The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-08

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luto = aeray.e Here paused again
MhAieser weakness my first sentoncs
had 10 it. tbs bal the tree rinon rng
No. hnd soi los, ny power Ny Iirih
right bad not been filebed from me
+. began 10 feel the oratorieal impulse
onco mone ! drew myself Up, closed
the thnmb and two middle Singers oi
nv left band and pointing The other
two directly AZ the audience, as | had
seen some Of eur celebrated orators,
cleuched tie right fst AMI shook il a.
40 invisible foe over ny he1d-a ges-
tare borrowed from some Of our Con
egesamea, -Gud aloatai Dancing
! aiIi Be poriloas amusement for y8u
~ n. .ght, tecaase=- becausc- / lost
tie eunuaction here, bal remembering
ahst slight matter such lAps0 is n
a eatlnUu, before most congregations,
and feeling that it would not dc 70 stop
just ihort, continued, 'deaaHss it leads
10 a pr5m,seuous mingling uf tue two
ssass. on this ground ! am tonight,
aud shall ever be, opposed to it. 1
warn you against My SoatAwick sug-
gesaon,
Al thus point Was interrupted by
tie most uproarious luinult Intense
aud indecoTous mernment seized tho
entire crow Hubbard was pressing
his hands against Ais ides in tie most
suggestive manner. Eseritt VAS ham
mering SouthwIck with both fists upon
bis back, in the hope of saving him
from death by strangulation. 1t was
impossible to proceed. was conscious
that / ought to 90 on. ! had several
splendid Sentences already for utter
ance. | felt that every moment | was
losing my hold upon the audience. =
Still the uproar grew. In wrath, min
gled with love, descended from the
slabs, and taking Burns gently bat de-
cidedly by the collar, demanded the
cause Of his unseemly mirth.
Sobered slightly by my attitude,
which was sternly affectionate, Burns
managed to articulate, How can there
be 'proniscuous mingling Of the sex
es' in this crowd2"
! stood perfectly dumb / saw the
iustness OF the criticism and the dilem-
ma suggested. / realized, at that mo-
ment, the value OF logical connection.
Had my audience been in church,
and devoutly drowsy or piously sleepy,
such a slight slip would never have
been noticed, and the report of the SER
mon, written out by goddess expert,
who had not left his hotel during the
day, would have appeared excellently
in Mondays papers.
retired in haste and modification
from the yelling and writhing group;
nor did regain my composure until
the sound OF Everitt's violin charmed
the darkness from my soul as the harp
of David exercised by its melody the
wicked spirit from the bosom OF Saul
Now Eyeritt is natural 6ddler He
/ fddles as easily as rabbit runs. IL
I While camping on Constable Point, on
tho Racquelte we had several concerts.
4 They were, III every sense, impromptu
affairs. The audience was small, but
very approciadve. THAT sentence is
not original, / borrowed it from the
musical column OF the New York Her
/ aid These concerts were especially
well sustained that is, for about four
hours and bali each time. We had
somo very fine singing at those sotrocs.
\ Soaees is a good word II sounds
well That's why use it, ] hesitate
10 instance individual members Of this
troupe, lest it should seem iuyidious. =
| Hubbard IS an excellent singer He
missed h.s chance of eminence when Le
went into business. He shonld have
taken to lhc s,hs, The parson would
baye distinguished himself, hal be liy-
cd before notes we're invented Moth.
ing in the world but notes prevents lim
from ranking first class Even tins fact
did not preclude him FROM standing
high in this company. Nevertheless, |
am still impressed with the thought
that be was born too late, / never lis.
tened to a circle OF amateurs who seem
ca 70 rise so superior 10 the arbitrary
dictuBl Of the masters as did this. Not
one OF them, so far as could observe,
allowed any such artificial impediments
as notes, pitch, time, and tue like, 10
obstruct the splendid outbarsts Of ma
ture. In point Of emphasis which is,
as ell my readers know, the great de-
sideratum in music, Judge them to be
unrivalled In that classie stauza,
There sat three esows upon tree,
their emphasis was magnificent Bat
was telling abou, Eserilt's fddling-
Nata-e dealt bountiiully with my friend
in this respoa. His capacity aud per-
severance in drawing bow border on
the marvellous Indeel, be is kind
Of estimated musical machine. Set him
going. aud be vail play through the en-