, 1870-11-20
ABOUT BELLOWS BOYS.

An orEsnist, writing TO tho London Aus.cdl
World, tins treats Of \ characteristic class Of
you,le. known In almost every church in the
country:
TT have mad Considerable to do with bellows
10. sin my time, and know pretty well their idi-
otyuc1asiee-tGe chier OF which IL an inco-ceiv-
ahla ingenuity of invention and execution Of
f4xer into po=inye d.A6oiism- OF course
III = are alWs!s smart; live ~ GELS, ventur-
ous De moukcyt, uncons cloua OF reTereuce,-
defiant uf ctco.um. obliyioua OF rules, aspir-
Ing AUD ambitious after = sort, they a1e the
latsm Il stamps, the embryo OF d1rs-devils.
always boys, 'lsy EeveF reach adolescence
in that srne1ee, but emerge, suspect, from
their uIgAn-loft ch1ysslia into tisss-cla=s
acrobate. Eymnasts, and nying tta2ezs
tueu. There IL great rraisemb,dHce Ia the
race its instincts iEgrain, and usualiy a.ni-
lar in cut.GrupPlLG. ponsitly little N IRE p1o-
nounceo in lnulsiausls. They ali belong to
lhs Fhb.estisilAet ,anily. tho porsrait ofssoaa
Ct whose members Sur W.lter Scott h4s 60
very well limned. Victor Hugo has not hap
I+ntd to meLtion it, but 1t is quite certain
Gaysoche must At soru tune have dons duty
| in rho organ-;0ft IT Notre Dame or tic
Msdelsine. A. = cla;s. they have stsoag
pictorial tandencies, and the white wallis OF
theis esnctum tear graphic witness to their
tkii' in cas7cature and gfotesqae-most often,
| ridiculous portraits VI minister, o:Eanist, or
memocfs of the choir. Nor do they disdain
.G1r1uits in sculpture and engraving; and
they make their marx upou door panels and
I widow sllis, and especially delight to Aaofn
the smooth surfaces Of the eubbass pipes
With .ehe.os ard in.agIoa worthy Cel}ipi
or FIa1man-
"Mus.c, too, after their kind, ia an Intui-
live tiue art With them They know eyary
negro melody and every popular unEle that
ever was writ.entpnd add to them rich va1ia'
items of their own. But in higher reslm,
leo, they Me proficient. Their initiative
powers are often simply marvellous, but too
often aIe they little iudmcraet in tho display
Of their abilities. An undergraduate Of Minis
had 'Tox humans' stop Of his own,
th.t he pulled out at will, with tsllipg ercct
lat unfortunately We did not alza.s as,eo ~
10 the appropriate passages for his pzrt Of
tie perfornauce, anu as had no register It
hit hrYpr, the amateur had it all his own way
t,ll VIC dissolved the connection: Another vi:
inimi'aele in IN obligato tsenolo that he i'm
p,oyise,l, .qu:e eclirsing the futtcr Of tht
Freuch valve. There Hss too much organ IL
him. and We lad to part.
They have original and ntatruze idcas o.
;nechar.es. They Hcen tho prosslc below
fever, moved by manual force, AMI often op
e1sss by ssrid'ng. the fulczun, and adroitl.
way mt wholly orthodox. OF Hsgariou!
faster, !our true beltowH'box has ever 4 cro|
Ct alta chez, Juvenile as9uants for his place
who are aesigh:ed to perform hss functions 4
an unskilled, sP1smodic way, whils ths oil
ga1ch employe his elegant leisure in carving
pei'cillirs. or pEacticirg poses On his head.
Zone specimen h1d, tho coasummat
flower Of Ill tho vasa1ies, al tho pos shuttle
Of hts class, Skin-mi{k eyes, h1ir ru tdirst G
tho ruddv, face mot:led aud freckIca like
rich turtle SOUP. limbs lauk and angular as
gihbet, who could hare looked for ausht bu
, iauGst proso II h:m let he was ths yer
, iIcasnailon Of ma1cap Rutics, the Ale<at
, , der Ct un.l.ousat-of cxploits. II tho Apo:
tie Paul WAS ever m orGanist, such = bo
might have Lt,eu lis thor1. &c wls epiks
n I a ciowGar, in my flesh. Upon oae occaslo
i he Installed M acolysc at tho puma Will
he scr3ht recreation in dizzy heights aad
j; wider prospect. ! Knew by tbs iIrEr ru1ss
:. ticc that nc2rt,ise WAS operating, and n
3 w!-th fast sa;hssld head as gasp a,:cr gas
tnts me at as.v TINA my instrumental b.eas
q might fail, when, happening TO glance vi
w..1, :. ..l. ia c!o-2 i,..>.-.., ~ ~ .~ttsi4,
II tw: pzotcteraat cha.k} oros. IN hall o. fos
: kc&s. cslnl1y surveying the external worll !.
c, s:1Ei sixteen foot G. OF! how wi=he
: that crest ripe had been charged with eorc
/ s'rce explosive. that, as ty petard. I ni.l
q H Q that head n!iug into space! That wi,
:. was yaln. could on1y use It rs an air.gu
+ ard quick as thought struck pedal and K
I told One ghss:ly roll OF tho milty eyes,
;, mcteoric eleam OF red hsir, aud then . Til
= deep ia tho bowels II the organ, told \
=, something had dropped.
For oncc Fhbber.;gibbot lost hts sang fro
o and preeaEious footing, aud fell three fa:hot
q aud into disgrace, and never again appear
a on that field OF his tau= pas.
4 "IIenceforth, for motive power give t
q Htenn, or Gslvani=m, or anything not in sha
= OF an ordinary bellows boy.