister Sal.'as,s . .ssz;.l "a, | .Accommodatin chap, that, Dodge is,' says l. 4 wonder that he didn't want to get a chap in my place, to, . t,,,fta,.;.. s,s .ss
 Wal, he did, said the Squire, but the pro
 prietors seein that you didn't charge much for
 your services, and knew all the peas and queus
 of the choir, thought they would keep you, pro
 vided that you'd stay. s1q,,s..,.r .,..ri. s,s :, shall do that air, sartin, says l, .5 ..,s,4r.. | 'And am tarnal glad to hea. you say so,' 7
 says the Squire. Of course you will give out
 the tunes and take the lead, and all that ere sort of thing, just the same as you ever did.
 You'd better believe won't do nothing else says I, and then the Squire left the tater field. s.,g's. .l.zT-.t.,,5.. 5s5Ftss
 Wal, the next Saturday afternoon up came
 the new musicianers from Boston, music and alL l stood at the tavern door and saw them light. of the stage coach. They was pretty good Hooking chaps, all but their faces and them was awful, tell;you- They had as much
 hair onb lem eenamost, as there was on, the
 backs of their heads. When I saw that ere turned 10: :Zske Jones, who was standin by, and says I, What in thunder do you call that air which them foreign chaps has got on their upper lips :..- .!s~-..e @.-,.. ,s + Mustachers, says Zeke. r e. ...-,.-1r ,l + Ar they. says I, they look to me like 2 sort of patent smellers. Whats that they got stuck there just under their under lip r ,e.- -. 'lmpeerail,' said Zeke. .,.o .-ssr, -2,.s '. + 'Sho. you don't say SO. And that air stuff growth out under their chins, like g bunch of ]E Eyoung snake root 1; what's that ? sta r,.y sg T IA goat-tee' says Zeke. er.s. f,,ff -,,s .,s,. ,t And that sound darned sigtlt more nat uraller. than both of tother two names put to gether.' 4svs7 -uy -eza tsso r'.ssE.sszs ". q Just about this time Squire Dawkias cum
 along, and as the foreign chaps with their in struments were standing by the tavern door, ht takes me by the, ,arni' walks up to the German man with fiddle in his hand, and says: ,s T 'Ihis MT. iHidgkins, isr our violinist, MT I Sleidemer,' $ Tiss hey, well, how dew you do l MT. sledgehammer, says |. holding out my .i hand for him to shake. Wal, he shook it 6 I apoIl. thon ad En hcrv rasd I Me vera well, me no speak vera leetle h. ,j glese. Me play the mewsic afor the grand Cathedral
 Il zsWhat in thunder, Squire, says l., does he
 mean: by that eref r X. y,;:-'.. a a,.,s-f --., l That what 1? says the Squire.
 Why, Cathedral as he calls it ?'@ a e -g.S
 That's meeting. house, says the Squire. eas
 fItis. hey--well, it sounds about, as much .1 like. itaas pork does like Nebcarde deannezzar. That tother gentleman says the Squire, sis
 our big fiddleist, MT. Vinnero, from Italy .'s2n. ] aAh, Mr. Vinager, says |, 'hows d'you: do How is your marm 2 { s,{t e--,s e-.ss .1
 Me ltaliano, no comprehends the Inglese.' :. Snowy, you don't, hey? Well, nobody
 around this way supposed you did Now Squire, says I, where's the genuine elephant the ga. critter, l mean, that's going to take , Sals place? '@- '''' Shes got touch of the brown skeeters, said the Squire, and cant come till next Sabbath day. .sris .sal4a& Ji asazg, 5..q 3 .ro.. 4s,v1 } Brown skeeter, says l, what in Jehu is that It's tremendous awful disorder in the throat
 that afaicts great singers and ministers very often. says the Squire. It cant be cured in
 this country, so the ministers says; and that's
 the reason their congregations, that is, them
 that can afford it, send them to Europe. ,,. Oh. understand Squire says l, 'all about it. But does this ere Foutlandish gal singer
 have her face allkivered up with staehers and snakeroOt, goatess I mean, and such stuff 2,
 No says the Squire, I expect not ..-.s I I've heard tell atore now said Zeke Jones,
 that all great singers cultivate them thing be- cause they holps the vibration of the .voiee.ie
 ' Dew they says I, well that is about the curiosest wrinkle ever hearn tell on. Soon as find out it is fact though I'll tell Sal ont, and the way we'll both go into the goatee and
 stacher bizziness, will be caution to bear grease, now tell ye.' g5 es7 -ao
 By this time the two goateed musicianers and Squire Dawkins had gone into the tavern, and left Zeke and I standin' out on the door, steps. ZI ,..- ....5@ y'..,' '.
 When found there warn't anybody round
 but us two says to Zeke, says T. '.
 What doyou think of our new mewsie ? {
 Darned littie,' says he. It aint going to do you nor. any good, anyhow. You see, Jonathan, that you are leader now, and am head base singer of the Spottsdown choir, and your sister Sal is head gal singer You know, too, that the gals in general, all over the Yil- lage, think a tarnal sight of head singers .-
 We'll, thls ere music will make Q thunderatior
 noise, and drown all their voices chock out. .--s Then we shall be sowed up, and entirely done, too. We shall have to shut up shop and go home: Then we shall be laughed and snick- cred at by all the gals in town and finally be drove of tother side of sundown, or Texas, or somewhere else.'s sa1 x sssfozig9 aGrapaa'
 Jess so,s saysI, 'and Imotion we don't stand I it. .asisas'sst 's.- aa ea9is ae:a 5slDG4a avs eltSecond that motion,' said he.--. But howsin thunder arewe going to help it?' ,se,,7 <: s,., 1 Don't know as we can, says l, but we can try I've got plan in my head. 'D@ 2 ''a1s'f'il I $ sSich as what r said fe.i :ssada aa sg78g1 l 'Sich,' said I, lift works we'll. as Rill kick up a anuss in the choir, and kick the music out ont the same time These chaps with the in struments, you know, can't speak much Eng hshsl 3stif slf asfagfs kssgfrTI aatss -3 ft.el And can't read it any, says be, q ss ;. ssg1 | That's just the idea, says, l, that's goin to l do the whole bizziness.' af,3 s4.y~ med sz sHoW,' says Zeke.; -a3u8g sesu ssra. sasa. l Wait till tomorrow 1mornin' and you'll see V aA FA f